Source code for brian2modelfitting.optimizer

import abc
import numpy as np
import warnings

from brian2.utils.logger import get_logger

# Prevent sklearn from adding a filter by monkey-patching the warnings module
# TODO: Remove when we depend on a newer version of scikit-learn (with
#       https://github.com/scikit-learn/scikit-learn/pull/15080 merged)
_filterwarnings = warnings.filterwarnings
warnings.filterwarnings = lambda *args, **kwds: None
from skopt.space import Real
from skopt import Optimizer as skoptOptimizer
from sklearn.base import RegressorMixin
warnings.filterwarnings = _filterwarnings

import nevergrad
from nevergrad.optimization import optimizerlib, registry

logger = get_logger(__name__)

[docs]def calc_bounds(parameter_names, **params): """ Verify and get the provided for parameters bounds Parameters ---------- parameter_names: list[str] list of parameter names in use **params bounds for each parameter """ for param in parameter_names: if param not in params: raise TypeError("Bounds must be set for parameter %s" % param) bounds = [] for name in parameter_names: bounds.append(params[name]) return bounds
[docs]class Optimizer(metaclass=abc.ABCMeta): """ Optimizer class created as a base for optimization initialization and performance with different libraries. To be used with modelfitting Fitter. """
[docs] @abc.abstractmethod def initialize(self, parameter_names, popsize, rounds, **params): """ Initialize the instrumentation for the optimization, based on parameters, creates bounds for variables and attaches them to the optimizer Parameters ---------- parameter_names: list[str] list of parameter names in use popsize: int population size rounds: int Number of rounds (for budget calculation) **params bounds for each parameter Returns ------- popsize : int The actual population size that will be used by the algorithm. Does not always correspond to ``popsize``, since some algorithms have minimal/maximal population sizes. """ return popsize
[docs] @abc.abstractmethod def ask(self, n_samples): """ Returns the requested number of samples of parameter sets Parameters ---------- n_samples: int number of samples to be drawn Returns ------- parameters: list list of drawn parameters [n_samples x n_params] """ pass
[docs] @abc.abstractmethod def tell(self, parameters, errors): """ Provides the evaluated errors from parameter sets to optimizer Parameters ---------- parameters: list list of parameters [n_samples x n_params] errors: list list of errors [n_samples] """ pass
[docs] @abc.abstractmethod def recommend(self): """ Returns best recommendation provided by the method Returns ------- result: list list of best fit parameters[n_params] """ pass
[docs]class NevergradOptimizer(Optimizer): """ NevergradOptimizer instance creates all the tools necessary for the user to use it with Nevergrad library. Parameters ---------- parameter_names: `list` or `dict` List/Dict of strings with parameters to be used as instruments. bounds: `list` List with appropriate bounds for each parameter. method: `str` or callable, optional The optimization method. By default differential evolution, can be chosen by name from any method in Nevergrad registry. Alternatively, a callable object can be provided. use_nevergrad_recommendation: bool, optional Whether to use Nevergrad's recommendation as the "best result". This recommendation takes several evaluations of the same parameters (for stochastic simulations) into account. The alternative is to simply return the parameters with the lowest error so far (the default). The problem with Nevergrad's recommendation is that it can give wrong result for errors that are very close in magnitude due (see github issue #16). budget: int or None number of allowed evaluations num_workers: int number of evaluations which will be run in parallel at once """ def __init__(self, method='DE', use_nevergrad_recommendation=False, **kwds): super(Optimizer, self).__init__() if method not in registry: raise AssertionError("Unknown to Nevergrad optimization method:" + method) self.tested_parameters = [] self.errors = [] self.method = method self.use_nevergrad_recommendation = use_nevergrad_recommendation self.kwds = kwds
[docs] def initialize(self, parameter_names, popsize, rounds, **params): self.tested_parameters = [] self.errors = [] for param in params: if param not in parameter_names: raise ValueError("Parameter %s must be defined as a parameter " "in the model" % param) bounds = calc_bounds(parameter_names, **params) parameters = {} for name, bounds in zip(parameter_names, bounds): assert len(bounds) == 2 p = nevergrad.p.Scalar(lower=float(bounds[0]), upper=float(bounds[1])) parameters[name] = p parametrization = nevergrad.p.Dict(**parameters) if callable(self.method): nevergrad_method = self.method else: nevergrad_method = optimizerlib.registry[self.method] if nevergrad_method.no_parallelization and popsize > 1: logger.warn(f'Sample size {popsize} requested, but Nevergrad\'s ' f'\'{self.method}\' algorithm does not support ' f'parallelization. Will run the algorithm ' f'sequentially.', name_suffix='no_parallelization') popsize = 1 self.kwds['budget'] = self.kwds.get('budget', rounds*popsize) self.optim = nevergrad_method(parametrization=parametrization, num_workers=popsize, **self.kwds) if hasattr(self.optim, 'llambda'): optimizer_pop_size = self.optim.llambda elif hasattr(self.optim, 'es') and hasattr(self.optim.es, 'popsize'): # For CMA algorithm optimizer_pop_size = self.optim.es.popsize else: optimizer_pop_size = popsize if optimizer_pop_size != popsize: logger.warn(f'Sample size {popsize} requested, but Nevergrad\'s ' f'\'{self.method}\' algorithm will use ' f'{optimizer_pop_size}.', name_suffix='sample_size') return optimizer_pop_size
[docs] def ask(self, n_samples): self.candidates, parameters = [], [] for _ in range(n_samples): cand = self.optim.ask() self.candidates.append(cand) parameters.append(cand.value) return parameters
[docs] def tell(self, parameters, errors): if not(np.all(parameters == [v.value for v in self.candidates])): raise AssertionError("Parameters and Candidates don't have " "identical values") for i, candidate in enumerate(self.candidates): self.optim.tell(candidate, errors[i]) self.tested_parameters.extend(parameters) self.errors.extend(errors)
[docs] def recommend(self): if self.use_nevergrad_recommendation: res = self.optim.provide_recommendation() return res.value else: best = np.argmin(self.errors) return self.tested_parameters[best]
[docs]class SkoptOptimizer(Optimizer): """ SkoptOptimizer instance creates all the tools necessary for the user to use it with scikit-optimize library. Parameters ---------- parameter_names: list[str] Parameters to be used as instruments. bounds : list List with appropiate bounds for each parameter. method : `str`, optional The optimization method. Possibilities: "GP", "RF", "ET", "GBRT" or sklearn regressor, default="GP" n_calls: `int` Number of calls to ``func``. Defaults to 100. """ def __init__(self, method='GP', **kwds): super(Optimizer, self).__init__() if not(method.upper() in ["GP", "RF", "ET", "GBRT"] or isinstance(method, RegressorMixin)): raise AssertionError("Provided method: {} is not an skopt " "optimization or a regressor".format(method)) self.method = method self.kwds = kwds self.tested_parameters = [] self.errors = []
[docs] def initialize(self, parameter_names, popsize, rounds, **params): self.tested_parameters = [] self.errors = [] for param in params.keys(): if param not in parameter_names: raise ValueError("Parameter %s must be defined as a parameter " "in the model" % param) bounds = calc_bounds(parameter_names, **params) instruments = [] for i, name in enumerate(parameter_names): instrumentation = Real(*np.asarray(bounds[i]), transform='normalize') instruments.append(instrumentation) self.optim = skoptOptimizer( dimensions=instruments, base_estimator=self.method, **self.kwds) return popsize
[docs] def ask(self, n_samples): return self.optim.ask(n_points=n_samples)
[docs] def tell(self, parameters, errors): if isinstance(errors, np.ndarray): errors = errors.tolist() self.tested_parameters.extend(parameters) self.errors.extend(errors) self.optim.tell(parameters, errors)
[docs] def recommend(self): xi = self.optim.Xi yii = np.array(self.optim.yi) return xi[yii.argmin()]