Source code for pycbc.inference.sampler.emcee_pt

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"""
This modules provides classes and functions for using the emcee_pt sampler
packages for parameter estimation.
"""

from __future__ import absolute_import

import numpy
import emcee
import h5py
import logging
from pycbc.pool import choose_pool

from .base import BaseSampler
from .base_mcmc import (BaseMCMC, raw_samples_to_dict,
                        get_optional_arg_from_config)
from .base_multitemper import (MultiTemperedSupport,
                               MultiTemperedAutocorrSupport)
from ..burn_in import MultiTemperedMCMCBurnInTests
from pycbc.inference.io import EmceePTFile
from .. import models


[docs]class EmceePTSampler(MultiTemperedAutocorrSupport, MultiTemperedSupport, BaseMCMC, BaseSampler): """This class is used to construct a parallel-tempered MCMC sampler from the emcee package's PTSampler. Parameters ---------- model : model A model from ``pycbc.inference.models``. ntemps : int Number of temeratures to use in the sampler. nwalkers : int Number of walkers to use in sampler. betas : array An array of inverse temperature values to be used in emcee_pt's temperature ladder. If not provided, emcee_pt will use the number of temperatures and the number of dimensions of the parameter space to construct the ladder with geometrically spaced temperatures. pool : function with map, Optional A provider of a map function that allows a function call to be run over multiple sets of arguments and possibly maps them to cores/nodes/etc. """ name = "emcee_pt" _io = EmceePTFile burn_in_class = MultiTemperedMCMCBurnInTests def __init__(self, model, ntemps, nwalkers, betas=None, checkpoint_interval=None, checkpoint_signal=None, loglikelihood_function=None, nprocesses=1, use_mpi=False): self.model = model # create a wrapper for calling the model if loglikelihood_function is None: loglikelihood_function = 'loglikelihood' # frustratingly, emcee_pt does not support blob data, so we have to # turn it off model_call = models.CallModel(model, loglikelihood_function, return_all_stats=False) # Set up the pool if nprocesses > 1: # these are used to help paralleize over multiple cores / MPI models._global_instance = model_call model_call = models._call_global_model prior_call = models._call_global_model_logprior else: prior_call = models.CallModel(model, 'logprior', return_all_stats=False) pool = choose_pool(mpi=use_mpi, processes=nprocesses) if pool is not None: pool.count = nprocesses # construct the sampler: PTSampler needs the likelihood and prior # functions separately ndim = len(model.variable_params) self._sampler = emcee.PTSampler(ntemps, nwalkers, ndim, model_call, prior_call, pool=pool, betas=betas) self._nwalkers = nwalkers self._ntemps = ntemps self._checkpoint_interval = checkpoint_interval self._checkpoint_signal = checkpoint_signal @property def io(self): return self._io @property def base_shape(self): return (self.ntemps, self.nwalkers,) @property def betas(self): return self._sampler.betas
[docs] @classmethod def from_config(cls, cp, model, nprocesses=1, use_mpi=False): """ Loads the sampler from the given config file. For generating the temperature ladder to be used by emcee_pt, either the number of temperatures (provided by the option 'ntemps'), or the path to a file storing inverse temperature values (provided under a subsection inverse-temperatures-file) can be loaded from the config file. If the latter, the file should be of hdf format, having an attribute named 'betas' storing the list of inverse temperature values to be provided to emcee_pt. If the former, emcee_pt will construct the ladder with "ntemps" geometrically spaced temperatures. """ section = "sampler" # check name assert cp.get(section, "name") == cls.name, ( "name in section [sampler] must match mine") # get the number of walkers to use nwalkers = int(cp.get(section, "nwalkers")) if cp.has_option(section, "ntemps") and \ cp.has_option(section, "inverse-temperatures-file"): raise ValueError("Must specify either ntemps or " "inverse-temperatures-file, not both.") if cp.has_option(section, "inverse-temperatures-file"): # get the path of the file containing inverse temperatures values. inverse_temperatures_file = cp.get(section, "inverse-temperatures-file") with h5py.File(inverse_temperatures_file, "r") as fp: try: betas = numpy.array(fp.attrs['betas']) ntemps = betas.shape[0] except KeyError: raise AttributeError("No attribute called betas") else: # get the number of temperatures betas = None ntemps = int(cp.get(section, "ntemps")) # get the checkpoint interval, if it's specified checkpoint_interval = cls.checkpoint_from_config(cp, section) checkpoint_signal = cls.ckpt_signal_from_config(cp, section) # get the loglikelihood function logl = get_optional_arg_from_config(cp, section, 'logl-function') obj = cls(model, ntemps, nwalkers, betas=betas, checkpoint_interval=checkpoint_interval, checkpoint_signal=checkpoint_signal, loglikelihood_function=logl, nprocesses=nprocesses, use_mpi=use_mpi) # set target obj.set_target_from_config(cp, section) # add burn-in if it's specified obj.set_burn_in_from_config(cp) # set prethin options obj.set_thin_interval_from_config(cp, section) return obj
@property def samples(self): """A dict mapping ``variable_params`` to arrays of samples currently in memory. The arrays have shape ``ntemps x nwalkers x niterations``. """ # emcee stores samples to it's chain attribute as a # nwalker x niterations x ndim array raw_samples = self._sampler.chain return raw_samples_to_dict(self, raw_samples) @property def model_stats(self): """Returns the log likelihood ratio and log prior as a dict of arrays. The returned array has shape ntemps x nwalkers x niterations. Unfortunately, because ``emcee_pt`` does not have blob support, this will only return the loglikelihood and logprior (with the logjacobian set to zero) regardless of what stats the model can return. .. warning:: Since the `logjacobian` is not saved by `emcee_pt`, the `logprior` returned here is the log of the prior pdf in the sampling coordinate frame rather than the variable params frame. This differs from the variable params frame by the log of the Jacobian of the transform from one frame to the other. If no sampling transforms were used, then the `logprior` is the same. """ # likelihood has shape ntemps x nwalkers x niterations logl = self._sampler.lnlikelihood # get prior from posterior logp = self._sampler.lnprobability - logl logjacobian = numpy.zeros(logp.shape) return {'loglikelihood': logl, 'logprior': logp, 'logjacobian': logjacobian}
[docs] def clear_samples(self): """Clears the chain and blobs from memory. """ # store the iteration that the clear is occuring on self._lastclear = self.niterations self._itercounter = 0 # now clear the chain self._sampler.reset()
[docs] def set_state_from_file(self, filename): """Sets the state of the sampler back to the instance saved in a file. """ with self.io(filename, 'r') as fp: rstate = fp.read_random_state() # set the numpy random state numpy.random.set_state(rstate)
[docs] def run_mcmc(self, niterations): """Advance the ensemble for a number of samples. Parameters ---------- niterations : int Number of samples to get from sampler. """ pos = self._pos if pos is None: pos = self._p0 res = self._sampler.run_mcmc(pos, niterations) p, _, _ = res[0], res[1], res[2] # update the positions self._pos = p
[docs] def write_results(self, filename): """Writes samples, model stats, acceptance fraction, and random state to the given file. Parameters ----------- filename : str The file to write to. The file is opened using the ``io`` class in an an append state. """ with self.io(filename, 'a') as fp: # write samples fp.write_samples(self.samples, self.model.variable_params, last_iteration=self.niterations) # write stats fp.write_samples(self.model_stats, last_iteration=self.niterations) # write accpetance fp.write_acceptance_fraction(self._sampler.acceptance_fraction) # write random state fp.write_random_state()
[docs] @classmethod def calculate_logevidence(cls, filename, thin_start=None, thin_end=None, thin_interval=None): """Calculates the log evidence from the given file using ``emcee_pt``'s thermodynamic integration. Parameters ---------- filename : str Name of the file to read the samples from. Should be an ``EmceePTFile``. thin_start : int Index of the sample to begin returning stats. Default is to read stats after burn in. To start from the beginning set thin_start to 0. thin_interval : int Interval to accept every i-th sample. Default is to use the `fp.acl`. If `fp.acl` is not set, then use all stats (set thin_interval to 1). thin_end : int Index of the last sample to read. If not given then `fp.niterations` is used. Returns ------- lnZ : float The estimate of log of the evidence. dlnZ : float The error on the estimate. """ with cls._io(filename, 'r') as fp: logls = fp.read_raw_samples(['loglikelihood'], thin_start=thin_start, thin_interval=thin_interval, thin_end=thin_end, temps='all', flatten=False) logls = logls['loglikelihood'] # we need the betas that were used betas = fp.betas # annoyingly, theromdynaimc integration in PTSampler is an instance # method, so we'll implement a dummy one ntemps = fp.ntemps nwalkers = fp.nwalkers ndim = len(fp.variable_params) dummy_sampler = emcee.PTSampler(ntemps, nwalkers, ndim, None, None, betas=betas) return dummy_sampler.thermodynamic_integration_log_evidence( logls=logls, fburnin=0.)
[docs] def finalize(self): """Calculates the log evidence and writes to the checkpoint file. The thin start/interval/end for calculating the log evidence are retrieved from the checkpoint file's thinning attributes. """ logging.info("Calculating log evidence") # get the thinning settings with self.io(self.checkpoint_file, 'r') as fp: thin_start = fp.thin_start thin_interval = fp.thin_interval thin_end = fp.thin_end # calculate logz, dlogz = self.calculate_logevidence( self.checkpoint_file, thin_start=thin_start, thin_end=thin_end, thin_interval=thin_interval) logging.info("log Z, dlog Z: {}, {}".format(logz, dlogz)) # write to both the checkpoint and backup for fn in [self.checkpoint_file, self.backup_file]: with self.io(fn, "a") as fp: fp.write_logevidence(logz, dlogz)