Functions intersection approximation - python-3.x

Let f1 and f2 be two functions in the range of [a, b], and maxerr the required approximation. They both differentiable and continuous in this range. I should return an iterable of approximate intersection Xs, such that:
∀x∈Xs, |f_1(x) - f_2(x)| < maxerr.
The signature of the function for example should be:
def intersection(self, f1: callable, f2: callable, a: float, b: float, maxerr=0.001) -> callable:
What is the most profficient way to do that without using a library method that finds the intersection directly?
Notes:
Python 3.7
Forbidden build-in functions: finding roots and intersections of functions, interpolation, integration, matrix decomposition, eigenvectors and solving linear systems.
Right now my code is as the following:
def intersection_recursive(f1, f2, a, b, maxerr, X, start_time, timeout, side_flag):
f = f1 - f2
startX = a
endX = b
while not f(startX) * f(endX) < 0 and time.time() < start_time + timeout:
startX = random.uniform(a, b)
endX = random.uniform(startX, b)
mid = (startX + endX) / 2
while not abs(f(mid)) < maxerr and time.time() < start_time + timeout:
if f(startX) * f(mid) < -1:
endX = mid
else:
startX = mid
mid = (startX + endX) / 2
if abs(f(mid)) < maxerr:
X.append(mid)
else:
return X
if side_flag:
return intersection_recursive(f1, f2, a, mid, maxerr, X, start_time, timeout, not side_flag)
else:
return intersection_recursive(f1, f2, mid, b, maxerr, X, start_time, timeout, not side_flag)
def intersection(self, f1: callable, f2: callable, a: float, b: float, maxerr=0.001) -> callable:
timeout = 10
X = []
start_time = time.time()
intersection_recursive(f1, f2, a, b, maxerr, X, start_time, timeout, True)
return X

The below answer is to the original question, where no assumptions about the functions are made...
Without any additional information about the functions the no free lunch theorem applies and any search strategy is as valid as any other.
That said, a simple quasirandom sequence covers all of [a, b] uniformly at every detail level, given enough time.
I don't think your function signature is correct by the way, it should return an iterable.
from typing import Callable, Iterable
def intersection(f1: Callable[[float], float],
f2: Callable[[float], float],
a: float, b: float,
maxerr: float=0.001) -> Iterable[float]:
a, b = sorted([a, b])
invphi = 2 / (1 + 5**0.5)
t = 0.5
while True:
x = a + (b-a)*t
if abs(f1(x) - f2(x)) < maxerr:
yield x
t = (t + invphi) % 1.0

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Numpy Vectorization for Nested 'for' loop

I was trying to write a program which plots level set for any given function.
rmin = -5.0
rmax = 5.0
c = 4.0
x = np.arange(rmin,rmax,0.1)
y = np.arange(rmin,rmax,0.1)
x,y = np.meshgrid(x,y)
f = lambda x,y: y**2.0 - 4*x
realplots = []
for i in range(x.shape[0]):
for j in range(x.shape[1]):
if abs(f(x[i,j],y[i,j])-c)< 1e-4:
realplots.append([x[i,j],y[i,j]])`
But it being a nested for loop, is taking lot of time. Any help in vectorizing the above code/new method of plotting level set is highly appreciated.(Note: The function 'f' will be changed at the time of running.So, the vectorization must be done without considering the function's properties)
I tried vectorizing through
ans = np.where(abs(f(x,y)-c)<1e-4,np.array([x,y]),[0,0])
but it was giving me operands could not be broadcast together with shapes (100,100) (2,100,100) (2,)
I was adding [0,0] as an escape from else condition in np.where which is indeed wrong.
Since you get the values rather than the indexes, you don't really need np.where.
You can directly use the mask to index x and y, look at the "Boolean array indexing" section of the documentation.
It is straightforward:
def vectorized(x, y, c, f, threshold):
mask = np.abs(f(x, y) - c) < threshold
x, y = x[mask], y[mask]
return np.stack([x, y], axis=-1)
Your function for reference:
def op(x, y, c, f, threshold):
res = []
for i in range(x.shape[0]):
for j in range(x.shape[1]):
if abs(f(x[i, j], y[i, j]) - c) < threshold:
res.append([x[i, j], y[i, j]])
return res
Tests:
rmin, rmax = -5.0, +5.0
c = 4.0
threshold = 1e-4
x = np.arange(rmin, rmax, 0.1)
y = np.arange(rmin, rmax, 0.1)
x, y = np.meshgrid(x, y)
f = lambda x, y: y**2 - 4 * x
res_op = op(x, y, c, f, threshold)
res_vec = vectorized(x, y, c, f, threshold)
assert np.allclose(res_op, res_vec)

Product feature optimization with constraints

I have trained a Lightgbm model on learning to rank dataset. The model predicts relevance score of a sample. So higher the prediction the better it is. Now that the model has learned I would like to find the best values of some features that gives me the highest prediction score.
So, lets say I have features u,v,w,x,y,z and the features I would like to optimize over are x,y,z.
maximize f(u,v,w,x,y,z) w.r.t features x,y,z where f is a lightgbm model
subject to constraints :
y = Ax + b
z = 4 if y < thresh_a else 4-0.5 if y >= thresh_b else 4-0.3
thresh_m < x <= thresh_n
The numbers are randomly made up but constraints are linear.
Objective function with respect to x looks like the following :
So the function is very spiky, non-smooth. I also don't have the gradient information as f is a lightgbm model.
Using Nathan's answer I wrote down the following class :
class ProductOptimization:
def __init__(self, estimator, features_to_change, row_fixed_values,
bnds=None):
self.estimator = estimator
self.features_to_change = features_to_change
self.row_fixed_values = row_fixed_values
self.bounds = bnds
def get_sample(self, x):
new_values = {k:v for k,v in zip(self.features_to_change, x)}
return self.row_fixed_values.replace({k:{self.row_fixed_values[k].iloc[0]:v}
for k,v in new_values.items()})
def _call_model(self, x):
pred = self.estimator.predict(self.get_sample(x))
return pred[0]
def constraint1(self, vector):
x = vector[0]
y = vector[2]
return # some float value
def constraint2(self, vector):
x = vector[0]
y = vector[3]
return #some float value
def optimize_slsqp(self, initial_values):
con1 = {'type': 'eq', 'fun': self.constraint1}
con2 = {'type': 'eq', 'fun': self.constraint2}
cons = ([con1,con2])
result = minimize(fun=self._call_model,
x0=np.array(initial_values),
method='SLSQP',
bounds=self.bounds,
constraints=cons)
return result
The results that I get are always around the initial guess. And I think its because of non-smoothness of the function and absence of any gradient information which is important for the SLSQP optimizer. Any advices how should I deal with this kind of problem ?
It's been a good minute since I last wrote some serious code, so I appologize if it's not entirely clear what everything does, please feel free to ask for more explanations
The imports:
from sklearn.ensemble import GradientBoostingRegressor
import numpy as np
from scipy.optimize import minimize
from copy import copy
First I define a new class that allows me to easily redefine values. This class has 5 inputs:
value: this is the 'base' value. In your equation y=Ax + b it's the b part
minimum: this is the minimum value this type will evaluate as
maximum: this is the maximum value this type will evaluate as
multipliers: the first tricky one. It's a list of other InputType objects. The first is the input type and the second the multiplier. In your example y=Ax +b you would have [[x, A]], if the equation was y=Ax + Bz + Cd it would be [[x, A], [z, B], [d, C]]
relations: the most tricky one. It's also a list of other InputType objects, it has four items: the first is the input type, the second defines if it's an upper boundary you use min, if it's a lower boundary you use max. The third item in the list is the value of the boundary, and the fourth the output value connected to it
Watch out if you define your input values too strangely I'm sure there's weird behaviour.
class InputType:
def __init__(self, value=0, minimum=-1e99, maximum=1e99, multipliers=[], relations=[]):
"""
:param float value: base value
:param float minimum: value can never be lower than x
:param float maximum: value can never be higher than y
:param multipliers: [[InputType, multiplier], [InputType, multiplier]]
:param relations: [[InputType, min, threshold, output_value], [InputType, max, threshold, output_value]]
"""
self.val = value
self.min = minimum
self.max = maximum
self.multipliers = multipliers
self.relations = relations
def reset_val(self, value):
self.val = value
def evaluate(self):
"""
- relations to other variables are done first if there are none then the rest is evaluated
- at most self.max
- at least self.min
- self.val + i_x * w_x
i_x is input i, w_x is multiplier (weight) of i
"""
for term, min_max, value, output_value in self.relations:
# check for each term if it falls outside of the expected terms
if min_max(term.evaluate(), value) != term.evaluate():
return self.return_value(output_value)
output_value = self.val + sum([i[0].evaluate() * i[1] for i in self.multipliers])
return self.return_value(output_value)
def return_value(self, output_value):
return min(self.max, max(self.min, output_value))
Using this, you can fix the input types sent from the optimizer, as shown in _call_model:
class Example:
def __init__(self, lst_args):
self.lst_args = lst_args
self.X = np.random.random((10000, len(lst_args)))
self.y = self.get_y()
self.clf = GradientBoostingRegressor()
self.fit()
def get_y(self):
# sum of squares, is minimum at x = [0, 0, 0, 0, 0 ... ]
return np.array([[self._func(i)] for i in self.X])
def _func(self, i):
return sum(i * i)
def fit(self):
self.clf.fit(self.X, self.y)
def optimize(self):
x0 = [0.5 for i in self.lst_args]
initial_simplex = self._get_simplex(x0, 0.1)
result = minimize(fun=self._call_model,
x0=np.array(x0),
method='Nelder-Mead',
options={'xatol': 0.1,
'initial_simplex': np.array(initial_simplex)})
return result
def _get_simplex(self, x0, step):
simplex = []
for i in range(len(x0)):
point = copy(x0)
point[i] -= step
simplex.append(point)
point2 = copy(x0)
point2[-1] += step
simplex.append(point2)
return simplex
def _call_model(self, x):
print(x, type(x))
for i, value in enumerate(x):
self.lst_args[i].reset_val(value)
input_x = np.array([i.evaluate() for i in self.lst_args])
prediction = self.clf.predict([input_x])
return prediction[0]
I can define your problem as shown below (be sure to define the inputs in the same order as the final list, otherwise not all the values will get updated correctly in the optimizer!):
A = 5
b = 2
thresh_a = 5
thresh_b = 10
thresh_c = 10.1
thresh_m = 4
thresh_n = 6
u = InputType()
v = InputType()
w = InputType()
x = InputType(minimum=thresh_m, maximum=thresh_n)
y = InputType(value = b, multipliers=([[x, A]]))
z = InputType(relations=[[y, max, thresh_a, 4], [y, min, thresh_b, 3.5], [y, max, thresh_c, 3.7]])
example = Example([u, v, w, x, y, z])
Calling the results:
result = example.optimize()
for i, value in enumerate(result.x):
example.lst_args[i].reset_val(value)
print(f"final values are at: {[i.evaluate() for i in example.lst_args]}: {result.fun)}")

Automatically round arithmetic operations to eight decimals

I am doing some numerical analysis exercise where I need calculate solution of linear system using a specific algorithm. My answer differs from the answer of the book by some decimal places which I believe is due to rounding errors. Is there a way where I can automatically set arithmetic to round eight decimal places after each arithmetic operation? The following is my python code.
import numpy as np
A1 = [4, -1, 0, 0, -1, 4, -1, 0,\
0, -1, 4, -1, 0, 0, -1, 4]
A1 = np.array(A1).reshape([4,4])
I = -np.identity(4)
O = np.zeros([4,4])
A = np.block([[A1, I, O, O],
[I, A1, I, O],
[O, I, A1, I],
[O, O, I, A1]])
b = np.array([1,2,3,4,5,6,7,8,9,0,1,2,3,4,5,6])
def conj_solve(A, b, pre=False):
n = len(A)
C = np.identity(n)
if pre == True:
for i in range(n):
C[i, i] = np.sqrt(A[i, i])
Ci = np.linalg.inv(C)
Ct = np.transpose(Ci)
x = np.zeros(n)
r = b - np.matmul(A, x)
w = np.matmul(Ci, r)
v = np.matmul(Ct, w)
alpha = np.dot(w, w)
for i in range(MAX_ITER):
if np.linalg.norm(v, np.infty) < TOL:
print(i+1, "steps")
print(x)
print(r)
return
u = np.matmul(A, v)
t = alpha/np.dot(v, u)
x = x + t*v
r = r - t*u
w = np.matmul(Ci, r)
beta = np.dot(w, w)
if np.abs(beta) < TOL:
if np.linalg.norm(r, np.infty) < TOL:
print(i+1, "steps")
print(x)
print(r)
return
s = beta/alpha
v = np.matmul(Ct, w) + s*v
alpha = beta
print("Max iteration exceeded")
return x
MAX_ITER = 1000
TOL = 0.05
sol = conj_solve(A, b, pre=True)
Using this, I get 2.55516527 as first element of array which should be 2.55613420.
OR, is there a language/program where I can specify the precision of arithmetic?
Precision/rounding during the calculation is unlikely to be the issue.
To test this I ran the calculation with precisions that bracket the precision you are aiming for: once with np.float64, and once with np.float32. Here is a table of the printed results, their approximate decimal precision, and the result of the calculation (ie, the first printed array value).
numpy type decimal places result
-------------------------------------------------
np.float64 15 2.55516527
np.float32 6 2.5551653
Given that these are so much in agreement, I doubt an intermediate precision of 8 decimal places is going to give an answer that's not between these two results (ie, 2.55613420 that's off in the 4th digit).
This isn't part isn't part of my answer, but is a comment on using mpmath. The questioner suggested it in the comments, and it was my first thought too, so I ran a quick test to see if it behaved how I expected with low precision calculations. It didn't, so I abandoned it (but I'm not an expert with it).
Here's my test function, basically multiplying 1/N by N and 1/N repeatedly to emphasise the error in 1/N.
def precision_test(dps=100, N=19, t=mpmath.mpf):
with mpmath.workdps(dps):
x = t(1)/t(N)
print(x)
y = x
for i in range(10000):
y *= x
y *= N
print(y)
This works as expected with, eg, np.float32:
precision_test(dps=2, N=3, t=np.float32)
# 0.33333334
# 0.3334327041164994
Note that the error has propagated into more significant digits, as expected.
But with mpmath, I could never get that to happen (testing with a range of dps and a various prime N values):
precision_test(dps=2, N=3)
# 0.33
# 0.33
Because of this test, I decided mpmath is not going to give normal results for low precision calculations.
TL;DR:
mpmath didn't behave how I expected at low precision so I abandoned it.

Better way to solve simultaneous linear equations programmatically in Python

I have the following code that solves simultaneous linear equations by starting with the first equation and finding y when x=0, then putting that y into the second equation and finding x, then putting that x back into the first equation etc...
Obviously, this has the potential to reach infinity, so if it reaches +-inf then it swaps the order of the equations so the spiral/ladder goes the other way.
This seems to work, tho I'm not such a good mathematician that I can prove it will always work beyond a hunch, and of course some lines never meet (I know how to use matrices and linear algebra to check straight off whether they will never meet, but I'm not so interested in that atm).
Is there a better way to 'spiral' in on the answer? I'm not interested in using math functions or numpy for the whole solution - I want to be able to code the solution. I don't mind using libraries to improve the performance, for instance using some sort of statistical method.
This may be a very naive question from either a coding or maths point of view, but if so I'd like to know why!
My code is as follows:
# A python program to solve 2d simultaneous equations
# by iterating over coefficients in spirals
import numpy as np
def Input(coeff_or_constant, var, lower, upper):
val = int(input("Let the {} {} be a number between {} and {}: ".format(coeff_or_constant, var, lower, upper)))
if val >= lower and val <= upper :
return val
else:
print("Invalid input")
exit(0)
def Equation(equation_array):
a = Input("coefficient", "a", 0, 10)
b = Input("coefficient", "b", 0, 10)
c = Input("constant", "c", 0, 10)
equation_list = [a, b, c]
equation_array.append(equation_list)
return equation_array
def Stringify_Equations(equation_array):
A = str(equation_array[0][0])
B = str(equation_array[0][1])
C = str(equation_array[0][2])
D = str(equation_array[1][0])
E = str(equation_array[1][1])
F = str(equation_array[1][2])
eq1 = str(A + "y = " + B + "x + " + C)
eq2 = str(D + "y = " + E + "x + " + F)
print(eq1)
print(eq2)
def Spiral(equation_array):
a = equation_array[0][0]
b = equation_array[0][1]
c = equation_array[0][2]
d = equation_array[1][0]
e = equation_array[1][1]
f = equation_array[1][2]
# start at y when x = 0
x = 0
infinity_flag = False
count = 0
coords = []
coords.append([0, 0])
coords.append([1, 1])
# solve equation 2 for x when y = START
while not (coords[0][0] == coords[1][0]):
try:
y = ( ( b * x ) + c ) / a
except:
y = 0
print(y)
try:
x = ( ( d * y ) - f ) / e
except:
x = 0
if x >= 100000 or x <= -100000:
count = count + 1
if count >= 100000:
print("It\'s looking like these linear equations don\'t intersect!")
break
print(x)
new_coords = [x, y]
coords.append(new_coords)
coords.pop(0)
if not ((x == float("inf") or x == float("-inf")) and (y == float("inf") or y == float("-inf"))):
pass
else:
infinity_flag if False else True
if infinity_flag == False:
# if the spiral is divergent this switches the equations around so it converges
# the infinity_flag is to check if both spirals returned infinity meaning the lines do not intersect
# I think this would mostly work for linear equations, but for other kinds of equations it might not
x = 0
a = equation_array[1][0]
b = equation_array[1][1]
c = equation_array[1][2]
d = equation_array[0][0]
e = equation_array[0][1]
f = equation_array[0][2]
infinity_flag = False
else:
print("These linear equations do not intersect")
break
y = round(y, 3)
x = round(x, 3)
print(x, y)
equation_array = []
print("Specify coefficients a and b, and a constant c for equation 1")
equations = Equation(equation_array)
print("Specify coefficients a and b, and a constant c for equation 1")
equations = Equation(equation_array)
print(equation_array)
Stringify_Equations(equation_array)
Spiral(equation_array)

Fraction to Mixed Number in String Format

My function should take a string, which is a basic x/y fraction, and convert that into a mixed fraction as a string, a b/c where a is an integer and b/c is an irreducible fraction.
Here is my code:
from fractions import Fraction
def mixed_fraction(s):
s = x.numerator / y.denominator
a = s
after_decimal = (a-int(a))[1:]
dec_2_frac = Fraction(after_decimal)
b = b.numerator
c = c.denominator
if y > 0:
return "{} {}/{}".format(a, b, c)
else:
return "ZeroDivisionError: division by zero"
Here is my error:
NameError: global name 'x' is not defined
Fundamentally, I can easily see how x is not defined properly, but I cannot wrap my head around how to denote x as corresponding numerator x of x/y. My senses tell me that I will need to go through the same debugging for y, thus I've attempted to define both on line 3. I'm simply stuck. Please help!
MJ
from fractions import gcd
def mixed_fraction(s):
a = s.split('/')
x = float(a[0])
y = float(a[1])
if y == 0:
return "ZeroDivisionError: division by zero"
z = (x/y)
if z < 1:
return s
if z==int(z):
return int(z)
a = int(x) % int(y)
g = gcd(int(y), a)
a = a / g
y = y / g
return "%s %s / %s" % (int(z), a, int(y))

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