_trustregion.py 9.04 KB
"""Trust-region optimization."""
from __future__ import division, print_function, absolute_import

import math

import numpy as np
import scipy.linalg
from .optimize import (_check_unknown_options, wrap_function, _status_message,
                       OptimizeResult)

__all__ = []


class BaseQuadraticSubproblem(object):
    """
    Base/abstract class defining the quadratic model for trust-region
    minimization. Child classes must implement the ``solve`` method.

    Values of the objective function, jacobian and hessian (if provided) at
    the current iterate ``x`` are evaluated on demand and then stored as
    attributes ``fun``, ``jac``, ``hess``.
    """

    def __init__(self, x, fun, jac, hess=None, hessp=None):
        self._x = x
        self._f = None
        self._g = None
        self._h = None
        self._g_mag = None
        self._cauchy_point = None
        self._newton_point = None
        self._fun = fun
        self._jac = jac
        self._hess = hess
        self._hessp = hessp

    def __call__(self, p):
        return self.fun + np.dot(self.jac, p) + 0.5 * np.dot(p, self.hessp(p))

    @property
    def fun(self):
        """Value of objective function at current iteration."""
        if self._f is None:
            self._f = self._fun(self._x)
        return self._f

    @property
    def jac(self):
        """Value of jacobian of objective function at current iteration."""
        if self._g is None:
            self._g = self._jac(self._x)
        return self._g

    @property
    def hess(self):
        """Value of hessian of objective function at current iteration."""
        if self._h is None:
            self._h = self._hess(self._x)
        return self._h

    def hessp(self, p):
        if self._hessp is not None:
            return self._hessp(self._x, p)
        else:
            return np.dot(self.hess, p)

    @property
    def jac_mag(self):
        """Magniture of jacobian of objective function at current iteration."""
        if self._g_mag is None:
            self._g_mag = scipy.linalg.norm(self.jac)
        return self._g_mag

    def get_boundaries_intersections(self, z, d, trust_radius):
        """
        Solve the scalar quadratic equation ||z + t d|| == trust_radius.
        This is like a line-sphere intersection.
        Return the two values of t, sorted from low to high.
        """
        a = np.dot(d, d)
        b = 2 * np.dot(z, d)
        c = np.dot(z, z) - trust_radius**2
        sqrt_discriminant = math.sqrt(b*b - 4*a*c)

        # The following calculation is mathematically
        # equivalent to:
        # ta = (-b - sqrt_discriminant) / (2*a)
        # tb = (-b + sqrt_discriminant) / (2*a)
        # but produce smaller round off errors.
        # Look at Matrix Computation p.97
        # for a better justification.
        aux = b + math.copysign(sqrt_discriminant, b)
        ta = -aux / (2*a)
        tb = -2*c / aux
        return sorted([ta, tb])

    def solve(self, trust_radius):
        raise NotImplementedError('The solve method should be implemented by '
                                  'the child class')


def _minimize_trust_region(fun, x0, args=(), jac=None, hess=None, hessp=None,
                           subproblem=None, initial_trust_radius=1.0,
                           max_trust_radius=1000.0, eta=0.15, gtol=1e-4,
                           maxiter=None, disp=False, return_all=False,
                           callback=None, inexact=True, **unknown_options):
    """
    Minimization of scalar function of one or more variables using a
    trust-region algorithm.

    Options for the trust-region algorithm are:
        initial_trust_radius : float
            Initial trust radius.
        max_trust_radius : float
            Never propose steps that are longer than this value.
        eta : float
            Trust region related acceptance stringency for proposed steps.
        gtol : float
            Gradient norm must be less than `gtol`
            before successful termination.
        maxiter : int
            Maximum number of iterations to perform.
        disp : bool
            If True, print convergence message.
        inexact : bool
            Accuracy to solve subproblems. If True requires less nonlinear
            iterations, but more vector products. Only effective for method
            trust-krylov.

    This function is called by the `minimize` function.
    It is not supposed to be called directly.
    """
    _check_unknown_options(unknown_options)

    if jac is None:
        raise ValueError('Jacobian is currently required for trust-region '
                         'methods')
    if hess is None and hessp is None:
        raise ValueError('Either the Hessian or the Hessian-vector product '
                         'is currently required for trust-region methods')
    if subproblem is None:
        raise ValueError('A subproblem solving strategy is required for '
                         'trust-region methods')
    if not (0 <= eta < 0.25):
        raise Exception('invalid acceptance stringency')
    if max_trust_radius <= 0:
        raise Exception('the max trust radius must be positive')
    if initial_trust_radius <= 0:
        raise ValueError('the initial trust radius must be positive')
    if initial_trust_radius >= max_trust_radius:
        raise ValueError('the initial trust radius must be less than the '
                         'max trust radius')

    # force the initial guess into a nice format
    x0 = np.asarray(x0).flatten()

    # Wrap the functions, for a couple reasons.
    # This tracks how many times they have been called
    # and it automatically passes the args.
    nfun, fun = wrap_function(fun, args)
    njac, jac = wrap_function(jac, args)
    nhess, hess = wrap_function(hess, args)
    nhessp, hessp = wrap_function(hessp, args)

    # limit the number of iterations
    if maxiter is None:
        maxiter = len(x0)*200

    # init the search status
    warnflag = 0

    # initialize the search
    trust_radius = initial_trust_radius
    x = x0
    if return_all:
        allvecs = [x]
    m = subproblem(x, fun, jac, hess, hessp)
    k = 0

    # search for the function min
    # do not even start if the gradient is small enough
    while m.jac_mag >= gtol:

        # Solve the sub-problem.
        # This gives us the proposed step relative to the current position
        # and it tells us whether the proposed step
        # has reached the trust region boundary or not.
        try:
            p, hits_boundary = m.solve(trust_radius)
        except np.linalg.linalg.LinAlgError as e:
            warnflag = 3
            break

        # calculate the predicted value at the proposed point
        predicted_value = m(p)

        # define the local approximation at the proposed point
        x_proposed = x + p
        m_proposed = subproblem(x_proposed, fun, jac, hess, hessp)

        # evaluate the ratio defined in equation (4.4)
        actual_reduction = m.fun - m_proposed.fun
        predicted_reduction = m.fun - predicted_value
        if predicted_reduction <= 0:
            warnflag = 2
            break
        rho = actual_reduction / predicted_reduction

        # update the trust radius according to the actual/predicted ratio
        if rho < 0.25:
            trust_radius *= 0.25
        elif rho > 0.75 and hits_boundary:
            trust_radius = min(2*trust_radius, max_trust_radius)

        # if the ratio is high enough then accept the proposed step
        if rho > eta:
            x = x_proposed
            m = m_proposed

        # append the best guess, call back, increment the iteration count
        if return_all:
            allvecs.append(np.copy(x))
        if callback is not None:
            callback(np.copy(x))
        k += 1

        # check if the gradient is small enough to stop
        if m.jac_mag < gtol:
            warnflag = 0
            break

        # check if we have looked at enough iterations
        if k >= maxiter:
            warnflag = 1
            break

    # print some stuff if requested
    status_messages = (
            _status_message['success'],
            _status_message['maxiter'],
            'A bad approximation caused failure to predict improvement.',
            'A linalg error occurred, such as a non-psd Hessian.',
            )
    if disp:
        if warnflag == 0:
            print(status_messages[warnflag])
        else:
            print('Warning: ' + status_messages[warnflag])
        print("         Current function value: %f" % m.fun)
        print("         Iterations: %d" % k)
        print("         Function evaluations: %d" % nfun[0])
        print("         Gradient evaluations: %d" % njac[0])
        print("         Hessian evaluations: %d" % (nhess[0] + nhessp[0]))

    result = OptimizeResult(x=x, success=(warnflag == 0), status=warnflag,
                            fun=m.fun, jac=m.jac, nfev=nfun[0], njev=njac[0],
                            nhev=nhess[0] + nhessp[0], nit=k,
                            message=status_messages[warnflag])

    if hess is not None:
        result['hess'] = m.hess

    if return_all:
        result['allvecs'] = allvecs

    return result