Optimal trade-off curve for a regularized least-squares problem (fig. 4.11)

../../_images/fig-4-11.png

source code, data file

# Figure 4.11, page 185.
# Regularized least-squares.

from pickle import load
from cvxopt import blas, lapack, matrix, solvers
solvers.options['show_progress'] = 0

data = load(open("rls.bin",'rb'))
A, b = data['A'], data['b']
m, n = A.size

# LS solution
xls = +b
lapack.gels(+A, xls)
xls = xls[:n]

# We compute the optimal values of
#
#     minimize/maximize  || A*x - b ||_2^2
#     subject to         x'*x = alpha
#
# via the duals.
#
# Lower bound:
#
#     maximize    -t - u*alpha
#     subject to  [u*I, 0; 0, t] + [A, b]'*[A, b] >= 0
#
# Upper bound:
#
#     minimize    t + u*alpha
#     subject to  [u*I, 0; 0, t] - [A, b]'*[A, b] >= 0.
#
# Two variables (t, u).

G = matrix(0.0, ((n+1)**2, 2))
G[-1, 0] = -1.0    # coefficient of t
G[: (n+1)**2-1 : n+2, 1] = -1.0    # coefficient of u
h = matrix( [ [ A.T * A,  b.T * A ], [ A.T * b, b.T * b ] ] )
c = matrix(1.0, (2,1))

nopts = 40
alpha1 = [2.0/(nopts//2-1) * alpha for alpha in range(nopts//2) ] + \
    [ 2.0 + (15.0 - 2.0)/(nopts//2) * alpha for alpha in
        range(1,nopts//2+1) ]
lbnds = [ blas.nrm2(b)**2 ]
for alpha in alpha1[1:]:
    c[1:] = alpha
    lbnds += [ -blas.dot(c, solvers.sdp(c, Gs=[G], hs=[h])['x']) ]

nopts = 10
alpha2 = [ 1.0/(nopts-1) * alpha for alpha in range(nopts) ]
ubnds = [ blas.nrm2(b)**2 ]
for alpha in alpha2[1:]:
    c[1:] = alpha
    ubnds += [ blas.dot(c, solvers.sdp(c, Gs=[G], hs=[-h])['x']) ]

try: import pylab
except ImportError: pass
else:
    pylab.figure(1, facecolor='w')
    pylab.plot(lbnds, alpha1, 'b-', ubnds, alpha2, 'b-')
    kmax = max([ k for k in range(len(alpha1)) if alpha1[k] <
        blas.nrm2(xls)**2 ])
    pylab.plot( [ blas.nrm2(b)**2 ] + lbnds[:kmax] +
        [ blas.nrm2(A*xls-b)**2 ], [0.0] + alpha1[:kmax] +
        [ blas.nrm2(xls)**2 ], '-', linewidth=2)
    pylab.plot([ blas.nrm2(b)**2, blas.nrm2(A*xls-b)**2 ],
        [0.0, blas.nrm2(xls)**2], 'bo')
    pylab.fill(lbnds[-1::-1] + ubnds + [ubnds[-1]],
        alpha1[-1::-1] + alpha2+ [alpha1[-1]], facecolor = '#D0D0D0')
    pylab.axis([0, 15, -1.0, 15])
    pylab.xlabel('||A*x-b||_2^2')
    pylab.ylabel('||x||_2^2')
    pylab.grid()
    pylab.title('Regularized least-squares (fig. 4.11)')
    pylab.show()