some initial work on ties

GPy/core/parameterization/index_operations.py

@@ -1,22 +1,48 @@
-'''
+# Copyright (c) 2014, Max Zwiessele
-Created on Oct 2, 2013
+# Licensed under the BSD 3-clause license (see LICENSE.txt)
-
-@author: maxzwiessele
-'''
 import numpy
 from numpy.lib.function_base import vectorize
 from lists_and_dicts import IntArrayDict
 
 class ParameterIndexOperations(object):
-    '''
+    """
-    Index operations for storing param index _properties
+    This object wraps a dictionary, whos keys are _operations_ that we'd like
-    This class enables index with slices retrieved from object.__getitem__ calls.
+    to apply to a parameter array, and whose values are np integer arrays which
-    Adding an index will add the selected indexes by the slice of an indexarray
+    index the parameter array appropriately.
-    indexing a shape shaped array to the flattened index array. Remove will
+
-    remove the selected slice indices from the flattened array.
+    A model instance will contain one instance of this class for each thing
-    You can give an offset to set an offset for the given indices in the
+    that needs indexing (i.e. constraints, ties and priors). Parameters within
-    index array, for multi-param handling.
+    the model constain instances of the ParameterIndexOperationsView class,
-    '''
+    which can map from a 'local' index (starting 0) to this global index.
+
+    Here's an illustration:
+
+    #=======================================================================
+    model :       0    1    2    3    4    5    6    7    8    9
+    key1:                             4    5
+    key2:                                            7    8
+
+    param1:                 0    1    2    3    4    5
+    key1:                             2    3
+    key2:                                            5
+
+    param2:                                0    1    2    3    4
+    key1:                                  0
+    key2:                                            2    3
+    #=======================================================================
+
+    The views of this global index have a subset of the keys in this global
+    (model) index.
+
+    Adding a new key (e.g. a constraint) to a view will cause the view to pass
+    the new key to the global index, along with the local index and an offset.
+    This global index then stores the key and the appropriate global index
+    (which can be seen by the view).
+
+    See also:
+        ParameterIndexOperationsView
+
+    """
     _offset = 0
     def __init__(self, constraints=None):
         self._properties = IntArrayDict()

GPy/core/parameterization/param.py

@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
-# Copyright (c) 2012, GPy authors (see AUTHORS.txt).
+# Copyright (c) 2014, GPy authors (see AUTHORS.txt).
 # Licensed under the BSD 3-clause license (see LICENSE.txt)
 
 import itertools

GPy/core/parameterization/parameter_core.py

@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
-# Copyright (c) 2012, GPy authors (see AUTHORS.txt).
+#t Copyright (c) 2012, GPy authors (see AUTHORS.txt).
 # Licensed under the BSD 3-clause license (see LICENSE.txt)
 """
 Core module for parameterization.
@@ -471,6 +471,8 @@ class Constrainable(Nameable, Indexable, Observable):
 
         Constrain the parameter to the given
         :py:class:`GPy.core.transformations.Transformation`.
+
+        :returns added: the indices that were constrained
         """
         self.param_array[...] = transform.initialize(self.param_array)
         reconstrained = self.unconstrain()
@@ -478,6 +480,37 @@ class Constrainable(Nameable, Indexable, Observable):
         self.notify_observers(self, None if trigger_parent else -np.inf)
         return added
 
+    def tie(self, name):
+        #remove any constraints
+        old_const = self.constraints.properties()[:]
+        self.unconstrain()
+
+        #set these parameters to be 'fixed' as in, not optimized
+        self._highest_parent_._set_fixed(self, self._raveled_index())
+
+        #see if a tie exists with that name
+        if name in self._highest_parent_.ties:
+            t = self._highest_parent_.ties[name]
+        else:
+            #create a tie object
+            value = np.atleast_1d(self.param_array)[0]*1
+            import ties_and_remappings
+            t = ties_and_remappings.Tie(value=value, name=name)
+
+            #add the new tie object to the global index
+            self._highest_parent_.ties[name] = t
+            self._highest_parent_.add_parameter(t)
+
+            #constrain the tie as we were constrained
+            if len(old_const)==1:
+                t.constrain(old_const[0])
+
+
+        self.constraints.add(t, self._raveled_index())
+        t.add_tied_parameter(self)
+
+
+
     def unconstrain(self, *transforms):
         """
         :param transforms: The transformations to unconstrain from.
@@ -712,6 +745,7 @@ class Parameterizable(OptimizationHandlable):
         self._parameters_ = ArrayList()
         self.size = 0
         self._added_names_ = set()
+        self.ties = {}
 
     @property
     def param_array(self):

GPy/core/parameterization/parameterized.py

@@ -1,7 +1,6 @@
-# Copyright (c) 2012, GPy authors (see AUTHORS.txt).
+# Copyright (c) 2014, Max Zwiessele
 # Licensed under the BSD 3-clause license (see LICENSE.txt)
 
-
 import numpy; np = numpy
 import cPickle
 import itertools

GPy/testing/index_operations_tests.py

@@ -1,8 +1,5 @@
-'''
+# Copyright (c) 2014, Max Zwiessele
-Created on 12 Feb 2014
+# Licensed under the BSD 3-clause license (see LICENSE.txt)
-
-@author: maxz
-'''
 import unittest
 import numpy as np
 from GPy.core.parameterization.index_operations import ParameterIndexOperations,\
@@ -99,4 +96,4 @@ class Test(unittest.TestCase):
 
 if __name__ == "__main__":
     #import sys;sys.argv = ['', 'Test.test_index_view']
-    unittest.main()
+    unittest.main()