aepsych.strategy

aepsych.strategy module

aepsych.strategy.ensure_model_is_fresh(f)[source]
Parameters:

f (Callable) –

Return type:

Callable

class aepsych.strategy.Strategy(generator, lb, ub, stimuli_per_trial, outcome_types, dim=None, min_total_tells=0, min_asks=0, model=None, refit_every=1, min_total_outcome_occurrences=1, max_asks=None, keep_most_recent=None, min_post_range=None, name='', run_indefinitely=False)[source]

Bases: object

Object that combines models and generators to generate points to sample.

Initialize the strategy object.

Parameters:
  • generator (AEPsychGenerator) – The generator object that determines how points are sampled.

  • lb (Union[numpy.ndarray, torch.Tensor]) – Lower bounds of the parameters.

  • ub (Union[numpy.ndarray, torch.Tensor]) – Upper bounds of the parameters.

  • dim (int, optional) – The number of dimensions in the parameter space. If None, it is inferred from the size of lb and ub.

  • min_total_tells (int) – The minimum number of total observations needed to complete this strategy.

  • min_asks (int) – The minimum number of points that should be generated from this strategy.

  • model (ModelProtocol, optional) – The AEPsych model of the data.

  • refit_every (int) – How often to refit the model from scratch.

  • min_total_outcome_occurrences (int) – The minimum number of total observations needed for each outcome before the strategy will finish. Defaults to 1 (i.e., for binary outcomes, there must be at least one “yes” trial and one “no” trial).

  • max_asks (int, optional) – The maximum number of trials to generate using this strategy. If None, there is no upper bound (default).

  • keep_most_recent (int, optional) – Experimental. The number of most recent data points that the model will be fitted on. This may be useful for discarding noisy data from trials early in the experiment that are not as informative as data collected from later trials. When None, the model is fitted on all data.

  • min_post_range (float, optional) – Experimental. The required difference between the posterior’s minimum and maximum value in probablity space before the strategy will finish. Ignored if None (default).

  • name (str) – The name of the strategy. Defaults to the empty string.

  • run_indefinitely (bool) – If true, the strategy will run indefinitely until finish() is explicitly called. Other stopping criteria will be ignored. Defaults to False.

  • stimuli_per_trial (int) –

  • outcome_types (Sequence[Type[str]]) –

normalize_inputs(x, y)[source]

converts inputs into normalized format for this strategy

Parameters:
  • x (torch.Tensor) – training inputs

  • y (torch.Tensor) – training outputs

Returns:

training inputs, normalized y (torch.Tensor): training outputs, normalized n (int): number of observations

Return type:

x (torch.Tensor)

gen(*args, **kwargs)[source]
get_max(*args, **kwargs)[source]
get_min(*args, **kwargs)[source]
inv_query(*args, **kwargs)[source]
predict(*args, **kwargs)[source]
get_jnd(*args, **kwargs)[source]
sample(*args, **kwargs)[source]
finish()[source]
Return type:

None

property finished: bool
property can_fit: bool
property n_trials: int
add_data(x, y)[source]

Adds new data points to the strategy, and normalizes the inputs.

Parameters:
  • x (torch.Tensor, np.ndarray) – The input data points. Can be a PyTorch tensor or NumPy array.

  • y (torch.Tensor, np.ndarray) – The output data points. Can be a PyTorch tensor or NumPy array.

Return type:

None

fit()[source]
Return type:

None

update()[source]
Return type:

None

classmethod from_config(config, name)[source]
Parameters:
  • config (Config) –

  • name (str) –

Return type:

Strategy

class aepsych.strategy.SequentialStrategy(strat_list)[source]

Bases: object

Runs a sequence of strategies defined by its config

All getter methods defer to the current strat

Parameters:

strat_list (list[Strategy]) – TODO make this nicely typed / doc’d

gen(num_points=1, **kwargs)[source]
Parameters:

num_points (int) –

Return type:

Tensor

finish()[source]
Return type:

None

property finished: bool
add_data(x, y)[source]
Parameters:
  • x (Union[ndarray, Tensor]) –

  • y (Union[ndarray, Tensor]) –

Return type:

None

classmethod from_config(config)[source]
Parameters:

config (Config) –

Return type:

SequentialStrategy