Multi-Level Monte Carlo with Python
Project description
MLMCPy - Multi-Level Monte Carlo with Python
General
MLMCPy is an open source implementation of the Multi-Level Monte Carlo (MLMC) method in Python. It was developed with ease of use in mind.
Dependencies
MLMCPy is intended for use with Python 2.7.
Required packages:
- numpy
- scipy
Optional packages:
- mpi4py (for using with mpirun)
- pytest (for running unit tests)
Tests
Well over one hundred tests are included to thoroughly test MLMCPy.
Example usage
import numpy as np
import sys
from MLMCPy.input import RandomInput
from MLMCPy.mlmc import MLMCSimulator
# Add path for example SpringMassModel to sys path.
sys.path.append('./examples/spring_mass/from_model/spring_mass')
import SpringMassModel
'''
This script demonstrates MLMCPy for simulating a spring-mass system with a
random spring stiffness to estimate the expected value of the maximum
displacement using multi-level Monte Carlo. Here, we use Model and RandomInput
objects with functional forms as inputs to MLMCPy. See the
/examples/spring_mass/from_data/ for an example of using precomputed data
in files as inputs.
'''
# Step 1 - Define random variable for spring stiffness:
# Need to provide a sampleable function to create RandomInput instance in MLMCPy
def beta_distribution(shift, scale, alpha, beta, size):
return shift + scale*np.random.beta(alpha, beta, size)
stiffness_distribution = RandomInput(distribution_function=beta_distribution,
shift=1.0, scale=2.5, alpha=3., beta=2.)
# Step 2 - Initialize spring-mass models. Here using three levels with MLMC.
# defined by different time steps
model_level1 = SpringMassModel(mass=1.5, time_step=1.0)
model_level2 = SpringMassModel(mass=1.5, time_step=0.1)
model_level3 = SpringMassModel(mass=1.5, time_step=0.01)
models = [model_level1, model_level2, model_level3]
# Step 3 - Initialize MLMC & predict max displacement to specified error.
mlmc_simulator = MLMCSimulator(stiffness_distribution, models)
[estimates, sample_sizes, variances] = \
mlmc_simulator.simulate(epsilon=1e-1,
initial_sample_sizes=100,
verbose=True)
Authors
Luke Morrill
Georgia Tech
James Warner
UQ Center of Excellence
NASA Langley Research Center
james.e.warner@nasa.gov
This software was funded by and developed under the High Performance Computing Incubator (HPCI) at NASA Langley Research Center.
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