""" ========================= Bayesian Ridge Regression ========================= Computes a Bayesian Ridge Regression on a synthetic dataset. See :ref:`bayesian_ridge_regression` for more information on the regressor. Compared to the OLS (ordinary least squares) estimator, the coefficient weights are slightly shifted toward zeros, which stabilises them. As the prior on the weights is a Gaussian prior, the histogram of the estimated weights is Gaussian. The estimation of the model is done by iteratively maximizing the marginal log-likelihood of the observations. """ print(__doc__) import numpy as np import pylab as pl from scipy import stats from sklearn.linear_model import BayesianRidge, LinearRegression ############################################################################### # Generating simulated data with Gaussian weigthts np.random.seed(0) n_samples, n_features = 100, 100 X = np.random.randn(n_samples, n_features) # Create gaussian data # Create weigts with a precision lambda_ of 4. lambda_ = 4. w = np.zeros(n_features) # Only keep 10 weights of interest relevant_features = np.random.randint(0, n_features, 10) for i in relevant_features: w[i] = stats.norm.rvs(loc=0, scale=1. / np.sqrt(lambda_)) # Create noise with a precision alpha of 50. alpha_ = 50. noise = stats.norm.rvs(loc=0, scale=1. / np.sqrt(alpha_), size=n_samples) # Create the target y = np.dot(X, w) + noise ############################################################################### # Fit the Bayesian Ridge Regression and an OLS for comparison clf = BayesianRidge(compute_score=True) clf.fit(X, y) ols = LinearRegression() ols.fit(X, y) ############################################################################### # Plot true weights, estimated weights and histogram of the weights pl.figure(figsize=(6, 5)) pl.title("Weights of the model") pl.plot(clf.coef_, 'b-', label="Bayesian Ridge estimate") pl.plot(w, 'g-', label="Ground truth") pl.plot(ols.coef_, 'r--', label="OLS estimate") pl.xlabel("Features") pl.ylabel("Values of the weights") pl.legend(loc="best", prop=dict(size=12)) pl.figure(figsize=(6, 5)) pl.title("Histogram of the weights") pl.hist(clf.coef_, bins=n_features, log=True) pl.plot(clf.coef_[relevant_features], 5 * np.ones(len(relevant_features)), 'ro', label="Relevant features") pl.ylabel("Features") pl.xlabel("Values of the weights") pl.legend(loc="lower left") pl.figure(figsize=(6, 5)) pl.title("Marginal log-likelihood") pl.plot(clf.scores_) pl.ylabel("Score") pl.xlabel("Iterations") pl.show()