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Formal representation of an autoregressive model.
Inherits From: StructuralTimeSeries
tfp.sts.Autoregressive(
order,
coefficients_prior=None,
level_scale_prior=None,
initial_state_prior=None,
coefficient_constraining_bijector=None,
observed_time_series=None,
name=None
)
Used in the notebooks
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An autoregressive (AR) model posits a latent level whose value at each step
is a noisy linear combination of previous steps:
level[t+1] = (sum(coefficients * levels[t:t-order:-1]) +
Normal(0., level_scale))
The latent state is levels[t:t-order:-1]. We observe a noisy realization of
the current level: f[t] = level[t] + Normal(0., observation_noise_scale) at
each timestep.
If coefficients=[1.], the AR process is a simple random walk, equivalent to
a LocalLevel model. However, a random walk's variance increases with time,
while many AR processes (in particular, any first-order process with
abs(coefficient) < 1) are stationary, i.e., they maintain a constant
variance over time. This makes AR processes useful models of uncertainty.
See the Wikipedia article for details on stationarity and other mathematical properties of autoregressive processes.
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order
|
scalar Python positive int specifying the number of past
timesteps to regress on.
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coefficients_prior
|
optional tfd.Distribution instance specifying a
prior on the coefficients parameter. If None, a default standard
normal (tfd.MultivariateNormalDiag(scale_diag=tf.ones([order]))) prior
is used.
Default value: None.
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level_scale_prior
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optional tfd.Distribution instance specifying a prior
on the level_scale parameter. If None, a heuristic default prior is
constructed based on the provided observed_time_series.
Default value: None.
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initial_state_prior
|
optional tfd.Distribution instance specifying a
prior on the initial state, corresponding to the values of the process
at a set of size order of imagined timesteps before the initial step.
If None, a heuristic default prior is constructed based on the
provided observed_time_series.
Default value: None.
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coefficient_constraining_bijector
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optional tfb.Bijector instance
representing a constraining mapping for the autoregressive coefficients.
For example, tfb.Tanh() constrains the coefficients to lie in
(-1, 1), while tfb.Softplus() constrains them to be positive, and
tfb.Identity() implies no constraint. If None, the default behavior
constrains the coefficients to lie in (-1, 1) using a Tanh bijector.
Default value: None.
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observed_time_series
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optional float Tensor of shape
batch_shape + [T, 1] (omitting the trailing unit dimension is also
supported when T > 1), specifying an observed time series. Any NaNs
are interpreted as missing observations; missingness may be also be
explicitly specified by passing a tfp.sts.MaskedTimeSeries instance.
Any priors not explicitly set will be given default values according to
the scale of the observed time series (or batch of time series).
Default value: None.
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name
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the name of this model component. Default value: 'Autoregressive'. |
Methods
batch_shape_tensor
batch_shape_tensor()
Runtime batch shape of models represented by this component.
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batch_shape
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int Tensor giving the broadcast batch shape of
all model parameters. This should match the batch shape of
derived state space models, i.e.,
self.make_state_space_model(...).batch_shape_tensor().
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copy
copy(
**override_parameters_kwargs
)
Creates a deep copy.
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**override_parameters_kwargs
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String/value dictionary of initialization arguments to override with new values. |
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copy
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A new instance of type(self) initialized from the union
of self.init_parameters and override_parameters_kwargs, i.e.,
dict(self.init_parameters, **override_parameters_kwargs).
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joint_distribution
joint_distribution(
observed_time_series=None,
num_timesteps=None,
trajectories_shape=(),
initial_step=0,
mask=None,
experimental_parallelize=False
)
Constructs the joint distribution over parameters and observed values.
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observed_time_series
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Optional observed time series to model, as a
Tensor or tfp.sts.MaskedTimeSeries instance having shape
concat([batch_shape, trajectories_shape, num_timesteps, 1]). If
an observed time series is provided, the num_timesteps,
trajectories_shape, and mask arguments are ignored, and
an unnormalized (pinned) distribution over parameter values is returned.
Default value: None.
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num_timesteps
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scalar int Tensor number of timesteps to model. This
must be specified either directly or by passing an
observed_time_series.
Default value: 0.
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trajectories_shape
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int Tensor shape of sampled trajectories
for each set of parameter values. Ignored if an observed_time_series
is passed.
Default value: ().
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initial_step
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Optional scalar int Tensor specifying the starting
timestep.
Default value: 0.
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mask
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Optional bool Tensor having shape
concat([batch_shape, trajectories_shape, num_timesteps]), in which
True entries indicate that the series value at the corresponding step
is missing and should be ignored. This argument should be passed only
if observed_time_series is not specified or does not already contain
a missingness mask; it is an error to pass both this
argument and an observed_time_series value containing a missingness
mask.
Default value: None.
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experimental_parallelize
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If True, use parallel message passing
algorithms from tfp.experimental.parallel_filter to perform time
series operations in O(log num_timesteps) sequential steps. The
overall FLOP and memory cost may be larger than for the sequential
implementations by a constant factor.
Default value: False.
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| Returns | |
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joint_distribution
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joint distribution of model parameters and
observed trajectories. If no observed_time_series was specified, this
is an instance of tfd.JointDistributionNamedAutoBatched with a
random variable for each model parameter (with names and order matching
self.parameters), plus a final random variable observed_time_series
representing a trajectory(ies) conditioned on the parameters. If
observed_time_series was specified, the return value is given by
joint_distribution.experimental_pin(
observed_time_series=observed_time_series) where joint_distribution
is as just described, so it defines an unnormalized posterior
distribution over the parameters.
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Example:
The joint distribution can generate prior samples of parameters and trajectories:
from matplotlib import pylab as plt
import tensorflow_probability as tfp
# Sample and plot 100 trajectories from the prior.
model = tfp.sts.LocalLinearTrend()
prior_samples = model.joint_distribution(num_timesteps=200).sample([100])
plt.plot(
tf.linalg.matrix_transpose(prior_samples['observed_time_series'][..., 0]))
It also integrates with TFP inference APIs, providing a more flexible alternative to the STS-specific fitting utilities.
jd = model.joint_distribution(observed_time_series)
# Variational inference.
surrogate_posterior = (
tfp.experimental.vi.build_factored_surrogate_posterior(
event_shape=jd.event_shape,
bijector=jd.experimental_default_event_space_bijector()))
losses = tfp.vi.fit_surrogate_posterior(
target_log_prob_fn=jd.unnormalized_log_prob,
surrogate_posterior=surrogate_posterior,
optimizer=tf.optimizers.Adam(0.1),
num_steps=200)
parameter_samples = surrogate_posterior.sample(50)
# No U-Turn Sampler.
samples, kernel_results = tfp.experimental.mcmc.windowed_adaptive_nuts(
n_draws=500, joint_dist=dist)
joint_log_prob
joint_log_prob(
observed_time_series
)
Build the joint density log p(params) + log p(y|params) as a callable. (deprecated)
| Args | |
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observed_time_series
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Observed Tensor trajectories of shape
sample_shape + batch_shape + [num_timesteps, 1] (the trailing
1 dimension is optional if num_timesteps > 1), where
batch_shape should match self.batch_shape (the broadcast batch
shape of all priors on parameters for this structural time series
model). Any NaNs are interpreted as missing observations; missingness
may be also be explicitly specified by passing a
tfp.sts.MaskedTimeSeries instance.
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| Returns | |
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log_joint_fn
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A function taking a Tensor argument for each model
parameter, in canonical order, and returning a Tensor log probability
of shape batch_shape. Note that, unlike tfp.Distributions
log_prob methods, the log_joint sums over the sample_shape from y,
so that sample_shape does not appear in the output log_prob. This
corresponds to viewing multiple samples in y as iid observations from a
single model, which is typically the desired behavior for parameter
inference.
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make_state_space_model
make_state_space_model(
num_timesteps,
param_vals,
initial_state_prior=None,
initial_step=0,
**linear_gaussian_ssm_kwargs
)
Instantiate this model as a Distribution over specified num_timesteps.
| Args | |
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num_timesteps
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Python int number of timesteps to model.
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param_vals
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a list of Tensor parameter values in order corresponding to
self.parameters, or a dict mapping from parameter names to values.
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initial_state_prior
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an optional Distribution instance overriding the
default prior on the model's initial state. This is used in forecasting
("today's prior is yesterday's posterior").
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initial_step
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optional int specifying the initial timestep to model.
This is relevant when the model contains time-varying components,
e.g., holidays or seasonality.
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**linear_gaussian_ssm_kwargs
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Optional additional keyword arguments to
to the base tfd.LinearGaussianStateSpaceModel constructor.
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| Returns | |
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dist
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a LinearGaussianStateSpaceModel Distribution object.
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prior_sample
prior_sample(
num_timesteps,
initial_step=0,
params_sample_shape=(),
trajectories_sample_shape=(),
seed=None
)
Sample from the joint prior over model parameters and trajectories. (deprecated)
| Args | |
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num_timesteps
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Scalar int Tensor number of timesteps to model.
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initial_step
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Optional scalar int Tensor specifying the starting
timestep.
Default value: 0.
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params_sample_shape
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Number of possible worlds to sample iid from the
parameter prior, or more generally, Tensor int shape to fill with
iid samples.
Default value: [] (i.e., draw a single sample and don't expand the
shape).
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trajectories_sample_shape
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For each sampled set of parameters, number
of trajectories to sample, or more generally, Tensor int shape to
fill with iid samples.
Default value: [] (i.e., draw a single sample and don't expand the
shape).
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seed
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PRNG seed; see tfp.random.sanitize_seed for details.
Default value: None.
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| Returns | |
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trajectories
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float Tensor of shape
trajectories_sample_shape + params_sample_shape + [num_timesteps, 1]
containing all sampled trajectories.
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param_samples
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list of sampled parameter value Tensors, in order
corresponding to self.parameters, each of shape
params_sample_shape + prior.batch_shape + prior.event_shape.
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__add__
__add__(
other
)
Models the sum of the series from the two components.