Creating new surrogate models for GPyOpt

Written by Javier Gonzalez and Andrei Paleyes.

You can create and use your own surrogate models functions in GPyOpt. To do it just complete the following template.


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# Copyright (c) 2016, the GPyOpt Authors
# Licensed under the BSD 3-clause license (see LICENSE.txt)

from GPyOpt.models import BOModel
import numpy as np

class NewModel(BOModel):
   
    """
    General template to create a new GPyOPt surrogate model

    :param normalize Y: wheter the outputs are normalized (default, false)

    """

    # SET THIS LINE TO True of False DEPENDING IN THE ANALYTICAL GRADIENTS OF THE PREDICTIONS ARE AVAILABLE OR NOT
    analytical_gradient_prediction = False

    def __init__(self, normalize_Y=True, **kwargs ):

        # ---
        # ADD TO self... THE REST OF THE PARAMETERS OF YOUR MODEL
        # ---
        
        self.normalize_Y = normalize_Y
        self.model = None

    def _create_model(self, X, Y):
        """
        Creates the model given some input data X and Y.
        """
        self.X = X
        self.Y = Y
        
        # ---
        # ADD TO self.model THE MODEL CREATED USING X AND Y.
        # ---
        
        
    def updateModel(self, X_all, Y_all, X_new, Y_new):
        """
        Updates the model with new observations.
        """
        self.X = X_all
        self.Y = Y_all
        
        if self.normalize_Y:
            Y_all = (Y_all - Y_all.mean())/(Y_all.std())
        
        if self.model is None: 
            self._create_model(X_all, Y_all)
        else:
            pass
            # ---
            # AUGMENT THE MODEL HERE AND REUPDATE THE HIPER-PARAMETERS
            # ---
                 
    def predict(self, X):
        """
        Preditions with the model. Returns posterior means m and standard deviations s at X. 
        """

        # ---
        # IMPLEMENT THE MODEL PREDICTIONS HERE (outputs are numpy arrays with a point per row)
        # ---
        
        return m, s
    
    def get_fmin(self):
        return self.model.predict(self.X).min()