Are there functions in python that will fill out missing values in a matrix for you, by using collaborative filtering (ex. alternating minimization algorithm, etc). Or does one need to implement such functions from scratch?
[EDIT]: Although this isn't a matrix-completion example, but just to illustrate a similar situation, I know there is an svd() function in Matlab that takes a matrix as input and automatically outputs the singular value decomposition (svd) of it. I'm looking for something like that in Python, hopefully a built-in function, but even a good library out there would be great.
Check out numpy's linalg library to find a python SVD implementation
There is a library fancyimpute. Also, sklearn NMF
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The task is to get datasets as well as ideal functions through csv and choose ideal functions on the basis of how they minimize the sum of all y-deviations squared (Least-Square).
I am basically confused about this task so can someone explain this to me as i m trying to learn python.
No, there is not a built-in function to do that. There is an implementation here that uses numpy, pandas and matplotlib.
is there a filter function of kalman in Python that works in the same way as the Kalman function of matlab?
[kest] = kalman(sys,Qn,Rn)
The idea is that the function receives as parameters a space of states and the respective weight matrices (it is to implement an LQR controller)
You can use the pyKalman library. See the sin example followed by the filter example.
It is not exactly like Matlab but it is easy enough to use.
I finally found the ovtave source code for the kalman filter and implemented it in python. Anyway, thank you very much
Usually I use Mathematica, but now trying to shift to python, so this question might be a trivial one, so I am sorry about that.
Anyways, is there any built-in function in python which is similar to the function named Interval[{min,max}] in Mathematica ? link is : http://reference.wolfram.com/language/ref/Interval.html
What I am trying to do is, I have a function and I am trying to minimize it, but it is a constrained minimization, by that I mean, the parameters of the function are only allowed within some particular interval.
For a very simple example, lets say f(x) is a function with parameter x and I am looking for the value of x which minimizes the function but x is constrained within an interval (min,max) . [ Obviously the actual problem is just not one-dimensional rather multi-dimensional optimization, so different paramters may have different intervals. ]
Since it is an optimization problem, so ofcourse I do not want to pick the paramter randomly from an interval.
Any help will be highly appreciated , thanks!
If it's a highly non-linear problem, you'll need to use an algorithm such as the Generalized Reduced Gradient (GRG) Method.
The idea of the generalized reduced gradient algorithm (GRG) is to solve a sequence of subproblems, each of which uses a linear approximation of the constraints. (Ref)
You'll need to ensure that certain conditions known as the KKT conditions are met, etc. but for most continuous problems with reasonable constraints, you'll be able to apply this algorithm.
This is a good reference for such problems with a few examples provided. Ref. pg. 104.
Regarding implementation:
While I am not familiar with Python, I have built solver libraries in C++ using templates as well as using function pointers so you can pass on functions (for the objective as well as constraints) as arguments to the solver and you'll get your result - hopefully in polynomial time for convex problems or in cases where the initial values are reasonable.
If an ability to do that exists in Python, it shouldn't be difficult to build a generalized GRG solver.
The Python Solution:
Edit: Here is the python solution to your problem: Python constrained non-linear optimization
I am currently trying to move from Matlab to Python and succeeded in several aspects. However, one function in Matlab's Signal Processing Toolbox that I use quite regularly is the impinvar function to calculate a digital filter from its analogue version.
In Scipy.signal I only found the bilinear function to do something similar. But, in contrast to the Matlab bilinear function, it does not take an optional argument to do some pre-warping of the frequencies. I did not find any impinvar (impulse invariance) function in Scipy.
Before I now start to code it myself I'd like to ask whether there is something that I simply overlooked? Thanks.
There is a Python translation of the Octave impinvar function in the PyDynamic package which should be equivalent to the Matlab version.
I will have to implement a convolution of two functions in Python, but SciPy/Numpy appear to have functions only for the convolution of two arrays.
Before I try to implement this by using the the regular integration expression of convolution, I would like to ask if someone knows of an already available module that performs these operations.
Failing that, which of the several kinds of integration that SciPy provides is the best suited for this?
Thanks!
You could try to implement the Discrete Convolution if you need it point by point.
Yes, SciPy/Numpy is mostly concerned about arrays.
If you can tolerate an approximate solution, and your functions only operate over a range of value (not infinite) you can fill an array with the values and convolve the arrays.
If you want something more "correct" calculus-wise you would probably need a powerful solver (mathmatica, maple...)