traj_match() R function from [pomp]

Trajectory matching

Estimation of parameters for deterministic POMP models via trajectory matching. methods


## S4 method for signature 'data.frame'
traj_objfun(
  data,
  ...,
  est = character(0),
  fail.value = NA,
  ode_control = list(),
  params,
  rinit,
  skeleton,
  dmeasure,
  partrans,
  verbose = getOption("verbose", FALSE)
)

## S4 method for signature 'pomp'
traj_objfun(
  data,
  ...,
  est = character(0),
  fail.value = NA,
  ode_control = list(),
  verbose = getOption("verbose", FALSE)
)

## S4 method for signature 'traj_match_objfun'
traj_objfun(
  data,
  ...,
  est,
  fail.value,
  ode_control,
  verbose = getOption("verbose", FALSE)
)

Arguments

data: either a data frame holding the time series data, or an object of class pomp , i.e., the output of another pomp calculation. Internally, data will be coerced to an array with storage-mode double.
...: additional arguments will modify the model structure
est: character vector; the names of parameters to be estimated.
fail.value: optional numeric scalar; if non-NA, this value is substituted for non-finite values of the objective function. It should be a large number (i.e., bigger than any legitimate values the objective function is likely to take).
ode_control: optional list; the elements of this list will be passed to ode if the skeleton is a vectorfield, and ignored if it is a map.
params: optional; named numeric vector of parameters. This will be coerced internally to storage mode double.
rinit: simulator of the initial-state distribution. This can be furnished either as a C snippet, an function, or the name of a pre-compiled native routine available in a dynamically loaded library. Setting rinit=NULL sets the initial-state simulator to its default. For more information, see rinit specification .
skeleton: optional; the deterministic skeleton of the unobserved state process. Depending on whether the model operates in continuous or discrete time, this is either a vectorfield or a map. Accordingly, this is supplied using either the vectorfield or map fnctions. For more information, see skeleton specification . Setting skeleton=NULL removes the deterministic skeleton.
dmeasure: evaluator of the measurement model density, specified either as a C snippet, an function, or the name of a pre-compiled native routine available in a dynamically loaded library. Setting dmeasure=NULL removes the measurement density evaluator. For more information, see dmeasure specification .
partrans: optional parameter transformations, constructed using parameter_trans.

Many algorithms for parameter estimation search an unconstrained space of parameters. When working with such an algorithm and a model for which the parameters are constrained, it can be useful to transform parameters. One should supply the partrans argument via a call to parameter_trans. For more information, see parameter_trans . Setting partrans=NULL removes the parameter transformations, i.e., sets them to the identity transformation.
verbose: logical; if TRUE, diagnostic messages will be printed to the console.

Returns

traj_objfun constructs a stateful objective function for spectrum matching. Specifically, traj_objfun returns an object of class traj_match_objfun , which is a function suitable for use in an optim-like optimizer. In particular, this function takes a single numeric-vector argument that is assumed to contain the parameters named in est, in that order. When called, it will return the negative log likelihood. It is a stateful function: Each time it is called, it will remember the values of the parameters and its estimate of the log likelihood.

Details

In trajectory matching, one attempts to minimize the discrepancy between a POMP model's predictions and data under the assumption that the latent state process is deterministic and all discrepancies between model and data are due to measurement error. The measurement model likelihood (dmeasure), or rather its negative, is the natural measure of the discrepancy.

Trajectory matching is a generalization of the traditional nonlinear least squares approach. In particular, if, on some scale, measurement errors are normal with constant variance, then trajectory matching is equivalent to least squares on that particular scale.

traj_objfun constructs an objective function that evaluates the likelihood function. It can be passed to any one of a variety of numerical optimization routines, which will adjust model parameters to minimize the discrepancies between the power spectrum of model simulations and that of the data.

Note for Windows users

Some Windows users report problems when using C snippets in parallel computations. These appear to arise when the temporary files created during the C snippet compilation process are not handled properly by the operating system. To circumvent this problem, use the cdir and cfile options to cause the C snippets to be written to a file of your choice, thus avoiding the use of temporary files altogether.

Important Note

Since pomp cannot guarantee that the final call an optimizer makes to the function is a call at the optimum, it cannot guarantee that the parameters stored in the function are the optimal ones. Therefore, it is a good idea to evaluate the function on the parameters returned by the optimization routine, which will ensure that these parameters are stored.

Warning! Objective functions based on C snippets

If you use C snippets (see Csnippet), a dynamically loadable library will be built. As a rule, pomp functions load this library as needed and unload it when it is no longer needed. The stateful objective functions are an exception to this rule. For efficiency, calls to the objective function do not execute pompLoad or pompUnload: rather, it is assumed that pompLoad has been called before any call to the objective function. When a stateful objective function using one or more C snippets is created, pompLoad is called internally to build and load the library: therefore, within a single session, if one creates a stateful objective function, one can freely call that objective function and (more to the point) pass it to an optimizer that calls it freely, without needing to call pompLoad. On the other hand, if one retrieves a stored objective function from a file, or passes one to another session, one must call pompLoad before using it. Failure to do this will typically result in a segmentation fault (i.e.,it will crash the R session).

Examples


ricker() |>
    traj_objfun(
      est=c("r","sigma","N_0"),
      partrans=parameter_trans(log=c("r","sigma","N_0")),
      paramnames=c("r","sigma","N_0")
      ) -> f

  f(log(c(20,0.3,10)))

  if (require(subplex)) {
    subplex(fn=f,par=log(c(20,0.3,10)),control=list(reltol=1e-5)) -> out
  } else {
    optim(fn=f,par=log(c(20,0.3,10)),control=list(reltol=1e-5)) -> out
  }

  f(out$par)

  if (require(ggplot2)) {

    f |>
      trajectory(format="data.frame") |>
      ggplot(aes(x=time,y=N))+geom_line()+theme_bw()

  }

traj_match function