Linear Least-Squares Inversion#

Here we demonstrate the basics of inverting data with SimPEG by considering a linear inverse problem. We formulate the inverse problem as a least-squares optimization problem. For this tutorial, we focus on the following:

Defining the forward problem

Defining the inverse problem (data misfit, regularization, optimization)

Specifying directives for the inversion

Recovering a set of model parameters which explains the observations

Import Modules#

import numpy as np
import matplotlib.pyplot as plt

from discretize import TensorMesh

from simpeg import (
    simulation,
    maps,
    data_misfit,
    directives,
    optimization,
    regularization,
    inverse_problem,
    inversion,
)

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Defining the Model and Mapping#

Here we generate a synthetic model and a mappig which goes from the model space to the row space of our linear operator.

nParam = 100  # Number of model paramters

# A 1D mesh is used to define the row-space of the linear operator.
mesh = TensorMesh([nParam])

# Creating the true model
true_model = np.zeros(mesh.nC)
true_model[mesh.cell_centers_x > 0.3] = 1.0
true_model[mesh.cell_centers_x > 0.45] = -0.5
true_model[mesh.cell_centers_x > 0.6] = 0

# Mapping from the model space to the row space of the linear operator
model_map = maps.IdentityMap(mesh)

# Plotting the true model
fig = plt.figure(figsize=(8, 5))
ax = fig.add_subplot(111)
ax.plot(mesh.cell_centers_x, true_model, "b-")
ax.set_ylim([-2, 2])

(-2.0, 2.0)

Defining the Linear Operator#

Here we define the linear operator with dimensions (nData, nParam). In practive, you may have a problem-specific linear operator which you would like to construct or load here.

# Number of data observations (rows)
nData = 20

# Create the linear operator for the tutorial. The columns of the linear operator
# represents a set of decaying and oscillating functions.
jk = np.linspace(1.0, 60.0, nData)
p = -0.25
q = 0.25


def g(k):
    return np.exp(p * jk[k] * mesh.cell_centers_x) * np.cos(
        np.pi * q * jk[k] * mesh.cell_centers_x
    )


G = np.empty((nData, nParam))

for i in range(nData):
    G[i, :] = g(i)

# Plot the columns of G
fig = plt.figure(figsize=(8, 5))
ax = fig.add_subplot(111)
for i in range(G.shape[0]):
    ax.plot(G[i, :])

ax.set_title("Columns of matrix G")

Text(0.5, 1.0, 'Columns of matrix G')

Defining the Simulation#

The simulation defines the relationship between the model parameters and predicted data.

sim = simulation.LinearSimulation(mesh, G=G, model_map=model_map)

Predict Synthetic Data#

Here, we use the true model to create synthetic data which we will subsequently invert.

# Standard deviation of Gaussian noise being added
std = 0.01
np.random.seed(1)

# Create a SimPEG data object
data_obj = sim.make_synthetic_data(true_model, relative_error=std, add_noise=True)

Define the Inverse Problem#

The inverse problem is defined by 3 things:

Data Misfit: a measure of how well our recovered model explains the field data

Regularization: constraints placed on the recovered model and a priori information

Optimization: the numerical approach used to solve the inverse problem

# Define the data misfit. Here the data misfit is the L2 norm of the weighted
# residual between the observed data and the data predicted for a given model.
# Within the data misfit, the residual between predicted and observed data are
# normalized by the data's standard deviation.
dmis = data_misfit.L2DataMisfit(simulation=sim, data=data_obj)

# Define the regularization (model objective function).
reg = regularization.WeightedLeastSquares(mesh, alpha_s=1.0, alpha_x=1.0)

# Define how the optimization problem is solved.
opt = optimization.InexactGaussNewton(maxIter=50)

# Here we define the inverse problem that is to be solved
inv_prob = inverse_problem.BaseInvProblem(dmis, reg, opt)

Define Inversion Directives#

Here we define any directiveas that are carried out during the inversion. This includes the cooling schedule for the trade-off parameter (beta), stopping criteria for the inversion and saving inversion results at each iteration.

# Defining a starting value for the trade-off parameter (beta) between the data
# misfit and the regularization.
starting_beta = directives.BetaEstimate_ByEig(beta0_ratio=1e-4)

# Setting a stopping criteria for the inversion.
target_misfit = directives.TargetMisfit()

# The directives are defined as a list.
directives_list = [starting_beta, target_misfit]

Setting a Starting Model and Running the Inversion#

To define the inversion object, we need to define the inversion problem and the set of directives. We can then run the inversion.

# Here we combine the inverse problem and the set of directives
inv = inversion.BaseInversion(inv_prob, directives_list)

# Starting model
starting_model = np.zeros(nParam)

# Run inversion
recovered_model = inv.run(starting_model)

Running inversion with SimPEG v0.25.0
============================ Inexact Gauss Newton ============================
  #     beta     phi_d     phi_m       f      |proj(x-g)-x|  LS    Comment
-----------------------------------------------------------------------------
1.86e+02  2.00e+05  0.00e+00  2.00e+05
1.86e+02  9.38e+04  6.93e-01  9.39e+04    2.42e+06      0
1.86e+02  6.36e+04  2.70e+00  6.41e+04    1.61e+05      0
1.86e+02  3.72e+04  9.45e+00  3.89e+04    1.23e+05      0   Skip BFGS
1.86e+02  2.53e+04  9.44e+00  2.70e+04    9.38e+04      0
1.86e+02  1.78e+04  1.49e+01  2.06e+04    1.64e+05      0
1.86e+02  8.99e+03  2.34e+01  1.34e+04    7.87e+04      0
1.86e+02  7.38e+03  2.37e+01  1.18e+04    1.03e+05      0
1.86e+02  6.52e+03  2.50e+01  1.12e+04    5.00e+04      0
1.86e+02  5.44e+03  2.67e+01  1.04e+04    1.26e+05      0
1.86e+02  4.20e+03  2.88e+01  9.56e+03    7.28e+04      0
1.86e+02  3.16e+03  3.13e+01  8.99e+03    1.07e+05      0
1.86e+02  2.25e+03  3.18e+01  8.17e+03    8.61e+04      0
1.86e+02  1.93e+03  3.29e+01  8.05e+03    8.43e+04      0
1.86e+02  1.71e+03  3.31e+01  7.88e+03    9.12e+04      0   Skip BFGS
1.86e+02  1.66e+03  3.33e+01  7.85e+03    2.84e+04      0
1.86e+02  1.54e+03  3.35e+01  7.78e+03    1.76e+04      0   Skip BFGS
1.86e+02  1.52e+03  3.33e+01  7.72e+03    3.67e+04      0
1.86e+02  1.18e+03  3.47e+01  7.65e+03    1.90e+04      0   Skip BFGS
1.86e+02  1.32e+03  3.38e+01  7.62e+03    2.99e+04      0
1.86e+02  1.35e+03  3.30e+01  7.49e+03    2.49e+04      0   Skip BFGS
1.86e+02  1.35e+03  3.28e+01  7.47e+03    4.89e+04      0
1.86e+02  1.35e+03  3.28e+01  7.46e+03    3.48e+04      0   Skip BFGS
1.86e+02  1.36e+03  3.27e+01  7.46e+03    3.49e+04      0
1.86e+02  1.31e+03  3.29e+01  7.45e+03    3.54e+04      0   Skip BFGS
1.86e+02  1.31e+03  3.30e+01  7.45e+03    3.11e+04      0
1.86e+02  1.30e+03  3.30e+01  7.45e+03    3.60e+04      0   Skip BFGS
1.86e+02  1.30e+03  3.30e+01  7.45e+03    3.49e+04      0
1.86e+02  1.30e+03  3.30e+01  7.45e+03    3.46e+04      0   Skip BFGS
1.86e+02  1.30e+03  3.30e+01  7.45e+03    3.53e+04      0
1.86e+02  1.11e+03  3.37e+01  7.39e+03    3.49e+04      0   Skip BFGS
1.86e+02  1.11e+03  3.37e+01  7.38e+03    9.77e+03      0
1.86e+02  1.10e+03  3.37e+01  7.38e+03    9.75e+03      0   Skip BFGS
1.86e+02  1.10e+03  3.37e+01  7.38e+03    9.85e+03      0
1.86e+02  1.07e+03  3.38e+01  7.37e+03    1.01e+04      0   Skip BFGS
1.86e+02  1.07e+03  3.38e+01  7.37e+03    9.73e+03      0
1.86e+02  1.06e+03  3.38e+01  7.36e+03    9.66e+03      0
1.86e+02  1.06e+03  3.38e+01  7.36e+03    3.32e+03      0   Skip BFGS
1.86e+02  1.06e+03  3.38e+01  7.36e+03    2.59e+03      0
1.86e+02  1.04e+03  3.39e+01  7.36e+03    2.79e+03      0
1.86e+02  1.03e+03  3.39e+01  7.36e+03    6.31e+03      0   Skip BFGS
1.86e+02  1.03e+03  3.39e+01  7.36e+03    5.62e+03      0
1.86e+02  1.03e+03  3.40e+01  7.36e+03    5.45e+03      0
1.86e+02  1.03e+03  3.40e+01  7.36e+03    6.25e+03      0   Skip BFGS
1.86e+02  1.03e+03  3.40e+01  7.36e+03    5.08e+03      0
1.86e+02  1.02e+03  3.40e+01  7.36e+03    5.43e+03      0   Skip BFGS
1.86e+02  1.02e+03  3.40e+01  7.36e+03    5.42e+03      0
1.86e+02  1.02e+03  3.40e+01  7.36e+03    5.39e+03      0
1.86e+02  1.00e+03  3.41e+01  7.36e+03    5.49e+03      0
1.86e+02  1.00e+03  3.41e+01  7.36e+03    4.52e+03      0   Skip BFGS
1.86e+02  9.96e+02  3.41e+01  7.36e+03    1.08e+04      0
------------------------- STOP! -------------------------
: |fc-fOld| = 1.2851e-01 <= tolF*(1+|f0|) = 2.0000e+04
: |xc-x_last| = 9.9803e-03 <= tolX*(1+|x0|) = 1.0000e-01
: |proj(x-g)-x|    = 2.4500e+03 <= tolG          = 1.0000e-01
: |proj(x-g)-x|    = 2.4500e+03 <= 1e3*eps       = 1.0000e-02
: maxIter   =      50    <= iter          =     50
------------------------- DONE! -------------------------

Plotting Results#

# Observed versus predicted data
fig, ax = plt.subplots(1, 2, figsize=(12 * 1.2, 4 * 1.2))
ax[0].plot(data_obj.dobs, "b-")
ax[0].plot(inv_prob.dpred, "r-")
ax[0].legend(("Observed Data", "Predicted Data"))

# True versus recovered model
ax[1].plot(mesh.cell_centers_x, true_model, "b-")
ax[1].plot(mesh.cell_centers_x, recovered_model, "r-")
ax[1].legend(("True Model", "Recovered Model"))
ax[1].set_ylim([-2, 2])