Sparse Inversion with Iteratively Re-Weighted Least-Squares#

Least-squares inversion produces smooth models which may not be an accurate representation of the true model. Here we demonstrate the basics of inverting for sparse and/or blocky models. Here, we used the iteratively reweighted least-squares approach. For this tutorial, we focus on the following:

  • Defining the forward problem

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

  • Defining the paramters for the IRLS algorithm

  • Specifying directives for the inversion

  • Recovering a set of model parameters which explains the observations

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])
plot inv 2 inversion irls
(-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")
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 = 0.02
np.random.seed(1)

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

Define the Inverse Problem#

The inverse problem is defined by 3 things:

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

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

  3. 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). Here, 'p' defines the
# the norm of the smallness term and 'q' defines the norm of the smoothness
# term.
reg = regularization.Sparse(mesh, mapping=model_map)
reg.reference_model = np.zeros(nParam)
p = 0.0
q = 0.0
reg.norms = [p, q]

# Define how the optimization problem is solved.
opt = optimization.ProjectedGNCG(
    maxIter=100, lower=-2.0, upper=2.0, maxIterLS=20, maxIterCG=30, tolCG=1e-4
)

# 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.

# Add sensitivity weights but don't update at each beta
sensitivity_weights = directives.UpdateSensitivityWeights(every_iteration=False)

# Reach target misfit for L2 solution, then use IRLS until model stops changing.
IRLS = directives.UpdateIRLS(max_irls_iterations=40, f_min_change=1e-4)

# Defining a starting value for the trade-off parameter (beta) between the data
# misfit and the regularization.
starting_beta = directives.BetaEstimate_ByEig(beta0_ratio=1e0)

# Update the preconditionner
update_Jacobi = directives.UpdatePreconditioner()

# Save output at each iteration
saveDict = directives.SaveOutputEveryIteration(save_txt=False)

# Define the directives as a list
directives_list = [
    sensitivity_weights,
    IRLS,
    starting_beta,
    update_Jacobi,
    saveDict,
]

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 = 1e-4 * np.ones(nParam)

# Run inversion
recovered_model = inv.run(starting_model)
Running inversion with SimPEG v0.24.1.dev17+g4a94b2ccf

                    simpeg.InvProblem is setting bfgsH0 to the inverse of the eval2Deriv.
                    ***Done using the default solver Pardiso and no solver_opts.***

model has any nan: 0
=============================== Projected GNCG ===============================
  #     beta     phi_d     phi_m       f      |proj(x-g)-x|  LS    Comment
-----------------------------------------------------------------------------
x0 has any nan: 0
   0  1.70e+06  3.70e+03  1.01e-09  3.70e+03    1.98e+01      0
   1  8.50e+05  1.85e+03  3.84e-04  2.18e+03    1.92e+01      0
   2  4.25e+05  1.26e+03  8.88e-04  1.64e+03    1.87e+01      0   Skip BFGS
   3  2.13e+05  7.29e+02  1.78e-03  1.11e+03    1.81e+01      0   Skip BFGS
   4  1.06e+05  3.58e+02  3.00e-03  6.77e+02    1.67e+01      0   Skip BFGS
   5  5.32e+04  1.55e+02  4.32e-03  3.85e+02    1.49e+01      0   Skip BFGS
   6  2.66e+04  6.41e+01  5.49e-03  2.10e+02    1.34e+01      0   Skip BFGS
   7  1.33e+04  2.96e+01  6.37e-03  1.14e+02    1.05e+01      0   Skip BFGS
Reached starting chifact with l2-norm regularization: Start IRLS steps...
irls_threshold 1.2117646240428526
   8  1.33e+04  1.77e+01  9.51e-03  1.44e+02    1.54e+01      0   Skip BFGS
   9  1.05e+04  2.42e+01  1.01e-02  1.30e+02    5.33e+00      0
  10  8.08e+03  2.52e+01  1.10e-02  1.14e+02    2.60e+00      0   Skip BFGS
  11  6.24e+03  2.52e+01  1.17e-02  9.83e+01    3.75e+00      0   Skip BFGS
  12  4.89e+03  2.45e+01  1.22e-02  8.40e+01    4.86e+00      0   Skip BFGS
  13  3.93e+03  2.33e+01  1.22e-02  7.12e+01    5.37e+00      0   Skip BFGS
  14  3.93e+03  2.16e+01  1.18e-02  6.79e+01    5.27e+00      0
  15  3.93e+03  2.14e+01  1.09e-02  6.43e+01    5.91e+00      0
  16  3.93e+03  2.11e+01  9.89e-03  6.00e+01    6.33e+00      0
  17  3.93e+03  2.06e+01  8.87e-03  5.55e+01    6.67e+00      0
  18  3.93e+03  1.99e+01  7.91e-03  5.10e+01    7.32e+00      0
  19  3.93e+03  1.91e+01  6.99e-03  4.66e+01    7.94e+00      0
  20  3.93e+03  1.84e+01  6.19e-03  4.28e+01    9.04e+00      0
  21  6.15e+03  1.78e+01  5.59e-03  5.22e+01    1.42e+01      0
  22  6.15e+03  1.92e+01  4.52e-03  4.70e+01    1.10e+01      0
  23  6.15e+03  1.87e+01  3.80e-03  4.20e+01    1.10e+01      0
  24  9.62e+03  1.77e+01  3.10e-03  4.75e+01    1.54e+01      0
  25  9.62e+03  1.84e+01  2.32e-03  4.07e+01    1.06e+01      0
  26  1.51e+04  1.76e+01  1.91e-03  4.64e+01    1.70e+01      0   Skip BFGS
  27  1.51e+04  1.84e+01  1.48e-03  4.08e+01    1.08e+01      0
  28  1.51e+04  1.82e+01  1.23e-03  3.69e+01    1.14e+01      0
  29  1.51e+04  1.81e+01  1.05e-03  3.39e+01    1.16e+01      0
  30  1.51e+04  1.81e+01  8.90e-04  3.15e+01    1.18e+01      0
  31  1.51e+04  1.81e+01  7.61e-04  2.96e+01    1.14e+01      0   Skip BFGS
  32  1.51e+04  1.81e+01  6.51e-04  2.79e+01    1.13e+01      0   Skip BFGS
  33  1.51e+04  1.82e+01  5.56e-04  2.65e+01    1.12e+01      0   Skip BFGS
  34  1.51e+04  1.82e+01  4.75e-04  2.54e+01    1.12e+01      0   Skip BFGS
  35  1.51e+04  1.82e+01  4.07e-04  2.44e+01    1.13e+01      0   Skip BFGS
  36  1.51e+04  1.83e+01  3.48e-04  2.35e+01    1.15e+01      0   Skip BFGS
  37  1.51e+04  1.83e+01  2.99e-04  2.28e+01    1.17e+01      0   Skip BFGS
  38  1.51e+04  1.83e+01  2.56e-04  2.22e+01    1.60e+01      2   Skip BFGS
  39  1.51e+04  1.84e+01  2.09e-04  2.16e+01    1.15e+01      0
  40  1.51e+04  1.84e+01  1.74e-04  2.11e+01    1.13e+01      0   Skip BFGS
  41  1.51e+04  1.85e+01  1.45e-04  2.06e+01    1.10e+01      0   Skip BFGS
  42  1.51e+04  1.85e+01  1.22e-04  2.03e+01    1.10e+01      0   Skip BFGS
  43  1.51e+04  1.85e+01  1.03e-04  2.00e+01    1.36e+01      1   Skip BFGS
  44  1.51e+04  1.85e+01  8.49e-05  1.98e+01    1.14e+01      0
  45  1.51e+04  1.85e+01  7.09e-05  1.96e+01    1.16e+01      0   Skip BFGS
  46  1.51e+04  1.86e+01  5.92e-05  1.95e+01    1.11e+01      0
  47  1.51e+04  1.86e+01  4.96e-05  1.93e+01    1.11e+01      0
Reach maximum number of IRLS cycles: 40
------------------------- STOP! -------------------------
1 : |fc-fOld| = 0.0000e+00 <= tolF*(1+|f0|) = 3.7016e+02
1 : |xc-x_last| = 7.4292e-02 <= tolX*(1+|x0|) = 1.0010e-01
0 : |proj(x-g)-x|    = 1.1107e+01 <= tolG          = 1.0000e-01
0 : |proj(x-g)-x|    = 1.1107e+01 <= 1e3*eps       = 1.0000e-02
0 : maxIter   =     100    <= iter          =     48
------------------------- DONE! -------------------------

Plotting Results#

fig, ax = plt.subplots(1, 2, figsize=(12 * 1.2, 4 * 1.2))

# True versus recovered model
ax[0].plot(mesh.cell_centers_x, true_model, "k-")
ax[0].plot(mesh.cell_centers_x, inv_prob.l2model, "b-")
ax[0].plot(mesh.cell_centers_x, recovered_model, "r-")
ax[0].legend(("True Model", "Recovered L2 Model", "Recovered Sparse Model"))
ax[0].set_ylim([-2, 2])

# Observed versus predicted data
ax[1].plot(data_obj.dobs, "k-")
ax[1].plot(inv_prob.dpred, "ko")
ax[1].legend(("Observed Data", "Predicted Data"))

# Plot convergence
fig = plt.figure(figsize=(9, 5))
ax = fig.add_axes([0.2, 0.1, 0.7, 0.85])
ax.plot(saveDict.phi_d, "k", lw=2)

twin = ax.twinx()
twin.plot(saveDict.phi_m, "k--", lw=2)
ax.plot(
    np.r_[IRLS.metrics.start_irls_iter, IRLS.metrics.start_irls_iter],
    np.r_[0, np.max(saveDict.phi_d)],
    "k:",
)
ax.text(
    IRLS.metrics.start_irls_iter,
    0.0,
    "IRLS Start",
    va="bottom",
    ha="center",
    rotation="vertical",
    size=12,
    bbox={"facecolor": "white"},
)

ax.set_ylabel(r"$\phi_d$", size=16, rotation=0)
ax.set_xlabel("Iterations", size=14)
twin.set_ylabel(r"$\phi_m$", size=16, rotation=0)
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Text(865.1527777777777, 0.5, '$\\phi_m$')

Total running time of the script: (0 minutes 43.906 seconds)

Estimated memory usage: 292 MB

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