Source code for elephant.change_point_detection

# -*- coding: utf-8 -*-

"""
This algorithm determines if a spike train `spk` can be considered as
stationary process (constant firing rate) or not as stationary process (i.e.
presence of one or more points at which the rate increases or decreases). In
case of non-stationarity, the output is a list of detected Change Points (CPs).
Essentially, a det of  two-sided window of width `h` (`_filter(t, h, spk)`)
slides over the spike train within the time `[h, t_final-h]`. This generates a
`_filter_process(time_step, h, spk)` that assigns at each time `t` the
difference between a spike lying in the right and left window. If at any time
`t` this difference is large 'enough' is assumed the presence of a rate Change
Point in a neighborhood of `t`. A threshold `test_quantile` for the maximum of
the filter_process (max difference of spike count between the left and right
window) is derived based on asymptotic considerations. The procedure is
repeated for an arbitrary set of windows, with different size `h`.

Examples
--------
The following applies multiple_filter_test to a spike trains.

    >>> import quantities as pq
    >>> import neo
    >>> from elephant.change_point_detection import multiple_filter_test
    ...
    >>> test_array = [1.1,1.2,1.4,   1.6,1.7,1.75,1.8,1.85,1.9,1.95]
    >>> st = neo.SpikeTrain(test_array, units='s', t_stop = 2.1)
    >>> window_size = [0.5]*pq.s
    >>> t_fin = 2.1*pq.s
    >>> alpha = 5.0
    >>> num_surrogates = 10000
    >>> change_points = multiple_filter_test(window_size, st, t_fin, alpha,
    ...                 num_surrogates, time_step = 0.5*pq.s)

References
----------
Messer, M., Kirchner, M., Schiemann, J., Roeper, J., Neininger, R., &
Schneider, G. (2014). A multiple filter test for the detection of rate changes
in renewal processes with varying variance. The Annals of Applied Statistics,
8(4),2027-2067.

Original code
-------------
Adapted from the published R implementation:
DOI: 10.1214/14-AOAS782SUPP;.r

"""

from __future__ import division, print_function, unicode_literals

import numpy as np
import quantities as pq

from elephant.utils import deprecated_alias


[docs]@deprecated_alias(dt='time_step') def multiple_filter_test(window_sizes, spiketrain, t_final, alpha, n_surrogates, test_quantile=None, test_param=None, time_step=None): """ Detects change points. This function returns the detected change points, that correspond to the maxima of the `_filter_processes`. These are the processes generated by sliding the windows of step `time_step`; at each step the difference between spike on the right and left window is calculated. Parameters ---------- window_sizes : list of quantity objects list that contains windows sizes spiketrain : neo.SpikeTrain, numpy array or list spiketrain objects to analyze t_final : quantity final time of the spike train which is to be analysed alpha : float alpha-quantile in range [0, 100] for the set of maxima of the limit processes n_surrogates : integer numbers of simulated limit processes test_quantile : float threshold for the maxima of the filter derivative processes, if any of these maxima is larger than this value, it is assumed the presence of a cp at the time corresponding to that maximum time_step : quantity resolution, time step at which the windows are slided test_param : np.array of shape (3, num of window), first row: list of `h`, second and third rows: empirical means and variances of the limit process correspodning to `h`. This will be used to normalize the `filter_process` in order to give to the every maximum the same impact on the global statistic. Returns ------- cps : list of list one list for each window size `h`, containing the points detected with the corresponding `filter_process`. N.B.: only cps whose h-neighborhood does not include previously detected cps (with smaller window h) are added to the list. """ if (test_quantile is None) and (test_param is None): test_quantile, test_param = empirical_parameters(window_sizes, t_final, alpha, n_surrogates, time_step) elif test_quantile is None: test_quantile = empirical_parameters(window_sizes, t_final, alpha, n_surrogates, time_step)[0] elif test_param is None: test_param = empirical_parameters(window_sizes, t_final, alpha, n_surrogates, time_step)[1] spk = spiketrain # List of lists of detected change points (CPs), to be returned cps = [] for i, h in enumerate(window_sizes): # automatic setting of time_step dt_temp = h / 20 if time_step is None else time_step # filter_process for window of size h t, differences = _filter_process(dt_temp, h, spk, t_final, test_param) time_index = np.arange(len(differences)) # Point detected with window h cps_window = [] while np.max(differences) > test_quantile: cp_index = np.argmax(differences) # from index to time cp = cp_index * dt_temp + h # before repeating the procedure, the h-neighbourgs of detected CP # are discarded, because rate changes into it are alrady explained mask_fore = time_index > cp_index - int((h / dt_temp).simplified) mask_back = time_index < cp_index + int((h / dt_temp).simplified) differences[mask_fore & mask_back] = 0 # check if the neighbourhood of detected cp does not contain cps # detected with other windows neighbourhood_free = True # iterate on lists of cps detected with smaller window for j in range(i): # iterate on CPs detected with the j-th smallest window for c_pre in cps[j]: if c_pre - h < cp < c_pre + h: neighbourhood_free = False break # if none of the previously detected CPs falls in the h- # neighbourhood if neighbourhood_free: # add the current CP to the list cps_window.append(cp) # add the present list to the grand list cps.append(cps_window) return cps
def _brownian_motion(t_in, t_fin, x_in, time_step): """ Generate a Brownian Motion. Parameters ---------- t_in : quantities, initial time t_fin : quantities, final time x_in : float, initial point of the process: _brownian_motio(0) = x_in time_step : quantities, resolution, time step at which brownian increments are summed Returns ------- Brownian motion on [t_in, t_fin], with resolution time_step and initial state x_in """ u = 1 * pq.s try: t_in_sec = t_in.rescale(u).magnitude except ValueError: raise ValueError("t_in must be a time quantity") try: t_fin_sec = t_fin.rescale(u).magnitude except ValueError: raise ValueError("t_fin must be a time quantity") try: dt_sec = time_step.rescale(u).magnitude except ValueError: raise ValueError("dt must be a time quantity") x = np.random.normal(0, np.sqrt(dt_sec), size=int((t_fin_sec - t_in_sec) / dt_sec)) s = np.cumsum(x) return s + x_in def _limit_processes(window_sizes, t_final, time_step): """ Generate the limit processes (depending only on t_final and h), one for each window size `h` in H. The distribution of maxima of these processes is used to derive threshold `test_quantile` and parameters `test_param`. Parameters ---------- window_sizes : list of quantities set of windows' size t_final : quantity object end of limit process time_step : quantity object resolution, time step at which the windows are slided Returns ------- limit_processes : list of numpy array each entries contains the limit processes for each h, evaluated in [h,T-h] with steps time_step """ limit_processes = [] u = 1 * pq.s try: window_sizes_sec = window_sizes.rescale(u).magnitude except ValueError: raise ValueError("window_sizes must be a list of times") try: dt_sec = time_step.rescale(u).magnitude except ValueError: raise ValueError("time_step must be a time quantity") w = _brownian_motion(0 * u, t_final, 0, time_step) for h in window_sizes_sec: # BM on [h,T-h], shifted in time t-->t+h brownian_right = w[int(2 * h / dt_sec):] # BM on [h,T-h], shifted in time t-->t-h brownian_left = w[:int(-2 * h / dt_sec)] # BM on [h,T-h] brownian_center = w[int(h / dt_sec):int(-h / dt_sec)] modul = np.abs(brownian_right + brownian_left - 2 * brownian_center) limit_process_h = modul / (np.sqrt(2 * h)) limit_processes.append(limit_process_h) return limit_processes
[docs]@deprecated_alias(dt='time_step') def empirical_parameters(window_sizes, t_final, alpha, n_surrogates, time_step=None): """ This function generates the threshold and the null parameters. The`_filter_process_h` has been proved to converge (for t_fin, h-->infinity) to a continuous functional of a Brownaian motion ('limit_process'). Using a MonteCarlo technique, maxima of these limit_processes are collected. The threshold is defined as the alpha quantile of this set of maxima. Namely: test_quantile := alpha quantile of {max_(h in window_size)[ max_(t in [h, t_final-h])_limit_process_h(t)]} Parameters ---------- window_sizes : list of quantity objects set of windows' size t_final : quantity object final time of the spike alpha : float alpha-quantile in range [0, 100] n_surrogates : integer numbers of simulated limit processes time_step : quantity object resolution, time step at which the windows are slided Returns ------- test_quantile : float threshold for the maxima of the filter derivative processes, if any of these maxima is larger than this value, it is assumed the presence of a cp at the time corresponding to that maximum test_param : np.array 3 * num of window, first row: list of `h`, second and third rows: empirical means and variances of the limit process correspodning to `h`. This will be used to normalize the `filter_process` in order to give to the every maximum the same impact on the global statistic. """ # try: # window_sizes_sec = window_sizes.rescale(u) # except ValueError: # raise ValueError("H must be a list of times") # window_sizes_mag = window_sizes_sec.magnitude # try: # t_final_sec = t_final.rescale(u) # except ValueError: # raise ValueError("T must be a time quantity") # t_final_mag = t_final_sec.magnitude if not isinstance(window_sizes, pq.Quantity): raise ValueError("window_sizes must be a list of time quantities") if not isinstance(t_final, pq.Quantity): raise ValueError("t_final must be a time quantity") if not isinstance(n_surrogates, int): raise TypeError("n_surrogates must be an integer") if not (isinstance(time_step, pq.Quantity) or (time_step is None)): raise ValueError("time_step must be a time quantity") if t_final <= 0: raise ValueError("t_final needs to be strictly positive") if alpha * (100.0 - alpha) < 0: raise ValueError("alpha needs to be in (0,100)") if np.min(window_sizes) <= 0: raise ValueError("window size needs to be strictly positive") if np.max(window_sizes) >= t_final / 2: raise ValueError("window size too large") if time_step is not None: for h in window_sizes: if int(h.rescale('us')) % int(time_step.rescale('us')) != 0: raise ValueError( "Every window size h must be a multiple of time_step") # Generate a matrix M*: n X m where n = n_surrogates is the number of # simulated limit processes and m is the number of chosen window sizes. # Elements are: M*(i,h) = max(t in T)[`limit_process_h`(t)], # for each h in H and surrogate i maxima_matrix = [] for i in range(n_surrogates): # mh_star = [] simu = _limit_processes(window_sizes, t_final, time_step) # for i, h in enumerate(window_sizes_mag): # # max over time of the limit process generated with window h # m_h = np.max(simu[i]) # mh_star.append(m_h) # max over time of the limit process generated with window h mh_star = [np.max(x) for x in simu] maxima_matrix.append(mh_star) maxima_matrix = np.asanyarray(maxima_matrix) # these parameters will be used to normalize both the limit_processes (H0) # and the filter_processes null_mean = maxima_matrix.mean(axis=0) null_var = maxima_matrix.var(axis=0) # matrix normalization by mean and variance of the limit process, in order # to give, for every h, the same impact on the global maximum matrix_normalized = (maxima_matrix - null_mean) / np.sqrt(null_var) great_maxs = np.max(matrix_normalized, axis=1) test_quantile = np.percentile(great_maxs, 100.0 - alpha) null_parameters = [window_sizes, null_mean, null_var] test_param = np.asanyarray(null_parameters) return test_quantile, test_param
def _filter(t_center, window, spiketrain): """ This function calculates the difference of spike counts in the left and right side of a window of size h centered in t and normalized by its variance. The variance of this count can be expressed as a combination of mean and var of the I.S.I. lying inside the window. Parameters ---------- t_center : quantity time on which the window is centered window : quantity window's size spiketrain : list, numpy array or SpikeTrain spike train to analyze Returns ------- difference : float, difference of spike count normalized by its variance """ u = 1 * pq.s try: t_sec = t_center.rescale(u).magnitude except AttributeError: raise ValueError("t must be a quantities object") # tm = t_sec.magnitude try: h_sec = window.rescale(u).magnitude except AttributeError: raise ValueError("h must be a time quantity") # hm = h_sec.magnitude try: spk_sec = spiketrain.rescale(u).magnitude except AttributeError: raise ValueError( "spiketrain must be a list (array) of times or a neo spiketrain") # cut spike-train on the right train_right = spk_sec[(t_sec < spk_sec) & (spk_sec < t_sec + h_sec)] # cut spike-train on the left train_left = spk_sec[(t_sec - h_sec < spk_sec) & (spk_sec < t_sec)] # spike count in the right side count_right = train_right.size # spike count in the left side count_left = train_left.size # form spikes to I.S.I isi_right = np.diff(train_right) isi_left = np.diff(train_left) if isi_right.size == 0: mu_ri = 0 sigma_ri = 0 else: # mean of I.S.I inside the window mu_ri = np.mean(isi_right) # var of I.S.I inside the window sigma_ri = np.var(isi_right) if isi_left.size == 0: mu_le = 0 sigma_le = 0 else: mu_le = np.mean(isi_left) sigma_le = np.var(isi_left) if (sigma_le > 0) & (sigma_ri > 0): s_quad = (sigma_ri / mu_ri**3) * h_sec + (sigma_le / mu_le**3) * h_sec else: s_quad = 0 if s_quad == 0: difference = 0 else: difference = (count_right - count_left) / np.sqrt(s_quad) return difference def _filter_process(time_step, h, spk, t_final, test_param): """ Given a spike train `spk` and a window size `h`, this function generates the `filter derivative process` by evaluating the function `_filter` in steps of `time_step`. Parameters ---------- h : quantity object window's size t_final : quantity, time on which the window is centered spk : list, array or SpikeTrain spike train to analyze time_step : quantity object, time step at which the windows are slided resolution test_param : matrix, the means of the first row list of `h`, the second row Empirical and the third row variances of the limit processes `Lh` are used to normalize the number of elements inside the windows Returns ------- time_domain : numpy array time domain of the `filter derivative process` filter_process : array, values of the `filter derivative process` """ u = 1 * pq.s try: h_sec = h.rescale(u).magnitude except AttributeError: raise ValueError("h must be a time quantity") try: t_final_sec = t_final.rescale(u).magnitude except AttributeError: raise ValueError("t_final must be a time quanity") try: dt_sec = time_step.rescale(u).magnitude except AttributeError: raise ValueError("time_step must be a time quantity") # domain of the process time_domain = np.arange(h_sec, t_final_sec - h_sec, dt_sec) filter_trajectrory = [] # taken from the function used to generate the threshold emp_mean_h = test_param[1][test_param[0] == h] emp_var_h = test_param[2][test_param[0] == h] for t in time_domain: filter_trajectrory.append(_filter(t * u, h, spk)) filter_trajectrory = np.asanyarray(filter_trajectrory) # ordered normalization to give each process the same impact on the max filter_process = ( np.abs(filter_trajectrory) - emp_mean_h) / np.sqrt(emp_var_h) return time_domain, filter_process