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diff --git a/dunshire/games.py b/dunshire/games.py
index a0c5227..ea7a64f 100644
--- a/dunshire/games.py
+++ b/dunshire/games.py
@@ -179,11 +179,15 @@ class SymmetricLinearGame:
----------
L : list of list of float
- A matrix represented as a list of ROWS. This representation
- agrees with (for example) SageMath and NumPy, but not with CVXOPT
- (whose matrix constructor accepts a list of columns).
-
- K : :class:`SymmetricCone`
+ A matrix represented as a list of **rows**. This representation
+ agrees with (for example) `SageMath `_
+ and `NumPy `_, but not with CVXOPT (whose
+ matrix constructor accepts a list of columns). In reality, ``L``
+ can be any iterable type of the correct length; however, you
+ should be extremely wary of the way we interpret anything other
+ than a list of rows.
+
+ K : dunshire.cones.SymmetricCone
The symmetric cone instance over which the game is played.
e1 : iterable float
@@ -220,8 +224,7 @@ class SymmetricLinearGame:
[ 1],
e2 = [ 1]
[ 2]
- [ 3],
- Condition((L, K, e1, e2)) = 31.834...
+ [ 3]
Lists can (and probably should) be used for every argument::
@@ -239,8 +242,7 @@ class SymmetricLinearGame:
e1 = [ 1]
[ 1],
e2 = [ 1]
- [ 1],
- Condition((L, K, e1, e2)) = 1.707...
+ [ 1]
The points ``e1`` and ``e2`` can also be passed as some other
enumerable type (of the correct length) without much harm, since
@@ -262,8 +264,7 @@ class SymmetricLinearGame:
e1 = [ 1]
[ 1],
e2 = [ 1]
- [ 1],
- Condition((L, K, e1, e2)) = 1.707...
+ [ 1]
However, ``L`` will always be intepreted as a list of rows, even
if it is passed as a :class:`cvxopt.base.matrix` which is
@@ -284,8 +285,7 @@ class SymmetricLinearGame:
e1 = [ 1]
[ 1],
e2 = [ 1]
- [ 1],
- Condition((L, K, e1, e2)) = 6.073...
+ [ 1]
>>> L = cvxopt.matrix(L)
>>> print(L)
[ 1 3]
@@ -300,8 +300,7 @@ class SymmetricLinearGame:
e1 = [ 1]
[ 1],
e2 = [ 1]
- [ 1],
- Condition((L, K, e1, e2)) = 6.073...
+ [ 1]
"""
def __init__(self, L, K, e1, e2):
@@ -335,8 +334,7 @@ class SymmetricLinearGame:
' L = {:s},\n' \
' K = {!s},\n' \
' e1 = {:s},\n' \
- ' e2 = {:s},\n' \
- ' Condition((L, K, e1, e2)) = {:f}.'
+ ' e2 = {:s}'
indented_L = '\n '.join(str(self.L()).splitlines())
indented_e1 = '\n '.join(str(self.e1()).splitlines())
indented_e2 = '\n '.join(str(self.e2()).splitlines())
@@ -344,8 +342,7 @@ class SymmetricLinearGame:
return tpl.format(indented_L,
str(self.K()),
indented_e1,
- indented_e2,
- self.condition())
+ indented_e2)
def L(self):
@@ -468,8 +465,8 @@ class SymmetricLinearGame:
The payoff operator takes pairs of strategies to a real
number. For example, if player one's strategy is :math:`x` and
player two's strategy is :math:`y`, then the associated payoff
- is :math:`\left\langle L\left(x\right),y \right\rangle` \in
- \mathbb{R}. Here, :math:`L` denotes the same linear operator as
+ is :math:`\left\langle L\left(x\right),y \right\rangle \in
+ \mathbb{R}`. Here, :math:`L` denotes the same linear operator as
:meth:`L`. This method computes the payoff given the two
players' strategies.
@@ -496,7 +493,6 @@ class SymmetricLinearGame:
strategies::
>>> from dunshire import *
- >>> from dunshire.options import ABS_TOL
>>> K = NonnegativeOrthant(3)
>>> L = [[1,-5,-15],[-1,2,-3],[-12,-15,1]]
>>> e1 = [1,1,1]
@@ -505,7 +501,7 @@ class SymmetricLinearGame:
>>> soln = SLG.solution()
>>> x_bar = soln.player1_optimal()
>>> y_bar = soln.player2_optimal()
- >>> abs(SLG.payoff(x_bar, y_bar) - soln.game_value()) < ABS_TOL
+ >>> SLG.payoff(x_bar, y_bar) == soln.game_value()
True
"""
@@ -584,11 +580,12 @@ class SymmetricLinearGame:
def A(self):
- """
+ r"""
Return the matrix ``A`` used in our CVXOPT construction.
- This matrix ``A`` appears on the right-hand side of ``Ax = b``
- in the statement of the CVXOPT conelp program.
+ This matrix :math:`A` appears on the right-hand side of
+ :math:`Ax = b` in the `statement of the CVXOPT conelp program
+ `_.
.. warning::
@@ -600,7 +597,7 @@ class SymmetricLinearGame:
matrix
A ``1``-by-``(1 + self.dimension())`` row vector. Its first
- entry is zero, and the rest are the entries of ``e2``.
+ entry is zero, and the rest are the entries of :meth:`e2`.
Examples
--------
@@ -620,12 +617,13 @@ class SymmetricLinearGame:
- def _G(self):
+ def G(self):
r"""
Return the matrix ``G`` used in our CVXOPT construction.
- Thus matrix ``G`` appears on the left-hand side of ``Gx + s = h``
- in the statement of the CVXOPT conelp program.
+ Thus matrix :math:`G` appears on the left-hand side of :math:`Gx
+ + s = h` in the `statement of the CVXOPT conelp program
+ `_.
.. warning::
@@ -647,7 +645,7 @@ class SymmetricLinearGame:
>>> e1 = [1,2,3]
>>> e2 = [1,1,1]
>>> SLG = SymmetricLinearGame(L, K, e1, e2)
- >>> print(SLG._G())
+ >>> print(SLG.G())
[ 0.0000000 -1.0000000 0.0000000 0.0000000]
[ 0.0000000 0.0000000 -1.0000000 0.0000000]
[ 0.0000000 0.0000000 0.0000000 -1.0000000]
@@ -662,12 +660,14 @@ class SymmetricLinearGame:
append_col(self.e1(), -self.L()))
- def _c(self):
- """
+ def c(self):
+ r"""
Return the vector ``c`` used in our CVXOPT construction.
- The column vector ``c`` appears in the objective function
- value ```` in the statement of the CVXOPT conelp program.
+ The column vector :math:`c` appears in the objective function
+ value :math:`\left\langle c,x \right\rangle` in the `statement
+ of the CVXOPT conelp program
+ `_.
.. warning::
@@ -678,7 +678,7 @@ class SymmetricLinearGame:
-------
matrix
- A ``self.dimension()``-by-``1`` column vector.
+ A :meth:`dimension`-by-``1`` column vector.
Examples
--------
@@ -689,7 +689,7 @@ class SymmetricLinearGame:
>>> e1 = [1,2,3]
>>> e2 = [1,1,1]
>>> SLG = SymmetricLinearGame(L, K, e1, e2)
- >>> print(SLG._c())
+ >>> print(SLG.c())
[-1.0000000]
[ 0.0000000]
[ 0.0000000]
@@ -704,8 +704,9 @@ class SymmetricLinearGame:
"""
Return the cone ``C`` used in our CVXOPT construction.
- The cone ``C`` is the cone over which the conelp program takes
- place.
+ This is the cone over which the `CVXOPT conelp program
+ `_
+ takes place.
Returns
-------
@@ -730,12 +731,13 @@ class SymmetricLinearGame:
"""
return CartesianProduct(self._K, self._K)
- def _h(self):
+ def h(self):
r"""
Return the ``h`` vector used in our CVXOPT construction.
- The ``h`` vector appears on the right-hand side of :math:`Gx + s
- = h` in the statement of the CVXOPT conelp program.
+ The :math:`h` vector appears on the right-hand side of :math:`Gx
+ + s = h` in the `statement of the CVXOPT conelp program
+ `_.
.. warning::
@@ -757,7 +759,7 @@ class SymmetricLinearGame:
>>> e1 = [1,2,3]
>>> e2 = [1,1,1]
>>> SLG = SymmetricLinearGame(L, K, e1, e2)
- >>> print(SLG._h())
+ >>> print(SLG.h())
[0.0000000]
[0.0000000]
[0.0000000]
@@ -776,8 +778,9 @@ class SymmetricLinearGame:
r"""
Return the ``b`` vector used in our CVXOPT construction.
- The vector ``b`` appears on the right-hand side of :math:`Ax =
- b` in the statement of the CVXOPT conelp program.
+ The vector :math:`b` appears on the right-hand side of :math:`Ax
+ = b` in the `statement of the CVXOPT conelp program
+ `_.
This method is static because the dimensions and entries of
``b`` are known beforehand, and don't depend on any other
@@ -816,17 +819,32 @@ class SymmetricLinearGame:
Return a feasible starting point for player one.
This starting point is for the CVXOPT formulation and not for
- the original game. The basic premise is that if you normalize
- :meth:`e2`, then you get a point in :meth:`K` that makes a unit
- inner product with :meth:`e2`. We then get to choose the primal
- objective function value such that the constraint involving
- :meth:`L` is satisfied.
+ the original game. The basic premise is that if you scale
+ :meth:`e2` by the reciprocal of its squared norm, then you get a
+ point in :meth:`K` that makes a unit inner product with
+ :meth:`e2`. We then get to choose the primal objective function
+ value such that the constraint involving :meth:`L` is satisfied.
+
+ Returns
+ -------
+
+ dict
+ A dictionary with two keys, ``'x'`` and ``'s'``, which
+ contain the vectors of the same name in the CVXOPT primal
+ problem formulation.
+
+ The vector ``x`` consists of the primal objective function
+ value concatenated with the strategy (for player one) that
+ achieves it. The vector ``s`` is essentially a dummy
+ variable, and is computed from the equality constraing in
+ the CVXOPT primal problem.
+
"""
p = self.e2() / (norm(self.e2()) ** 2)
dist = self.K().ball_radius(self.e1())
nu = - self._L_specnorm()/(dist*norm(self.e2()))
x = matrix([nu, p], (self.dimension() + 1, 1))
- s = - self._G()*x
+ s = - self.G()*x
return {'x': x, 's': s}
@@ -834,6 +852,29 @@ class SymmetricLinearGame:
def player2_start(self):
"""
Return a feasible starting point for player two.
+
+ This starting point is for the CVXOPT formulation and not for
+ the original game. The basic premise is that if you scale
+ :meth:`e1` by the reciprocal of its squared norm, then you get a
+ point in :meth:`K` that makes a unit inner product with
+ :meth:`e1`. We then get to choose the dual objective function
+ value such that the constraint involving :meth:`L` is satisfied.
+
+ Returns
+ -------
+
+ dict
+ A dictionary with two keys, ``'y'`` and ``'z'``, which
+ contain the vectors of the same name in the CVXOPT dual
+ problem formulation.
+
+ The ``1``-by-``1`` vector ``y`` consists of the dual
+ objective function value. The last :meth:`dimension` entries
+ of the vector ``z`` contain the strategy (for player two)
+ that achieves it. The remaining entries of ``z`` are
+ essentially dummy variables, computed from the equality
+ constraint in the CVXOPT dual problem.
+
"""
q = self.e1() / (norm(self.e1()) ** 2)
dist = self.K().ball_radius(self.e2())
@@ -862,6 +903,19 @@ class SymmetricLinearGame:
A nonnegative real number; the largest singular value of
the matrix :meth:`L`.
+ Examples
+ --------
+
+ >>> from dunshire import *
+ >>> from dunshire.matrices import specnorm
+ >>> L = [[1,2],[3,4]]
+ >>> K = NonnegativeOrthant(2)
+ >>> e1 = [1,1]
+ >>> e2 = e1
+ >>> SLG = SymmetricLinearGame(L,K,e1,e2)
+ >>> specnorm(SLG.L()) == SLG._L_specnorm()
+ True
+
"""
if self._L_specnorm_value is None:
self._L_specnorm_value = specnorm(self.L())
@@ -870,19 +924,21 @@ class SymmetricLinearGame:
def tolerance_scale(self, solution):
r"""
- Return a scaling factor that should be applied to ``ABS_TOL``
- for this game.
-
- When performing certain comparisons, the default tolernace
- ``ABS_TOL`` may not be appropriate. For example, if we expect
- ``x`` and ``y`` to be within ``ABS_TOL`` of each other, than the
- inner product of ``L*x`` and ``y`` can be as far apart as the
- spectral norm of ``L`` times the sum of the norms of ``x`` and
+
+ Return a scaling factor that should be applied to
+ :const:`dunshire.options.ABS_TOL` for this game.
+
+ When performing certain comparisons, the default tolerance
+ :const:`dunshire.options.ABS_TOL` may not be appropriate. For
+ example, if we expect ``x`` and ``y`` to be within
+ :const:`dunshire.options.ABS_TOL` of each other, than the inner
+ product of ``L*x`` and ``y`` can be as far apart as the spectral
+ norm of ``L`` times the sum of the norms of ``x`` and
``y``. Such a comparison is made in :meth:`solution`, and in
many of our unit tests.
- The returned scaling factor found from the inner product mentioned
- above is
+ The returned scaling factor found from the inner product
+ mentioned above is
.. math::
@@ -913,9 +969,27 @@ class SymmetricLinearGame:
-------
float
- A scaling factor to be multiplied by ``ABS_TOL`` when
+ A scaling factor to be multiplied by
+ :const:`dunshire.options.ABS_TOL` when
making comparisons involving solutions of this game.
+ Examples
+ --------
+
+ The spectral norm of ``L`` in this case is around ``5.464``, and
+ the optimal strategies both have norm one, so we expect the
+ tolerance scale to be somewhere around ``2 * 5.464``, or
+ ``10.929``::
+
+ >>> from dunshire import *
+ >>> L = [[1,2],[3,4]]
+ >>> K = NonnegativeOrthant(2)
+ >>> e1 = [1,1]
+ >>> e2 = e1
+ >>> SLG = SymmetricLinearGame(L,K,e1,e2)
+ >>> SLG.tolerance_scale(SLG.solution())
+ 10.929...
+
"""
norm_p1_opt = norm(solution.player1_optimal())
norm_p2_opt = norm(solution.player2_optimal())
@@ -933,7 +1007,7 @@ class SymmetricLinearGame:
Returns
-------
- :class:`Solution`
+ Solution
A :class:`Solution` object describing the game's value and
the optimal strategies of both players.
@@ -1081,9 +1155,9 @@ class SymmetricLinearGame:
"""
try:
opts = {'show_progress': False}
- soln_dict = solvers.conelp(self._c(),
- self._G(),
- self._h(),
+ soln_dict = solvers.conelp(self.c(),
+ self.G(),
+ self.h(),
self.C().cvxopt_dims(),
self.A(),
self.b(),
@@ -1141,12 +1215,14 @@ class SymmetricLinearGame:
# same. Even if CVXOPT bails out due to numerical difficulty,
# it will have some candidate points in mind. If those
# candidates are good enough, we take them. We do the same
- # check (perhaps pointlessly so) for "optimal" results.
+ # check for "optimal" results.
#
# First we check that the primal/dual objective values are
- # close enough (one could be low by ABS_TOL, the other high by
- # it) because otherwise CVXOPT might return "unknown" and give
- # us two points in the cone that are nowhere near optimal.
+ # close enough because otherwise CVXOPT might return "unknown"
+ # and give us two points in the cone that are nowhere near
+ # optimal. And in fact, we need to ensure that they're close
+ # for "optimal" results, too, because we need to know how
+ # lenient to be in our testing.
#
if abs(p1_value - p2_value) > self.tolerance_scale(soln)*ABS_TOL:
printing.options['dformat'] = DEBUG_FLOAT_FORMAT
@@ -1170,8 +1246,12 @@ class SymmetricLinearGame:
can show up. We define the condition number of this game to be
the average of the condition numbers of ``G`` and ``A`` in the
CVXOPT construction. If the condition number of this game is
- high, then you can expect numerical difficulty (such as
- :class:`PoorScalingException`).
+ high, you can problems like :class:`PoorScalingException`.
+
+ Random testing shows that a condition number of around ``125``
+ is about the best that we can solve reliably. However, the
+ failures are intermittent, and you may get lucky with an
+ ill-conditioned game.
Returns
-------
@@ -1193,7 +1273,7 @@ class SymmetricLinearGame:
1.809...
"""
- return (condition_number(self._G()) + condition_number(self.A()))/2
+ return (condition_number(self.G()) + condition_number(self.A()))/2
def dual(self):
@@ -1225,8 +1305,7 @@ class SymmetricLinearGame:
[ 3],
e2 = [ 1]
[ 1]
- [ 1],
- Condition((L, K, e1, e2)) = 44.476...
+ [ 1]
"""
# We pass ``self.L()`` right back into the constructor, because