pyemma.msm.SampledHMSM

class pyemma.msm.SampledHMSM(P, pobs, pi=None, dt_model='1 step')

Sampled Hidden Markov state model

__init__(P, pobs, pi=None, dt_model='1 step')
Parameters:
  • Pcoarse (ndarray (m,m)) – coarse-grained or hidden transition matrix
  • Pobs (ndarray (m,n)) – observation probability matrix from hidden to observable discrete states
  • dt_model (str, optional, default='1 step') – time step of the model

Methods

__init__(P, pobs[, pi, dt_model])
param Pcoarse:coarse-grained or hidden transition matrix
committor_backward(A, B) Backward committor from set A to set B
committor_forward(A, B) Forward committor (also known as p_fold or splitting probability) from set A to set B
correlation(a[, b, maxtime, k, ncv]) Time-correlation for equilibrium experiment.
eigenvalues([k]) Compute the transition matrix eigenvalues
eigenvectors_left([k]) Compute the left transition matrix eigenvectors
eigenvectors_right([k]) Compute the right transition matrix eigenvectors
expectation(a) Equilibrium expectation value of a given observable.
fingerprint_correlation(a[, b, k, ncv]) Dynamical fingerprint for equilibrium time-correlation experiment.
fingerprint_relaxation(p0, a[, k, ncv]) Dynamical fingerprint for perturbation/relaxation experiment.
get_model_params([deep]) Get parameters for this model.
mfpt(A, B) Mean first passage times from set A to set B, in units of the input trajectory time step
pcca(m) Runs PCCA++ [1]_ to compute a metastable decomposition of MSM states
propagate(p0, k) Propagates the initial distribution p0 k times
relaxation(p0, a[, maxtime, k, ncv]) Simulates a perturbation-relaxation experiment.
sample_conf(f, *args, **kwargs) Sample confidence interval of numerical method f over all samples
sample_f(f, *args, **kwargs) Evaluated method f for all samples
sample_mean(f, *args, **kwargs) Sample mean of numerical method f over all samples
sample_std(f, *args, **kwargs) Sample standard deviation of numerical method f over all samples
set_model_params([samples, conf, P, pobs, ...])
param samples:sampled MSMs
simulate(N[, start, stop, dt]) Generates a realization of the Hidden Markov Model
submodel([states, obs]) Returns a HMM with restricted state space
timescales([k]) The relaxation timescales corresponding to the eigenvalues
transition_matrix_obs([k]) Computes the transition matrix between observed states
update_model_params(**params) Update given model parameter if they are set to specific values

Attributes

P The transition matrix on the active set.
dt_model Description of the physical time corresponding to the lag.
eigenvectors_left_obs
eigenvectors_right_obs
is_reversible Returns whether the MSM is reversible
is_sparse Returns whether the MSM is sparse
lifetimes Lifetimes of states of the hidden transition matrix
metastable_assignments Computes the assignment to metastable sets for observable states
metastable_distributions Returns the output probability distributions.
metastable_memberships Computes the memberships of observable states to metastable sets by Bayesian inversion as described in [1]_.
metastable_sets Computes the metastable sets of observable states within each
neig number of eigenvalues to compute.
nstates Number of active states on which all computations and estimations are done
nstates_obs
observation_probabilities returns the output probability matrix
pi The stationary distribution on the MSM states
reversible Returns whether the MSM is reversible
sparse Returns whether the MSM is sparse
stationary_distribution The stationary distribution on the MSM states
stationary_distribution_obs
timestep_model Physical time corresponding to one transition matrix step, e.g.
transition_matrix The transition matrix on the active set.
P

The transition matrix on the active set.

committor_backward(A, B)

Backward committor from set A to set B

Parameters:
  • A (int or int array) – set of starting states
  • B (int or int array) – set of target states
committor_forward(A, B)

Forward committor (also known as p_fold or splitting probability) from set A to set B

Parameters:
  • A (int or int array) – set of starting states
  • B (int or int array) – set of target states
correlation(a, b=None, maxtime=None, k=None, ncv=None)

Time-correlation for equilibrium experiment.

In order to simulate a time-correlation experiment (e.g. fluorescence correlation spectroscopy [NDD11], dynamical neutron scattering [LYP13], ...), first compute the mean values of your experimental observable \(a\) by MSM state:

\[a_i = \frac{1}{N_i} \sum_{x_t \in S_i} f(x_t)\]

where \(S_i\) is the set of configurations belonging to MSM state \(i\) and \(f()\) is a function that computes the experimental observable of interest for configuration \(x_t\). If a cross-correlation function is wanted, also apply the above computation to a second experimental observable \(b\).

Then the accurate (i.e. without statistical error) autocorrelation function of \(f(x_t)\) given the Markov model is computed by correlation(a), and the accurate cross-correlation function is computed by correlation(a,b). This is done by evaluating the equation

\[\begin{split}acf_a(k\tau) &= \mathbf{a}^\top \mathrm{diag}(\boldsymbol{\pi}) \mathbf{P(\tau)}^k \mathbf{a} \\ ccf_{a,b}(k\tau) &= \mathbf{a}^\top \mathrm{diag}(\boldsymbol{\pi}) \mathbf{P(\tau)}^k \mathbf{b}\end{split}\]

where \(acf\) stands for autocorrelation function and \(ccf\) stands for cross-correlation function, \(\mathbf{P(\tau)}\) is the transition matrix at lag time \(\tau\), \(\boldsymbol{\pi}\) is the equilibrium distribution of \(\mathbf{P}\), and \(k\) is the time index.

Note that instead of using this method you could generate a long synthetic trajectory from the MSM and then estimating the time-correlation of your observable(s) directly from this trajectory. However, there is no reason to do this because the present method does that calculation without any sampling, and only in the limit of an infinitely long synthetic trajectory the two results will agree exactly. The correlation function computed by the present method still has statistical uncertainty from the fact that the underlying MSM transition matrix has statistical uncertainty when being estimated from data, but there is no additional (and unnecessary) uncertainty due to synthetic trajectory generation.

Parameters:
  • a ((n,) ndarray) – Observable, represented as vector on state space
  • maxtime (int or float) – Maximum time (in units of the input trajectory time step) until which the correlation function will be evaluated. Internally, the correlation function can only be computed in integer multiples of the Markov model lag time, and therefore the actual last time point will be computed at \(\mathrm{ceil}(\mathrm{maxtime} / \tau)\) By default (None), the maxtime will be set equal to the 5 times the slowest relaxation time of the MSM, because after this time the signal is almost constant.
  • b ((n,) ndarray (optional)) – Second observable, for cross-correlations
  • k (int (optional)) – Number of eigenvalues and eigenvectors to use for computation. This option is only relevant for sparse matrices and long times for which an eigenvalue decomposition will be done instead of using the matrix power.
  • ncv (int (optional)) – Only relevant for sparse matrices and large lag times where the relaxation will be computed using an eigenvalue decomposition. The number of Lanczos vectors generated, ncv must be greater than k; it is recommended that ncv > 2*k.
Returns:

  • times (ndarray (N)) – Time points (in units of the input trajectory time step) at which the correlation has been computed
  • correlations (ndarray (N)) – Correlation values at given times

Examples

This example computes the autocorrelation function of a simple observable on a three-state Markov model and plots the result using matplotlib:

>>> import numpy as np
>>> import pyemma.msm as msm
>>>
>>> P = np.array([[0.99, 0.01, 0], [0.01, 0.9, 0.09], [0, 0.1, 0.9]])
>>> a = np.array([0.0, 0.5, 1.0])
>>> M = msm.markov_model(P)
>>> times, acf = M.correlation(a)
>>>
>>> import matplotlib.pylab as plt
>>> plt.plot(times, acf)  

References

[NDD11]Noe, F., S. Doose, I. Daidone, M. Loellmann, J. D. Chodera, M. Sauer and J. C. Smith. 2011 Dynamical fingerprints for probing individual relaxation processes in biomolecular dynamics with simulations and kinetic experiments. Proc. Natl. Acad. Sci. USA 108, 4822-4827.
[LYP13]Lindner, B., Z. Yi, J.-H. Prinz, J. C. Smith and F. Noe. 2013. Dynamic Neutron Scattering from Conformational Dynamics I: Theory and Markov models. J. Chem. Phys. 139, 175101.
dt_model

Description of the physical time corresponding to the lag.

eigenvalues(k=None)

Compute the transition matrix eigenvalues

Parameters:k (int) – number of eigenvalues to be returned. By default will return all available eigenvalues
Returns:ts – transition matrix eigenvalues \(\lambda_i, i = 1, ..., k\)., sorted by descending norm.
Return type:ndarray(k,)
eigenvectors_left(k=None)

Compute the left transition matrix eigenvectors

Parameters:k (int) – number of eigenvectors to be returned. By default all available eigenvectors.
Returns:L – left eigenvectors in a row matrix. l_ij is the j’th component of the i’th left eigenvector
Return type:ndarray(k,n)
eigenvectors_right(k=None)

Compute the right transition matrix eigenvectors

Parameters:k (int) – number of eigenvectors to be computed. By default all available eigenvectors.
Returns:R – right eigenvectors in a column matrix. r_ij is the i’th component of the j’th right eigenvector
Return type:ndarray(n,k)
expectation(a)

Equilibrium expectation value of a given observable.

Parameters:a ((n,) ndarray) – Observable vector on the MSM state space
Returns:val – Equilibrium expectation value fo the given observable
Return type:float

Notes

The equilibrium expectation value of an observable \(a\) is defined as follows

\[\mathbb{E}_{\mu}[a] = \sum_i \pi_i a_i\]

\(\pi=(\pi_i)\) is the stationary vector of the transition matrix \(P\).

fingerprint_correlation(a, b=None, k=None, ncv=None)

Dynamical fingerprint for equilibrium time-correlation experiment.

Parameters:
  • a ((n,) ndarray) – Observable, represented as vector on MSM state space
  • b ((n,) ndarray, optional) – Second observable, for cross-correlations
  • k (int, optional) – Number of eigenvalues and eigenvectors to use for computation. This option is only relevant for sparse matrices and long times for which an eigenvalue decomposition will be done instead of using the matrix power
  • ncv (int, optional) – Only relevant for sparse matrices and large lag times, where the relaxation will be computed using an eigenvalue decomposition. The number of Lanczos vectors generated, ncv must be greater than k; it is recommended that ncv > 2*k
Returns:

  • timescales ((k,) ndarray) – Time-scales (in units of the input trajectory time step) of the transition matrix
  • amplitudes ((k,) ndarray) – Amplitudes for the correlation experiment

References

Spectral densities are commonly used in spectroscopy. Dynamical fingerprints are a useful representation for computational spectroscopy results and have been introduced in [NDD11].

[NDD11]Noe, F, S Doose, I Daidone, M Loellmann, M Sauer, J D Chodera and J Smith. 2010. Dynamical fingerprints for probing individual relaxation processes in biomolecular dynamics with simulations and kinetic experiments. PNAS 108 (12): 4822-4827.
fingerprint_relaxation(p0, a, k=None, ncv=None)

Dynamical fingerprint for perturbation/relaxation experiment.

Parameters:
  • p0 ((n,) ndarray) – Initial distribution for a relaxation experiment
  • a ((n,) ndarray) – Observable, represented as vector on state space
  • k (int, optional) – Number of eigenvalues and eigenvectors to use for computation
  • ncv (int, optional) – Only relevant for sparse matrices and large lag times, where the relaxation will be computes using an eigenvalue decomposition. The number of Lanczos vectors generated, ncv must be greater than k; it is recommended that ncv > 2*k
Returns:

  • timescales ((k,) ndarray) – Time-scales (in units of the input trajectory time step) of the transition matrix
  • amplitudes ((k,) ndarray) – Amplitudes for the relaxation experiment

References

Spectral densities are commonly used in spectroscopy. Dynamical fingerprints are a useful representation for computational spectroscopy results and have been introduced in [NDD11].

[NDD11]Noe, F, S Doose, I Daidone, M Loellmann, M Sauer, J D Chodera and J Smith. 2010. Dynamical fingerprints for probing individual relaxation processes in biomolecular dynamics with simulations and kinetic experiments. PNAS 108 (12): 4822-4827.
get_model_params(deep=True)

Get parameters for this model.

Parameters:deep (boolean, optional) – If True, will return the parameters for this estimator and contained subobjects that are estimators.
Returns:params – Parameter names mapped to their values.
Return type:mapping of string to any
is_reversible

Returns whether the MSM is reversible

is_sparse

Returns whether the MSM is sparse

lifetimes

Lifetimes of states of the hidden transition matrix

Returns:l – state lifetimes in units of the input trajectory time step, defined by \(-\tau / ln \mid p_{ii} \mid, i = 1,...,nstates\), where \(p_{ii}\) are the diagonal entries of the hidden transition matrix.
Return type:ndarray(nstates)
metastable_assignments

Computes the assignment to metastable sets for observable states

Notes

This is only recommended for visualization purposes. You cannot compute any actual quantity of the coarse-grained kinetics without employing the fuzzy memberships!

Returns:For each observable state, the metastable state it is located in.
Return type:ndarray((n) ,dtype=int)
metastable_distributions
Returns the output probability distributions. Identical to
observation_probabilities()
Returns:Pout – output probability matrix from hidden to observable discrete states
Return type:ndarray (m,n)
metastable_memberships
Computes the memberships of observable states to metastable sets by
Bayesian inversion as described in [1]_.
Returns:M – A matrix containing the probability or membership of each observable state to be assigned to each metastable or hidden state. The row sums of M are 1.
Return type:ndarray((n,m))

References

[1]F. Noe, H. Wu, J.-H. Prinz and N. Plattner: Projected and hidden Markov models for calculating kinetics and metastable states of complex molecules. J. Chem. Phys. 139, 184114 (2013)
metastable_sets
Computes the metastable sets of observable states within each
metastable set

Notes

This is only recommended for visualization purposes. You cannot compute any actual quantity of the coarse-grained kinetics without employing the fuzzy memberships!

Returns:sets – A list of length equal to metastable states. Each element is an array with observable state indexes contained in it
Return type:list of int-arrays
mfpt(A, B)

Mean first passage times from set A to set B, in units of the input trajectory time step

Parameters:
  • A (int or int array) – set of starting states
  • B (int or int array) – set of target states
neig

number of eigenvalues to compute.

nstates

Number of active states on which all computations and estimations are done

observation_probabilities

returns the output probability matrix

Returns:Pout – output probability matrix from hidden to observable discrete states
Return type:ndarray (m,n)
pcca(m)

Runs PCCA++ [1]_ to compute a metastable decomposition of MSM states

After calling this method you can access metastable_memberships(), metastable_distributions(), metastable_sets() and metastable_assignments().

Parameters:m (int) – Number of metastable sets
Returns:pcca_obj – An object containing all PCCA quantities. However, you can also ignore this return value and instead retrieve the quantities of your interest with the following MSM functions: metastable_memberships(), metastable_distributions(), metastable_sets() and metastable_assignments().
Return type:PCCA

Notes

If you coarse grain with PCCA++, the order of the obtained memberships might not be preserved. This also applies for metastable_memberships(), metastable_distributions(), metastable_sets(), metastable_assignments()

References

[1]Roeblitz, S and M Weber. 2013. Fuzzy spectral clustering by PCCA+: application to Markov state models and data classification. Advances in Data Analysis and Classification 7 (2): 147-179
pi

The stationary distribution on the MSM states

propagate(p0, k)

Propagates the initial distribution p0 k times

Computes the product

\[p_k = p_0^T P^k\]

If the lag time of transition matrix \(P\) is \(\tau\), this will provide the probability distribution at time \(k \tau\).

Parameters:
  • p0 (ndarray(n)) – Initial distribution. Vector of size of the active set.
  • k (int) – Number of time steps
Returns:

pk – Distribution after k steps. Vector of size of the active set.

Return type:

ndarray(n)

relaxation(p0, a, maxtime=None, k=None, ncv=None)

Simulates a perturbation-relaxation experiment.

In perturbation-relaxation experiments such as temperature-jump, pH-jump, pressure jump or rapid mixing experiments, an ensemble of molecules is initially prepared in an off-equilibrium distribution and the expectation value of some experimental observable is then followed over time as the ensemble relaxes towards equilibrium.

In order to simulate such an experiment, first determine the distribution of states at which the experiment is started, \(p_0\) and compute the mean values of your experimental observable \(a\) by MSM state:

\[a_i = \frac{1}{N_i} \sum_{x_t \in S_i} f(x_t)\]

where \(S_i\) is the set of configurations belonging to MSM state \(i\) and \(f()\) is a function that computes the experimental observable of interest for configuration \(x_t\).

Then the accurate (i.e. without statistical error) time-dependent expectation value of \(f(x_t)\) given the Markov model is computed by relaxation(p0, a). This is done by evaluating the equation

\[E_a(k\tau) = \mathbf{p_0}^{\top} \mathbf{P(\tau)}^k \mathbf{a}\]

where \(E\) stands for the expectation value that relaxes to its equilibrium value that is identical to expectation(a), \(\mathbf{P(\tau)}\) is the transition matrix at lag time \(\tau\), \(\boldsymbol{\pi}\) is the equilibrium distribution of \(\mathbf{P}\), and \(k\) is the time index.

Note that instead of using this method you could generate many synthetic trajectory from the MSM with starting points drawn from the initial distribution and then estimating the time-dependent expectation value by an ensemble average. However, there is no reason to do this because the present method does that calculation without any sampling, and only in the limit of an infinitely many trajectories the two results will agree exactly. The relaxation function computed by the present method still has statistical uncertainty from the fact that the underlying MSM transition matrix has statistical uncertainty when being estimated from data, but there is no additional (and unnecessary) uncertainty due to synthetic trajectory generation.

Parameters:
  • p0 ((n,) ndarray) – Initial distribution for a relaxation experiment
  • a ((n,) ndarray) – Observable, represented as vector on state space
  • maxtime (int or float, optional) – Maximum time (in units of the input trajectory time step) until which the correlation function will be evaluated. Internally, the correlation function can only be computed in integer multiples of the Markov model lag time, and therefore the actual last time point will be computed at \(\mathrm{ceil}(\mathrm{maxtime} / \tau)\). By default (None), the maxtime will be set equal to the 5 times the slowest relaxation time of the MSM, because after this time the signal is constant.
  • k (int (optional)) – Number of eigenvalues and eigenvectors to use for computation
  • ncv (int (optional)) – Only relevant for sparse matrices and large lag times, where the relaxation will be computes using an eigenvalue decomposition. The number of Lanczos vectors generated, ncv must be greater than k; it is recommended that ncv > 2*k
Returns:

  • times (ndarray (N)) – Time points (in units of the input trajectory time step) at which the relaxation has been computed
  • res (ndarray) – Array of expectation value at given times

reversible

Returns whether the MSM is reversible

sample_conf(f, *args, **kwargs)

Sample confidence interval of numerical method f over all samples

Calls f(*args, **kwargs) on all samples and computes the confidence interval. Size of confidence interval is given in the construction of the SampledModel. f must return a numerical value or an ndarray.

Parameters:
  • f (method reference or name (str)) – Model method to be evaluated for each model sample
  • args (arguments) – Non-keyword arguments to be passed to the method in each call
  • kwargs (keyword-argments) – Keyword arguments to be passed to the method in each call
Returns:

  • L (float or ndarray) – lower value or array of confidence interval
  • R (float or ndarray) – upper value or array of confidence interval

sample_f(f, *args, **kwargs)

Evaluated method f for all samples

Calls f(*args, **kwargs) on all samples.

Parameters:
  • f (method reference or name (str)) – Model method to be evaluated for each model sample
  • args (arguments) – Non-keyword arguments to be passed to the method in each call
  • kwargs (keyword-argments) – Keyword arguments to be passed to the method in each call
Returns:

vals – list of results of the method calls

Return type:

list

sample_mean(f, *args, **kwargs)

Sample mean of numerical method f over all samples

Calls f(*args, **kwargs) on all samples and computes the mean. f must return a numerical value or an ndarray.

Parameters:
  • f (method reference or name (str)) – Model method to be evaluated for each model sample
  • args (arguments) – Non-keyword arguments to be passed to the method in each call
  • kwargs (keyword-argments) – Keyword arguments to be passed to the method in each call
Returns:

mean – mean value or mean array

Return type:

float or ndarray

sample_std(f, *args, **kwargs)

Sample standard deviation of numerical method f over all samples

Calls f(*args, **kwargs) on all samples and computes the standard deviation. f must return a numerical value or an ndarray.

Parameters:
  • f (method reference or name (str)) – Model method to be evaluated for each model sample
  • args (arguments) – Non-keyword arguments to be passed to the method in each call
  • kwargs (keyword-argments) – Keyword arguments to be passed to the method in each call
Returns:

std – standard deviation or array of standard deviations

Return type:

float or ndarray

set_model_params(samples=None, conf=0.95, P=None, pobs=None, pi=None, reversible=None, dt_model='1 step', neig=None)
Parameters:
  • samples (list of MSM objects) – sampled MSMs
  • conf (float, optional, default=0.68) – Confidence interval. By default one-sigma (68.3%) is used. Use 95.4% for two sigma or 99.7% for three sigma.
simulate(N, start=None, stop=None, dt=1)

Generates a realization of the Hidden Markov Model

Parameters:
  • N (int) – trajectory length in steps of the lag time
  • start (int, optional, default = None) – starting hidden state. If not given, will sample from the stationary distribution of the hidden transition matrix.
  • stop (int or int-array-like, optional, default = None) – stopping hidden set. If given, the trajectory will be stopped before N steps once a hidden state of the stop set is reached
  • dt (int) – trajectory will be saved every dt time steps. Internally, the dt’th power of P is taken to ensure a more efficient simulation.
Returns:

  • htraj ((N/dt, ) ndarray) – The hidden state trajectory with length N/dt
  • otraj ((N/dt, ) ndarray) – The observable state discrete trajectory with length N/dt

sparse

Returns whether the MSM is sparse

stationary_distribution

The stationary distribution on the MSM states

submodel(states=None, obs=None)

Returns a HMM with restricted state space

Parameters:
  • states (None or int-array) – Hidden states to restrict the model to (if not None).
  • obs (None, str or int-array) – Observed states to restrict the model to (if not None).
Returns:

hmm – The restricted HMM.

Return type:

HMM

timescales(k=None)

The relaxation timescales corresponding to the eigenvalues

Parameters:k (int) – number of timescales to be returned. By default all available eigenvalues, minus 1.
Returns:ts – relaxation timescales in units of the input trajectory time step, defined by \(-\tau / ln | \lambda_i |, i = 2,...,k+1\).
Return type:ndarray(m)
timestep_model

Physical time corresponding to one transition matrix step, e.g. ‘10 ps’

transition_matrix

The transition matrix on the active set.

transition_matrix_obs(k=1)

Computes the transition matrix between observed states

Transition matrices for longer lag times than the one used to parametrize this HMSM can be obtained by setting the k option. Note that a HMSM is not Markovian, thus we cannot compute transition matrices at longer lag times using the Chapman-Kolmogorow equality. I.e.:

\[P (k \tau) \neq P^k (\tau)\]

This function computes the correct transition matrix using the metastable (coarse) transition matrix \(P_c\) as:

\[P (k \tau) = {\Pi}^-1 \chi^{\top} ({\Pi}_c) P_c^k (\tau) \chi\]

where \(\chi\) is the output probability matrix, \(\Pi_c\) is a diagonal matrix with the metastable-state (coarse) stationary distribution and \(\Pi\) is a diagonal matrix with the observable-state stationary distribution.

Parameters:k (int, optional, default=1) – Multiple of the lag time for which the By default (k=1), the transition matrix at the lag time used to construct this HMSM will be returned. If a higher power is given,
update_model_params(**params)

Update given model parameter if they are set to specific values