Mixture of logit models

Example of a uniform mixture of logit models, using Monte-Carlo integration.

author:

Michel Bierlaire, EPFL

date:

Sun Apr 9 17:48:20 2023

import biogeme.biogeme_logging as blog
import biogeme.biogeme as bio
from biogeme import models
from biogeme.expressions import (
    Beta,
    bioDraws,
    exp,
    log,
    MonteCarlo,
)

See the data processing script: Data preparation for Swissmetro.

from swissmetro_data import (
    database,
    CHOICE,
    SM_AV,
    CAR_AV_SP,
    TRAIN_AV_SP,
    TRAIN_TT_SCALED,
    TRAIN_COST_SCALED,
    SM_TT_SCALED,
    SM_COST_SCALED,
    CAR_TT_SCALED,
    CAR_CO_SCALED,
)

logger = blog.get_screen_logger(level=blog.INFO)
logger.info('Example b06unif_mixture.py')
Example b06unif_mixture.py

Parameters to be estimated.

ASC_CAR = Beta('ASC_CAR', 0, None, None, 0)
ASC_TRAIN = Beta('ASC_TRAIN', 0, None, None, 0)
ASC_SM = Beta('ASC_SM', 0, None, None, 1)
B_COST = Beta('B_COST', 0, None, None, 0)

Define a random parameter, uniformly distributed, designed to be used for Monte-Carlo simulation.

B_TIME = Beta('B_TIME', 0, None, None, 0)
B_TIME_S = Beta('B_TIME_S', 1, None, None, 0)
B_TIME_RND = B_TIME + B_TIME_S * bioDraws('B_TIME_RND', 'UNIFORMSYM')

Definition of the utility functions.

V1 = ASC_TRAIN + B_TIME_RND * TRAIN_TT_SCALED + B_COST * TRAIN_COST_SCALED
V2 = ASC_SM + B_TIME_RND * SM_TT_SCALED + B_COST * SM_COST_SCALED
V3 = ASC_CAR + B_TIME_RND * CAR_TT_SCALED + B_COST * CAR_CO_SCALED

Associate utility functions with the numbering of alternatives.

V = {1: V1, 2: V2, 3: V3}

Associate the availability conditions with the alternatives.

av = {1: TRAIN_AV_SP, 2: SM_AV, 3: CAR_AV_SP}

Conditional to B_TIME_RND, we have a logit model (called the kernel).

prob = exp(models.loglogit(V, av, CHOICE))
# We integrate over B_TIME_RND using Monte-Carlo
logprob = log(MonteCarlo(prob))

Create the Biogeme object. As the objective is to illustrate the syntax, we calculate the Monte-Carlo approximation with a small number of draws. To achieve that, we provide a parameter file different from the default one: few_draws.toml

the_biogeme = bio.BIOGEME(database, logprob, parameter_file='few_draws.toml')
the_biogeme.modelName = 'b06unif_mixture'
File few_draws.toml has been parsed.

Estimate the parameters

results = the_biogeme.estimate()
*** Initial values of the parameters are obtained from the file __b06unif_mixture.iter
Cannot read file __b06unif_mixture.iter. Statement is ignored.
Optimization algorithm: hybrid Newton/BFGS with simple bounds [simple_bounds]
** Optimization: Newton with trust region for simple bounds
Iter.         ASC_CAR       ASC_TRAIN          B_COST          B_TIME        B_TIME_S     Function    Relgrad   Radius      Rho
    0           -0.18           -0.69           -0.37              -1            0.87      5.4e+03      0.045       10        1   ++
    1         -0.0037           -0.57           -0.99            -1.6             1.9      5.2e+03      0.021    1e+02      1.1   ++
    2           0.087           -0.45            -1.2              -2             2.5      5.2e+03     0.0064    1e+03      1.1   ++
    3            0.13            -0.4            -1.3            -2.3             2.8      5.2e+03    0.00099    1e+04      1.1   ++
    4            0.13            -0.4            -1.3            -2.3             2.8      5.2e+03    2.4e-05    1e+05        1   ++
    5            0.13            -0.4            -1.3            -2.3             2.8      5.2e+03    1.5e-08    1e+05        1   ++
Results saved in file b06unif_mixture.html
Results saved in file b06unif_mixture.pickle
print(results.short_summary())
Results for model b06unif_mixture
Nbr of parameters:              5
Sample size:                    6768
Excluded data:                  3960
Final log likelihood:           -5217.518
Akaike Information Criterion:   10445.04
Bayesian Information Criterion: 10479.14
pandas_results = results.getEstimatedParameters()
pandas_results
Value Rob. Std err Rob. t-test Rob. p-value
ASC_CAR 0.134336 0.053321 2.519393 1.175572e-02
ASC_TRAIN -0.395397 0.066181 -5.974457 2.308579e-09
B_COST -1.273651 0.086099 -14.792786 0.000000e+00
B_TIME -2.285529 0.125555 -18.203394 0.000000e+00
B_TIME_S 2.816753 0.196641 14.324339 0.000000e+00


Total running time of the script: (0 minutes 8.278 seconds)

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