sklearn.covariance.LedoitWolf

class sklearn.covariance.LedoitWolf(store_precision=True, assume_centered=False, block_size=1000)

LedoitWolf Estimator

Ledoit-Wolf is a particular form of shrinkage, where the shrinkage coefficient is computed using O. Ledoit and M. Wolf’s formula as described in “A Well-Conditioned Estimator for Large-Dimensional Covariance Matrices”, Ledoit and Wolf, Journal of Multivariate Analysis, Volume 88, Issue 2, February 2004, pages 365-411.

Parameters :

store_precision : bool

Specify if the estimated precision is stored.

assume_centered : bool

If True, data are not centered before computation. Useful when working with data whose mean is almost, but not exactly zero. If False (default), data are centered before computation.

block_size : int,

Size of the blocks into which the covariance matrix will be split during its Ledoit-Wolf estimation. If n_features > block_size, an error will be raised since the shrunk covariance matrix will be considered as too large regarding the available memory.

Notes

The regularised covariance is:

(1 - shrinkage)*cov
        + shrinkage*mu*np.identity(n_features)

where mu = trace(cov) / n_features and shrinkage is given by the Ledoit and Wolf formula (see References)

References

“A Well-Conditioned Estimator for Large-Dimensional Covariance Matrices”, Ledoit and Wolf, Journal of Multivariate Analysis, Volume 88, Issue 2, February 2004, pages 365-411.

Attributes

covariance_	array-like, shape (n_features, n_features)	Estimated covariance matrix
precision_	array-like, shape (n_features, n_features)	Estimated pseudo inverse matrix. (stored only if store_precision is True)
shrinkage_	float, 0 <= shrinkage <= 1	Coefficient in the convex combination used for the computation of the shrunk estimate.

Methods

error_norm(comp_cov[, norm, scaling, squared])	Computes the Mean Squared Error between two covariance estimators.
fit(X[, y])	Fits the Ledoit-Wolf shrunk covariance model
get_params([deep])	Get parameters for this estimator.
get_precision()	Getter for the precision matrix.
mahalanobis(observations)	Computes the Mahalanobis distances of given observations.
score(X_test[, y])	Computes the log-likelihood of a Gaussian data set with
set_params(**params)	Set the parameters of this estimator.

__init__(store_precision=True, assume_centered=False, block_size=1000)

error_norm(comp_cov, norm='frobenius', scaling=True, squared=True)

Computes the Mean Squared Error between two covariance estimators. (In the sense of the Frobenius norm).

Parameters :

comp_cov : array-like, shape = [n_features, n_features]

The covariance to compare with.

norm : str

The type of norm used to compute the error. Available error types: - ‘frobenius’ (default): sqrt(tr(A^t.A)) - ‘spectral’: sqrt(max(eigenvalues(A^t.A)) where A is the error (comp_cov - self.covariance_).

scaling : bool

If True (default), the squared error norm is divided by n_features. If False, the squared error norm is not rescaled.

squared : bool

Whether to compute the squared error norm or the error norm. If True (default), the squared error norm is returned. If False, the error norm is returned.

Returns :

The Mean Squared Error (in the sense of the Frobenius norm) between :

`self` and `comp_cov` covariance estimators. :

fit(X, y=None)

Fits the Ledoit-Wolf shrunk covariance model according to the given training data and parameters.

Parameters :

X : array-like, shape = [n_samples, n_features]

Training data, where n_samples is the number of samples and n_features is the number of features.

y : not used, present for API consistence purpose.

Returns :

self : object

Returns self.

get_params(deep=True)

Get parameters for this estimator.

Parameters :

deep: boolean, optional :

If True, will return the parameters for this estimator and contained subobjects that are estimators.

Returns :

params : mapping of string to any

Parameter names mapped to their values.

get_precision()

Getter for the precision matrix.

Returns :

`precision_` : array-like,

The precision matrix associated to the current covariance object.

mahalanobis(observations)

Computes the Mahalanobis distances of given observations.

The provided observations are assumed to be centered. One may want to center them using a location estimate first.

Parameters :

observations : array-like, shape = [n_observations, n_features]

The observations, the Mahalanobis distances of the which we compute. Observations are assumed to be drawn from the same distribution than the data used in fit (including centering).

Returns :

mahalanobis_distance : array, shape = [n_observations,]

Mahalanobis distances of the observations.

score(X_test, y=None)

Computes the log-likelihood of a Gaussian data set with self.covariance_ as an estimator of its covariance matrix.

Parameters :

X_test : array-like, shape = [n_samples, n_features]

Test data of which we compute the likelihood, where n_samples is the number of samples and n_features is the number of features. X_test is assumed to be drawn from the same distribution than the data used in fit (including centering).

y : not used, present for API consistence purpose.

Returns :

res : float

The likelihood of the data set with self.covariance_ as an estimator of its covariance matrix.

set_params(**params)

Set the parameters of this estimator.

The method works on simple estimators as well as on nested objects (such as pipelines). The former have parameters of the form <component>__<parameter> so that it’s possible to update each component of a nested object.

Returns :self :