Multivariate polynomial regression with numpy

Question

I have many samples (y_i, (a_i, b_i, c_i)) where y is presumed to vary as a polynomial in a,b,c up to a certain degree. For example for a given set of data and degree 2 I might produce the model

y = a^2 + 2ab - 3cb + c^2 +.5ac

This can be done using least squares and is a slight extension of numpy's polyfit routine. Is there a standard implementation somewhere in the Python ecosystem?

Answer 1

sklearn provides a simple way to do this.

Building off an example posted here:

#X is the independent variable (bivariate in this case)
X = array([[0.44, 0.68], [0.99, 0.23]])

#vector is the dependent data
vector = [109.85, 155.72]

#predict is an independent variable for which we'd like to predict the value
predict= [0.49, 0.18]

#generate a model of polynomial features
poly = PolynomialFeatures(degree=2)

#transform the x data for proper fitting (for single variable type it returns,[1,x,x**2])
X_ = poly.fit_transform(X)

#transform the prediction to fit the model type
predict_ = poly.fit_transform(predict)

#here we can remove polynomial orders we don't want
#for instance I'm removing the `x` component
X_ = np.delete(X_,(1),axis=1)
predict_ = np.delete(predict_,(1),axis=1)

#generate the regression object
clf = linear_model.LinearRegression()
#preform the actual regression
clf.fit(X_, vector)

print("X_ = ",X_)
print("predict_ = ",predict_)
print("Prediction = ",clf.predict(predict_))

And heres the output:

>>> X_ =  [[ 0.44    0.68    0.1936  0.2992  0.4624]
>>>  [ 0.99    0.23    0.9801  0.2277  0.0529]]
>>> predict_ =  [[ 0.49    0.18    0.2401  0.0882  0.0324]]
>>> Prediction =  [ 126.84247142]