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foward mode autodiff in R, completing the unfinished example in Simon Wood's "Core Statistics" 5.5.3
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rm(list=ls());gc() | |
ad <- function(x,diff = c(1,1)) { | |
## create class "ad" object. diff[1] is length of grad | |
## diff[2] is element of grad to set to 1. | |
grad <- rep(0,diff[1]) | |
if (diff[2]>0 && diff[2]<=diff[1]) grad[diff[2]] <- 1 | |
attr(x,"grad") <- grad | |
class(x) <- "ad" | |
x | |
} | |
# chain rule is for taking d/dx of functions like f(x) = p(q(x)) | |
# f'(x) = p'(q(x)) * q'(x) | |
sin.ad <- function(a) { | |
grad.a <- attr(a,"grad") | |
a <- as.numeric(a) # the value of input | |
d <- sin(a) # the value of output | |
attr(d,"grad") <- cos(a) * grad.a # chain rule; p' = cos, q' = grad.a | |
class(d) <- "ad" | |
d | |
} | |
"*.ad" <- function(a,b) { ## ad multiplication | |
grad.a <- attr(a,"grad") | |
grad.b <- attr(b,"grad") | |
a <- as.numeric(a) | |
b <- as.numeric(b) | |
d <- a*b ## evaluation | |
attr(d,"grad") <- a * grad.b + b * grad.a ## chain rule | |
class(d) <- "ad" | |
d | |
} | |
# missing stuff | |
# "exercise to the reader" =] | |
"/.ad" <- function(a,b) { ## | |
grad.a <- attr(a,"grad") | |
grad.b <- attr(b,"grad") | |
a <- as.numeric(a) | |
b <- as.numeric(b) | |
d <- a/b ## evaluation | |
attr(d,"grad") <- (b * grad.a - a * grad.b)/(b^2) ## chain rule | |
class(d) <- "ad" | |
d | |
} | |
"+.ad" <- function(a,b) { | |
grad.a <- attr(a,"grad") | |
grad.b <- attr(b,"grad") | |
a <- as.numeric(a) | |
b <- as.numeric(b) | |
d <- a + b ## evaluation | |
attr(d,"grad") <- grad.a + grad.b | |
class(d) <- "ad" | |
d | |
} | |
"-.ad" <- function(a,b) { | |
grad.a <- attr(a,"grad") | |
grad.b <- attr(b,"grad") | |
a <- as.numeric(a) | |
b <- as.numeric(b) | |
d <- a - b ## evaluation | |
attr(d,"grad") <- grad.a - grad.b | |
class(d) <- "ad" | |
d | |
} | |
exp.ad <- function(a) { | |
grad.a <- attr(a,"grad") | |
a <- as.numeric(a) # the value of input | |
d <- exp(a) # the value of output | |
attr(d,"grad") <- exp(a) * grad.a # chain rule; p' = exp, q' = grad.a | |
class(d) <- "ad" | |
d | |
} | |
# 1st element of diff is length of gradient vector, 2nd element is which element | |
# of the gradient vector does this variable correspond to | |
x1 <- ad(1,c(3,1)) | |
x2 <- ad(2,c(3,2)) | |
x3 <- ad(pi/2,c(3,3)) | |
(x1*x2*sin(x3)+ exp(x1*x2))/x3 | |
fn <- function(x) { | |
x1 <- x[1]; x2 <- x[2]; x3 <- x[3] | |
(x1*x2*sin(x3)+ exp(x1*x2))/x3 | |
} | |
library(numDeriv) | |
numDeriv::grad(func = fn, x = c(x1, x2, x3)) |
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