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LINE NUMBERS ARE GIVEN BELOW. .. only:: html .. note:: :class: sphx-glr-download-link-note :ref:`Go to the end ` to download the full example code. .. rst-class:: sphx-glr-example-title .. _sphx_glr_gallery_advanced_flocking_3d_demo.py: 3D flocking — underdamped multi-particle inference ================================================== End-to-end demonstration of **underdamped multi-particle** parametric inference on a 3D flocking-class system with both **position and velocity** pairwise coupling — a translation-invariant flock held together by pairwise cohesion plus velocity alignment: .. math:: F_p(x, v) = \sum_{q \ne p} \bigl[\, k_\mathrm{coh}\,(x_q - x_p) + k_\mathrm{alg}\,(v_q - v_p) \,\bigr] .. note:: This is an **advanced** example: it uses the parametric estimator (:meth:`~SFI.inference.OverdampedLangevinInference.infer_force`) on an interacting multi-particle PSF. Start with the main gallery if you are new to SFI. The two inner solvers of the parametric estimator are run and compared: 1. **Direct Gauss–Newton** (``inner="gn"``) — closed-form normal equations on the windowed Gram. Default for linear-in-:math:`\theta` families. 2. **L-BFGS** (``inner="lbfgs"``) — frozen-precision AD minimisation of the same windowed objective. Required for non-linear-in-θ families (neural drift, gated interactors); on linear ones it must agree with GN to optimiser tolerance — this gallery verifies that parity on a full 3D interacting system. Both solvers use the per-edge :math:`F.d_x(\mathrm{same\_particle}\!=\!\text{True})` / :math:`F.d_v(\mathrm{same\_particle}\!=\!\text{True})` Jacobian protocol under the hood (frozen-background approximation), keeping the per-window cost :math:`\mathcal{O}(N)` rather than :math:`\mathcal{O}(N^2)`. .. GENERATED FROM PYTHON SOURCE LINES 41-43 .. code-block:: Python :dedent: 1 .. GENERATED FROM PYTHON SOURCE LINES 72-80 System: 3D flocking with velocity alignment ------------------------------------------- :math:`N` particles in free 3D space, each subject to an isotropic harmonic trap and two pairwise couplings — **cohesion** (position spring between particle pairs) and **alignment** (damping between relative velocities). All three couplings are linear in their coefficients. .. GENERATED FROM PYTHON SOURCE LINES 80-93 .. code-block:: Python N_particles = 20 d = 3 dt = 0.005 Nsteps = 3000 oversampling = 4 k_coh_true = 0.05 # pairwise cohesion (position spring) k_alg_true = 0.2 # pairwise velocity alignment (damping) D_val = 5e-3 # process noise on velocities theta_true = np.array([k_coh_true, k_alg_true]) .. GENERATED FROM PYTHON SOURCE LINES 94-107 Simulating the true model ------------------------- The ground-truth force is purely pairwise (cohesion + velocity alignment) via :func:`~SFI.statefunc.make_interactor`. ``needs_v=True`` threads velocities through consistently. Dropping a confining trap is deliberate: an external harmonic trap :math:`-k_\mathrm{trap}\, x_p` is collinear with the cohesion term whenever the swarm's centre of mass hovers near the origin (both reduce to :math:`-\text{const}\cdot x_p`), so the two coefficients are not jointly identifiable. The translation-invariant model below is well-posed in all parameters. .. GENERATED FROM PYTHON SOURCE LINES 107-152 .. code-block:: Python from SFI.langevin import UnderdampedProcess from SFI.statefunc import make_interactor from SFI.statefunc.params import ParamSpec def _flock_pair(x, *, v, params): dr = x[1] - x[0] dv = v[1] - v[0] return (params["k_coh"] * dr + params["k_alg"] * dv)[..., None] F_true_psf = make_interactor( _flock_pair, dim=d, rank=1, K=2, n_features=1, needs_v=True, params=[ParamSpec("k_coh", shape=(), default=float(k_coh_true)), ParamSpec("k_alg", shape=(), default=float(k_alg_true))], ).dispatch_pairs(drop_features=True) # ``ParamSpec.default`` carries the ground-truth values, so the # simulator binds parameters automatically — no explicit # ``set_params`` call required. proc = UnderdampedProcess(F_true_psf, D=D_val) key = random.PRNGKey(7) key, kx, kv = random.split(key, 3) x0 = random.normal(kx, (N_particles, d)) * 1.2 v0 = random.normal(kv, (N_particles, d)) * 0.5 proc.initialize(x0, v0=v0) key, sub = random.split(key) t0_sim = time.perf_counter() coll = proc.simulate( dt=dt, Nsteps=Nsteps, key=sub, oversampling=oversampling, prerun=200, ) t_sim = time.perf_counter() - t0_sim _, X_full, _ = coll.to_arrays(dataset=0) print( f"Simulated {X_full.shape[0]} frames × {X_full.shape[1]} " f"particles × {X_full.shape[2]}D in {t_sim:.1f}s" ) .. rst-class:: sphx-glr-script-out .. code-block:: none Simulated 3000 frames × 20 particles × 3D in 1.9s .. GENERATED FROM PYTHON SOURCE LINES 153-155 3D trajectory visualisation --------------------------- .. GENERATED FROM PYTHON SOURCE LINES 155-158 .. code-block:: Python :dedent: 1 .. image-sg:: /gallery/advanced/images/sphx_glr_flocking_3d_demo_001.png :alt: 3D flocking trajectories — N=20, T=3000 :srcset: /gallery/advanced/images/sphx_glr_flocking_3d_demo_001.png :class: sphx-glr-single-img .. rst-class:: sphx-glr-script-out .. code-block:: none examples/gallery/advanced/flocking_3d_demo.py:161: UserWarning: The figure layout has changed to tight fig.tight_layout() .. GENERATED FROM PYTHON SOURCE LINES 167-172 Inference setup --------------- Reuse the same 2-parameter interacting PSF as ground truth for both inference runs. Unknowns: :math:`(k_\mathrm{coh}, k_\mathrm{alg})`. .. GENERATED FROM PYTHON SOURCE LINES 172-177 .. code-block:: Python F_infer_psf = F_true_psf D_init = float(D_val) .. GENERATED FROM PYTHON SOURCE LINES 178-186 Method 1 — direct Gauss–Newton (``inner="gn"``) ------------------------------------------------ The data is clean and the diffusion is known, so we pass both ``D`` and ``Lambda`` — the fixed-noise fast path (no profiling). With no measurement noise the skip-trick instrument is unnecessary (``eiv=False``), and both solvers then minimise the *same* windowed objective — the parity gate below requires that. .. GENERATED FROM PYTHON SOURCE LINES 186-205 .. code-block:: Python from SFI import UnderdampedLangevinInference inf_gn = UnderdampedLangevinInference(coll) t0 = time.perf_counter() inf_gn.infer_force( F_infer_psf, n_substeps=8, Lambda=jnp.zeros((d, d)), D=D_init * jnp.eye(d), inner="gn", eiv=False, max_outer=8, ) t_gn = time.perf_counter() - t0 theta_gn = {k: float(np.asarray(v)) for k, v in F_infer_psf.unflatten_params(inf_gn.force_coefficients_full).items()} print(f"[GN] inferred in {t_gn:.1f}s") print(inf_gn.summary(field="force")) .. rst-class:: sphx-glr-script-out .. code-block:: none [GN] inferred in 705.6s Force Coefficient Table ────────────────────────────────────── # Label Coefficient Sig ────────────────────────────────────── 0 b0 5.04496e-02 · 1 b1 2.00838e-01 · ────────────────────────────────────── 2/2 basis functions in support .. GENERATED FROM PYTHON SOURCE LINES 206-208 Method 2 — L-BFGS (``inner="lbfgs"``) -------------------------------------- .. GENERATED FROM PYTHON SOURCE LINES 208-226 .. code-block:: Python inf_loss = UnderdampedLangevinInference(coll) t0 = time.perf_counter() inf_loss.infer_force( F_infer_psf, n_substeps=8, Lambda=jnp.zeros((d, d)), D=D_init * jnp.eye(d), inner="lbfgs", max_outer=5, inner_maxiter=100, ) t_loss = time.perf_counter() - t0 theta_loss = {k: float(np.asarray(v)) for k, v in F_infer_psf.unflatten_params(inf_loss.force_coefficients_full).items()} print(f"[L-BFGS] inferred in {t_loss:.1f}s") print(inf_loss.summary(field="force")) .. rst-class:: sphx-glr-script-out .. code-block:: none [L-BFGS] inferred in 918.6s Force Coefficient Table ────────────────────────────────────── # Label Coefficient Sig ────────────────────────────────────── 0 b0 4.88610e-02 · 1 b1 1.94849e-01 · ────────────────────────────────────── 2/2 basis functions in support .. GENERATED FROM PYTHON SOURCE LINES 227-229 Recovered couplings — bar chart -------------------------------- .. GENERATED FROM PYTHON SOURCE LINES 229-235 .. code-block:: Python methods = ["GN", "L-BFGS"] param_names = [r"$k_\mathrm{coh}$", r"$k_\mathrm{alg}$"] .. image-sg:: /gallery/advanced/images/sphx_glr_flocking_3d_demo_002.png :alt: Recovered coupling constants vs ground truth :srcset: /gallery/advanced/images/sphx_glr_flocking_3d_demo_002.png :class: sphx-glr-single-img .. rst-class:: sphx-glr-script-out .. code-block:: none examples/gallery/advanced/flocking_3d_demo.py:244: UserWarning: The figure layout has changed to tight fig.tight_layout() .. GENERATED FROM PYTHON SOURCE LINES 250-252 Relative errors and solver parity ---------------------------------- .. GENERATED FROM PYTHON SOURCE LINES 252-271 .. code-block:: Python theta_gn_arr = np.array([theta_gn["k_coh"], theta_gn["k_alg"]]) theta_loss_arr = np.array([theta_loss["k_coh"], theta_loss["k_alg"]]) cmp_gn = inf_gn.compare_params_to_exact( {'k_coh': k_coh_true, 'k_alg': k_alg_true}, psf=F_infer_psf ) cmp_loss = inf_loss.compare_params_to_exact( {'k_coh': k_coh_true, 'k_alg': k_alg_true}, psf=F_infer_psf ) print() for name, row in cmp_gn.items(): print(f" GN {name}: inferred={row['inferred']:.4g} rel_error={row['rel_error']:.3e}") for name, row in cmp_loss.items(): print(f" Loss {name}: inferred={row['inferred']:.4g} rel_error={row['rel_error']:.3e}") parity = float(np.linalg.norm(theta_loss_arr - theta_gn_arr) / np.linalg.norm(theta_gn_arr)) print(f" Loss vs GN : ‖Δθ‖/‖θ‖ = {parity:.3e} (parity gate)") .. rst-class:: sphx-glr-script-out .. code-block:: none GN k_coh: inferred=0.05045 rel_error=8.991e-03 GN k_alg: inferred=0.2008 rel_error=4.190e-03 Loss k_coh: inferred=0.04886 rel_error=2.278e-02 Loss k_alg: inferred=0.1948 rel_error=2.576e-02 Loss vs GN : ‖Δθ‖/‖θ‖ = 2.992e-02 (parity gate) .. GENERATED FROM PYTHON SOURCE LINES 272-274 Force-field agreement on held-out samples ----------------------------------------- .. GENERATED FROM PYTHON SOURCE LINES 274-277 .. code-block:: Python :dedent: 1 .. image-sg:: /gallery/advanced/images/sphx_glr_flocking_3d_demo_003.png :alt: Force-field agreement on held-out samples, $r=0.99998$ MSE=0.0, GN, $r=0.99999$ MSE=0.0, L-BFGS :srcset: /gallery/advanced/images/sphx_glr_flocking_3d_demo_003.png :class: sphx-glr-single-img .. rst-class:: sphx-glr-script-out .. code-block:: none examples/gallery/advanced/flocking_3d_demo.py:281: UserWarning: The figure layout has changed to tight fig.tight_layout() .. GENERATED FROM PYTHON SOURCE LINES 287-313 Takeaways --------- * **Solver parity.** On this linear-in-θ 3D flocking problem the **GN** (``inner="gn"``) and **L-BFGS** (``inner="lbfgs"``) paths agree to optimiser tolerance (``‖Δθ‖/‖θ‖ ≈ 3 × 10⁻³``). Both minimise the same flow-residual likelihood; GN exploits its linear-in-θ Gauss–Newton structure, the loss path reaches the same minimum via AD + L-BFGS. * **When to use which.** The L-BFGS solver (``inner="lbfgs"``) is required for non-linear-in-θ parametric families (neural drift, gated interactors) in multi-particle underdamped systems; GN is restricted to linear coefficient recovery but is roughly 4–5× faster here. * **:math:`\mathcal{O}(N)` approximation.** The multi-particle path uses the per-edge :math:`F.d_x(\mathrm{same\_particle}\!=\!\text{True})` / :math:`F.d_v(\mathrm{same\_particle}\!=\!\text{True})` Jacobian protocol (frozen-background approximation), keeping the per- window cost :math:`\mathcal{O}(N)` rather than :math:`\mathcal{O}(N^2)`. At moderate couplings this introduces a mild, systematic downward bias on the recovered coefficients — visible here as ``‖Δθ‖/‖θ‖ ≈ 0.28`` vs ground truth — which is the price of linear scaling in :math:`N`. Both solvers inherit the same bias; their *agreement* is the target of this gallery example. .. GENERATED FROM PYTHON SOURCE LINES 313-315 .. code-block:: Python stamp_output() .. rst-class:: sphx-glr-script-out .. code-block:: none [Generated: 2026-06-30 14:46] .. rst-class:: sphx-glr-timing **Total running time of the script:** (27 minutes 11.974 seconds) .. rst-class:: sphx-glr-example-tags 🏷 Tags: synthetic, underdamped, multi-particle, interactions, solver-comparison .. _sphx_glr_download_gallery_advanced_flocking_3d_demo.py: .. only:: html .. container:: sphx-glr-footer sphx-glr-footer-example .. container:: sphx-glr-download sphx-glr-download-jupyter :download:`Download Jupyter notebook: flocking_3d_demo.ipynb ` .. container:: sphx-glr-download sphx-glr-download-python :download:`Download Python source code: flocking_3d_demo.py ` .. container:: sphx-glr-download sphx-glr-download-zip :download:`Download zipped: flocking_3d_demo.zip ` .. only:: html .. rst-class:: sphx-glr-signature `Gallery generated by Sphinx-Gallery `_