Overview

Latin Hypercube Sampling (LHS) is a method of sampling a model input space, usually for obtaining data for training metamodels or for uncertainty analysis. LHS typically requires less samples and converges faster than Monte Carlo Simple Random Sampling (MCSRS) methods when used in uncertainty analysis. By representing each variable as its Cumulative Distribution Function (CDF) (prior distribution) and partitioning the CDF into N regions and taking a single sample from each region, this increases the likelihood that the full range of the posterior distribution is sampled. Once a suitable CDF sample is made, the sample CDF value is inversely mapped back to a parameter value

A requirement for LHS is that each region of the CDF can only be sampled once for each parameter. This is best visualized in a 2D space with the following figure:

Fig 1. Example 2D LHS sample.

As seen in Figure 1, there is only one sample in each row and column in (X,Y) space. Due to the possibility of clustering (LHS sample with points close together) of sample points, a nearest neighbor restriction can be imposed.

Terminology

Prior Distribution - the statistical distribution of the input parameters to a model
Posterior Distribution - the resulting statistical distribution of the model output

Python Implementation

An example implementation of a LHS algorithm is below. This code outputs samples for the standard uniform and standard normal distributions. Each random sample can be converted to parameter values via the following equations:

Converting LHS output from Standard Uniform to Parameter Space

x = (x_max - x_min) * X + x_min

Where "x" is the parameter value, x_min is the parameter minimum, x_max is the parameter maximum, and X is the standard uniform value.

Converting LHS output from Standard Normal to Parameter Space

x = Z * σ_x + μ_x

Where "x" is the parameter value, σ_x is the parameter standard deviation, μ_x is the parameter mean value, and Z is the standard normal value.

# Script for generating standard uniform/standard normal
Latin-Hypercube samples 
# Parameter space is mapped to an array index space
using integer truncation 
# Once array space is filled, a random value is
generated within each cell 
# Array space is filled using strata index exclusion
'''

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'''

import numpy as np
import matplotlib.pyplot as plt
import random,sys,os
from copy import deepcopy
import scipy.stats as st

def getIndex(val,h,minVal=0.0,maxVal=1.0):
    minIndex = int(float(minVal/h))
    valIndex = int(float(val/h))-minIndex
    
    return valIndex

def indexToEdge(dim,lEdge,h,minVal=0.0,maxVal=1.0):

    rEdge = deepcopy(lEdge)

    for i in range(0,len(lEdge)):
        for j in range(0,dim):
            lEdge[i][j] = getFloatVal(lEdge[i][j],h)
            rEdge[i][j] = lEdge[i][j]+h
    
    return lEdge,rEdge

def getFloatVal(index,h,minVal=0.0,maxVal=1.0):
    return float(index*h+minVal)

def initializeSpace(dim,numStrata,minVal=0.0,maxVal=1.0,debug='False'):
    dimList = []
    for i in range(0,dim):
        dimList.append(numStrata)    

    h = float((maxVal-minVal)/(numStrata))

    return h,getIndex(maxVal,h)

def buildList(dim,numStrata):
    eligibleIndices = []
    iList = []

    for i in range(0,numStrata):
        iList.append(i)
    
    for i in range(0,dim):
        eligibleIndices.append(iList)    

    return eligibleIndices

def getLimitedDraw(dim,eligibleIndices,history):
    # set eligible indices for each dimension
    
    indices = deepcopy(eligibleIndices)    

    for ent in history:
        for i in range(0,dim):
            indices[i] = [x for x in indices[i] if x != ent[i]]

    point = []
    for i in range(0,dim):
        point.append(random.choice(indices[i]))

    return point, indices

def getDraw(dim,eligibleIndices,maxIndex,history):

    eIndex = deepcopy(eligibleIndices)

    #print(len(eIndex[0]))

    point = [0]*dim
    draws = 0
    rejected = 0
    invalid = []
    while True:
        if history == []:
            # Initial random draw
            point = [np.random.randint(0,maxIndex) for x in point]
            history.append(point)
            #print(len(history))
            break
        elif history != []:
            # Limited draw by limiting sample-able indices
            point,eIndex = getLimitedDraw(dim,eIndex,history)
            history.append(point)
            #print(len(history))
            break
                
            '''      
            #iterate over each index, compare to history
            for ent in history:
                for i in range(0,dim):
                    if point[i] == ent[i]:
                        invalid.append("True")
                    else:
                        invalid.append("False")

            if "True" in invalid:
                draws += 1
                rejected += 1
            else:
                draws += 1
                history.append(point)
                break
           '''

    return list(point),history,eIndex

def convertToRandomCDF(dim,history,h):
    #Get bin left edge
    leftEdge = deepcopy(history)
    rightEdge = deepcopy(history)

    #iterate over leftEdge, convert ints to floats
    
    leftEdge, rightEdge = indexToEdge(dim,leftEdge,h)

    randCDFVal = deepcopy(leftEdge)

    for i in range(0,len(leftEdge)):
        for j in range(0,dim):
            randCDFVal[i][j] = float(np.random.uniform(leftEdge[i][j],0.999999*rightEdge[i][j],1))
 
    return randCDFVal

def CDFtoNorm(CDF):
    dim = len(CDF[0])
    CDF = deepcopy(CDF)
    for i in range(0,len(CDF)):
        for j in range(0,dim):
            CDF[i][j] = st.norm.ppf(CDF[i][j])

    return CDF
        
def wtf(data,filename):
    f = open(filename,'w')
    for ent in data:
        for thing in ent:
            f.write(str(thing)+',')
        f.write('\n')
    f.close()

def sample(dim,numSamples,ratio):
    numStrata = numSamples

    # Try getting different random points in the array space
    #   to satisfy nearest-neighbor constraint
    # In 3 tries, get another LH sample and go again
    sampleNum = 0
    while True:
        history = []

        h,maxIndex = initializeSpace(dim,numStrata)
        eIndices = buildList(dim,numStrata)
        # Maximum radius within a single cell
        minRadius = h*np.sqrt(dim)

        for i in range(0,numSamples):
            point,history,eIndices = getDraw(dim,eIndices,maxIndex,history)
        sampleNum += 1
        print("Sampling Latin-Hypercube array space (%s)" %(sampleNum))
        tries = 0
        while True:
            randUniform = convertToRandomCDF(dim,history,h)
            randStandardNorm = CDFtoNorm(randUniform)
            tries += 1

            wtf(randUniform,'utemp.csv')
            wtf(randStandardNorm,'ntemp.csv')

            cols = range(0,dim)
            randUniform = np.genfromtxt('utemp.csv',delimiter=',',usecols=cols)
            randStandardNorm = np.genfromtxt('ntemp.csv',delimiter=',',usecols=cols)
    
            uninnd = nnd(randUniform)
            normnnd = nnd(randStandardNorm)
            sampleMin = np.nanmin(uninnd)
            sampleMinNorm = np.nanmin(normnnd)
            print(sampleMin,sampleMinNorm,ratio*minRadius)

            if tries == 3:
                break
            if sampleMin > ratio*minRadius and sampleMinNorm > ratio*minRadius:
                break
        if sampleMin > ratio*minRadius and sampleMinNorm > ratio*minRadius:
            break

    os.remove(os.getcwd()+'/utemp.csv')
    os.remove(os.getcwd()+'/ntemp.csv')

    return randUniform,randStandardNorm

def nnd(a):
    # For each sample, get the nearest neighbor w.r.t. each variable
    b = np.zeros((a.shape[0],a.shape[0]),dtype=float)
    for i in range(0,b.shape[0]):
        for j in range(0,b.shape[0]):
            b[i,j] = radius(a[j,:] - a[i,:])
            if i == j:
                b[i,j] = 10e3
    return b

def radius(v):
    a = np.nansum(v*v)
    return np.sqrt(a)

def help():
        # Displays help in terminal
    print("\n\tPython script for generating Latin Hypercube samples")
    print("\nUsage:\n\t\tpython lhs.py dimensions samples cellRatio\n")
    print("\tdimensions:    number of dimensions in hypercube")
    print("\tsamples:       number of samples per dimension")
    print("\tcellRatio:     ratio of the cell maximum radius for")
    print("\t               nearest-neighbor limit (default=1.0)")
    print("\t               Higher ratios force more a space-filling")
    print("\t                   sample, higher chance of no solution")
    print("\n\tOutputs: Uniform.csv, StandardNormal.csv")
    print("\n\tConvert uniform values to variable values")
    print("\t\tvar = range*value + min")
    print("\n\tConvert standard normal values to variable values")
    print("\t\tvar = stdev*value + mean")
    sys.exit("\nHelp called, exiting...")

if __name__ == "__main__":

    try:
        if str(sys.argv[1]) == '-help' or str(sys.argv[1]) == '-h':
            help()
    except IndexError:
        help()

    try:
        dim = int(sys.argv[1])
    except:
        dim = 2

    try:
        numSamples = int(sys.argv[2])
    except:
        numSamples = 10

    try:
        minRatio = float(sys.argv[3])
    except:
        minRatio = 1.0
        
    
    # Get standard normal and standard uniform samples
    uni,std = sample(dim,numSamples,minRatio)

    np.savetxt('StandardUniform.csv',uni,delimiter=',')
    np.savetxt('StandardNormal.csv',std,delimiter=',')

    if dim == 2:
        h = 1.0/numSamples
        
        for i in range(1,numSamples):
            plt.plot((0,1),(i*h,i*h),'k--',linewidth=1)
            plt.plot((i*h,i*h),(0,1),'k--',linewidth=1)

        plt.plot(uni[:,0],uni[:,1],'ro')
        plt.axes().set_aspect('equal')
        plt.xlabel('X',fontsize=18)
        plt.ylabel('Y',fontsize=18)
        plt.xlim(0,1)
        plt.ylim(0,1)
        plt.savefig("LHS_2D_example")
        plt.clf()