Modeling a Mixture in Traditional Representation

When modeling mixtures, we are often faced with a large set of ingredients to choose from. A common way to formalize this type of selection problem is to assign each ingredient its own numerical parameter representing the amount of the ingredient in the mixture. A sum constraint imposed on all parameters then ensures that the total amount of ingredients in the mix is always 100%. In addition, there could be other constraints, for instance, to impose further restrictions on individual subgroups of ingredients. In BayBE’s language, we call this the traditional mixture representation.

In this example, we demonstrate how to create a search space in this representation, using a simple mixture of up to six components, which are divided into three subgroups: solvents, bases and phase agents.

Slot-based Representation

For an alternative way to describe mixtures, see our slot-based representation.

Imports

import numpy as np
import pandas as pd

from baybe.constraints import ContinuousLinearConstraint
from baybe.parameters import NumericalContinuousParameter
from baybe.recommenders import RandomRecommender
from baybe.searchspace import SearchSpace

Parameter Setup

We start by creating lists containing our substance labels according to their subgroups:

g1 = ["Solvent1", "Solvent2"]
g2 = ["Base1", "Base2"]
g3 = ["PhaseAgent1", "PhaseAgent2"]

Next, we create continuous parameters describing the substance amounts for each group. Here, the maximum amount for each substance depends on its group, i.e. we allow adding more of a solvent compared to a base or a phase agent:

p_g1_amounts = [
    NumericalContinuousParameter(name=f"{name}", bounds=(0, 80)) for name in g1
]
p_g2_amounts = [
    NumericalContinuousParameter(name=f"{name}", bounds=(0, 20)) for name in g2
]
p_g3_amounts = [
    NumericalContinuousParameter(name=f"{name}", bounds=(0, 5)) for name in g3
]

Constraints Setup

Now, we set up our constraints. We start with the overall mixture constraint, ensuring the total of all ingredients is 100%:

c_total_sum = ContinuousLinearConstraint(
    parameters=g1 + g2 + g3,
    operator="=",
    coefficients=(1,) * len(g1 + g2 + g3),
    rhs=100,
)

Additionally, we require bases make up at least 10% of the mixture:

c_g2_min = ContinuousLinearConstraint(
    parameters=g2,
    operator=">=",
    coefficients=(1,) * len(g2),
    rhs=10,
)

By contrast, phase agents should make up no more than 5%:

c_g3_max = ContinuousLinearConstraint(
    parameters=g3,
    operator="<=",
    coefficients=(1,) * len(g3),
    rhs=5,
)

Search Space Creation

Having both parameter and constraint definitions at hand, we can create our search space:

searchspace = SearchSpace.from_product(
    parameters=[*p_g1_amounts, *p_g2_amounts, *p_g3_amounts],
    constraints=[c_total_sum, c_g2_min, c_g3_max],
)

Verification of Constraints

To verify that the constraints imposed above are fulfilled, let us draw some random points from the search space:

recommendations = RandomRecommender().recommend(batch_size=10, searchspace=searchspace)
print(recommendations)

       Base1      Base2  PhaseAgent1  PhaseAgent2   Solvent1   Solvent2
0  10.463594  15.896213     1.962115     0.181850  58.086225  13.410003
1   3.523430  19.559420     2.373726     1.542154  27.800375  45.200896
2  19.138827  14.282359     3.453746     0.689301  32.734435  29.701332
3   2.838345  12.246188     2.145484     0.111959  23.952386  58.705639
4  12.683497  12.991254     2.231333     2.205809  64.947681   4.940425
5  13.622044  12.964927     3.866322     0.276080  35.690063  33.580563
6   4.499121  17.850491     1.801146     2.897521  26.951199  46.000522
7   2.619695  13.700318     2.022617     0.479121  40.329566  40.848683
8   2.792034   7.954306     3.529788     0.921633  27.003379  57.798860
9  19.870093  18.381784     2.770604     0.934553  18.060880  39.982086

Computing the respective row sums reveals the expected result:

stats = pd.DataFrame(
    {
        "Total": recommendations.sum(axis=1),
        "Total_Bases": recommendations[g2].sum(axis=1),
        "Total_Phase_Agents": recommendations[g3].sum(axis=1),
    }
)
print(stats)

   Total  Total_Bases  Total_Phase_Agents
0  100.0    26.359807            2.143965
1  100.0    23.082850            3.915879
2  100.0    33.421186            4.143047
3  100.0    15.084532            2.257443
4  100.0    25.674751            4.437142
5  100.0    26.586971            4.142402
6  100.0    22.349612            4.698668
7  100.0    16.320013            2.501738
8  100.0    10.746340            4.451421
9  100.0    38.251877            3.705157

assert np.allclose(stats["Total"], 100)
assert (stats["Total_Bases"] >= 10).all()
assert (stats["Total_Phase_Agents"] <= 5).all()