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Robust linear model estimation using RANSAC

In this example we see how to robustly fit a linear model to faulty data using the RANSAC algorithm.

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Out:

  Estimated coefficients (true, normal, RANSAC):
82.1903908408 [ 54.17236387] [ 82.08533159]
import numpy as np
from matplotlib import pyplot as plt

from sklearn import linear_model, datasets


n_samples = 1000
n_outliers = 50


X, y, coef = datasets.make_regression(n_samples=n_samples, n_features=1,
                                      n_informative=1, noise=10,
                                      coef=True, random_state=0)

# Add outlier data
np.random.seed(0)
X[:n_outliers] = 3 + 0.5 * np.random.normal(size=(n_outliers, 1))
y[:n_outliers] = -3 + 10 * np.random.normal(size=n_outliers)

# Fit line using all data
model = linear_model.LinearRegression()
model.fit(X, y)

# Robustly fit linear model with RANSAC algorithm
model_ransac = linear_model.RANSACRegressor(linear_model.LinearRegression())
model_ransac.fit(X, y)
inlier_mask = model_ransac.inlier_mask_
outlier_mask = np.logical_not(inlier_mask)

# Predict data of estimated models
line_X = np.arange(-5, 5)
line_y = model.predict(line_X[:, np.newaxis])
line_y_ransac = model_ransac.predict(line_X[:, np.newaxis])

# Compare estimated coefficients
print("Estimated coefficients (true, normal, RANSAC):")
print(coef, model.coef_, model_ransac.estimator_.coef_)

lw = 2
plt.scatter(X[inlier_mask], y[inlier_mask], color='yellowgreen', marker='.',
            label='Inliers')
plt.scatter(X[outlier_mask], y[outlier_mask], color='gold', marker='.',
            label='Outliers')
plt.plot(line_X, line_y, color='navy', linestyle='-', linewidth=lw,
         label='Linear regressor')
plt.plot(line_X, line_y_ransac, color='cornflowerblue', linestyle='-',
         linewidth=lw, label='RANSAC regressor')
plt.legend(loc='lower right')
plt.show()

Total running time of the script: (0 minutes 0.126 seconds)

Download Python source code: plot_ransac.py
Download IPython notebook: plot_ransac.ipynb

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