Convenient Interface to Inverse Ising (ConIII): A Python 3 Package for Solving Ising-Type Maximum Entropy Models. Issue 1 (4th March 2019)

• Record Type: Journal Article
• Authors: Lee, Edward D.; Daniels, Bryan C.
• Is Part Of: Journal of open research software. Volume 7:Issue 1(2019)
• Publication Date: 2019-03-04
• Subjects: maximum entropy -- maxent -- Ising model -- spin glass -- collective behavior -- statistical inference; Computer software -- Reusability -- Periodicals; Open source software -- Periodicals; 005
• DOI: 10.5334/jors.217
• Languages: English
• ISSNs: 2049-9647

Abstract

ConIII (pronounced CON-ee) is an open-source Python project providing a simple interface to solving the pairwise and higher order Ising model and a base for extension to other maximum entropy models. We describe the maximum entropy problem and give an overview of the algorithms that are implemented as part of ConIII (https://github.com/eltrompetero/coniii ) including Monte Carlo histogram, pseudolikelihood, minimum probability flow, a regularized mean field method, and a cluster expansion method. Our goal is to make a variety of maximum entropy techniques accessible to those unfamiliar with the techniques and accelerate workflow for users.