Logistic Regression

In this ungraded lab, you will

explore the sigmoid function (also known as the logistic function)
explore logistic regression; which uses the sigmoid function

import numpy as np
%matplotlib widget
import matplotlib.pyplot as plt
from plt_one_addpt_onclick import plt_one_addpt_onclick
from lab_utils_common import draw_vthresh
plt.style.use('./deeplearning.mplstyle')

Sigmoid or Logistic Function

As discussed in the lecture videos, for a classification task, we can start by using our linear regression model, , to predict given .

However, we would like the predictions of our classification model to be between 0 and 1 since our output variable is either 0 or 1.
This can be accomplished by using a “sigmoid function” which maps all input values to values between 0 and 1.

Let’s implement the sigmoid function and see this for ourselves.

Formula for Sigmoid function

The formula for a sigmoid function is as follows -

In the case of logistic regression, z (the input to the sigmoid function), is the output of a linear regression model.

In the case of a single example, is scalar.
in the case of multiple examples, may be a vector consisting of values, one for each example.
The implementation of the sigmoid function should cover both of these potential input formats.
Let’s implement this in Python.

NumPy has a function called exp(), which offers a convenient way to calculate the exponential ( ) of all elements in the input array (z).

It also works with a single number as an input, as shown below.

# Input is an array. 
input_array = np.array([1,2,3])
exp_array = np.exp(input_array)

print("Input to exp:", input_array)
print("Output of exp:", exp_array)

# Input is a single number
input_val = 1  
exp_val = np.exp(input_val)

print("Input to exp:", input_val)
print("Output of exp:", exp_val)

Input to exp: [1 2 3]
Output of exp: [ 2.72  7.39 20.09]
Input to exp: 1
Output of exp: 2.718281828459045

The sigmoid function is implemented in python as shown in the cell below.

def sigmoid(z):
    """
    Compute the sigmoid of z

    Args:
        z (ndarray): A scalar, numpy array of any size.

    Returns:
        g (ndarray): sigmoid(z), with the same shape as z
         
    """

    g = 1/(1+np.exp(-z))
   
    return g

Let’s see what the output of this function is for various value of z

# Generate an array of evenly spaced values between -10 and 10
z_tmp = np.arange(-10,11)

# Use the function implemented above to get the sigmoid values
y = sigmoid(z_tmp)

# Code for pretty printing the two arrays next to each other
np.set_printoptions(precision=3) 
print("Input (z), Output (sigmoid(z))")
print(np.c_[z_tmp, y])

Input (z), Output (sigmoid(z))
[[-1.000e+01  4.540e-05]
 [-9.000e+00  1.234e-04]
 [-8.000e+00  3.354e-04]
 [-7.000e+00  9.111e-04]
 [-6.000e+00  2.473e-03]
 [-5.000e+00  6.693e-03]
 [-4.000e+00  1.799e-02]
 [-3.000e+00  4.743e-02]
 [-2.000e+00  1.192e-01]
 [-1.000e+00  2.689e-01]
 [ 0.000e+00  5.000e-01]
 [ 1.000e+00  7.311e-01]
 [ 2.000e+00  8.808e-01]
 [ 3.000e+00  9.526e-01]
 [ 4.000e+00  9.820e-01]
 [ 5.000e+00  9.933e-01]
 [ 6.000e+00  9.975e-01]
 [ 7.000e+00  9.991e-01]
 [ 8.000e+00  9.997e-01]
 [ 9.000e+00  9.999e-01]
 [ 1.000e+01  1.000e+00]]

The values in the left column are z, and the values in the right column are sigmoid(z). As you can see, the input values to the sigmoid range from -10 to 10, and the output values range from 0 to 1.

Now, let’s try to plot this function using the matplotlib library.

# Plot z vs sigmoid(z)
fig,ax = plt.subplots(1,1,figsize=(5,3))
ax.plot(z_tmp, y, c="b")

ax.set_title("Sigmoid function")
ax.set_ylabel('sigmoid(z)')
ax.set_xlabel('z')
draw_vthresh(ax,0)

Canvas(toolbar=Toolbar(toolitems=[('Home', 'Reset original view', 'home', 'home'), ('Back', 'Back to previous …

As you can see, the sigmoid function approaches 0 as z goes to large negative values and approaches 1 as z goes to large positive values.