Driver Debug Printing¶

When working with a model, it may sometimes be helpful to print out the design variables, constraints, and objectives as the Driver iterates. OpenMDAO provides options on the Driver to let you do that.

Driver Options¶

Option	Default	Acceptable Values	Acceptable Types	Description
debug_print	[]	N/A	['list']	List of what type of Driver variables to print at each iteration. Valid items in list are 'desvars', 'ln_cons', 'nl_cons', 'objs', 'totals'

Usage¶

This example shows how to use the Driver debug printing options. The debug_print option is a list of strings. Valid strings include ‘desvars’, ‘ln_cons’, ‘nl_cons’, and ‘objs’. Note that the values for the design variables printed are unscaled, physical values.

Paraboloid class definition

class Paraboloid(om.ExplicitComponent):
    """
    Evaluates the equation f(x,y) = (x-3)^2 + xy + (y+4)^2 - 3.
    """

    def setup(self):
        self.add_input('x', val=0.0)
        self.add_input('y', val=0.0)

        self.add_output('f_xy', val=0.0)

    def setup_partials(self):
        self.declare_partials('*', '*')

    def compute(self, inputs, outputs):
        """
        f(x,y) = (x-3)^2 + xy + (y+4)^2 - 3

        Optimal solution (minimum): x = 6.6667; y = -7.3333
        """
        x = inputs['x']
        y = inputs['y']

        outputs['f_xy'] = (x-3.0)**2 + x*y + (y+4.0)**2 - 3.0

    def compute_partials(self, inputs, partials):
        """
        Jacobian for our paraboloid.
        """
        x = inputs['x']
        y = inputs['y']

        partials['f_xy', 'x'] = 2.0*x - 6.0 + y
        partials['f_xy', 'y'] = 2.0*y + 8.0 + x

import openmdao.api as om
from openmdao.test_suite.components.paraboloid import Paraboloid

prob = om.Problem()
model = prob.model

model.add_subsystem('comp', Paraboloid(), promotes=['*'])
model.add_subsystem('con', om.ExecComp('c = - x + y'), promotes=['*'])

model.set_input_defaults('x', 50.0)
model.set_input_defaults('y', 50.0)

prob.set_solver_print(level=0)

prob.driver = om.ScipyOptimizeDriver()
prob.driver.options['optimizer'] = 'SLSQP'
prob.driver.options['tol'] = 1e-9
prob.driver.options['disp'] = False

prob.driver.options['debug_print'] = ['desvars','ln_cons','nl_cons','objs']

model.add_design_var('x', lower=-50.0, upper=50.0)
model.add_design_var('y', lower=-50.0, upper=50.0)
model.add_objective('f_xy')
model.add_constraint('c', upper=-15.0)

prob.setup()

prob.run_driver()

Driver debug print for iter coord: rank0:ScipyOptimize_SLSQP|0
--------------------------------------------------------------
Design Vars
{'x': array([50.]), 'y': array([50.])}

Nonlinear constraints
{'con.c': array([0.])}

Linear constraints
None

Objectives
{'comp.f_xy': array([7622.])}

Driver debug print for iter coord: rank0:ScipyOptimize_SLSQP|1
--------------------------------------------------------------
Design Vars
{'x': array([50.]), 'y': array([50.])}

Nonlinear constraints
{'con.c': array([0.])}

Linear constraints
None

Objectives
{'comp.f_xy': array([7622.])}

Driver debug print for iter coord: rank0:ScipyOptimize_SLSQP|2
--------------------------------------------------------------
Design Vars
{'x': array([-35.]), 'y': array([-50.])}

Nonlinear constraints
{'con.c': array([-15.])}

Linear constraints
None

Objectives
{'comp.f_xy': array([5307.])}

Driver debug print for iter coord: rank0:ScipyOptimize_SLSQP|3
--------------------------------------------------------------
Design Vars
{'x': array([7.16706813]), 'y': array([-7.83293187])}

Nonlinear constraints
{'con.c': array([-15.])}

Linear constraints
None

Objectives
{'comp.f_xy': array([-27.08333285])}

Driver debug print for iter coord: rank0:ScipyOptimize_SLSQP|4
--------------------------------------------------------------
Design Vars
{'x': array([7.16666667]), 'y': array([-7.83333333])}

Nonlinear constraints
{'con.c': array([-15.])}

Linear constraints
None

Objectives
{'comp.f_xy': array([-27.08333333])}

False

We can also use the debug printing to print some basic information about the derivative calculations so that you can see which derivative is being solved, how long it takes, and the computed values by including the ‘totals’ string in the “debug_print” list.

import openmdao.api as om
from openmdao.test_suite.components.paraboloid import Paraboloid

prob = om.Problem()
model = prob.model

model.add_subsystem('comp', Paraboloid(), promotes=['*'])
model.add_subsystem('con', om.ExecComp('c = - x + y'), promotes=['*'])

model.set_input_defaults('x', 50.0)
model.set_input_defaults('y', 50.0)

prob.set_solver_print(level=0)

prob.driver = om.ScipyOptimizeDriver()
prob.driver.options['optimizer'] = 'SLSQP'
prob.driver.options['tol'] = 1e-9
prob.driver.options['disp'] = False

prob.driver.options['debug_print'] = ['totals']

model.add_design_var('x', lower=-50.0, upper=50.0)
model.add_design_var('y', lower=-50.0, upper=50.0)
model.add_objective('f_xy')
model.add_constraint('c', upper=-15.0)

prob.setup()

prob.run_driver()

Driver total derivatives for iteration: 2
-----------------------------------------

In mode: fwd.
('x', [0])

Elapsed Time: 0.0003795623779296875 secs

In mode: fwd.
('y', [1])

Elapsed Time: 0.0002987384796142578 secs

{('comp.f_xy', 'x'): array([[144.]])}
{('comp.f_xy', 'y'): array([[158.]])}
{('con.c', 'x'): array([[-1.]])}
{('con.c', 'y'): array([[1.]])}

Driver total derivatives for iteration: 3
-----------------------------------------

In mode: fwd.
('x', [0])

Elapsed Time: 0.00022029876708984375 secs

In mode: fwd.
('y', [1])

Elapsed Time: 0.00022840499877929688 secs

{('comp.f_xy', 'x'): array([[-126.]])}
{('comp.f_xy', 'y'): array([[-127.]])}
{('con.c', 'x'): array([[-1.]])}
{('con.c', 'y'): array([[1.]])}

Driver total derivatives for iteration: 4
-----------------------------------------

In mode: fwd.
('x', [0])

Elapsed Time: 0.0003464221954345703 secs

In mode: fwd.
('y', [1])

Elapsed Time: 0.00030159950256347656 secs

{('comp.f_xy', 'x'): array([[0.50120438]])}
{('comp.f_xy', 'y'): array([[-0.49879562]])}
{('con.c', 'x'): array([[-1.]])}
{('con.c', 'y'): array([[1.]])}

Driver total derivatives for iteration: 5
-----------------------------------------

In mode: fwd.
('x', [0])

Elapsed Time: 0.00024628639221191406 secs

In mode: fwd.
('y', [1])

Elapsed Time: 0.00025653839111328125 secs

{('comp.f_xy', 'x'): array([[0.5]])}
{('comp.f_xy', 'y'): array([[-0.5]])}
{('con.c', 'x'): array([[-1.]])}
{('con.c', 'y'): array([[1.]])}

False

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