{ "cells": [ { "cell_type": "markdown", "metadata": {}, "source": [ "# Tutorial: Preprocessing and Data Quality Assessment\n", "\n", "This notebook walks through the preprocessing tools available in `pgmuvi`:\n", "\n", "1. Checking whether a source is variable\n", "2. Assessing sampling quality (Nyquist period, detectable range)\n", "3. Filtering poorly sampled or non-variable bands\n", "4. Subsampling dense datasets\n", "\n", "**Prerequisites:** you should be familiar with loading data into a `Lightcurve` object (see the *Loading Data* how-to guide and the basic `pgmuvi_tutorial` notebook)." ] }, { "cell_type": "markdown", "metadata": {}, "source": [ "## 1. Setup\n", "\n", "We begin by generating a synthetic light curve with known properties so that we can verify the outputs of the preprocessing tools.\n", "\n", "> **TODO:** Replace the synthetic example below with a real observational dataset once this tutorial is expanded." ] }, { "cell_type": "code", "execution_count": null, "metadata": {}, "outputs": [], "source": [ "import numpy as np\n", "import pgmuvi\n", "\n", "# --- Placeholder: generate synthetic data ---\n", "# TODO: expand with pgmuvi.synthetic once the synthetic tutorial is complete\n", "rng = np.random.default_rng(42)\n", "times = np.sort(rng.uniform(0, 1000, 300))\n", "period = 100.0\n", "fluxes = 1.0 + 0.3 * np.sin(2 * np.pi * times / period) + rng.normal(0, 0.05, len(times))\n", "errors = np.full_like(fluxes, 0.05)\n", "\n", "lc = pgmuvi.lightcurve.Lightcurve(times, fluxes, errors)\n", "print(f\"Number of observations: {len(times)}\")" ] }, { "cell_type": "markdown", "metadata": {}, "source": [ "## 2. Variability Detection\n", "\n", "`pgmuvi` provides three complementary variability statistics:\n", "- **Weighted χ²** against a constant-flux null model\n", "- **F_var** (fractional excess variance)\n", "- **Stetson K** index\n", "\n", "See the *Concepts* page in the documentation for a description of each statistic." ] }, { "cell_type": "code", "execution_count": null, "metadata": {}, "outputs": [], "source": [ "# TODO: expand once API is verified\n", "result = lc.check_variability()\n", "print(result)" ] }, { "cell_type": "markdown", "metadata": {}, "source": [ "## 3. Sampling Quality Assessment\n", "\n", "Before fitting, it is important to know the range of periods that can be detected given the cadence and baseline of the observations." ] }, { "cell_type": "code", "execution_count": null, "metadata": {}, "outputs": [], "source": [ "# TODO: expand with interpretation of output\n", "metrics = lc.compute_sampling_metrics()\n", "print(metrics)\n", "\n", "# Plain-language assessment\n", "lc.assess_sampling_quality()" ] }, { "cell_type": "markdown", "metadata": {}, "source": [ "## 4. Subsampling Dense Datasets\n", "\n", "GP inference scales as O(N³), so subsampling can dramatically reduce computation time while retaining the information content needed to detect variability.\n", "\n", "The `subsample_lightcurve` function in `pgmuvi.preprocess` performs gap-preserving random subsampling." ] }, { "cell_type": "code", "execution_count": null, "metadata": {}, "outputs": [], "source": [ "from pgmuvi.preprocess import subsample_lightcurve\n", "\n", "# subsample_lightcurve takes only the 1-D time array and returns indices\n", "t = lc.xdata.cpu().numpy()\n", "f = lc.ydata.cpu().numpy()\n", "e = lc.yerr.cpu().numpy()\n", "\n", "# TODO: expand with visualisation of before/after subsampling\n", "idx = subsample_lightcurve(t, max_samples=100)\n", "print(f\"Subsampled from {len(t)} to {len(idx)} observations\")\n", "\n", "lc_sub = pgmuvi.lightcurve.Lightcurve(t[idx], f[idx], e[idx])\n", "lc_sub.assess_sampling_quality()" ] }, { "cell_type": "markdown", "metadata": {}, "source": [ "## Next Steps\n", "\n", "- Once you have verified data quality, proceed to the `pgmuvi_tutorial` notebook for GP fitting.\n", "- For multiband data, see the `pgmuvi_tutorial_2d` notebook.\n", "- For more detail on the preprocessing API, see the `pgmuvi.preprocess` API reference in the documentation." ] } ], "metadata": { "kernelspec": { "display_name": "Python 3", "language": "python", "name": "python3" }, "language_info": { "name": "python", "version": "3.10.0" }, "nbsphinx": { "execute": "never" } }, "nbformat": 4, "nbformat_minor": 4 }