def multiple_optima(gene_number=937, resolution=80, model_restarts=10, seed=10000, max_iters=300, optimize=True, plot=True):
    """
    Show an example of a multimodal error surface for Gaussian process
    regression. Gene 939 has bimodal behaviour where the noisy mode is
    higher.
    """

    # Contour over a range of length scales and signal/noise ratios.
    length_scales = np.linspace(0.1, 60., resolution)
    log_SNRs = np.linspace(-3., 4., resolution)

    try:import pods
    except ImportError:
        print('pods unavailable, see https://github.com/sods/ods for example datasets')
        return
    data = pods.datasets.della_gatta_TRP63_gene_expression(data_set='della_gatta',gene_number=gene_number)
    # data['Y'] = data['Y'][0::2, :]
    # data['X'] = data['X'][0::2, :]

    data['Y'] = data['Y'] - np.mean(data['Y'])

    lls = GPy.examples.regression._contour_data(data, length_scales, log_SNRs, GPy.kern.RBF)
    if plot:
        pb.contour(length_scales, log_SNRs, np.exp(lls), 20, cmap=pb.cm.jet)
        ax = pb.gca()
        pb.xlabel('length scale')
        pb.ylabel('log_10 SNR')

        xlim = ax.get_xlim()
        ylim = ax.get_ylim()

    # Now run a few optimizations
    models = []
    optim_point_x = np.empty(2)
    optim_point_y = np.empty(2)
    np.random.seed(seed=seed)
    for i in range(0, model_restarts):
        # kern = GPy.kern.RBF(1, variance=np.random.exponential(1.), lengthscale=np.random.exponential(50.))
        kern = GPy.kern.RBF(1, variance=np.random.uniform(1e-3, 1), lengthscale=np.random.uniform(5, 50))

        m = GPy.models.GPRegression(data['X'], data['Y'], kernel=kern)
        m.likelihood.variance = np.random.uniform(1e-3, 1)
        optim_point_x[0] = m.rbf.lengthscale
        optim_point_y[0] = np.log10(m.rbf.variance) - np.log10(m.likelihood.variance);

        # optimize
        if optimize:
            m.optimize('scg', xtol=1e-6, ftol=1e-6, max_iters=max_iters)

        optim_point_x[1] = m.rbf.lengthscale
        optim_point_y[1] = np.log10(m.rbf.variance) - np.log10(m.likelihood.variance);

        if plot:
            pb.arrow(optim_point_x[0], optim_point_y[0], optim_point_x[1] - optim_point_x[0], optim_point_y[0] - optim_point_y[1], label=str(i), head_length=1, head_width=0.5, fc='k', ec='k')
        models.append(m)

    if plot:
        ax.set_xlim(xlim)
        ax.set_ylim(ylim)
    return m # (models, lls)
dataset/ETHPy150Open SheffieldML/GPy/GPy/examples/regression.py/multiple_optima/swapped operands of `-`