oaa.cc File Reference

#include <sstream>
#include <cfloat>
#include <cmath>
#include "correctedMath.h"
#include "reductions.h"
#include "rand48.h"
#include "vw_exception.h"
#include "vw.h"

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Classes
struct	oaa

Functions
void	learn_randomized (oaa &o, LEARNER::single_learner &base, example &ec)
template<bool is_learn, bool print_all, bool scores, bool probabilities>
void	predict_or_learn (oaa &o, LEARNER::single_learner &base, example &ec)
template<bool probabilities>
void	finish_example_scores (vw &all, oaa &o, example &ec)
LEARNER::base_learner *	oaa_setup (options_i &options, vw &all)

Function Documentation

finish_example_scores()

template<bool probabilities>

void finish_example_scores	(	vw &	all,
		oaa &	o,
		example &	ec
	)

Definition at line 136 of file oaa.cc.

References substring::begin, substring::end, vw::final_prediction_sink, VW::finish_example(), namedlabels::get(), shared_data::holdout_multiclass_log_loss, oaa::k, example::l, MULTICLASS::label_t::label, shared_data::ldict, polylabel::multi, shared_data::multiclass_log_loss, example::num_features, example::pred, vw::print_text, MULTICLASS::print_update_with_probability(), MULTICLASS::print_update_with_score(), polyprediction::scalars, vw::sd, example::tag, example::test_only, shared_data::update(), and example::weight.

{
  // === Compute multiclass_log_loss
  // TODO:
  // What to do if the correct label is unknown, i.e. (uint32_t)-1?
  //   Suggestion: increase all.sd->weighted_unlabeled_examples???,
  //               but not sd.example_number, so the average loss is not influenced.
  // What to do if the correct_class_prob==0?
  //   Suggestion: have some maximal multiclass_log_loss limit, e.g. 999.
  float multiclass_log_loss = 999;  // -log(0) = plus infinity
  float correct_class_prob = 0;
  if (probabilities)
  {
    if (ec.l.multi.label <= o.k)  // prevent segmentation fault if labeĺ==(uint32_t)-1
      correct_class_prob = ec.pred.scalars[ec.l.multi.label - 1];
    if (correct_class_prob > 0)
      multiclass_log_loss = -log(correct_class_prob) * ec.weight;
    if (ec.test_only)
      all.sd->holdout_multiclass_log_loss += multiclass_log_loss;
    else
      all.sd->multiclass_log_loss += multiclass_log_loss;
  }
  // === Compute `prediction` and zero_one_loss
  // We have already computed `prediction` in predict_or_learn,
  // but we cannot store it in ec.pred union because we store ec.pred.probs there.
  uint32_t prediction = 0;
  for (uint32_t i = 1; i < o.k; i++)
    if (ec.pred.scalars[i] > ec.pred.scalars[prediction])
      prediction = i;
  prediction++;  // prediction is 1-based index (not 0-based)
  float zero_one_loss = 0;
  if (ec.l.multi.label != prediction)
    zero_one_loss = ec.weight;

  // === Print probabilities for all classes
  std::ostringstream outputStringStream;
  for (uint32_t i = 0; i < o.k; i++)
  {
    if (i > 0)
      outputStringStream << ' ';
    if (all.sd->ldict)
    {
      substring ss = all.sd->ldict->get(i + 1);
      outputStringStream << std::string(ss.begin, ss.end - ss.begin);
    }
    else
      outputStringStream << i + 1;
    outputStringStream << ':' << ec.pred.scalars[i];
  }
  for (int sink : all.final_prediction_sink) all.print_text(sink, outputStringStream.str(), ec.tag);

  // === Report updates using zero-one loss
  all.sd->update(ec.test_only, ec.l.multi.label != (uint32_t)-1, zero_one_loss, ec.weight, ec.num_features);
  // Alternatively, we could report multiclass_log_loss.
  // all.sd->update(ec.test_only, multiclass_log_loss, ec.weight, ec.num_features);
  // Even better would be to report both losses, but this would mean to increase
  // the number of columns and this would not fit narrow screens.
  // So let's report (average) multiclass_log_loss only in the final resume.

  // === Print progress report
  if (probabilities)
    MULTICLASS::print_update_with_probability(all, ec, prediction);
  else
    MULTICLASS::print_update_with_score(all, ec, prediction);
  VW::finish_example(all, ec);
}

learn_randomized()

void learn_randomized	(	oaa &	o,
		LEARNER::single_learner &	base,
		example &	ec
	)

Definition at line 33 of file oaa.cc.

References oaa::k, example::l, label_data::label, MULTICLASS::label_t::label, LEARNER::learner< T, E >::learn(), polylabel::multi, polyprediction::multiclass, oaa::num_subsample, example::partial_prediction, example::pred, polylabel::simple, oaa::subsample_id, oaa::subsample_order, and example::weight.

Referenced by oaa_setup().

{
  MULTICLASS::label_t ld = ec.l.multi;
  if (ld.label == 0 || (ld.label > o.k && ld.label != (uint32_t)-1))
    std::cout << "label " << ld.label << " is not in {1," << o.k << "} This won't work right." << std::endl;

  ec.l.simple = {1., 0.f, 0.f};  // truth
  base.learn(ec, ld.label - 1);

  size_t prediction = ld.label;
  float best_partial_prediction = ec.partial_prediction;

  ec.l.simple.label = -1.;
  float weight_temp = ec.weight;
  ec.weight *= ((float)o.k) / (float)o.num_subsample;
  size_t p = o.subsample_id;
  size_t count = 0;
  while (count < o.num_subsample)
  {
    uint32_t l = o.subsample_order[p];
    p = (p + 1) % o.k;
    if (l == ld.label - 1)
      continue;
    base.learn(ec, l);
    if (ec.partial_prediction > best_partial_prediction)
    {
      best_partial_prediction = ec.partial_prediction;
      prediction = l + 1;
    }
    count++;
  }
  o.subsample_id = p;

  ec.pred.multiclass = (uint32_t)prediction;
  ec.l.multi = ld;
  ec.weight = weight_temp;
}

oaa_setup()

LEARNER::base_learner* oaa_setup	(	options_i &	options,
		vw &	all
	)

Definition at line 203 of file oaa.cc.

References VW::config::option_group_definition::add(), add(), VW::config::options_i::add_and_parse(), LEARNER::as_singleline(), vw::delete_prediction, delete_scalars(), vw::get_random_state(), namedlabels::getK(), loss_function::getType(), LEARNER::init_multiclass_learner(), shared_data::ldict, learn_randomized(), vw::loss, LEARNER::make_base(), VW::config::make_option(), prediction_type::multiclass, oaa::num_subsample, vw::p, vw::raw_prediction, shared_data::report_multiclass_log_loss, prediction_type::scalars, vw::sd, LEARNER::learner< T, E >::set_finish_example(), LEARNER::learner< T, E >::set_learn(), setup_base(), THROW, vw::trace_message, and VW::config::options_i::was_supplied().

Referenced by parse_reductions().

{
  auto data = scoped_calloc_or_throw<oaa>();
  bool probabilities = false;
  bool scores = false;
  option_group_definition new_options("One Against All Options");
  new_options.add(make_option("oaa", data->k).keep().help("One-against-all multiclass with <k> labels"))
      .add(make_option("oaa_subsample", data->num_subsample)
               .help("subsample this number of negative examples when learning"))
      .add(make_option("probabilities", probabilities).help("predict probabilites of all classes"))
      .add(make_option("scores", scores).help("output raw scores per class"));
  options.add_and_parse(new_options);

  if (!options.was_supplied("oaa"))
    return nullptr;

  if (all.sd->ldict && (data->k != all.sd->ldict->getK()))
    THROW("error: you have " << all.sd->ldict->getK() << " named labels; use that as the argument to oaa")

  data->all = &all;
  data->pred = calloc_or_throw<polyprediction>(data->k);
  data->subsample_order = nullptr;
  data->subsample_id = 0;
  if (data->num_subsample > 0)
  {
    if (data->num_subsample >= data->k)
    {
      data->num_subsample = 0;
      all.trace_message << "oaa is turning off subsampling because your parameter >= K" << std::endl;
    }
    else
    {
      data->subsample_order = calloc_or_throw<uint32_t>(data->k);
      for (size_t i = 0; i < data->k; i++) data->subsample_order[i] = (uint32_t)i;
      for (size_t i = 0; i < data->k; i++)
      {
        size_t j = (size_t)(all.get_random_state()->get_and_update_random() * (float)(data->k - i)) + i;
        uint32_t tmp = data->subsample_order[i];
        data->subsample_order[i] = data->subsample_order[j];
        data->subsample_order[j] = tmp;
      }
    }
  }

  oaa* data_ptr = data.get();
  LEARNER::learner<oaa, example>* l;
  auto base = as_singleline(setup_base(options, all));
  if (probabilities || scores)
  {
    all.delete_prediction = delete_scalars;
    if (probabilities)
    {
      auto loss_function_type = all.loss->getType();
      if (loss_function_type != "logistic")
        all.trace_message << "WARNING: --probabilities should be used only with --loss_function=logistic" << std::endl;
      // the three boolean template parameters are: is_learn, print_all and scores
      l = &LEARNER::init_multiclass_learner(data, base, predict_or_learn<true, false, true, true>,
          predict_or_learn<false, false, true, true>, all.p, data->k, prediction_type::scalars);
      all.sd->report_multiclass_log_loss = true;
      l->set_finish_example(finish_example_scores<true>);
    }
    else
    {
      l = &LEARNER::init_multiclass_learner(data, base, predict_or_learn<true, false, true, false>,
          predict_or_learn<false, false, true, false>, all.p, data->k, prediction_type::scalars);
      l->set_finish_example(finish_example_scores<false>);
    }
  }
  else if (all.raw_prediction > 0)
    l = &LEARNER::init_multiclass_learner(data, base, predict_or_learn<true, true, false, false>,
        predict_or_learn<false, true, false, false>, all.p, data->k, prediction_type::multiclass);
  else
    l = &LEARNER::init_multiclass_learner(data, base, predict_or_learn<true, false, false, false>,
        predict_or_learn<false, false, false, false>, all.p, data->k, prediction_type::multiclass);

  if (data_ptr->num_subsample > 0)
  {
    l->set_learn(learn_randomized);
    l->set_finish_example(MULTICLASS::finish_example_without_loss<oaa>);
  }

  return make_base(*l);
}

predict_or_learn()

template<bool is_learn, bool print_all, bool scores, bool probabilities>

void predict_or_learn	(	oaa &	o,
		LEARNER::single_learner &	base,
		example &	ec
	)

Definition at line 72 of file oaa.cc.

References add_passthrough_feature, oaa::all, v_array< T >::clear(), correctedExp, f, oaa::k, example::l, MULTICLASS::label_t::label, polylabel::multi, polyprediction::multiclass, LEARNER::learner< T, E >::multipredict(), example::passthrough, oaa::pred, example::pred, vw::print_text, v_array< T >::push_back(), vw::raw_prediction, polyprediction::scalar, polyprediction::scalars, polylabel::simple, example::tag, and LEARNER::learner< T, E >::update().

{
  MULTICLASS::label_t mc_label_data = ec.l.multi;
  if (mc_label_data.label == 0 || (mc_label_data.label > o.k && mc_label_data.label != (uint32_t)-1))
    std::cout << "label " << mc_label_data.label << " is not in {1," << o.k << "} This won't work right." << std::endl;

  std::stringstream outputStringStream;
  uint32_t prediction = 1;
  v_array<float> scores_array;
  if (scores)
    scores_array = ec.pred.scalars;

  ec.l.simple = {FLT_MAX, 0.f, 0.f};
  base.multipredict(ec, 0, o.k, o.pred, true);
  for (uint32_t i = 2; i <= o.k; i++)
    if (o.pred[i - 1].scalar > o.pred[prediction - 1].scalar)
      prediction = i;

  if (ec.passthrough)
    for (uint32_t i = 1; i <= o.k; i++) add_passthrough_feature(ec, i, o.pred[i - 1].scalar);

  if (is_learn)
  {
    for (uint32_t i = 1; i <= o.k; i++)
    {
      ec.l.simple = {(mc_label_data.label == i) ? 1.f : -1.f, 0.f, 0.f};
      ec.pred.scalar = o.pred[i - 1].scalar;
      base.update(ec, i - 1);
    }
  }

  if (print_all)
  {
    outputStringStream << "1:" << o.pred[0].scalar;
    for (uint32_t i = 2; i <= o.k; i++) outputStringStream << ' ' << i << ':' << o.pred[i - 1].scalar;
    o.all->print_text(o.all->raw_prediction, outputStringStream.str(), ec.tag);
  }

  if (scores)
  {
    scores_array.clear();
    for (uint32_t i = 0; i < o.k; i++) scores_array.push_back(o.pred[i].scalar);
    ec.pred.scalars = scores_array;

    if (probabilities)
    {
      float sum_prob = 0;
      for (uint32_t i = 0; i < o.k; i++)
      {
        ec.pred.scalars[i] = 1.f / (1.f + correctedExp(-o.pred[i].scalar));
        sum_prob += ec.pred.scalars[i];
      }
      float inv_sum_prob = 1.f / sum_prob;
      for (uint32_t i = 0; i < o.k; i++) ec.pred.scalars[i] *= inv_sum_prob;
    }
  }
  else
    ec.pred.multiclass = prediction;

  ec.l.multi = mc_label_data;
}