R-callbacks refactor

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Vadim Khotilovich
2016-06-09 02:46:13 -05:00
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#' @importClassesFrom Matrix dgCMatrix dgeMatrix
#' @import methods
#
# This file is for the low level reuseable utility functions
# that are not supposed to be visibe to a user.
#
# depends on matrix
.onLoad <- function(libname, pkgname) {
library.dynam("xgboost", pkgname, libname)
}
.onUnload <- function(libpath) {
library.dynam.unload("xgboost", libpath)
}
#
# General helper utilities ----------------------------------------------------
#
## ----the following are low level iterative functions, not needed if
## you do not want to use them ---------------------------------------
# iteratively update booster with customized statistics
xgb.iter.boost <- function(booster, dtrain, gpair) {
if (class(booster) != "xgb.Booster.handle") {
stop("xgb.iter.update: first argument must be type xgb.Booster.handle")
# SQL-style NVL shortcut.
NVL <- function(x, val) {
if (is.null(x))
return(val)
if (is.vector(x)) {
x[is.na(x)] <- val
return(x)
}
if (class(dtrain) != "xgb.DMatrix") {
stop("xgb.iter.update: second argument must be type xgb.DMatrix")
}
.Call("XGBoosterBoostOneIter_R", booster, dtrain, gpair$grad, gpair$hess, PACKAGE = "xgboost")
return(TRUE)
if (typeof(x) == 'closure')
return(x)
stop('x of unsupported for NVL type')
}
# iteratively update booster with dtrain
#
# Low-level functions for boosting --------------------------------------------
#
# Merges booster params with whatever is provided in ...
# plus runs some checks
check.params <- function(params, ...) {
if (typeof(params) != "list")
stop("params must be a list")
# in R interface, allow for '.' instead of '_' in parameter names
names(params) <- gsub("\\.", "_", names(params))
# merge parameters from the params and the dots-expansion
dot.params <- list(...)
names(dot.params) <- gsub("\\.", "_", names(dot.params))
if (length(intersect(names(params), names(dot.params))) > 0)
stop("Same parameters in 'params' and in the call are not allowed. Please check your 'params' list.")
params <- c(params, dot.params)
# only multiple eval_metric's make sense
name.freqs <- table(names(params))
multi.names <- setdiff( names(name.freqs[name.freqs>1]), 'eval_metric')
if (length(multi.names) > 0) {
warning("The following parameters (other than 'eval_metric') were provided multiple times:\n\t",
paste(multi.names, collapse=', '), "\n Only the last value for each of them will be used.\n")
# While xgboost itself would choose the last value for a multi-parameter,
# will do some clean-up here b/c multi-parameters could be used further in R code, and R would
# pick the 1st (not the last) value when multiple elements with the same name are present in a list.
for (n in multi.names) {
del.idx <- which(n == names(params))
del.idx <- del.idx[-length(del.idx)]
params[[del.idx]] <- NULL
}
}
# for multiclass, expect num_class to be set
if (typeof(params[['objective']]) == "character" &&
substr(NVL(params[['objective']], 'x'), 1, 6) == 'multi:') {
if (as.numeric(NVL(params[['num_class']], 0)) < 2)
stop("'num_class' > 1 parameter must be set for multiclass classification")
}
return(params)
}
# Performs some checks related to custom objective function.
# WARNING: has side-effects and can modify 'params' and 'obj' in its calling frame
check.custom.obj <- function(env = parent.frame()) {
if (!is.null(env$params[['objective']]) && !is.null(env$obj))
stop("Setting objectives in 'params' and 'obj' at the same time is not allowed")
if (!is.null(env$obj) && typeof(env$obj) != 'closure')
stop("'obj' must be a function")
# handle the case when custom objective function was provided through params
if (!is.null(env$params[['objective']]) &&
typeof(env$params$objective) == 'closure') {
env$obj <- env$params$objective
p <- env$params
p$objective <- NULL
env$params <- p
}
}
# Performs some checks related to custom evaluation function.
# WARNING: has side-effects and can modify 'params' and 'feval' in its calling frame
check.custom.eval <- function(env = parent.frame()) {
if (!is.null(env$params[['eval_metric']]) && !is.null(env$feval))
stop("Setting evaluation metrics in 'params' and 'feval' at the same time is not allowed")
if (!is.null(env$feval) && typeof(env$feval) != 'closure')
stop("'feval' must be a function")
if (!is.null(env$feval) && is.null(env$maximize))
stop("Please set 'maximize' to indicate whether the metric needs to be maximized or not")
# handle the situation when custom eval function was provided through params
if (!is.null(env$params[['eval_metric']]) &&
typeof(env$params$eval_metric) == 'closure') {
env$feval <- env$params$eval_metric
p <- env$params
p[ which(names(p) == 'eval_metric') ] <- NULL
env$params <- p
}
}
# Update booster with dtrain for an iteration
xgb.iter.update <- function(booster, dtrain, iter, obj = NULL) {
if (class(booster) != "xgb.Booster.handle") {
stop("xgb.iter.update: first argument must be type xgb.Booster.handle")
stop("first argument type must be xgb.Booster.handle")
}
if (class(dtrain) != "xgb.DMatrix") {
stop("xgb.iter.update: second argument must be type xgb.DMatrix")
stop("second argument type must be xgb.DMatrix")
}
if (is.null(obj)) {
.Call("XGBoosterUpdateOneIter_R", booster, as.integer(iter), dtrain,
PACKAGE = "xgboost")
} else {
} else {
pred <- predict(booster, dtrain)
gpair <- obj(pred, dtrain)
succ <- xgb.iter.boost(booster, dtrain, gpair)
.Call("XGBoosterBoostOneIter_R", booster, dtrain, gpair$grad, gpair$hess, PACKAGE = "xgboost")
}
return(TRUE)
}
# iteratively evaluate one iteration
xgb.iter.eval <- function(booster, watchlist, iter, feval = NULL, prediction = FALSE) {
if (class(booster) != "xgb.Booster.handle") {
stop("xgb.eval: first argument must be type xgb.Booster")
}
if (typeof(watchlist) != "list") {
stop("xgb.eval: only accepts list of DMatrix as watchlist")
}
for (w in watchlist) {
if (class(w) != "xgb.DMatrix") {
stop("xgb.eval: watch list can only contain xgb.DMatrix")
}
}
if (length(watchlist) != 0) {
if (is.null(feval)) {
evnames <- list()
for (i in 1:length(watchlist)) {
w <- watchlist[i]
if (length(names(w)) == 0) {
stop("xgb.eval: name tag must be presented for every elements in watchlist")
}
evnames <- append(evnames, names(w))
}
msg <- .Call("XGBoosterEvalOneIter_R", booster, as.integer(iter), watchlist,
evnames, PACKAGE = "xgboost")
} else {
msg <- paste("[", iter, "]", sep="")
for (j in 1:length(watchlist)) {
w <- watchlist[j]
if (length(names(w)) == 0) {
stop("xgb.eval: name tag must be presented for every elements in watchlist")
}
preds <- predict(booster, w[[1]])
ret <- feval(preds, w[[1]])
msg <- paste(msg, "\t", names(w), "-", ret$metric, ":", ret$value, sep="")
}
}
# Evaluate one iteration.
# Returns a named vector of evaluation metrics
# with the names in a 'datasetname-metricname' format.
xgb.iter.eval <- function(booster, watchlist, iter, feval = NULL) {
if (class(booster) != "xgb.Booster.handle")
stop("first argument must be type xgb.Booster.handle")
if (length(watchlist) == 0)
return(NULL)
evnames <- names(watchlist)
if (is.null(feval)) {
msg <- .Call("XGBoosterEvalOneIter_R", booster, as.integer(iter), watchlist,
as.list(evnames), PACKAGE = "xgboost")
msg <- str_split(msg, '(\\s+|:|\\s+)')[[1]][-1]
res <- as.numeric(msg[c(FALSE,TRUE)]) # even indices are the values
names(res) <- msg[c(TRUE,FALSE)] # odds are the names
} else {
msg <- ""
res <- sapply(seq_along(watchlist), function(j) {
w <- watchlist[[j]]
preds <- predict(booster, w) # predict using all trees
eval_res <- feval(preds, w)
out <- eval_res$value
names(out) <- paste0(evnames[j], "-", eval_res$metric)
out
})
}
if (prediction){
preds <- predict(booster,watchlist[[2]])
return(list(msg,preds))
}
return(msg)
return(res)
}
#------------------------------------------
# helper functions for cross validation
#
xgb.cv.mknfold <- function(dall, nfold, param, stratified, folds) {
if (nfold <= 1) {
stop("nfold must be bigger than 1")
}
if(is.null(folds)) {
if (exists('objective', where=param) && is.character(param$objective) &&
strtrim(param[['objective']], 5) == 'rank:') {
stop("\tAutomatic creation of CV-folds is not implemented for ranking!\n",
"\tConsider providing pre-computed CV-folds through the folds parameter.")
}
y <- getinfo(dall, 'label')
randidx <- sample(1 : nrow(dall))
if (stratified & length(y) == length(randidx)) {
y <- y[randidx]
#
# WARNING: some heuristic logic is employed to identify classification setting!
#
# For classification, need to convert y labels to factor before making the folds,
# and then do stratification by factor levels.
# For regression, leave y numeric and do stratification by quantiles.
if (exists('objective', where=param) && is.character(param$objective)) {
# If 'objective' provided in params, assume that y is a classification label
# unless objective is reg:linear
if (param[['objective']] != 'reg:linear') y <- factor(y)
} else {
# If no 'objective' given in params, it means that user either wants to use
# the default 'reg:linear' objective or has provided a custom obj function.
# Here, assume classification setting when y has 5 or less unique values:
if (length(unique(y)) <= 5) y <- factor(y)
}
folds <- xgb.createFolds(y, nfold)
# Helper functions for cross validation ---------------------------------------
#
# Generates random (stratified if needed) CV folds
generate.cv.folds <- function(nfold, nrows, stratified, label, params) {
# cannot do it for rank
if (exists('objective', where=params) &&
is.character(params$objective) &&
strtrim(params$objective, 5) == 'rank:')
stop("\n\tAutomatic generation of CV-folds is not implemented for ranking!\n",
"\tConsider providing pre-computed CV-folds through the 'folds=' parameter.\n")
# shuffle
rnd.idx <- sample(1:nrows)
if (stratified &&
length(label) == length(rnd.idx)) {
y <- label[rnd.idx]
# WARNING: some heuristic logic is employed to identify classification setting!
# - For classification, need to convert y labels to factor before making the folds,
# and then do stratification by factor levels.
# - For regression, leave y numeric and do stratification by quantiles.
if (exists('objective', where=params) &&
is.character(params$objective)) {
# If 'objective' provided in params, assume that y is a classification label
# unless objective is reg:linear
if (params$objective != 'reg:linear')
y <- factor(y)
} else {
# make simple non-stratified folds
kstep <- length(randidx) %/% nfold
folds <- list()
for (i in 1:(nfold - 1)) {
folds[[i]] <- randidx[1:kstep]
randidx <- setdiff(randidx, folds[[i]])
}
folds[[nfold]] <- randidx
# If no 'objective' given in params, it means that user either wants to use
# the default 'reg:linear' objective or has provided a custom obj function.
# Here, assume classification setting when y has 5 or less unique values:
if (length(unique(y)) <= 5)
y <- factor(y)
}
}
ret <- list()
for (k in 1:nfold) {
dtest <- slice(dall, folds[[k]])
didx <- c()
for (i in 1:nfold) {
if (i != k) {
didx <- append(didx, folds[[i]])
}
folds <- xgb.createFolds(y, nfold)
} else {
# make simple non-stratified folds
kstep <- length(rnd.idx) %/% nfold
folds <- list()
for (i in 1:(nfold - 1)) {
folds[[i]] <- rnd.idx[1:kstep]
rnd.idx <- rnd.idx[-(1:kstep)]
}
dtrain <- slice(dall, didx)
bst <- xgb.Booster(param, list(dtrain, dtest))
watchlist <- list(train=dtrain, test=dtest)
ret[[k]] <- list(dtrain=dtrain, booster=bst, watchlist=watchlist, index=folds[[k]])
folds[[nfold]] <- rnd.idx
}
return (ret)
return(folds)
}
xgb.cv.aggcv <- function(res, showsd = TRUE) {
header <- res[[1]]
ret <- header[1]
for (i in 2:length(header)) {
kv <- strsplit(header[i], ":")[[1]]
ret <- paste(ret, "\t", kv[1], ":", sep="")
stats <- c()
stats[1] <- as.numeric(kv[2])
for (j in 2:length(res)) {
tkv <- strsplit(res[[j]][i], ":")[[1]]
stats[j] <- as.numeric(tkv[2])
}
ret <- paste(ret, sprintf("%f", mean(stats)), sep="")
if (showsd) {
ret <- paste(ret, sprintf("+%f", stats::sd(stats)), sep="")
}
}
return (ret)
}
# Shamelessly copied from caret::createFolds
# and simplified by always returning an unnamed list of test indices
# Creates CV folds stratified by the values of y.
# It was borrowed from caret::createFolds and simplified
# by always returning an unnamed list of fold indices.
xgb.createFolds <- function(y, k = 10)
{
if(is.numeric(y)) {