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CVwEnvironment Class Reference


Detailed Description

Class CVwEnvironment is the environment used by VW.

Contains global constants and settings which change the behaviour of Vowpal Wabbit.

It is used while parsing input, and also while learning.

One CVwEnvironment object should be bound to the CStreamingVwFile or CStreamingVwCacheFile, and the pointer to it propagated upwards to CStreamingVwFeatures and finally to CVowpalWabbit.

Definition at line 39 of file VwEnvironment.h.

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Public Member Functions

 CVwEnvironment ()
virtual ~CVwEnvironment ()
void set_num_bits (vw_size_t bits)
vw_size_t get_num_bits ()
void set_mask (vw_size_t m)
vw_size_t get_mask ()
float64_t get_min_label ()
float64_t get_max_label ()
vw_size_t num_threads ()
vw_size_t length ()
void set_stride (vw_size_t new_stride)
virtual const char * get_name () const
virtual CSGObjectshallow_copy () const
virtual CSGObjectdeep_copy () const
virtual bool is_generic (EPrimitiveType *generic) const
template<class T >
void set_generic ()
void unset_generic ()
virtual void print_serializable (const char *prefix="")
virtual bool save_serializable (CSerializableFile *file, const char *prefix="", int32_t param_version=VERSION_PARAMETER)
virtual bool load_serializable (CSerializableFile *file, const char *prefix="", int32_t param_version=VERSION_PARAMETER)
DynArray< TParameter * > * load_file_parameters (const SGParamInfo *param_info, int32_t file_version, CSerializableFile *file, const char *prefix="")
DynArray< TParameter * > * load_all_file_parameters (int32_t file_version, int32_t current_version, CSerializableFile *file, const char *prefix="")
void map_parameters (DynArray< TParameter * > *param_base, int32_t &base_version, DynArray< const SGParamInfo * > *target_param_infos)
void set_global_io (SGIO *io)
SGIOget_global_io ()
void set_global_parallel (Parallel *parallel)
Parallelget_global_parallel ()
void set_global_version (Version *version)
Versionget_global_version ()
SGStringList< char > get_modelsel_names ()
void print_modsel_params ()
char * get_modsel_param_descr (const char *param_name)
index_t get_modsel_param_index (const char *param_name)
void build_parameter_dictionary (CMap< TParameter *, CSGObject * > &dict)

Public Attributes

vw_size_t num_bits
 log_2 of the number of features
vw_size_t thread_bits
 log_2 of the number of threads
vw_size_t mask
 Mask used for hashing.
vw_size_t thread_mask
 Mask used by regressor for learning.
vw_size_t stride
 Number of elements in weight vector per feature.
float64_t min_label
 Smallest label seen.
float64_t max_label
 Largest label seen.
float32_t eta
 Learning rate.
float32_t eta_decay_rate
 Decay rate of eta per pass.
bool adaptive
 Whether adaptive learning is used.
bool exact_adaptive_norm
 Whether exact norm is used for adaptive learning.
float32_t l1_regularization
 Level of L1 regularization.
bool random_weights
 Whether to use random weights.
float32_t initial_weight
 Initial value of all elements in weight vector.
float32_t update_sum
 Sum of updates.
float32_t t
 Value of t.
float64_t initial_t
 Initial value of t.
float32_t power_t
 t power value while updating
int64_t example_number
 Example number.
float64_t weighted_examples
 Weighted examples.
float64_t weighted_unlabeled_examples
 Weighted unlabelled examples.
float64_t weighted_labels
 Weighted labels.
vw_size_t total_features
 Total number of features.
float64_t sum_loss
 Sum of losses.
vw_size_t passes_complete
 Number of passes complete.
vw_size_t num_passes
 Number of passes.
vw_size_t ngram
 ngrams to generate
vw_size_t skips
 Skips in ngrams.
bool ignore_some
 Whether some namespaces are ignored.
bool ignore [256]
 Which namespaces to ignore.
DynArray< char * > pairs
 Pairs of features to cross for quadratic updates.
const char * vw_version
 VW version.
vw_size_t v_length
 Length of version string.
SGIOio
Parallelparallel
Versionversion
Parameterm_parameters
Parameterm_model_selection_parameters
ParameterMapm_parameter_map
uint32_t m_hash

Protected Member Functions

virtual TParametermigrate (DynArray< TParameter * > *param_base, const SGParamInfo *target)
virtual void one_to_one_migration_prepare (DynArray< TParameter * > *param_base, const SGParamInfo *target, TParameter *&replacement, TParameter *&to_migrate, char *old_name=NULL)
virtual void load_serializable_pre () throw (ShogunException)
virtual void load_serializable_post () throw (ShogunException)
virtual void save_serializable_pre () throw (ShogunException)
virtual void save_serializable_post () throw (ShogunException)
virtual bool update_parameter_hash ()

Constructor & Destructor Documentation

CVwEnvironment (  ) 

Default constructor Should initialize with reasonable default values

Definition at line 19 of file VwEnvironment.cpp.

virtual ~CVwEnvironment (  )  [virtual]

Destructor

Definition at line 51 of file VwEnvironment.h.


Member Function Documentation

void build_parameter_dictionary ( CMap< TParameter *, CSGObject * > &  dict  )  [inherited]

Builds a dictionary of all parameters in SGObject as well of those of SGObjects that are parameters of this object. Dictionary maps parameters to the objects that own them.

Parameters:
dict dictionary of parameters to be built.

Definition at line 1201 of file SGObject.cpp.

virtual CSGObject* deep_copy (  )  const [virtual, inherited]

A deep copy. All the instance variables will also be copied.

Definition at line 131 of file SGObject.h.

SGIO * get_global_io (  )  [inherited]

get the io object

Returns:
io object

Definition at line 224 of file SGObject.cpp.

Parallel * get_global_parallel (  )  [inherited]

get the parallel object

Returns:
parallel object

Definition at line 259 of file SGObject.cpp.

Version * get_global_version (  )  [inherited]

get the version object

Returns:
version object

Definition at line 272 of file SGObject.cpp.

vw_size_t get_mask (  ) 

Return the mask used

Returns:
mask

Definition at line 75 of file VwEnvironment.h.

float64_t get_max_label (  ) 

Return maximum label encountered

Returns:
max label

Definition at line 87 of file VwEnvironment.h.

float64_t get_min_label (  ) 

Return minimum label encountered

Returns:
min label

Definition at line 81 of file VwEnvironment.h.

SGStringList< char > get_modelsel_names (  )  [inherited]
Returns:
vector of names of all parameters which are registered for model selection

Definition at line 1108 of file SGObject.cpp.

char * get_modsel_param_descr ( const char *  param_name  )  [inherited]

Returns description of a given parameter string, if it exists. SG_ERROR otherwise

Parameters:
param_name name of the parameter
Returns:
description of the parameter

Definition at line 1132 of file SGObject.cpp.

index_t get_modsel_param_index ( const char *  param_name  )  [inherited]

Returns index of model selection parameter with provided index

Parameters:
param_name name of model selection parameter
Returns:
index of model selection parameter with provided name, -1 if there is no such

Definition at line 1145 of file SGObject.cpp.

virtual const char* get_name (  )  const [virtual]

Return the name of the object

Returns:
VwEnvironment

Implements CSGObject.

Definition at line 114 of file VwEnvironment.h.

vw_size_t get_num_bits (  ) 

Return number of bits used for weight vector

Returns:
number of bits

Definition at line 63 of file VwEnvironment.h.

bool is_generic ( EPrimitiveType *  generic  )  const [virtual, inherited]

If the SGSerializable is a class template then TRUE will be returned and GENERIC is set to the type of the generic.

Parameters:
generic set to the type of the generic if returning TRUE
Returns:
TRUE if a class template.

Definition at line 278 of file SGObject.cpp.

vw_size_t length (  ) 

Return length of weight vector

Returns:
length of weight vector

Definition at line 99 of file VwEnvironment.h.

DynArray< TParameter * > * load_all_file_parameters ( int32_t  file_version,
int32_t  current_version,
CSerializableFile file,
const char *  prefix = "" 
) [inherited]

maps all parameters of this instance to the provided file version and loads all parameter data from the file into an array, which is sorted (basically calls load_file_parameter(...) for all parameters and puts all results into a sorted array)

Parameters:
file_version parameter version of the file
current_version version from which mapping begins (you want to use VERSION_PARAMETER for this in most cases)
file file to load from
prefix prefix for members
Returns:
(sorted) array of created TParameter instances with file data

Definition at line 679 of file SGObject.cpp.

DynArray< TParameter * > * load_file_parameters ( const SGParamInfo param_info,
int32_t  file_version,
CSerializableFile file,
const char *  prefix = "" 
) [inherited]

loads some specified parameters from a file with a specified version The provided parameter info has a version which is recursively mapped until the file parameter version is reached. Note that there may be possibly multiple parameters in the mapping, therefore, a set of TParameter instances is returned

Parameters:
param_info information of parameter
file_version parameter version of the file, must be <= provided parameter version
file file to load from
prefix prefix for members
Returns:
new array with TParameter instances with the attached data

Definition at line 523 of file SGObject.cpp.

bool load_serializable ( CSerializableFile file,
const char *  prefix = "",
int32_t  param_version = VERSION_PARAMETER 
) [virtual, inherited]

Load this object from file. If it will fail (returning FALSE) then this object will contain inconsistent data and should not be used!

Parameters:
file where to load from
prefix prefix for members
param_version (optional) a parameter version different to (this is mainly for testing, better do not use)
Returns:
TRUE if done, otherwise FALSE

Reimplemented in CModelSelectionParameters.

Definition at line 354 of file SGObject.cpp.

void load_serializable_post (  )  throw (ShogunException) [protected, virtual, inherited]

Can (optionally) be overridden to post-initialize some member variables which are not PARAMETER::ADD'ed. Make sure that at first the overridden method BASE_CLASS::LOAD_SERIALIZABLE_POST is called.

Exceptions:
ShogunException Will be thrown if an error occurres.

Reimplemented in CLinearHMM, CAlphabet, CANOVAKernel, CCircularKernel, CExponentialKernel, CGaussianKernel, CInverseMultiQuadricKernel, CKernel, CWeightedDegreePositionStringKernel, and CList.

Definition at line 1033 of file SGObject.cpp.

void load_serializable_pre (  )  throw (ShogunException) [protected, virtual, inherited]

Can (optionally) be overridden to pre-initialize some member variables which are not PARAMETER::ADD'ed. Make sure that at first the overridden method BASE_CLASS::LOAD_SERIALIZABLE_PRE is called.

Exceptions:
ShogunException Will be thrown if an error occurres.

Definition at line 1028 of file SGObject.cpp.

void map_parameters ( DynArray< TParameter * > *  param_base,
int32_t &  base_version,
DynArray< const SGParamInfo * > *  target_param_infos 
) [inherited]

Takes a set of TParameter instances (base) with a certain version and a set of target parameter infos and recursively maps the base level wise to the current version using CSGObject::migrate(...). The base is replaced. After this call, the base version containing parameters should be of same version/type as the initial target parameter infos. Note for this to work, the migrate methods and all the internal parameter mappings have to match

Parameters:
param_base set of TParameter instances that are mapped to the provided target parameter infos
base_version version of the parameter base
target_param_infos set of SGParamInfo instances that specify the target parameter base

Definition at line 717 of file SGObject.cpp.

TParameter * migrate ( DynArray< TParameter * > *  param_base,
const SGParamInfo target 
) [protected, virtual, inherited]

creates a new TParameter instance, which contains migrated data from the version that is provided. The provided parameter data base is used for migration, this base is a collection of all parameter data of the previous version. Migration is done FROM the data in param_base TO the provided param info Migration is always one version step. Method has to be implemented in subclasses, if no match is found, base method has to be called.

If there is an element in the param_base which equals the target, a copy of the element is returned. This represents the case when nothing has changed and therefore, the migrate method is not overloaded in a subclass

Parameters:
param_base set of TParameter instances to use for migration
target parameter info for the resulting TParameter
Returns:
a new TParameter instance with migrated data from the base of the type which is specified by the target parameter

Definition at line 923 of file SGObject.cpp.

vw_size_t num_threads (  ) 

Return number of threads used for learning

Returns:
number of threads

Definition at line 93 of file VwEnvironment.h.

void one_to_one_migration_prepare ( DynArray< TParameter * > *  param_base,
const SGParamInfo target,
TParameter *&  replacement,
TParameter *&  to_migrate,
char *  old_name = NULL 
) [protected, virtual, inherited]

This method prepares everything for a one-to-one parameter migration. One to one here means that only ONE element of the parameter base is needed for the migration (the one with the same name as the target). Data is allocated for the target (in the type as provided in the target SGParamInfo), and a corresponding new TParameter instance is written to replacement. The to_migrate pointer points to the single needed TParameter instance needed for migration. If a name change happened, the old name may be specified by old_name. In addition, the m_delete_data flag of to_migrate is set to true. So if you want to migrate data, the only thing to do after this call is converting the data in the m_parameter fields. If unsure how to use - have a look into an example for this. (base_migration_type_conversion.cpp for example)

Parameters:
param_base set of TParameter instances to use for migration
target parameter info for the resulting TParameter
replacement (used as output) here the TParameter instance which is returned by migration is created into
to_migrate the only source that is used for migration
old_name with this parameter, a name change may be specified

Definition at line 864 of file SGObject.cpp.

void print_modsel_params (  )  [inherited]

prints all parameter registered for model selection and their type

Definition at line 1084 of file SGObject.cpp.

void print_serializable ( const char *  prefix = ""  )  [virtual, inherited]

prints registered parameters out

Parameters:
prefix prefix for members

Definition at line 290 of file SGObject.cpp.

bool save_serializable ( CSerializableFile file,
const char *  prefix = "",
int32_t  param_version = VERSION_PARAMETER 
) [virtual, inherited]

Save this object to file.

Parameters:
file where to save the object; will be closed during returning if PREFIX is an empty string.
prefix prefix for members
param_version (optional) a parameter version different to (this is mainly for testing, better do not use)
Returns:
TRUE if done, otherwise FALSE

Reimplemented in CModelSelectionParameters.

Definition at line 296 of file SGObject.cpp.

void save_serializable_post (  )  throw (ShogunException) [protected, virtual, inherited]

Can (optionally) be overridden to post-initialize some member variables which are not PARAMETER::ADD'ed. Make sure that at first the overridden method BASE_CLASS::SAVE_SERIALIZABLE_POST is called.

Exceptions:
ShogunException Will be thrown if an error occurres.

Reimplemented in CKernel.

Definition at line 1043 of file SGObject.cpp.

void save_serializable_pre (  )  throw (ShogunException) [protected, virtual, inherited]

Can (optionally) be overridden to pre-initialize some member variables which are not PARAMETER::ADD'ed. Make sure that at first the overridden method BASE_CLASS::SAVE_SERIALIZABLE_PRE is called.

Exceptions:
ShogunException Will be thrown if an error occurres.

Reimplemented in CKernel.

Definition at line 1038 of file SGObject.cpp.

void set_generic< floatmax_t > (  )  [inherited]

set generic type to T

void set_global_io ( SGIO io  )  [inherited]

set the io object

Parameters:
io io object to use

Definition at line 217 of file SGObject.cpp.

void set_global_parallel ( Parallel parallel  )  [inherited]

set the parallel object

Parameters:
parallel parallel object to use

Definition at line 230 of file SGObject.cpp.

void set_global_version ( Version version  )  [inherited]

set the version object

Parameters:
version version object to use

Definition at line 265 of file SGObject.cpp.

void set_mask ( vw_size_t  m  ) 

Set mask used while accessing features

Parameters:
m mask

Definition at line 69 of file VwEnvironment.h.

void set_num_bits ( vw_size_t  bits  ) 

Set number of bits used for the weight vector

Parameters:
bits number of bits

Definition at line 57 of file VwEnvironment.h.

void set_stride ( vw_size_t  new_stride  ) 

Set a new stride value. Also changes thread_mask.

Parameters:
new_stride new value of stride

Definition at line 69 of file VwEnvironment.cpp.

virtual CSGObject* shallow_copy (  )  const [virtual, inherited]

A shallow copy. All the SGObject instance variables will be simply assigned and SG_REF-ed.

Reimplemented in CGaussianKernel.

Definition at line 122 of file SGObject.h.

void unset_generic (  )  [inherited]

unset generic type

this has to be called in classes specializing a template class

Definition at line 285 of file SGObject.cpp.

bool update_parameter_hash (  )  [protected, virtual, inherited]

Updates the hash of current parameter combination.

Returns:
bool if parameter combination has changed since last update.

Definition at line 237 of file SGObject.cpp.


Member Data Documentation

bool adaptive

Whether adaptive learning is used.

Definition at line 145 of file VwEnvironment.h.

Learning rate.

Definition at line 140 of file VwEnvironment.h.

Decay rate of eta per pass.

Definition at line 142 of file VwEnvironment.h.

Whether exact norm is used for adaptive learning.

Definition at line 147 of file VwEnvironment.h.

int64_t example_number

Example number.

Definition at line 167 of file VwEnvironment.h.

bool ignore[256]

Which namespaces to ignore.

Definition at line 191 of file VwEnvironment.h.

Whether some namespaces are ignored.

Definition at line 189 of file VwEnvironment.h.

Initial value of t.

Definition at line 162 of file VwEnvironment.h.

Initial value of all elements in weight vector.

Definition at line 154 of file VwEnvironment.h.

SGIO* io [inherited]

io

Definition at line 462 of file SGObject.h.

Level of L1 regularization.

Definition at line 149 of file VwEnvironment.h.

uint32_t m_hash [inherited]

Hash of parameter values

Definition at line 480 of file SGObject.h.

model selection parameters

Definition at line 474 of file SGObject.h.

map for different parameter versions

Definition at line 477 of file SGObject.h.

Parameter* m_parameters [inherited]

parameters

Definition at line 471 of file SGObject.h.

Mask used for hashing.

Definition at line 128 of file VwEnvironment.h.

Largest label seen.

Definition at line 137 of file VwEnvironment.h.

Smallest label seen.

Definition at line 135 of file VwEnvironment.h.

ngrams to generate

Definition at line 184 of file VwEnvironment.h.

log_2 of the number of features

Definition at line 124 of file VwEnvironment.h.

Number of passes.

Definition at line 181 of file VwEnvironment.h.

DynArray<char*> pairs

Pairs of features to cross for quadratic updates.

Definition at line 194 of file VwEnvironment.h.

Parallel* parallel [inherited]

parallel

Definition at line 465 of file SGObject.h.

Number of passes complete.

Definition at line 179 of file VwEnvironment.h.

t power value while updating

Definition at line 164 of file VwEnvironment.h.

Whether to use random weights.

Definition at line 152 of file VwEnvironment.h.

Skips in ngrams.

Definition at line 186 of file VwEnvironment.h.

Number of elements in weight vector per feature.

Definition at line 132 of file VwEnvironment.h.

Sum of losses.

Definition at line 177 of file VwEnvironment.h.

Value of t.

Definition at line 160 of file VwEnvironment.h.

log_2 of the number of threads

Definition at line 126 of file VwEnvironment.h.

Mask used by regressor for learning.

Definition at line 130 of file VwEnvironment.h.

Total number of features.

Definition at line 175 of file VwEnvironment.h.

Sum of updates.

Definition at line 157 of file VwEnvironment.h.

Length of version string.

Definition at line 199 of file VwEnvironment.h.

Version* version [inherited]

version

Definition at line 468 of file SGObject.h.

const char* vw_version

VW version.

Definition at line 197 of file VwEnvironment.h.

Weighted examples.

Definition at line 169 of file VwEnvironment.h.

Weighted labels.

Definition at line 173 of file VwEnvironment.h.

Weighted unlabelled examples.

Definition at line 171 of file VwEnvironment.h.


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