import copy
import six
from chainer.dataset import convert
from chainer.dataset import iterator as iterator_module
from chainer import link
from chainer import reporter as reporter_module
from chainer.training import extension
from chainer import variable
[docs]class Evaluator(extension.Extension):
"""Trainer extension to evaluate models on a validation set.
This extension evaluates the current models by a given evaluation function.
It creates a :class:`~chainer.Reporter` object to store values observed in
the evaluation function on each iteration. The report for all iterations
are aggregated to :class:`~chainer.DictSummary`. The collected mean values
are further reported to the reporter object of the trainer, where the name
of each observation is prefixed by the evaluator name. See
:class:`~chainer.Reporter` for details in naming rules of the reports.
Evaluator has a structure to customize similar to that of
:class:`~chainer.training.StandardUpdater`. The main differences are:
- There are no optimizers in an evaluator. Instead, it holds links
to evaluate.
- An evaluation loop function is used instead of an update function.
- Preparation routine can be customized, which is called before each
evaluation. It can be used, e.g., to initialize the state of stateful
recurrent networks.
There are two ways to modify the evaluation behavior besides setting a
custom evaluation function. One is by setting a custom evaluation loop via
the ``eval_func`` argument. The other is by inheriting this class and
overriding the :meth:`evaluate` method. In latter case, users have to
create and handle a reporter object manually. Users also have to copy the
iterators before using them, in order to reuse them at the next time of
evaluation.
This extension is called at the end of each epoch by default.
Args:
iterator: Dataset iterator for the validation dataset. It can also be
a dictionary of iterators. If this is just an iterator, the
iterator is registered by the name ``'main'``.
target: Link object or a dictionary of links to evaluate. If this is
just a link object, the link is registered by the name ``'main'``.
converter: Converter function to build input arrays.
:func:`~chainer.dataset.concat_examples` is used by default.
device: Device to which the training data is sent. Negative value
indicates the host memory (CPU).
eval_hook: Function to prepare for each evaluation process. It is
called at the beginning of the evaluation. The evaluator extension
object is passed at each call.
eval_func: Evaluation function called at each iteration. The target
link to evaluate as a callable is used by default.
Attributes:
converter: Converter function.
device: Device to which the training data is sent.
eval_hook: Function to prepare for each evaluation process.
eval_func: Evaluation function called at each iteration.
"""
trigger = 1, 'epoch'
default_name = 'validation'
priority = extension.PRIORITY_WRITER
def __init__(self, iterator, target, converter=convert.concat_examples,
device=None, eval_hook=None, eval_func=None):
if isinstance(iterator, iterator_module.Iterator):
iterator = {'main': iterator}
self._iterators = iterator
if isinstance(target, link.Link):
target = {'main': target}
self._targets = target
self.converter = converter
self.device = device
self.eval_hook = eval_hook
self.eval_func = eval_func
[docs] def get_iterator(self, name):
"""Returns the iterator of the given name."""
return self._iterators[name]
[docs] def get_all_iterators(self):
"""Returns a dictionary of all iterators."""
return dict(self._iterators)
[docs] def get_target(self, name):
"""Returns the target link of the given name."""
return self._targets[name]
[docs] def get_all_targets(self):
"""Returns a dictionary of all target links."""
return dict(self._targets)
[docs] def __call__(self, trainer=None):
"""Executes the evaluator extension.
Unlike usual extensions, this extension can be executed without passing
a trainer object. This extension reports the performance on validation
dataset using the :func:`~chainer.report` function. Thus, users can use
this extension independently from any trainer by manually configuring
a :class:`~chainer.Reporter` object.
Args:
trainer (~chainer.training.Trainer): Trainer object that invokes
this extension. It can be omitted in case of calling this
extension manually.
Returns:
dict: Result dictionary that contains mean statistics of values
reported by the evaluation function.
"""
# set up a reporter
reporter = reporter_module.Reporter()
if hasattr(self, 'name'):
prefix = self.name + '/'
else:
prefix = ''
for name, target in six.iteritems(self._targets):
reporter.add_observer(prefix + name, target)
reporter.add_observers(prefix + name,
target.namedlinks(skipself=True))
with reporter:
result = self.evaluate()
reporter_module.report(result)
return result
[docs] def evaluate(self):
"""Evaluates the model and returns a result dictionary.
This method runs the evaluation loop over the validation dataset. It
accumulates the reported values to :class:`~chainer.DictSummary` and
returns a dictionary whose values are means computed by the summary.
Users can override this method to customize the evaluation routine.
Returns:
dict: Result dictionary. This dictionary is further reported via
:func:`~chainer.report` without specifying any observer.
"""
iterator = self._iterators['main']
target = self._targets['main']
eval_func = self.eval_func or target
if self.eval_hook:
self.eval_hook(self)
if hasattr(iterator, 'reset'):
iterator.reset()
it = iterator
else:
it = copy.copy(iterator)
summary = reporter_module.DictSummary()
for batch in it:
observation = {}
with reporter_module.report_scope(observation):
in_arrays = self.converter(batch, self.device)
if isinstance(in_arrays, tuple):
in_vars = tuple(variable.Variable(x, volatile='on')
for x in in_arrays)
eval_func(*in_vars)
elif isinstance(in_arrays, dict):
in_vars = {key: variable.Variable(x, volatile='on')
for key, x in six.iteritems(in_arrays)}
eval_func(**in_vars)
else:
in_var = variable.Variable(in_arrays, volatile='on')
eval_func(in_var)
summary.add(observation)
return summary.compute_mean()