import copy import logging import random import re from collections.abc import Mapping from typing import Any, Dict, Generator, Iterable, List, Optional, Tuple import numpy from ray.tune.search.sample import Categorical, Domain, Function, RandomState from ray.util.annotations import DeveloperAPI, PublicAPI logger = logging.getLogger(__name__) @DeveloperAPI def generate_variants( unresolved_spec: Dict, constant_grid_search: bool = False, random_state: "RandomState" = None, ) -> Generator[Tuple[Dict, Dict], None, None]: """Generates variants from a spec (dict) with unresolved values. There are two types of unresolved values: Grid search: These define a grid search over values. For example, the following grid search values in a spec will produce six distinct variants in combination: "activation": grid_search(["relu", "tanh"]) "learning_rate": grid_search([1e-3, 1e-4, 1e-5]) Lambda functions: These are evaluated to produce a concrete value, and can express dependencies or conditional distributions between values. They can also be used to express random search (e.g., by calling into the `random` or `np` module). "cpu": lambda spec: spec.config.num_workers "batch_size": lambda spec: random.uniform(1, 1000) Finally, to support defining specs in plain JSON / YAML, grid search and lambda functions can also be defined alternatively as follows: "activation": {"grid_search": ["relu", "tanh"]} "cpu": {"eval": "spec.config.num_workers"} Use `format_vars` to format the returned dict of hyperparameters. Yields: (Dict of resolved variables, Spec object) """ for resolved_vars, spec in _generate_variants_internal( unresolved_spec, constant_grid_search=constant_grid_search, random_state=random_state, ): assert not _unresolved_values(spec) yield resolved_vars, spec @PublicAPI(stability="beta") def grid_search(values: Iterable) -> Dict[str, Iterable]: """Specify a grid of values to search over. Values specified in a grid search are guaranteed to be sampled. If multiple grid search variables are defined, they are combined with the combinatorial product. This means every possible combination of values will be sampled. Example: >>> from ray import tune >>> param_space={ ... "x": tune.grid_search([10, 20]), ... "y": tune.grid_search(["a", "b", "c"]) ... } This will create a grid of 6 samples: ``{"x": 10, "y": "a"}``, ``{"x": 10, "y": "b"}``, etc. When specifying ``num_samples`` in the :class:`TuneConfig `, this will specify the number of random samples per grid search combination. For instance, in the example above, if ``num_samples=4``, a total of 24 trials will be started - 4 trials for each of the 6 grid search combinations. Args: values: An iterable whose parameters will be used for creating a trial grid. """ return {"grid_search": values} _STANDARD_IMPORTS = { "random": random, "np": numpy, } _MAX_RESOLUTION_PASSES = 20 def _resolve_nested_dict(nested_dict: Dict) -> Dict[Tuple, Any]: """Flattens a nested dict by joining keys into tuple of paths. Can then be passed into `format_vars`. """ res = {} for k, v in nested_dict.items(): if isinstance(v, dict): for k_, v_ in _resolve_nested_dict(v).items(): res[(k,) + k_] = v_ else: res[(k,)] = v return res @DeveloperAPI def format_vars(resolved_vars: Dict) -> str: """Format variables to be used as experiment tags. Experiment tags are used in directory names, so this method makes sure the resulting tags can be legally used in directory names on all systems. The input to this function is a dict of the form ``{("nested", "config", "path"): "value"}``. The output will be a comma separated string of the form ``last_key=value``, so in this example ``path=value``. Note that the sanitizing implies that empty strings are possible return values. This is expected and acceptable, as it is not a common case and the resulting directory names will still be valid. Args: resolved_vars: Dictionary mapping from config path tuples to a value. Returns: Comma-separated key=value string. """ vars = resolved_vars.copy() # TrialRunner already has these in the experiment_tag for v in ["run", "env", "resources_per_trial"]: vars.pop(v, None) return ",".join( f"{_clean_value(k[-1])}={_clean_value(v)}" for k, v in sorted(vars.items()) ) def _flatten_resolved_vars(resolved_vars: Dict) -> Dict: """Formats the resolved variable dict into a mapping of (str -> value).""" flattened_resolved_vars_dict = {} for pieces, value in resolved_vars.items(): if pieces[0] == "config": pieces = pieces[1:] pieces = [str(piece) for piece in pieces] flattened_resolved_vars_dict["/".join(pieces)] = value return flattened_resolved_vars_dict def _clean_value(value: Any) -> str: """Format floats and replace invalid string characters with ``_``.""" if isinstance(value, float): return f"{value:.4f}" else: # Define an invalid alphabet, which is the inverse of the # stated regex characters invalid_alphabet = r"[^a-zA-Z0-9_-]+" return re.sub(invalid_alphabet, "_", str(value)).strip("_") @DeveloperAPI def parse_spec_vars( spec: Dict, ) -> Tuple[List[Tuple[Tuple, Any]], List[Tuple[Tuple, Any]], List[Tuple[Tuple, Any]]]: resolved, unresolved = _split_resolved_unresolved_values(spec) resolved_vars = list(resolved.items()) if not unresolved: return resolved_vars, [], [] grid_vars = [] domain_vars = [] for path, value in unresolved.items(): if value.is_grid(): grid_vars.append((path, value)) else: domain_vars.append((path, value)) grid_vars.sort() return resolved_vars, domain_vars, grid_vars def _count_spec_samples(spec: Dict, num_samples=1) -> int: """Count samples for a specific spec""" _, domain_vars, grid_vars = parse_spec_vars(spec) grid_count = 1 for path, domain in grid_vars: grid_count *= len(domain.categories) return num_samples * grid_count def _count_variants(spec: Dict, presets: Optional[List[Dict]] = None) -> int: # Helper function: Deep update dictionary def deep_update(d, u): for k, v in u.items(): if isinstance(v, Mapping): d[k] = deep_update(d.get(k, {}), v) else: d[k] = v return d total_samples = 0 total_num_samples = spec.get("num_samples", 1) # For each preset, overwrite the spec and count the samples generated # for this preset for preset in presets: preset_spec = copy.deepcopy(spec) deep_update(preset_spec["config"], preset) total_samples += _count_spec_samples(preset_spec, 1) total_num_samples -= 1 # Add the remaining samples if total_num_samples > 0: total_samples += _count_spec_samples(spec, total_num_samples) return total_samples def _generate_variants_internal( spec: Dict, constant_grid_search: bool = False, random_state: "RandomState" = None ) -> Tuple[Dict, Dict]: spec = copy.deepcopy(spec) _, domain_vars, grid_vars = parse_spec_vars(spec) if not domain_vars and not grid_vars: yield {}, spec return # Variables to resolve to_resolve = domain_vars all_resolved = True if constant_grid_search: # In this path, we first sample random variables and keep them constant # for grid search. # `_resolve_domain_vars` will alter `spec` directly all_resolved, resolved_vars = _resolve_domain_vars( spec, domain_vars, allow_fail=True, random_state=random_state ) if not all_resolved: # Not all variables have been resolved, but remove those that have # from the `to_resolve` list. to_resolve = [(r, d) for r, d in to_resolve if r not in resolved_vars] grid_search = _grid_search_generator(spec, grid_vars) for resolved_spec in grid_search: if not constant_grid_search or not all_resolved: # In this path, we sample the remaining random variables _, resolved_vars = _resolve_domain_vars( resolved_spec, to_resolve, random_state=random_state ) for resolved, spec in _generate_variants_internal( resolved_spec, constant_grid_search=constant_grid_search, random_state=random_state, ): for path, value in grid_vars: resolved_vars[path] = _get_value(spec, path) for k, v in resolved.items(): if ( k in resolved_vars and v != resolved_vars[k] and _is_resolved(resolved_vars[k]) ): raise ValueError( "The variable `{}` could not be unambiguously " "resolved to a single value. Consider simplifying " "your configuration.".format(k) ) resolved_vars[k] = v yield resolved_vars, spec def _get_preset_variants( spec: Dict, config: Dict, constant_grid_search: bool = False, random_state: "RandomState" = None, ): """Get variants according to a spec, initialized with a config. Variables from the spec are overwritten by the variables in the config. Thus, we may end up with less sampled parameters. This function also checks if values used to overwrite search space parameters are valid, and logs a warning if not. """ spec = copy.deepcopy(spec) resolved, _, _ = parse_spec_vars(config) for path, val in resolved: try: domain = _get_value(spec["config"], path) if isinstance(domain, dict): if "grid_search" in domain: domain = Categorical(domain["grid_search"]) else: # If users want to overwrite an entire subdict, # let them do it. domain = None except IndexError as exc: raise ValueError( f"Pre-set config key `{'/'.join(path)}` does not correspond " f"to a valid key in the search space definition. Please add " f"this path to the `param_space` variable passed to `tune.Tuner()`." ) from exc if domain: if isinstance(domain, Domain): if not domain.is_valid(val): logger.warning( f"Pre-set value `{val}` is not within valid values of " f"parameter `{'/'.join(path)}`: {domain.domain_str}" ) else: # domain is actually a fixed value if domain != val: logger.warning( f"Pre-set value `{val}` is not equal to the value of " f"parameter `{'/'.join(path)}`: {domain}" ) assign_value(spec["config"], path, val) return _generate_variants_internal( spec, constant_grid_search=constant_grid_search, random_state=random_state ) @DeveloperAPI def assign_value(spec: Dict, path: Tuple, value: Any): """Assigns a value to a nested dictionary. Handles the special case of tuples, in which case the tuples will be re-constructed to accommodate the updated value. """ parent_spec = None parent_key = None for k in path[:-1]: parent_spec = spec parent_key = k spec = spec[k] key = path[-1] if not isinstance(spec, tuple): # spec is mutable. Just assign the value. spec[key] = value else: if parent_spec is None: raise ValueError("Cannot assign value to a tuple.") assert isinstance(key, int), "Tuple key must be an int." # Special handling since tuples are immutable. parent_spec[parent_key] = spec[:key] + (value,) + spec[key + 1 :] def _get_value(spec: Dict, path: Tuple) -> Any: for k in path: spec = spec[k] return spec def _resolve_domain_vars( spec: Dict, domain_vars: List[Tuple[Tuple, Domain]], allow_fail: bool = False, random_state: "RandomState" = None, ) -> Tuple[bool, Dict]: resolved = {} error = True num_passes = 0 while error and num_passes < _MAX_RESOLUTION_PASSES: num_passes += 1 error = False for path, domain in domain_vars: if path in resolved: continue try: value = domain.sample( _UnresolvedAccessGuard(spec), random_state=random_state ) except RecursiveDependencyError as e: error = e except Exception: raise ValueError( "Failed to evaluate expression: {}: {}".format(path, domain) ) else: assign_value(spec, path, value) resolved[path] = value if error: if not allow_fail: raise error else: return False, resolved return True, resolved def _grid_search_generator( unresolved_spec: Dict, grid_vars: List ) -> Generator[Dict, None, None]: value_indices = [0] * len(grid_vars) def increment(i): value_indices[i] += 1 if value_indices[i] >= len(grid_vars[i][1]): value_indices[i] = 0 if i + 1 < len(value_indices): return increment(i + 1) else: return True return False if not grid_vars: yield unresolved_spec return while value_indices[-1] < len(grid_vars[-1][1]): spec = copy.deepcopy(unresolved_spec) for i, (path, values) in enumerate(grid_vars): assign_value(spec, path, values[value_indices[i]]) yield spec if grid_vars: done = increment(0) if done: break def _is_resolved(v) -> bool: resolved, _ = _try_resolve(v) return resolved def _try_resolve(v) -> Tuple[bool, Any]: if isinstance(v, Domain): # Domain to sample from return False, v elif isinstance(v, dict) and len(v) == 1 and "eval" in v: # Lambda function in eval syntax return False, Function( lambda spec: eval(v["eval"], _STANDARD_IMPORTS, {"spec": spec}) ) elif isinstance(v, dict) and len(v) == 1 and "grid_search" in v: # Grid search values grid_values = v["grid_search"] return False, Categorical(grid_values).grid() return True, v def _split_resolved_unresolved_values( spec: Dict, ) -> Tuple[Dict[Tuple, Any], Dict[Tuple, Any]]: resolved_vars = {} unresolved_vars = {} for k, v in spec.items(): resolved, v = _try_resolve(v) if not resolved: unresolved_vars[(k,)] = v elif isinstance(v, dict): # Recurse into a dict ( _resolved_children, _unresolved_children, ) = _split_resolved_unresolved_values(v) for path, value in _resolved_children.items(): resolved_vars[(k,) + path] = value for path, value in _unresolved_children.items(): unresolved_vars[(k,) + path] = value elif isinstance(v, (list, tuple)): # Recurse into a list for i, elem in enumerate(v): ( _resolved_children, _unresolved_children, ) = _split_resolved_unresolved_values({i: elem}) for path, value in _resolved_children.items(): resolved_vars[(k,) + path] = value for path, value in _unresolved_children.items(): unresolved_vars[(k,) + path] = value else: resolved_vars[(k,)] = v return resolved_vars, unresolved_vars def _unresolved_values(spec: Dict) -> Dict[Tuple, Any]: return _split_resolved_unresolved_values(spec)[1] def _has_unresolved_values(spec: Dict) -> bool: return True if _unresolved_values(spec) else False class _UnresolvedAccessGuard(dict): def __init__(self, *args, **kwds): super(_UnresolvedAccessGuard, self).__init__(*args, **kwds) self.__dict__ = self def __getattribute__(self, item): value = dict.__getattribute__(self, item) if not _is_resolved(value): raise RecursiveDependencyError( "`{}` recursively depends on {}".format(item, value) ) elif isinstance(value, dict): return _UnresolvedAccessGuard(value) else: return value @DeveloperAPI class RecursiveDependencyError(Exception): def __init__(self, msg: str): Exception.__init__(self, msg)