ncf_main.py

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"""NCF framework to train and evaluate the NeuMF model.

The NeuMF model assembles both MF and MLP models under the NCF framework. Check
`neumf_model.py` for more details about the models.
"""

from __future__ import absolute_import
from __future__ import division
from __future__ import print_function

import contextlib
import heapq
import json
import logging
import math
import multiprocessing
import os
import signal
import typing

# pylint: disable=g-bad-import-order
import numpy as np
from absl import app as absl_app
from absl import flags
import tensorflow as tf
# pylint: enable=g-bad-import-order

from tensorflow.contrib.compiler import xla
from official.datasets import movielens
from official.recommendation import constants as rconst
from official.recommendation import data_pipeline
from official.recommendation import data_preprocessing
from official.recommendation import neumf_model
from official.utils.flags import core as flags_core
from official.utils.logs import hooks_helper
from official.utils.logs import logger
from official.utils.logs import mlperf_helper
from official.utils.misc import distribution_utils
from official.utils.misc import model_helpers


FLAGS = flags.FLAGS


def construct_estimator(model_dir, params):
  """Construct either an Estimator or TPUEstimator for NCF.

  Args:
    model_dir: The model directory for the estimator
    params: The params dict for the estimator

  Returns:
    An Estimator or TPUEstimator.
  """

  if params["use_tpu"]:
    # Some of the networking libraries are quite chatty.
    for name in ["googleapiclient.discovery", "googleapiclient.discovery_cache",
                 "oauth2client.transport"]:
      logging.getLogger(name).setLevel(logging.ERROR)

    tpu_cluster_resolver = tf.contrib.cluster_resolver.TPUClusterResolver(
        tpu=params["tpu"],
        zone=params["tpu_zone"],
        project=params["tpu_gcp_project"],
        coordinator_name="coordinator"
    )

    tf.logging.info("Issuing reset command to TPU to ensure a clean state.")
    tf.Session.reset(tpu_cluster_resolver.get_master())

    # Estimator looks at the master it connects to for MonitoredTrainingSession
    # by reading the `TF_CONFIG` environment variable, and the coordinator
    # is used by StreamingFilesDataset.
    tf_config_env = {
        "session_master": tpu_cluster_resolver.get_master(),
        "eval_session_master": tpu_cluster_resolver.get_master(),
        "coordinator": tpu_cluster_resolver.cluster_spec()
                       .as_dict()["coordinator"]
    }
    os.environ['TF_CONFIG'] = json.dumps(tf_config_env)

    distribution = tf.contrib.distribute.TPUStrategy(
        tpu_cluster_resolver, steps_per_run=100)

  else:
    distribution = distribution_utils.get_distribution_strategy(
        num_gpus=params["num_gpus"])

  run_config = tf.estimator.RunConfig(train_distribute=distribution,
                                      eval_distribute=distribution)

  model_fn = neumf_model.neumf_model_fn
  if params["use_xla_for_gpu"]:
    tf.logging.info("Using XLA for GPU for training and evaluation.")
    model_fn = xla.estimator_model_fn(model_fn)
  estimator = tf.estimator.Estimator(model_fn=model_fn, model_dir=model_dir,
                                     config=run_config, params=params)
  return estimator


def log_and_get_hooks(eval_batch_size):
  """Convenience function for hook and logger creation."""
  # Create hooks that log information about the training and metric values
  train_hooks = hooks_helper.get_train_hooks(
      FLAGS.hooks,
      model_dir=FLAGS.model_dir,
      batch_size=FLAGS.batch_size,  # for ExamplesPerSecondHook
      tensors_to_log={"cross_entropy": "cross_entropy"}
  )
  run_params = {
      "batch_size": FLAGS.batch_size,
      "eval_batch_size": eval_batch_size,
      "number_factors": FLAGS.num_factors,
      "hr_threshold": FLAGS.hr_threshold,
      "train_epochs": FLAGS.train_epochs,
  }
  benchmark_logger = logger.get_benchmark_logger()
  benchmark_logger.log_run_info(
      model_name="recommendation",
      dataset_name=FLAGS.dataset,
      run_params=run_params,
      test_id=FLAGS.benchmark_test_id)

  return benchmark_logger, train_hooks


def parse_flags(flags_obj):
  """Convenience function to turn flags into params."""
  num_gpus = flags_core.get_num_gpus(flags_obj)
  num_devices = FLAGS.num_tpu_shards if FLAGS.tpu else num_gpus or 1

  batch_size = (flags_obj.batch_size + num_devices - 1) // num_devices

  eval_divisor = (rconst.NUM_EVAL_NEGATIVES + 1) * num_devices
  eval_batch_size = flags_obj.eval_batch_size or flags_obj.batch_size
  eval_batch_size = ((eval_batch_size + eval_divisor - 1) //
                     eval_divisor * eval_divisor // num_devices)

  return {
      "train_epochs": flags_obj.train_epochs,
      "batches_per_step": num_devices,
      "use_seed": flags_obj.seed is not None,
      "batch_size": batch_size,
      "eval_batch_size": eval_batch_size,
      "learning_rate": flags_obj.learning_rate,
      "mf_dim": flags_obj.num_factors,
      "model_layers": [int(layer) for layer in flags_obj.layers],
      "mf_regularization": flags_obj.mf_regularization,
      "mlp_reg_layers": [float(reg) for reg in flags_obj.mlp_regularization],
      "num_neg": flags_obj.num_neg,
      "num_gpus": num_gpus,
      "use_tpu": flags_obj.tpu is not None,
      "tpu": flags_obj.tpu,
      "tpu_zone": flags_obj.tpu_zone,
      "tpu_gcp_project": flags_obj.tpu_gcp_project,
      "beta1": flags_obj.beta1,
      "beta2": flags_obj.beta2,
      "epsilon": flags_obj.epsilon,
      "match_mlperf": flags_obj.ml_perf,
      "use_xla_for_gpu": flags_obj.use_xla_for_gpu,
      "epochs_between_evals": FLAGS.epochs_between_evals,
  }


def main(_):
  with logger.benchmark_context(FLAGS), \
       mlperf_helper.LOGGER(FLAGS.output_ml_perf_compliance_logging):
    mlperf_helper.set_ncf_root(os.path.split(os.path.abspath(__file__))[0])
    run_ncf(FLAGS)


def run_ncf(_):
  """Run NCF training and eval loop."""
  if FLAGS.download_if_missing and not FLAGS.use_synthetic_data:
    movielens.download(FLAGS.dataset, FLAGS.data_dir)

  if FLAGS.seed is not None:
    np.random.seed(FLAGS.seed)

  params = parse_flags(FLAGS)
  total_training_cycle = FLAGS.train_epochs // FLAGS.epochs_between_evals

  if FLAGS.use_synthetic_data:
    producer = data_pipeline.DummyConstructor()
    num_users, num_items = data_preprocessing.DATASET_TO_NUM_USERS_AND_ITEMS[
        FLAGS.dataset]
    num_train_steps = rconst.SYNTHETIC_BATCHES_PER_EPOCH
    num_eval_steps = rconst.SYNTHETIC_BATCHES_PER_EPOCH
  else:
    num_users, num_items, producer = data_preprocessing.instantiate_pipeline(
        dataset=FLAGS.dataset, data_dir=FLAGS.data_dir, params=params,
        constructor_type=FLAGS.constructor_type,
        deterministic=FLAGS.seed is not None)

    num_train_steps = (producer.train_batches_per_epoch //
                       params["batches_per_step"])
    num_eval_steps = (producer.eval_batches_per_epoch //
                      params["batches_per_step"])
    assert not producer.train_batches_per_epoch % params["batches_per_step"]
    assert not producer.eval_batches_per_epoch % params["batches_per_step"]
  producer.start()

  params["num_users"], params["num_items"] = num_users, num_items
  model_helpers.apply_clean(flags.FLAGS)

  estimator = construct_estimator(model_dir=FLAGS.model_dir, params=params)

  benchmark_logger, train_hooks = log_and_get_hooks(params["eval_batch_size"])

  target_reached = False
  mlperf_helper.ncf_print(key=mlperf_helper.TAGS.TRAIN_LOOP)
  for cycle_index in range(total_training_cycle):
    assert FLAGS.epochs_between_evals == 1 or not mlperf_helper.LOGGER.enabled
    tf.logging.info("Starting a training cycle: {}/{}".format(
        cycle_index + 1, total_training_cycle))

    mlperf_helper.ncf_print(key=mlperf_helper.TAGS.TRAIN_EPOCH,
                            value=cycle_index)

    train_input_fn = producer.make_input_fn(is_training=True)
    estimator.train(input_fn=train_input_fn, hooks=train_hooks,
                    steps=num_train_steps)

    tf.logging.info("Beginning evaluation.")
    eval_input_fn = producer.make_input_fn(is_training=False)

    mlperf_helper.ncf_print(key=mlperf_helper.TAGS.EVAL_START,
                            value=cycle_index)
    eval_results = estimator.evaluate(eval_input_fn, steps=num_eval_steps)
    tf.logging.info("Evaluation complete.")

    hr = float(eval_results[rconst.HR_KEY])
    ndcg = float(eval_results[rconst.NDCG_KEY])
    loss = float(eval_results["loss"])

    mlperf_helper.ncf_print(
        key=mlperf_helper.TAGS.EVAL_TARGET,
        value={"epoch": cycle_index, "value": FLAGS.hr_threshold})
    mlperf_helper.ncf_print(key=mlperf_helper.TAGS.EVAL_ACCURACY,
                            value={"epoch": cycle_index, "value": hr})
    mlperf_helper.ncf_print(
        key=mlperf_helper.TAGS.EVAL_HP_NUM_NEG,
        value={"epoch": cycle_index, "value": rconst.NUM_EVAL_NEGATIVES})

    mlperf_helper.ncf_print(key=mlperf_helper.TAGS.EVAL_STOP, value=cycle_index)

    # Benchmark the evaluation results
    benchmark_logger.log_evaluation_result(eval_results)
    # Log the HR and NDCG results.
    tf.logging.info(
        "Iteration {}: HR = {:.4f}, NDCG = {:.4f}, Loss = {:.4f}".format(
            cycle_index + 1, hr, ndcg, loss))

    # If some evaluation threshold is met
    if model_helpers.past_stop_threshold(FLAGS.hr_threshold, hr):
      target_reached = True
      break

  mlperf_helper.ncf_print(key=mlperf_helper.TAGS.RUN_STOP,
                          value={"success": target_reached})
  producer.stop_loop()
  producer.join()

  # Clear the session explicitly to avoid session delete error
  tf.keras.backend.clear_session()

  mlperf_helper.ncf_print(key=mlperf_helper.TAGS.RUN_FINAL)


def define_ncf_flags():
  """Add flags for running ncf_main."""
  # Add common flags
  flags_core.define_base(export_dir=False)
  flags_core.define_performance(
      num_parallel_calls=False,
      inter_op=False,
      intra_op=False,
      synthetic_data=True,
      max_train_steps=False,
      dtype=False,
      all_reduce_alg=False
  )
  flags_core.define_device(tpu=True)
  flags_core.define_benchmark()

  flags.adopt_module_key_flags(flags_core)

  flags_core.set_defaults(
      model_dir="/tmp/ncf/",
      data_dir="/tmp/movielens-data/",
      train_epochs=2,
      batch_size=256,
      hooks="ProfilerHook",
      tpu=None
  )

  # Add ncf-specific flags
  flags.DEFINE_enum(
      name="dataset", default="ml-1m",
      enum_values=["ml-1m", "ml-20m"], case_sensitive=False,
      help=flags_core.help_wrap(
          "Dataset to be trained and evaluated."))

  flags.DEFINE_boolean(
      name="download_if_missing", default=True, help=flags_core.help_wrap(
          "Download data to data_dir if it is not already present."))

  flags.DEFINE_integer(
      name="eval_batch_size", default=None, help=flags_core.help_wrap(
          "The batch size used for evaluation. This should generally be larger"
          "than the training batch size as the lack of back propagation during"
          "evaluation can allow for larger batch sizes to fit in memory. If not"
          "specified, the training batch size (--batch_size) will be used."))

  flags.DEFINE_integer(
      name="num_factors", default=8,
      help=flags_core.help_wrap("The Embedding size of MF model."))

  # Set the default as a list of strings to be consistent with input arguments
  flags.DEFINE_list(
      name="layers", default=["64", "32", "16", "8"],
      help=flags_core.help_wrap(
          "The sizes of hidden layers for MLP. Example "
          "to specify different sizes of MLP layers: --layers=32,16,8,4"))

  flags.DEFINE_float(
      name="mf_regularization", default=0.,
      help=flags_core.help_wrap(
          "The regularization factor for MF embeddings. The factor is used by "
          "regularizer which allows to apply penalties on layer parameters or "
          "layer activity during optimization."))

  flags.DEFINE_list(
      name="mlp_regularization", default=["0.", "0.", "0.", "0."],
      help=flags_core.help_wrap(
          "The regularization factor for each MLP layer. See mf_regularization "
          "help for more info about regularization factor."))

  flags.DEFINE_integer(
      name="num_neg", default=4,
      help=flags_core.help_wrap(
          "The Number of negative instances to pair with a positive instance."))

  flags.DEFINE_float(
      name="learning_rate", default=0.001,
      help=flags_core.help_wrap("The learning rate."))

  flags.DEFINE_float(
      name="beta1", default=0.9,
      help=flags_core.help_wrap("beta1 hyperparameter for the Adam optimizer."))

  flags.DEFINE_float(
      name="beta2", default=0.999,
      help=flags_core.help_wrap("beta2 hyperparameter for the Adam optimizer."))

  flags.DEFINE_float(
      name="epsilon", default=1e-8,
      help=flags_core.help_wrap("epsilon hyperparameter for the Adam "
                                "optimizer."))

  flags.DEFINE_float(
      name="hr_threshold", default=None,
      help=flags_core.help_wrap(
          "If passed, training will stop when the evaluation metric HR is "
          "greater than or equal to hr_threshold. For dataset ml-1m, the "
          "desired hr_threshold is 0.68 which is the result from the paper; "
          "For dataset ml-20m, the threshold can be set as 0.95 which is "
          "achieved by MLPerf implementation."))

  flags.DEFINE_enum(
      name="constructor_type", default="bisection",
      enum_values=["bisection", "materialized"], case_sensitive=False,
      help=flags_core.help_wrap(
          "Strategy to use for generating false negatives. materialized has a"
          "precompute that scales badly, but a faster per-epoch construction"
          "time and can be faster on very large systems."))

  flags.DEFINE_bool(
      name="ml_perf", default=False,
      help=flags_core.help_wrap(
          "If set, changes the behavior of the model slightly to match the "
          "MLPerf reference implementations here: \n"
          "https://github.com/mlperf/reference/tree/master/recommendation/"
          "pytorch\n"
          "The two changes are:\n"
          "1. When computing the HR and NDCG during evaluation, remove "
          "duplicate user-item pairs before the computation. This results in "
          "better HRs and NDCGs.\n"
          "2. Use a different soring algorithm when sorting the input data, "
          "which performs better due to the fact the sorting algorithms are "
          "not stable."))

  flags.DEFINE_bool(
      name="output_ml_perf_compliance_logging", default=False,
      help=flags_core.help_wrap(
          "If set, output the MLPerf compliance logging. This is only useful "
          "if one is running the model for MLPerf. See "
          "https://github.com/mlperf/policies/blob/master/training_rules.adoc"
          "#submission-compliance-logs for details. This uses sudo and so may "
          "ask for your password, as root access is needed to clear the system "
          "caches, which is required for MLPerf compliance."
      )
  )

  flags.DEFINE_integer(
      name="seed", default=None, help=flags_core.help_wrap(
          "This value will be used to seed both NumPy and TensorFlow."))

  @flags.validator("eval_batch_size", "eval_batch_size must be at least {}"
                   .format(rconst.NUM_EVAL_NEGATIVES + 1))
  def eval_size_check(eval_batch_size):
    return (eval_batch_size is None or
            int(eval_batch_size) > rconst.NUM_EVAL_NEGATIVES)

  flags.DEFINE_bool(
      name="use_xla_for_gpu", default=False, help=flags_core.help_wrap(
          "If True, use XLA for the model function. Only works when using a "
          "GPU. On TPUs, XLA is always used"))

  xla_message = "--use_xla_for_gpu is incompatible with --tpu"
  @flags.multi_flags_validator(["use_xla_for_gpu", "tpu"], message=xla_message)
  def xla_validator(flag_dict):
    return not flag_dict["use_xla_for_gpu"] or not flag_dict["tpu"]


if __name__ == "__main__":
  tf.logging.set_verbosity(tf.logging.INFO)
  define_ncf_flags()
  absl_app.run(main)