lgb.cv.R

CVBooster <- R6Class(
  classname = "lgb.CVBooster",
  cloneable = FALSE,
  public = list(
    best_iter = -1,
    best_score = -1,
    record_evals = list(),
    boosters = list(),
    initialize = function(x) {
      self$boosters <- x
    },
    reset_parameter = function(new_params) {
      for (x in boosters) { x$reset_parameter(new_params) }
      self
    }
  )
)

#' Main CV logic for LightGBM
#'
#' Main CV logic for LightGBM
#'
#' @param params List of parameters
#' @param data a \code{lgb.Dataset} object, used for CV
#' @param nrounds number of CV rounds
#' @param nfold the original dataset is randomly partitioned into \code{nfold} equal size subsamples.
#' @param label vector of response values. Should be provided only when data is an R-matrix.
#' @param weight vector of response values. If not NULL, will set to dataset
#' @param obj objective function, can be character or custom objective function. Examples include 
#'        \code{regression}, \code{regression_l1}, \code{huber},
#'        \code{binary}, \code{lambdarank}, \code{multiclass}, \code{multiclass}
#' @param boosting boosting type. \code{gbdt}, \code{dart}
#' @param num_leaves number of leaves in one tree. defaults to 127
#' @param max_depth Limit the max depth for tree model. This is used to deal with overfit when #data is small. 
#'        Tree still grow by leaf-wise.
#' @param num_threads Number of threads for LightGBM. For the best speed, set this to the number of real CPU cores, not the number of threads (most CPU using hyper-threading to generate 2 threads per CPU core).
#' @param eval evaluation function, can be (list of) character or custom eval function
#' @param verbose verbosity for output, if <= 0, also will disable the print of evalutaion during training
#' @param record Boolean, TRUE will record iteration message to \code{booster$record_evals} 
#' @param eval_freq evalutaion output frequence, only effect when verbose > 0
#' @param showsd \code{boolean}, whether to show standard deviation of cross validation
#' @param stratified a \code{boolean} indicating whether sampling of folds should be stratified
#'        by the values of outcome labels.
#' @param folds \code{list} provides a possibility to use a list of pre-defined CV folds
#'        (each element must be a vector of test fold's indices). When folds are supplied,
#'        the \code{nfold} and \code{stratified} parameters are ignored.
#' @param init_model path of model file of \code{lgb.Booster} object, will continue train from this model
#' @param colnames feature names, if not null, will use this to overwrite the names in dataset
#' @param categorical_feature list of str or int
#'        type int represents index,
#'        type str represents feature names
#' @param early_stopping_rounds int
#'        Activates early stopping.
#'        Requires at least one validation data and one metric
#'        If there's more than one, will check all of them
#'        Returns the model with (best_iter + early_stopping_rounds)
#'        If early stopping occurs, the model will have 'best_iter' field
#' @param callbacks list of callback functions
#'        List of callback functions that are applied at each iteration.
#' @param ... other parameters, see parameters.md for more informations
#' 
#' @return a trained model \code{lgb.CVBooster}.
#' 
#' @examples
#' \dontrun{
#' library(lightgbm)
#' data(agaricus.train, package = "lightgbm")
#' train <- agaricus.train
#' dtrain <- lgb.Dataset(train$data, label = train$label)
#' params <- list(objective = "regression", metric = "l2")
#' model <- lgb.cv(params,
#'                 dtrain,
#'                 10,
#'                 nfold = 5,
#'                 min_data = 1,
#'                 learning_rate = 1,
#'                 early_stopping_rounds = 10)
#' }
#' @rdname lgb.train
#' @export
lgb.cv <- function(params = list(),
                   data,
                   nrounds = 10, 
                   nfold = 3,
                   label = NULL,
                   weight = NULL,
                   obj = NULL,
                   eval = NULL,
                   verbose = 1,
                   record = TRUE,
                   eval_freq = 1L,
                   showsd = TRUE,
                   stratified = TRUE,
                   folds = NULL,
                   init_model = NULL,
                   colnames = NULL,
                   categorical_feature = NULL,
                   early_stopping_rounds = NULL,
                   callbacks = list(),
                   ...) {
  
  # Setup temporary variables
  addiction_params <- list(...)
  params <- append(params, addiction_params)
  params$verbose <- verbose
  params <- lgb.check.obj(params, obj)
  params <- lgb.check.eval(params, eval)
  fobj <- NULL
  feval <- NULL
  
  # Check for objective (function or not)
  if (is.function(params$objective)) {
    fobj <- params$objective
    params$objective <- "NONE"
  }
  
  # Check for loss (function or not)
  if (is.function(eval)) {
    feval <- eval
  }
  
  # Check for parameters
  lgb.check.params(params)
  
  # Init predictor to empty
  predictor <- NULL
  
  # Check for boosting from a trained model
  if (is.character(init_model)) {
    predictor <- Predictor$new(init_model)
  } else if (lgb.is.Booster(init_model)) {
    predictor <- init_model$to_predictor()
  }
  
  # Set the iteration to start from / end to (and check for boosting from a trained model, again)
  begin_iteration <- 1
  if (!is.null(predictor)) {
    begin_iteration <- predictor$current_iter() + 1
  }
  end_iteration <- begin_iteration + nrounds - 1
  
  # Check for training dataset type correctness
  if (!lgb.is.Dataset(data)) {
    if (is.null(label)) {
      stop("Labels must be provided for lgb.cv")
    }
    data <- lgb.Dataset(data, label = label)
  }

  # Check for weights
  if (!is.null(weight)) {
    data$set_info("weight", weight)
  }
  
  # Update parameters with parsed parameters
  data$update_params(params)
  
  # Create the predictor set
  data$.__enclos_env__$private$set_predictor(predictor)
  
  # Write column names
  if (!is.null(colnames)) {
    data$set_colnames(colnames)
  }
  
  # Write categorical features
  if (!is.null(categorical_feature)) {
    data$set_categorical_feature(categorical_feature)
  }
  
  # Construct datasets, if needed
  data$construct()
  
  # Check for folds
  if (!is.null(folds)) {
    
    # Check for list of folds or for single value
    if (!is.list(folds) | length(folds) < 2) {
      stop(sQuote("folds"), " must be a list with 2 or more elements that are vectors of indices for each CV-fold")
    }
    
    # Set number of folds
    nfold <- length(folds)
    
  } else {
    
    # Check fold value
    if (nfold <= 1) {
      stop(sQuote("nfold"), " must be > 1")
    }
    
    # Create folds
    folds <- generate.cv.folds(nfold,
                               nrow(data),
                               stratified,
                               getinfo(data, "label"),
                               params)
    
  }
  
  # Add printing log callback
  if (verbose > 0 & eval_freq > 0) {
    callbacks <- add.cb(callbacks, cb.print.evaluation(eval_freq))
  }
  
  # Add evaluation log callback
  if (record) {
    callbacks <- add.cb(callbacks, cb.record.evaluation())
  }
  
  # Add early stopping callback
  if (!is.null(early_stopping_rounds)) {
    if (early_stopping_rounds > 0) {
      callbacks <- add.cb(callbacks, cb.early.stop(early_stopping_rounds, verbose = verbose))
    }
  }
  
  # Categorize callbacks
  cb <- categorize.callbacks(callbacks)
  
  # Construct booster using a list apply
  bst_folds <- lapply(seq_along(folds), function(k) {
    dtest <- slice(data, folds[[k]])
    dtrain <- slice(data, unlist(folds[-k]))
    booster <- Booster$new(params, dtrain)
    booster$add_valid(dtest, "valid")
    list(booster = booster)
  })
  
  # Create new booster
  cv_booster <- CVBooster$new(bst_folds)
  
  # Callback env
  env <- CB_ENV$new()
  env$model <- cv_booster
  env$begin_iteration <- begin_iteration
  env$end_iteration <- end_iteration
  
  # Start training model using number of iterations to start and end with
  for (i in seq(from = begin_iteration, to = end_iteration)) {
    
    # Overwrite iteration in environment
    env$iteration <- i
    env$eval_list <- list()
    
    # Loop through "pre_iter" element
    for (f in cb$pre_iter) {
      f(env)
    }
    
    # Update one boosting iteration
    msg <- lapply(cv_booster$boosters, function(fd) {
      fd$booster$update(fobj = fobj)
      fd$booster$eval_valid(feval = feval)
    })
    
    # Prepare collection of evaluation results
    merged_msg <- lgb.merge.cv.result(msg)
    
    # Write evaluation result in environment
    env$eval_list <- merged_msg$eval_list
    
    # Check for standard deviation requirement
    if(showsd) {
      env$eval_err_list <- merged_msg$eval_err_list
    }
    
    # Loop through env
    for (f in cb$post_iter) {
      f(env)
    }
    
    # Check for early stopping and break if needed
    if (env$met_early_stop) break
    
  }
  
  # Return booster
  return(cv_booster)
  
}

# 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$objective) && params$objective == "lambdarank") {
    stop("\n\tAutomatic generation of CV-folds is not implemented for lambdarank!\n", "\tConsider providing pre-computed CV-folds through the 'folds=' parameter.\n")
  }
  
  # Shuffle
  rnd_idx <- sample(seq_len(nrows))
  
  # Request stratified folds
  if (isTRUE(stratified) && length(label) == length(rnd_idx)) {
    
    y <- label[rnd_idx]
    y <- factor(y)
    folds <- lgb.stratified.folds(y, nfold)
    
  } else {
    
    # Make simple non-stratified folds
    kstep <- length(rnd_idx) %/% nfold
    folds <- list()
    
    # Loop through each fold
    for (i in seq_len(nfold - 1)) {
      folds[[i]] <- rnd_idx[seq_len(kstep)]
      rnd_idx <- rnd_idx[-(seq_len(kstep))]
    }
    folds[[nfold]] <- rnd_idx
    
  }
  
  # Return folds
  return(folds)
  
}

# Creates CV folds stratified by the values of y.
# It was borrowed from caret::lgb.stratified.folds and simplified
# by always returning an unnamed list of fold indices.
lgb.stratified.folds <- function(y, k = 10) {
  
  ## Group the numeric data based on their magnitudes
  ## and sample within those groups.
  ## When the number of samples is low, we may have
  ## issues further slicing the numeric data into
  ## groups. The number of groups will depend on the
  ## ratio of the number of folds to the sample size.
  ## At most, we will use quantiles. If the sample
  ## is too small, we just do regular unstratified CV
  if (is.numeric(y)) {
    
    cuts <- floor(length(y) / k)
    if (cuts < 2) { cuts <- 2 }
    if (cuts > 5) { cuts <- 5 }
    y <- cut(y,
             unique(stats::quantile(y, probs = seq(0, 1, length = cuts))),
             include.lowest = TRUE)
    
  }
  
  if (k < length(y)) {
    ## Reset levels so that the possible levels and
    ## the levels in the vector are the same
    y <- factor(as.character(y))
    numInClass <- table(y)
    foldVector <- vector(mode = "integer", length(y))
    
    ## For each class, balance the fold allocation as far
    ## as possible, then resample the remainder.
    ## The final assignment of folds is also randomized.
    
    for (i in seq_along(numInClass)) {
      
      ## Create a vector of integers from 1:k as many times as possible without
      ## going over the number of samples in the class. Note that if the number
      ## of samples in a class is less than k, nothing is producd here.
      seqVector <- rep(seq_len(k), numInClass[i] %/% k)
      
      ## Add enough random integers to get  length(seqVector) == numInClass[i]
      if (numInClass[i] %% k > 0) {
        seqVector <- c(seqVector, sample(seq_len(k), numInClass[i] %% k))
      }
      
      ## Shuffle the integers for fold assignment and assign to this classes's data
      foldVector[y == dimnames(numInClass)$y[i]] <- sample(seqVector)
      
    }
    
  } else {
    
    foldVector <- seq(along = y)
    
  }
  
  # Return data
  out <- split(seq(along = y), foldVector)
  `names<-`(out, NULL)
}

lgb.merge.cv.result <- function(msg, showsd = TRUE) {
  
  # Get CV message length
  if (length(msg) == 0) {
    stop("lgb.cv: size of cv result error")
  }
  
  # Get evaluation message length
  eval_len <- length(msg[[1]])
  
  # Is evaluation message empty?
  if (eval_len == 0) {
    stop("lgb.cv: should provide at least one metric for CV")
  }
  
  # Get evaluation results using a list apply
  eval_result <- lapply(seq_len(eval_len), function(j) {
    as.numeric(lapply(seq_along(msg), function(i) {
      msg[[i]][[j]]$value }))
  })
  
  # Get evaluation
  ret_eval <- msg[[1]]
  
  # Go through evaluation length items
  for (j in seq_len(eval_len)) {
    ret_eval[[j]]$value <- mean(eval_result[[j]])
  }
  
  # Preinit evaluation error
  ret_eval_err <- NULL
  
  # Check for standard deviation
  if (showsd) {
    
    # Parse standard deviation
    for (j in seq_len(eval_len)) {
      ret_eval_err <- c(ret_eval_err,
                        sqrt(mean(eval_result[[j]] ^ 2) - mean(eval_result[[j]]) ^ 2))
    }
    
    # Convert to list
    ret_eval_err <- as.list(ret_eval_err)
    
  }
  
  # Return errors
  list(eval_list = ret_eval,
       eval_err_list = ret_eval_err)
  
}