experiments.generate_plots.PlotGenerator

class PlotGenerator(spec, n_trials, data_fracs, datagen_method, perf_eval_fn, results_dir, n_workers, perf_eval_kwargs={}, constraint_eval_fns=[], constraint_eval_kwargs={}, batch_epoch_dict={})

Bases: object

__init__(spec, n_trials, data_fracs, datagen_method, perf_eval_fn, results_dir, n_workers, perf_eval_kwargs={}, constraint_eval_fns=[], constraint_eval_kwargs={}, batch_epoch_dict={})

Class for running Seldonian experiments and generating the three plots: 1) Performance 2) Solution rate 3) Failure rate all plotted vs. amount of data used in the algorithm (candidate + safety).

Parameters:

  • spec (seldonian.spec.Spec object) – Specification object for running the Seldonian algorithm

  • n_trials (int) – The number of times the Seldonian algorithm is run for each data fraction. Used for generating error bars

  • data_fracs (List(float)) – Proportions of the overall size of the dataset to use (used to make the horizontal axis on the three plots).

  • datagen_method (str) – Method for generating data that is used to run the Seldonian algorithm for each trial, e.g., “resample”

  • perf_eval_fn (function or class method) – Function used to evaluate the performance of the model obtained in each trial, with signature varies depending on regime. See tutorials: https://seldonian.cs.umass.edu/Tutorials/tutorials/

  • results_dir (str) – The directory in which to save the results

  • n_workers (int) – The number of workers to use if using multiprocessing

  • perf_eval_kwargs (dict) – Extra keyword arguments to pass to perf_eval_fn

  • constraint_eval_fns (List(function or class method), defaults to []) – List of custom functions used to evaluate the constraints on ground truth. If an empty list is provided, the constraints are evaluated using the parse tree.

  • constraint_eval_kwargs (dict) – Extra keyword arguments to pass to the constraint_eval_fns

  • batch_epoch_dict (dict) – Instruct batch sizes and n_epochs for each data frac

__repr__()

Return repr(self).

Methods

make_plots(tot_data_size=None, model_label_dict={}, ignore_models=[], fontsize=12, title_fontsize=12, legend_fontsize=8, ncols_legend=3, performance_label='accuracy', sr_label='Prob. of solution', fr_label='Prob. of violation', performance_yscale='linear', performance_ylims=[], hoz_axis_label='Amount of data', show_confidence_level=True, marker_size=20, save_format='pdf', show_title=True, custom_title=None, include_legend=True, savename=None)

Make the three plots of the experiment. Looks up any experiments run in self.results_dir and plots them on the same three plots.

Parameters:

  • tot_data_size (int) – The total number of datapoints in the experiment. This is used, alongside the data_fracs array to construct the horizontal axes of the three plots. If None, assumes a value from the dataset.

  • model_label_dict (int) – An optional dictionary where keys are model names and values are the names you want shown in the legend. Note that if you specify this dict, then only the models in this dictionary will appear in the legend, and they will show up in the legend in the order that you specify them in the dict.

  • ignore_models (List) – Do not plot any models whose .model_name attribute appears in this list.

  • fontsize (int) – The font size to use for the axis labels

  • title_fontsize (int) – The font size to use for the title of each subplot

  • legend_fontsize (int) – The font size to use for text in the legend

  • ncols_legend (int, defaults to 3) – The number of columns to use in the legend

  • performance_label (str, defaults to "accuracy") – The y axis label on the performance plot (left plot) you want to use.

  • sr_label (str, defaults to "Prob. of solution") – The y axis label on the solution rate plot (middle plot) you want to use.

  • fr_label (str, defaults to "Prob. of violation") – The y axis label on the failure rate plot (right plot) you want to use.

  • performance_yscale – The y axis scaling, “log” or “linear”

  • performance_ylims – The y limits of the performance plot. Default is to use matplotlib’s automatic determination.

  • hoz_axis_label (str, defaults to "Amount of data") – What you want to show as the horizontal axis label for all plots.

  • show_confidence_level (Bool) – Whether to show the black dotted line for the value of delta in the failure rate plot (right plot)

  • marker_size (float, defaults to 20.) – The size of the points in each plots (matplotlib “s” parameter)

  • save_format (str, defaults to "pdf") – The file type for the saved plot

  • show_title (bool) – Whether to show the title at the top of the figure

  • custom_title (str, defaults to None) – A custom title

  • include_legend (bool, defaults to True) – Whether to include the legend

  • savename (str, defaults to None) – If not None, the filename to which the figure will be saved on disk.

validate_constraint_eval_kwargs(constraint_eval_kwargs)

Ensure that if additional datasets are contained within the spec object that there are held out datasets in constraint_eval_kwargs for each additional dataset.

Parameters:

constraint_eval_kwargs – The keyword arguments used when evaluating the constraints for the failure rate plot (right plot).