Source code for alf_core.surrogate.surrogate
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from typing import Any, Union
import numpy as np
from alf_core.dataclasses import Candidate, LabelledCandidates, Predictions
from alf_core.dataclasses.surrogate_epoch_metrics import SurrogateEpochMetrics
from alf_core.dataset.base_dataset import BaseDataset
from alf_core.model.base_model import BaseModel
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class Surrogate:
"""Surrogate model is fine-tuned during the active learning process on the acquired candidates.
Any BaseModel child class can be used as a surrogate model.
"""
def __init__(self, model: BaseModel):
"""Initialize the Surrogate with a model.
Args:
model: The BaseModel instance to use as the surrogate model.
"""
self.model = model
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def setup(self, dataset: BaseDataset) -> None:
"""Configure the surrogate model for the given dataset.
Args:
dataset: The dataset this surrogate will be trained on.
"""
self.model.setup(dataset)
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def fit(
self,
train_data: LabelledCandidates,
val_data: LabelledCandidates,
) -> list[SurrogateEpochMetrics]:
"""Fit the surrogate model on training and validation data.
Args:
train_data: Labeled candidates for training.
val_data: Labeled candidates for validation.
Returns:
List of SurrogateEpochMetrics, one per epoch trained. Empty if the
underlying model does not track per-epoch metrics.
"""
self.model.train(train_data, val_data)
return self.model.get_epoch_metrics()
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def predict(self, candidates: list[Candidate]) -> Predictions:
"""Predict scores for the given candidates.
Args:
candidates: List of Candidate objects to make predictions for.
Returns:
Predictions object containing means and optionally variances
and empirical distributions.
"""
return self.model.predict(candidates)
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def featurise(self, inputs: list[Candidate]) -> Any:
"""Featurise the given inputs using the surrogate model's featurisation method.
Args:
inputs: List of Candidate objects or a LabelledCandidates instance
to featurise.
Returns:
Feature representation from the underlying model, typically
an np.ndarray or torch.Tensor.
"""
return self.model.featurise(inputs)
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def get_training_summary_metrics(self) -> dict[str, Union[float, int, np.number]]:
"""Get summary metrics from the most recent training run.
Returns:
Dictionary of metric names to values from the underlying model's training.
"""
return self.model.get_training_summary_metrics()