CTCErrorEvaluator.cpp

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#include "Evaluator.h"
#include "paddle/gserver/gradientmachines/NeuralNetwork.h"

namespace paddle {

/**
 * calculate sequence-to-sequence edit distance
 */
class CTCErrorEvaluator : public Evaluator {
private:
  MatrixPtr outActivations_;
  int numTimes_, numClasses_, numSequences_, blank_;
  real deletions_, insertions_, substitutions_;
  int seqClassficationError_;

  std::vector<int> path2String(const std::vector<int>& path) {
    std::vector<int> str;
    str.clear();
    int prevLabel = -1;
    for (std::vector<int>::const_iterator label = path.begin();
         label != path.end(); label++) {
      if (*label != blank_ &&
          (str.empty() || *label != str.back() || prevLabel == blank_)) {
        str.push_back(*label);
      }
      prevLabel = *label;
    }
    return str;
  }

  std::vector<int> bestLabelSeq() {
    std::vector<int> path;
    path.clear();
    real* acts = outActivations_->getData();
    for (int i = 0; i < numTimes_; ++i) {
      path.push_back(std::max_element(acts + i * numClasses_,
                                      acts + (i + 1) * numClasses_) -
                     (acts + i * numClasses_));
    }
    return path2String(path);
  }

  /* "sp, dp, ip" is the weighting parameter of "substitution, deletion,
   * insertion"
   * in edit-distance error */
  real stringAlignment(std::vector<int>& gtStr, std::vector<int>& recogStr,
                       bool backtrace = true, real sp = 1.0, real dp = 1.0,
                       real ip = 1.0) {
    std::vector<std::vector<int>> matrix;
    int substitutions, deletions, insertions;
    real distance;
    int n = gtStr.size();
    int m = recogStr.size();

    if (n == 0) {
      substitutions = 0;
      deletions = 0;
      insertions = m;
      distance = m;
    } else if (m == 0) {
      substitutions = 0;
      deletions = n;
      insertions = 0;
      distance = n;
    } else {
      substitutions = 0;
      deletions = 0;
      insertions = 0;
      distance = 0;
      // initialize the matrix
      matrix.resize(n + 1);
      for (int i = 0; i < n + 1; ++i) {
        matrix[i].resize(m + 1);
        for (int j = 0; j < m + 1; ++j) {
          matrix[i][j] = 0;
        }
      }
      for (int i = 0; i < n + 1; ++i) {
        matrix[i][0] = i;
      }
      for (int j = 0; j < m + 1; ++j) {
        matrix[0][j] = j;
      }

      // calculate the insertions, substitutions and deletions
      for (int i = 1; i < n + 1; ++i) {
        int s_i = gtStr[i - 1];
        for (int j = 1; j < m + 1; ++j) {
          int t_j = recogStr[j - 1];
          int cost = (s_i == t_j) ? 0 : 1;
          const int above = matrix[i - 1][j];
          const int left = matrix[i][j - 1];
          const int diag = matrix[i - 1][j - 1];
          const int cell = std::min(above + 1, std::min(left + 1, diag + cost));
          matrix[i][j] = cell;
        }
      }

      if (backtrace) {
        size_t i = n;
        size_t j = m;
        substitutions = 0;
        deletions = 0;
        insertions = 0;

        while (i != 0 && j != 0) {
          if (matrix[i][j] == matrix[i - 1][j - 1]) {
            --i;
            --j;
          } else if (matrix[i][j] == matrix[i - 1][j - 1] + 1) {
            ++substitutions;
            --i;
            --j;
          } else if (matrix[i][j] == matrix[i - 1][j] + 1) {
            ++deletions;
            --i;
          } else {
            ++insertions;
            --j;
          }
        }
        while (i != 0) {
          ++deletions;
          --i;
        }
        while (j != 0) {
          ++insertions;
          --j;
        }
        int diff = substitutions + deletions + insertions;
        if (diff != matrix[n][m]) {
          LOG(ERROR) << "Found path with distance " << diff
                     << " but Levenshtein distance is " << matrix[n][m];
        }

        distance = (sp * substitutions) + (dp * deletions) + (ip * insertions);
      } else {
        distance = (real)matrix[n][m];
      }
    }
    real maxLen = std::max(m, n);
    deletions_ += deletions / maxLen;
    insertions_ += insertions / maxLen;
    substitutions_ += substitutions / maxLen;

    if (distance != 0) {
      seqClassficationError_ += 1;
    }

    return distance / maxLen;
  }

  real editDistance(real* output, int numTimes, int numClasses, int* labels,
                    int labelsLen) {
    numTimes_ = numTimes;
    numClasses_ = numClasses;
    blank_ = numClasses_ - 1;
    outActivations_ = Matrix::create(output, numTimes, numClasses);
    std::vector<int> recogStr, gtStr;
    recogStr = bestLabelSeq();
    for (int i = 0; i < labelsLen; ++i) {
      gtStr.push_back(labels[i]);
    }

    return stringAlignment(gtStr, recogStr);
  }

public:
  CTCErrorEvaluator()
      : numTimes_(0),
        numClasses_(0),
        numSequences_(0),
        blank_(0),
        deletions_(0),
        insertions_(0),
        substitutions_(0),
        seqClassficationError_(0) {}

  virtual real evalImp(std::vector<Argument>& arguments) {
    CHECK_EQ(arguments.size(), (size_t)2);
    Argument output, label;
    output.resizeAndCopyFrom(arguments[0], false, HPPL_STREAM_DEFAULT);
    label.resizeAndCopyFrom(arguments[1], false, HPPL_STREAM_DEFAULT);
    hl_stream_synchronize(HPPL_STREAM_DEFAULT);
    CHECK(label.sequenceStartPositions);
    CHECK(label.ids);
    size_t numSequences = label.sequenceStartPositions->getSize() - 1;
    const int* labelStarts = label.sequenceStartPositions->getData(false);
    const int* outputStarts = output.sequenceStartPositions->getData(false);
    real totalErr = 0;
    for (size_t i = 0; i < numSequences; ++i) {
      real err = 0;
      err = editDistance(
          output.value->getData() + output.value->getWidth() * outputStarts[i],
          outputStarts[i+1] - outputStarts[i], output.value->getWidth(),
          label.ids->getData() + labelStarts[i],
          labelStarts[i + 1] - labelStarts[i]);

      totalErr += err;
    }

    return totalErr;
  }

  virtual void eval(const NeuralNetwork& nn) {
    Evaluator::eval(nn);
    std::vector<Argument> arguments;
    arguments.reserve(config_.input_layers_size());
    for (const std::string& name : config_.input_layers()) {
      arguments.push_back(nn.getLayer(name)->getOutput());
    }
  }

  virtual void updateSamplesNum(const std::vector<Argument>& arguments) {
    numSequences_ += arguments[1].getNumSequences();
  }

  virtual void start() {
    Evaluator::start();
    numSequences_ = 0;
    blank_ = 0;
    deletions_ = 0;
    insertions_ = 0;
    substitutions_ = 0;
    seqClassficationError_ = 0;
  }

  virtual void printStats(std::ostream& os) {
    os << config_.name() << "="
       << (numSequences_ ? totalScore_ / numSequences_ : 0);
    os << "  deletions error"
       << "=" << (numSequences_ ? deletions_ / numSequences_ : 0);
    os << "  insertions error"
       << "=" << (numSequences_ ? insertions_ / numSequences_ : 0);
    os << "  substitutions error"
       << "=" << (numSequences_ ? substitutions_ / numSequences_ : 0);
    os << "  sequences error"
       << "=" << (real)seqClassficationError_ / numSequences_;
  }

  virtual void distributeEval(ParameterClient2* client) {
    double buf[6] = {totalScore_,
                     (double)deletions_,
                     (double)insertions_,
                     (double)substitutions_,
                     (double)seqClassficationError_,
                     (double)numSequences_};
    client->reduce(buf, buf, 6, FLAGS_trainer_id, 0);
    totalScore_ = buf[0];
    deletions_ = (real)buf[1];
    insertions_ = (real)buf[2];
    substitutions_ = (real)buf[3];
    seqClassficationError_ = (int)buf[4];
    numSequences_ = (int)buf[5];
  }
};

REGISTER_EVALUATOR(ctc_edit_distance, CTCErrorEvaluator);

}  // namespace paddle