CRFLayer.cpp

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#include "CRFLayer.h"

namespace paddle {

REGISTER_LAYER(crf, CRFLayer);

bool CRFLayer::init(const LayerMap& layerMap,
                    const ParameterMap& parameterMap) {
  /* Initialize the basic parent class */
  Layer::init(layerMap, parameterMap);

  if (config_.type() == "crf") {
    CHECK_GE(inputLayers_.size(), 2UL);
    // the third output is sequence weight. one weight for each sequence
    CHECK_LE(inputLayers_.size(), 3UL);
  }

  // coeff only affect bp, keep consistent with CostLayer
  coeff_ = config_.coeff();
  if (inputLayers_.size() == 3) {
    weightLayer_ = inputLayers_[2];
  }

  numClasses_ = inputLayers_[0]->getSize();

  CHECK_GE(numClasses_, 2UL);

  CHECK_EQ(parameters_[0]->getSize(), numClasses_ * (numClasses_ + 2));

  parameter_ = parameters_[0];

  // We don't need sequenceStartPositions because each sample of output_ is
  // for the cost of one sequence.
  setNeedSequenceInfo(false);

  return true;
}

void CRFLayer::forward(PassType passType) {
  Layer::forward(passType);

  CHECK(!useGpu_) << "GPU is not supported";

  const Argument& output = getInput(0);
  const Argument& label = getInput(1);
  CHECK(label.sequenceStartPositions);
  CHECK(label.ids);

  int batchSize = output.getBatchSize();
  size_t numSequences = label.sequenceStartPositions->getSize() - 1;
  resizeOutput(numSequences, 1);

  const int* starts = label.sequenceStartPositions->getData(false);
  CHECK_EQ(starts[numSequences], batchSize);

  for (size_t i = 0; i < numSequences; ++i) {
    if (i >= crfs_.size()) {
      crfs_.emplace_back(numClasses_,
                         parameter_->getBuf(PARAMETER_VALUE)->getData(),
                         parameter_->getBuf(PARAMETER_GRADIENT)
                            ? parameter_->getBuf(PARAMETER_GRADIENT)->getData()
                            : nullptr);
    }
    output_.value->getData()[i] = crfs_[i].forward(
        output.value->getData() + numClasses_ * starts[i],
        label.ids->getData() + starts[i], starts[i + 1] - starts[i]);
  }

  if (weightLayer_) {
    const MatrixPtr& weight = getInputValue(*weightLayer_);
    getOutputValue()->dotMul(*getOutputValue(), *weight);
  }
}

void CRFLayer::backward(const UpdateCallback &callback) {
  const Argument& output = getInput(0);
  const Argument& label = getInput(1);
  const int* starts = label.sequenceStartPositions->getData(false);
  int numSequences = label.sequenceStartPositions->getSize() - 1;

  for (int i = 0; i < numSequences; ++i) {
    crfs_[i].backward(output.value->getData() + numClasses_ * starts[i],
                      output.grad->getData() + numClasses_ * starts[i],
                      label.ids->getData() + starts[i],
                      starts[i + 1] - starts[i]);
    if (weightLayer_) {
      real weight = getInputValue(*weightLayer_)->getElement(i, 0);
      MatrixPtr grad = output.grad->subRowMatrix(starts[i], starts[i+1]);
      grad->mulScalar(weight);
    }
  }

  if (coeff_ != real(1.0f)) {
    output.grad->mulScalar(coeff_);
  }

  parameter_->incUpdate(callback);
}

}  // namespace paddle