Merge pull request #194 from kuke/improve_tuning_dev

Improve params tuning strategy for CTC beam search decoder

deep_speech_2/examples/librispeech/run_tune.sh

@@ -3,29 +3,31 @@
 pushd ../.. > /dev/null
 
 # grid-search for hyper-parameters in language model
-CUDA_VISIBLE_DEVICES=0,1,2,3,4,5,6,7 \
+CUDA_VISIBLE_DEVICES=0,1,2,3 \
 python -u tools/tune.py \
---num_samples=100 \
+--num_batches=-1 \
+--batch_size=256 \
 --trainer_count=8 \
 --beam_size=500 \
 --num_proc_bsearch=12 \
 --num_conv_layers=2 \
 --num_rnn_layers=3 \
 --rnn_layer_size=2048 \
---num_alphas=14 \
---num_betas=20 \
---alpha_from=0.1 \
---alpha_to=0.36 \
---beta_from=0.05 \
---beta_to=1.0 \
---cutoff_prob=0.99 \
+--num_alphas=45 \
+--num_betas=8 \
+--alpha_from=1.0 \
+--alpha_to=3.2 \
+--beta_from=0.1 \
+--beta_to=0.45 \
+--cutoff_prob=1.0 \
+--cutoff_top_n=40 \
 --use_gru=False \
 --use_gpu=True \
 --share_rnn_weights=True \
 --tune_manifest='data/librispeech/manifest.dev-clean' \
 --mean_std_path='data/librispeech/mean_std.npz' \
---vocab_path='data/librispeech/vocab.txt' \
---model_path='checkpoints/libri/params.latest.tar.gz' \
+--vocab_path='models/librispeech/vocab.txt' \
+--model_path='models/librispeech/params.tar.gz' \
 --lang_model_path='models/lm/common_crawl_00.prune01111.trie.klm' \
 --error_rate_type='wer' \
 --specgram_type='linear'

deep_speech_2/examples/tiny/run_tune.sh

@@ -5,20 +5,22 @@ pushd ../.. > /dev/null
 # grid-search for hyper-parameters in language model
 CUDA_VISIBLE_DEVICES=0,1,2,3,4,5,6,7 \
 python -u tools/tune.py \
---num_samples=100 \
+--num_batches=1 \
+--batch_size=24 \
 --trainer_count=8 \
 --beam_size=500 \
 --num_proc_bsearch=12 \
 --num_conv_layers=2 \
 --num_rnn_layers=3 \
 --rnn_layer_size=2048 \
---num_alphas=14 \
---num_betas=20 \
---alpha_from=0.1 \
---alpha_to=0.36 \
---beta_from=0.05 \
---beta_to=1.0 \
---cutoff_prob=0.99 \
+--num_alphas=45 \
+--num_betas=8 \
+--alpha_from=1.0 \
+--alpha_to=3.2 \
+--beta_from=0.1 \
+--beta_to=0.45 \
+--cutoff_prob=1.0 \
+--cutoff_top_n=40 \
 --use_gru=False \
 --use_gpu=True \
 --share_rnn_weights=True \

deep_speech_2/tools/tune.py

@@ -3,6 +3,7 @@ from __future__ import absolute_import
 from __future__ import division
 from __future__ import print_function
 
+import sys
 import numpy as np
 import argparse
 import functools
@@ -10,32 +11,35 @@ import paddle.v2 as paddle
 import _init_paths
 from data_utils.data import DataGenerator
 from model_utils.model import DeepSpeech2Model
-from utils.error_rate import wer
+from utils.error_rate import wer, cer
 from utils.utility import add_arguments, print_arguments
 
 parser = argparse.ArgumentParser(description=__doc__)
 add_arg = functools.partial(add_arguments, argparser=parser)
 # yapf: disable
-add_arg('num_samples',      int,    100,    "# of samples to infer.")
+add_arg('num_batches',      int,    -1,     "# of batches tuning on. "
+                                            "Default -1, on whole dev set.")
+add_arg('batch_size',       int,    256,    "# of samples per batch.")
 add_arg('trainer_count',    int,    8,      "# of Trainers (CPUs or GPUs).")
 add_arg('beam_size',        int,    500,    "Beam search width.")
 add_arg('num_proc_bsearch', int,    12,     "# of CPUs for beam search.")
 add_arg('num_conv_layers',  int,    2,      "# of convolution layers.")
 add_arg('num_rnn_layers',   int,    3,      "# of recurrent layers.")
 add_arg('rnn_layer_size',   int,    2048,   "# of recurrent cells per layer.")
-add_arg('num_alphas',       int,    14,     "# of alpha candidates for tuning.")
-add_arg('num_betas',        int,    20,     "# of beta candidates for tuning.")
-add_arg('alpha_from',       float,  0.1,    "Where alpha starts tuning from.")
-add_arg('alpha_to',         float,  0.36,   "Where alpha ends tuning with.")
-add_arg('beta_from',        float,  0.05,   "Where beta starts tuning from.")
-add_arg('beta_to',          float,  1.0,    "Where beta ends tuning with.")
-add_arg('cutoff_prob',      float,  0.99,   "Cutoff probability for pruning.")
+add_arg('num_alphas',       int,    45,     "# of alpha candidates for tuning.")
+add_arg('num_betas',        int,    8,      "# of beta candidates for tuning.")
+add_arg('alpha_from',       float,  1.0,    "Where alpha starts tuning from.")
+add_arg('alpha_to',         float,  3.2,    "Where alpha ends tuning with.")
+add_arg('beta_from',        float,  0.1,    "Where beta starts tuning from.")
+add_arg('beta_to',          float,  0.45,   "Where beta ends tuning with.")
+add_arg('cutoff_prob',      float,  1.0,    "Cutoff probability for pruning.")
+add_arg('cutoff_top_n',     int,    40,     "Cutoff number for pruning.")
 add_arg('use_gru',          bool,   False,  "Use GRUs instead of simple RNNs.")
 add_arg('use_gpu',          bool,   True,   "Use GPU or not.")
 add_arg('share_rnn_weights',bool,   True,   "Share input-hidden weights across "
                                             "bi-directional RNNs. Not for GRU.")
 add_arg('tune_manifest',    str,
-        'data/librispeech/manifest.dev',
+        'data/librispeech/manifest.dev-clean',
         "Filepath of manifest to tune.")
 add_arg('mean_std_path',    str,
         'data/librispeech/mean_std.npz',
@@ -63,7 +67,7 @@ args = parser.parse_args()
 
 
 def tune():
-    """Tune parameters alpha and beta on one minibatch."""
+    """Tune parameters alpha and beta incrementally."""
     if not args.num_alphas >= 0:
         raise ValueError("num_alphas must be non-negative!")
     if not args.num_betas >= 0:
@@ -77,7 +81,7 @@ def tune():
         num_threads=1)
     batch_reader = data_generator.batch_reader_creator(
         manifest_path=args.tune_manifest,
-        batch_size=args.num_samples,
+        batch_size=args.batch_size,
         sortagrad=False,
         shuffle_method=None)
     tune_data = batch_reader().next()
@@ -95,30 +99,75 @@ def tune():
         pretrained_model_path=args.model_path,
         share_rnn_weights=args.share_rnn_weights)
 
+    # decoders only accept string encoded in utf-8
+    vocab_list = [chars.encode("utf-8") for chars in data_generator.vocab_list]
+
+    error_rate_func = cer if args.error_rate_type == 'cer' else wer
     # create grid for search
     cand_alphas = np.linspace(args.alpha_from, args.alpha_to, args.num_alphas)
     cand_betas = np.linspace(args.beta_from, args.beta_to, args.num_betas)
     params_grid = [(alpha, beta) for alpha in cand_alphas
                    for beta in cand_betas]
 
-    ## tune parameters in loop
-    for alpha, beta in params_grid:
-        result_transcripts = ds2_model.infer_batch(
-            infer_data=tune_data,
-            decoding_method='ctc_beam_search',
-            beam_alpha=alpha,
-            beam_beta=beta,
-            beam_size=args.beam_size,
-            cutoff_prob=args.cutoff_prob,
-            vocab_list=data_generator.vocab_list,
-            language_model_path=args.lang_model_path,
-            num_processes=args.num_proc_bsearch)
-        wer_sum, num_ins = 0.0, 0
-        for target, result in zip(target_transcripts, result_transcripts):
-            wer_sum += wer(target, result)
-            num_ins += 1
-        print("alpha = %f\tbeta = %f\tWER = %f" %
-              (alpha, beta, wer_sum / num_ins))
+    err_sum = [0.0 for i in xrange(len(params_grid))]
+    err_ave = [0.0 for i in xrange(len(params_grid))]
+    num_ins, cur_batch = 0, 0
+    ## incremental tuning parameters over multiple batches
+    for infer_data in batch_reader():
+        if (args.num_batches >= 0) and (cur_batch >= args.num_batches):
+            break
+
+        target_transcripts = [
+            ''.join([data_generator.vocab_list[token] for token in transcript])
+            for _, transcript in infer_data
+        ]
+
+        num_ins += len(target_transcripts)
+        # grid search
+        for index, (alpha, beta) in enumerate(params_grid):
+            result_transcripts = ds2_model.infer_batch(
+                infer_data=infer_data,
+                decoding_method='ctc_beam_search',
+                beam_alpha=alpha,
+                beam_beta=beta,
+                beam_size=args.beam_size,
+                cutoff_prob=args.cutoff_prob,
+                cutoff_top_n=args.cutoff_top_n,
+                vocab_list=vocab_list,
+                language_model_path=args.lang_model_path,
+                num_processes=args.num_proc_bsearch)
+
+            for target, result in zip(target_transcripts, result_transcripts):
+                err_sum[index] += error_rate_func(target, result)
+            err_ave[index] = err_sum[index] / num_ins
+            if index % 2 == 0:
+                sys.stdout.write('.')
+                sys.stdout.flush()
+
+        # output on-line tuning result at the end of current batch
+        err_ave_min = min(err_ave)
+        min_index = err_ave.index(err_ave_min)
+        print("\nBatch %d [%d/?], current opt (alpha, beta) = (%s, %s), "
+              " min [%s] = %f" %(cur_batch, num_ins,
+              "%.3f" % params_grid[min_index][0],
+              "%.3f" % params_grid[min_index][1],
+              args.error_rate_type, err_ave_min))
+        cur_batch += 1
+
+    # output WER/CER at every (alpha, beta)
+    print("\nFinal %s:\n" % args.error_rate_type)
+    for index in xrange(len(params_grid)):
+        print("(alpha, beta) = (%s, %s), [%s] = %f"
+             % ("%.3f" % params_grid[index][0], "%.3f" % params_grid[index][1],
+             args.error_rate_type, err_ave[index]))
+
+    err_ave_min = min(err_ave)
+    min_index = err_ave.index(err_ave_min)
+    print("\nFinish tuning on %d batches, final opt (alpha, beta) = (%s, %s)"
+            % (args.num_batches, "%.3f" % params_grid[min_index][0],
+              "%.3f" % params_grid[min_index][1]))
+
+    ds2_model.logger.info("finish inference")
 
 
 def main():