// tree/cluster-utils.h // Copyright 2012 Arnab Ghoshal // Copyright 2009-2011 Microsoft Corporation; Saarland University // See ../../COPYING for clarification regarding multiple authors // // Licensed under the Apache License, Version 2.0 (the "License"); // you may not use this file except in compliance with the License. // You may obtain a copy of the License at // // http://www.apache.org/licenses/LICENSE-2.0 // // THIS CODE IS PROVIDED *AS IS* BASIS, WITHOUT WARRANTIES OR CONDITIONS OF ANY // KIND, EITHER EXPRESS OR IMPLIED, INCLUDING WITHOUT LIMITATION ANY IMPLIED // WARRANTIES OR CONDITIONS OF TITLE, FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE, // MERCHANTABLITY OR NON-INFRINGEMENT. // See the Apache 2 License for the specific language governing permissions and // limitations under the License. #ifndef KALDI_TREE_CLUSTER_UTILS_H_ #define KALDI_TREE_CLUSTER_UTILS_H_ #include #include "matrix/matrix-lib.h" #include "itf/clusterable-itf.h" namespace kaldi { /// \addtogroup clustering_group_simple /// @{ /// Returns the total objective function after adding up all the /// statistics in the vector (pointers may be NULL). BaseFloat SumClusterableObjf(const std::vector &vec); /// Returns the total normalizer (usually count) of the cluster (pointers may be NULL). BaseFloat SumClusterableNormalizer(const std::vector &vec); /// Sums stats (ptrs may be NULL). Returns NULL if no non-NULL stats present. Clusterable *SumClusterable(const std::vector &vec); /** Fills in any (NULL) holes in "stats" vector, with empty stats, because * certain algorithms require non-NULL stats. If "stats" nonempty, requires it * to contain at least one non-NULL pointer that we can call Copy() on. */ void EnsureClusterableVectorNotNull(std::vector *stats); /** Given stats and a vector "assignments" of the same size (that maps to * cluster indices), sums the stats up into "clusters." It will add to any * stats already present in "clusters" (although typically "clusters" will be * empty when called), and it will extend with NULL pointers for any unseen * indices. Call EnsureClusterableStatsNotNull afterwards if you want to ensure * all non-NULL clusters. Pointer in "clusters" are owned by caller. Pointers in * "stats" do not have to be non-NULL. */ void AddToClusters(const std::vector &stats, const std::vector &assignments, std::vector *clusters); /// AddToClustersOptimized does the same as AddToClusters (it sums up the stats /// within each cluster, except it uses the sum of all the stats ("total") to /// optimize the computation for speed, if possible. This will generally only be /// a significant speedup in the case where there are just two clusters, which /// can happen in algorithms that are doing binary splits; the idea is that we /// sum up all the stats in one cluster (the one with the fewest points in it), /// and then subtract from the total. void AddToClustersOptimized(const std::vector &stats, const std::vector &assignments, const Clusterable &total, std::vector *clusters); /// @} end "addtogroup clustering_group_simple" /// \addtogroup clustering_group_algo /// @{ // Note, in the algorithms below, it is assumed that the input "points" (which // is std::vector) is all non-NULL. /** A bottom-up clustering algorithm. There are two parameters that control how * many clusters we get: a "max_merge_thresh" which is a threshold for merging * clusters, and a min_clust which puts a floor on the number of clusters we want. Set * max_merge_thresh = large to use the min_clust only, or min_clust to 0 to use * the max_merge_thresh only. * * The algorithm is: * \code * while (num-clusters > min_clust && smallest_merge_cost <= max_merge_thresh) * merge the closest two clusters. * \endcode * * @param points [in] Points to be clustered (may not contain NULL pointers) * @param thresh [in] Threshold on cost change from merging clusters; clusters * won't be merged if the cost is more than this * @param min_clust [in] Minimum number of clusters desired; we'll stop merging * after reaching this number. * @param clusters_out [out] If non-NULL, will be set to a vector of size equal * to the number of output clusters, containing the clustered * statistics. Must be empty when called. * @param assignments_out [out] If non-NULL, will be resized to the number of * points, and each element is the index of the cluster that point * was assigned to. * @return Returns the total objf change relative to all clusters being separate, which is * a negative. Note that this is not the same as what the other clustering algorithms return. */ BaseFloat ClusterBottomUp(const std::vector &points, BaseFloat thresh, int32 min_clust, std::vector *clusters_out, std::vector *assignments_out); /** This is a bottom-up clustering where the points are pre-clustered in a set * of compartments, such that only points in the same compartment are clustered * together. The compartment and pair of points with the smallest merge cost * is selected and the points are clustered. The result stays in the same * compartment. The code does not merge compartments, and hence assumes that * the number of compartments is smaller than the 'min_clust' option. * The clusters in "clusters_out" are newly allocated and owned by the caller. */ BaseFloat ClusterBottomUpCompartmentalized( const std::vector< std::vector > &points, BaseFloat thresh, int32 min_clust, std::vector< std::vector > *clusters_out, std::vector< std::vector > *assignments_out); struct RefineClustersOptions { int32 num_iters; // must be >= 0. If zero, does nothing. int32 top_n; // must be >= 2. RefineClustersOptions() : num_iters(100), top_n(5) {} RefineClustersOptions(int32 num_iters_in, int32 top_n_in) : num_iters(num_iters_in), top_n(top_n_in) {} // include Write and Read functions because this object gets written/read as // part of the QuestionsForKeyOptions class. void Write(std::ostream &os, bool binary) const; void Read(std::istream &is, bool binary); }; /** RefineClusters is mainly used internally by other clustering algorithms. * * It starts with a given assignment of points to clusters and * keeps trying to improve it by moving points from cluster to cluster, up to * a maximum number of iterations. * * "clusters" and "assignments" are both input and output variables, and so * both MUST be non-NULL. * * "top_n" (>=2) is a pruning value: more is more exact, fewer is faster. The * algorithm initially finds the "top_n" closest clusters to any given point, * and from that point only consider move to those "top_n" clusters. Since * RefineClusters is called multiple times from ClusterKMeans (for instance), * this is not really a limitation. */ BaseFloat RefineClusters(const std::vector &points, std::vector *clusters /*non-NULL*/, std::vector *assignments /*non-NULL*/, RefineClustersOptions cfg = RefineClustersOptions()); struct ClusterKMeansOptions { RefineClustersOptions refine_cfg; int32 num_iters; int32 num_tries; // if >1, try whole procedure >once and pick best. bool verbose; ClusterKMeansOptions() : refine_cfg(), num_iters(20), num_tries(2), verbose(true) {} }; /** ClusterKMeans is a K-means-like clustering algorithm. It starts with * pseudo-random initialization of points to clusters and uses RefineClusters * to iteratively improve the cluster assignments. It does this for * multiple iterations and picks the result with the best objective function. * * * ClusterKMeans implicitly uses Rand(). It will not necessarily return * the same value on different calls. Use sRand() if you want consistent * results. * The algorithm used in ClusterKMeans is a "k-means-like" algorithm that tries * to be as efficient as possible. Firstly, since the algorithm it uses * includes random initialization, it tries the whole thing cfg.num_tries times * and picks the one with the best objective function. Each try, it does as * follows: it randomly initializes points to clusters, and then for * cfg.num_iters iterations it calls RefineClusters(). The options to * RefineClusters() are given by cfg.refine_cfg. Calling RefineClusters once * will always be at least as good as doing one iteration of reassigning points to * clusters, but will generally be quite a bit better (without taking too * much extra time). * * @param points [in] points to be clustered (must be all non-NULL). * @param num_clust [in] number of clusters requested (it will always return exactly * this many, or will fail if num_clust > points.size()). * @param clusters_out [out] may be NULL; if non-NULL, should be empty when called. * Will be set to a vector of statistics corresponding to the output clusters. * @param assignments_out [out] may be NULL; if non-NULL, will be set to a vector of * same size as "points", which says for each point which cluster * it is assigned to. * @param cfg [in] configuration class specifying options to the algorithm. * @return Returns the objective function improvement versus everything being * in the same cluster. * */ BaseFloat ClusterKMeans(const std::vector &points, int32 num_clust, // exact number of clusters std::vector *clusters_out, // may be NULL std::vector *assignments_out, // may be NULL ClusterKMeansOptions cfg = ClusterKMeansOptions()); struct TreeClusterOptions { ClusterKMeansOptions kmeans_cfg; int32 branch_factor; BaseFloat thresh; // Objf change: if >0, may be used to control number of leaves. TreeClusterOptions() : kmeans_cfg(), branch_factor(2), thresh(0) { kmeans_cfg.verbose = false; } }; /** TreeCluster is a top-down clustering algorithm, using a binary tree (not * necessarily balanced). Returns objf improvement versus having all points * in one cluster. The algorithm is: * - Initialize to 1 cluster (tree with 1 node). * - Maintain, for each cluster, a "best-binary-split" (using ClusterKMeans * to do so). Always split the highest scoring cluster, until we can do no * more splits. * * @param points [in] Data points to be clustered * @param max_clust [in] Maximum number of clusters (you will get exactly this number, * if there are at least this many points, except if you set the * cfg.thresh value nonzero, in which case that threshold may limit * the number of clusters. * @param clusters_out [out] If non-NULL, will be set to the a vector whose first * (*num_leaves_out) elements are the leaf clusters, and whose * subsequent elements are the nonleaf nodes in the tree, in * topological order with the root node last. Must be empty vector * when this function is called. * @param assignments_out [out] If non-NULL, will be set to a vector to a vector the * same size as "points", where assignments[i] is the leaf node index i * to which the i'th point gets clustered. * @param clust_assignments_out [out] If non-NULL, will be set to a vector the same size * as clusters_out which says for each node (leaf or nonleaf), the * index of its parent. For the root node (which is last), * assignments_out[i] == i. For each i, assignments_out[i]>=i, i.e. * any node's parent is higher numbered than itself. If you don't need * this information, consider using instead the ClusterTopDown function. * @param num_leaves_out [out] If non-NULL, will be set to the number of leaf nodes * in the tree. * @param cfg [in] Configuration object that controls clustering behavior. Most * important value is "thresh", which provides an alternative mechanism * [other than max_clust] to limit the number of leaves. */ BaseFloat TreeCluster(const std::vector &points, int32 max_clust, // max number of leaf-level clusters. std::vector *clusters_out, std::vector *assignments_out, std::vector *clust_assignments_out, int32 *num_leaves_out, TreeClusterOptions cfg = TreeClusterOptions()); /** * A clustering algorithm that internally uses TreeCluster, * but does not give you the information about the structure of the tree. * The "clusters_out" and "assignments_out" may be NULL if the outputs are not * needed. * * @param points [in] points to be clustered (must be all non-NULL). * @param max_clust [in] Maximum number of clusters (you will get exactly this number, * if there are at least this many points, except if you set the * cfg.thresh value nonzero, in which case that threshold may limit * the number of clusters. * @param clusters_out [out] may be NULL; if non-NULL, should be empty when called. * Will be set to a vector of statistics corresponding to the output clusters. * @param assignments_out [out] may be NULL; if non-NULL, will be set to a vector of * same size as "points", which says for each point which cluster * it is assigned to. * @param cfg [in] Configuration object that controls clustering behavior. Most * important value is "thresh", which provides an alternative mechanism * [other than max_clust] to limit the number of leaves. */ BaseFloat ClusterTopDown(const std::vector &points, int32 max_clust, // max number of clusters. std::vector *clusters_out, std::vector *assignments_out, TreeClusterOptions cfg = TreeClusterOptions()); /// @} end of "addtogroup clustering_group_algo" } // end namespace kaldi. #endif // KALDI_TREE_CLUSTER_UTILS_H_