BranchlessTree.hxx

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 *      Stefan Wunsch (stefan.wunsch@cern.ch)                                     *
 *      Luca Zampieri (luca.zampieri@alumni.epfl.ch)                              *
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 *      CERN, Switzerland                                                         *
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#ifndef TMVA_TREEINFERENCE_BRANCHLESSTREE
#define TMVA_TREEINFERENCE_BRANCHLESSTREE
 
#include <vector>
#include <algorithm>
#include <string>
#include <sstream>
 
namespace TMVA {
namespace Experimental {
 
namespace Internal {
 
/// Fill the empty nodes of a sparse tree recursively
template <typename T>
void RecursiveFill(int thisIndex, int lastIndex, int treeDepth, int maxTreeDepth, std::vector<T> &thresholds,
                   std::vector<int> &inputs)
{
   // If we are upstream of a leaf in a sparse branch, copy the last threshold value
   // and mark this node as a leaf again
   if (inputs[lastIndex] == -1) {
      thresholds.at(thisIndex) = thresholds.at(lastIndex);
      // Don't access the feature vector in the last layer of the tree since we
      // don't store these values in the inputs vector
      if (treeDepth < maxTreeDepth)
         inputs.at(thisIndex) = -1;
   }
 
   // Fill the children of this node if we are not in the final layer of the tree
   if (treeDepth < maxTreeDepth) {
      Internal::RecursiveFill<T>(2 * thisIndex + 1, thisIndex, treeDepth + 1, maxTreeDepth, thresholds, inputs);
      Internal::RecursiveFill<T>(2 * thisIndex + 2, thisIndex, treeDepth + 1, maxTreeDepth, thresholds, inputs);
   }
}
 
} // namespace Internal
 
/// \class BranchlessTree
/// \brief Branchless representation of a decision tree using topological ordering
///
/// \tparam T Value type for the computation (usually floating point type)
template <typename T>
struct BranchlessTree {
   int fTreeDepth;             ///< Depth of the tree
   std::vector<T> fThresholds; ///< Cut thresholds or scores if corresponding node is a leaf
   std::vector<int> fInputs;   ///< Cut variables / inputs
 
   inline T Inference(const T *input, const int stride);
   inline void FillSparse();
   inline std::string GetInferenceCode(const std::string& funcName, const std::string& typeName);
};
 
/// Perform inference on a single input vector
/// \param[in] input Pointer to data containing the input values
/// \param[in] stride Stride to go from one input variable to the next one
/// \param[out] Tree score, result of the inference
template <typename T>
inline T BranchlessTree<T>::Inference(const T *input, const int stride)
{
   int index = 0;
   for (int level = 0; level < fTreeDepth; ++level) {
      index = 2 * index + 1 + (input[fInputs[index] * stride] > fThresholds[index]);
   }
   return fThresholds[index];
}
 
/// Fill nodes of a sparse tree forming a full tree
///
/// Sparse parts of the tree are marked with -1 values in the feature vector. The
/// algorithm fills these parts up with the last threshold value so that the result
/// of the inference stays the same but the computation always traverses the full tree,
/// which is needed to avoid branching logic.
template <typename T>
inline void BranchlessTree<T>::FillSparse()
{
   // Fill threshold / leaf values recursively
   Internal::RecursiveFill<T>(1, 0, 1, fTreeDepth, fThresholds, fInputs);
   Internal::RecursiveFill<T>(2, 0, 1, fTreeDepth, fThresholds, fInputs);
 
   // Replace feature indices of -1 with 0
   std::replace(fInputs.begin(), fInputs.end(), -1.0, 0.0);
}
 
/// Get code for compiling the inference function of the branchless tree with
/// the current thresholds and cut variables
///
/// \param[in] funcName Name of the function
/// \param[in] typeName Name of the type used for the computation
/// \param[out] Code of the inference function as string
template <typename T>
inline std::string BranchlessTree<T>::GetInferenceCode(const std::string& funcName, const std::string& typeName)
{
   std::stringstream ss;
 
   // Build signature
   ss << "inline " << typeName << " " << funcName << "(const " << typeName << "* input, const int stride)";
 
   // Function body
   ss << "\n{\n";
 
   // Hard-code thresholds and cut variables
   ss << "   const int inputs[" << fInputs.size() << "] = {";
   int last = static_cast<int>(fInputs.size() - 1);
   for (int i = 0; i < last + 1; i++) {
      ss << fInputs[i];
      if (i != last) ss << ", ";
   }
   ss << "};\n";
 
   ss << "   const " << typeName << " thresholds[" << fThresholds.size() << "] = {";
   last = static_cast<int>(fThresholds.size() - 1);
   for (int i = 0; i < last + 1; i++) {
      ss << fThresholds[i];
      if (i != last) ss << ", ";
   }
   ss << "};\n";
 
   // Add inference code
   ss << "   int index = 0;\n";
   for (int level = 0; level < fTreeDepth; ++level) {
      ss << "   index = 2 * index + 1 + (input[inputs[index] * stride] > thresholds[index]);\n";
   }
   ss << "   return thresholds[index];\n";
   ss << "}";
 
   return ss.str();
}
 
} // namespace Experimental
} // namespace TMVA
 
#endif // TMVA_TREEINFERENCE_BRANCHLESSTREE