ax.metrics

Branin

class ax.metrics.branin.AugmentedBraninMetric(name: str, param_names: List[str], noise_sd: Optional[float] = 0.0, lower_is_better: Optional[bool] = None)[source]

Bases: ax.metrics.noisy_function.NoisyFunctionMetric

f(x: numpy.ndarray)float[source]

The deterministic function that produces the metric outcomes.

class ax.metrics.branin.BraninMetric(name: str, param_names: List[str], noise_sd: Optional[float] = 0.0, lower_is_better: Optional[bool] = None)[source]

Bases: ax.metrics.noisy_function.NoisyFunctionMetric

f(x: numpy.ndarray)float[source]

The deterministic function that produces the metric outcomes.

class ax.metrics.branin.NegativeBraninMetric(name: str, param_names: List[str], noise_sd: Optional[float] = 0.0, lower_is_better: Optional[bool] = None)[source]

Bases: ax.metrics.branin.BraninMetric

f(x: numpy.ndarray)float[source]

The deterministic function that produces the metric outcomes.

Branin Map

class ax.metrics.branin_map.BraninFidelityMapMetric(name: str, param_names: Iterable[str], noise_sd: float = 0.0, lower_is_better: Optional[bool] = None)[source]

Bases: ax.metrics.noisy_function_map.NoisyFunctionMapMetric

f(x: numpy.ndarray)Mapping[str, Any][source]

The deterministic function that produces the metric outcomes.

fetch_trial_data(trial: ax.core.base_trial.BaseTrial, noisy: bool = True, **kwargs: Any)ax.core.map_data.MapData[source]

Fetch data for one trial.

class ax.metrics.branin_map.BraninTimestampMapMetric(name: str, param_names: Iterable[str], noise_sd: float = 0.0, lower_is_better: Optional[bool] = None, rate: Optional[float] = None)[source]

Bases: ax.metrics.noisy_function_map.NoisyFunctionMapMetric

f(x: numpy.ndarray)Mapping[str, Any][source]

The deterministic function that produces the metric outcomes.

fetch_trial_data(trial: ax.core.base_trial.BaseTrial, noisy: bool = True, **kwargs: Any)ax.core.map_data.MapData[source]

Fetch data for one trial.

ax.metrics.branin_map.random()x in the interval [0, 1).

Chemistry

Classes for optimizing yields from chemical reactions.

References

Perera2018

D. Perera, J. W. Tucker, S. Brahmbhatt, C. Helal, A. Chong, W. Farrell, P. Richardson, N. W. Sach. A platform for automated nanomole-scale reaction screening and micromole-scale synthesis in flow. Science, 26. 2018.

Shields2021

B. J. Shields, J. Stevens, J. Li, et al. Bayesian reaction optimization as a tool for chemical synthesis. Nature 590, 89–96 (2021).

“SUZUKI” involves optimization solvent, ligand, and base combinations in a Suzuki-Miyaura coupling to optimize carbon-carbon bond formation. See _[Perera2018] for details.

“DIRECT_ARYLATION” involves optimizing the solvent, base, and ligand chemicals as well as the temperature and concentration for a direct arylation reaction. See _[Shields2021] for details.

class ax.metrics.chemistry.ChemistryData(param_names: ‘List[str]’, objective_dict: ‘Dict[Tuple[TParamValue, …], float]’)[source]

Bases: object

evaluate(params: Dict[str, Optional[Union[str, bool, float, int]]])float[source]
objective_dict: Dict[Tuple[Optional[Union[str, bool, float, int]], ], float]
param_names: List[str]
class ax.metrics.chemistry.ChemistryMetric(name: str, noiseless: bool = False, problem_type: ax.metrics.chemistry.ChemistryProblemType = <ChemistryProblemType.SUZUKI: 'suzuki'>)[source]

Bases: ax.core.metric.Metric

clone()ax.metrics.chemistry.ChemistryMetric[source]

Create a copy of this Metric.

fetch_trial_data(trial: ax.core.base_trial.BaseTrial, **kwargs: Any)ax.core.data.Data[source]

Fetch data for one trial.

class ax.metrics.chemistry.ChemistryProblemType(value)[source]

Bases: enum.Enum

An enumeration.

DIRECT_ARYLATION: str = 'direct_arylation'
SUZUKI: str = 'suzuki'

Curve

Metrics that allow to retrieve curves of partial results. Typically used to retrieve partial learning curves of ML training jobs.

class ax.metrics.curve.AbstractCurveMetric(name: str, curve_name: str, lower_is_better: bool = True)[source]

Bases: ax.core.map_metric.MapMetric, abc.ABC

Metric representing (partial) learning curves of ML model training jobs.

MAP_KEY = <ax.core.map_data.MapKeyInfo object>
classmethod fetch_experiment_data_multi(experiment: ax.core.experiment.Experiment, metrics: Iterable[ax.core.metric.Metric], trials: Optional[Iterable[ax.core.base_trial.BaseTrial]] = None, **kwargs: Any)ax.core.data.Data[source]

Fetch multiple metrics data for an experiment.

fetch_trial_data(trial: ax.core.base_trial.BaseTrial, **kwargs: Any)ax.core.data.Data[source]

Fetch data for one trial.

classmethod fetch_trial_data_multi(trial: ax.core.base_trial.BaseTrial, metrics: Iterable[ax.core.metric.Metric], **kwargs: Any)ax.core.data.Data[source]

Fetch multiple metrics data for one trial.

abstract classmethod get_curves_from_ids(ids: Iterable[Union[int, str]])Dict[Union[int, str], Dict[str, pandas.Series]][source]

Get partial result curves from backend ids.

Parameters

ids – The ids of the backend runs for which to fetch the partial result curves.

Returns

A dictionary mapping the backend id to the partial result curves, each of which is represented as a mapping from the metric name to a pandas Series indexed by the progression (which will be mapped to the MAP_KEY of the metric class). E.g. if curve_name=loss and MAP_KEY=training_rows, then a Series should look like:

training_rows (index) | loss

———————–|——

100 | 0.5 200 | 0.2

abstract classmethod get_ids_from_trials(trials: Iterable[ax.core.base_trial.BaseTrial])List[Optional[Union[int, str]]][source]

Get backend run ids associated with trials.

Parameters

trials – The trials for which to retrieve the associated ids that can be used to to identify the corresponding runs on the backend.

Returns

A list of identifiers (ints or strings) corresponding to the backend runs associated with the trials, in the same order as the trials input.

classmethod is_available_while_running()bool[source]

Whether metrics of this class are available while the trial is running. Metrics that are not available while the trial is running are assumed to be available only upon trial completion. For such metrics, data is assumed to never change once the trial is completed.

NOTE: If this method returns False, data-fetching via experiment.fetch_data will return the data cached on the experiment (for the metrics of the given class) whenever its available. Data is cached on experiment when attached via experiment.attach_data.

classmethod overwrite_existing_data()bool[source]

Indicates whether, when attaching data, we should overwrite all previously attached data with the new dataframe.

Factorial

class ax.metrics.factorial.FactorialMetric(name: str, coefficients: Dict[str, Dict[Optional[Union[str, bool, float, int]], float]], batch_size: int = 10000, noise_var: float = 0.0)[source]

Bases: ax.core.metric.Metric

Metric for testing factorial designs assuming a main effects only logit model.

fetch_trial_data(trial: ax.core.base_trial.BaseTrial, **kwargs: Any)ax.core.data.Data[source]

Fetch data for one trial.

classmethod is_available_while_running()bool[source]

Whether metrics of this class are available while the trial is running. Metrics that are not available while the trial is running are assumed to be available only upon trial completion. For such metrics, data is assumed to never change once the trial is completed.

NOTE: If this method returns False, data-fetching via experiment.fetch_data will return the data cached on the experiment (for the metrics of the given class) whenever its available. Data is cached on experiment when attached via experiment.attach_data.

ax.metrics.factorial.evaluation_function(parameterization: Dict[str, Optional[Union[str, bool, float, int]]], coefficients: Dict[str, Dict[Optional[Union[str, bool, float, int]], float]], weight: float = 1.0, batch_size: int = 10000, noise_var: float = 0.0)Tuple[float, float][source]

Hartmann6

class ax.metrics.hartmann6.AugmentedHartmann6Metric(name: str, param_names: List[str], noise_sd: Optional[float] = 0.0, lower_is_better: Optional[bool] = None)[source]

Bases: ax.metrics.noisy_function.NoisyFunctionMetric

f(x: numpy.ndarray)float[source]

The deterministic function that produces the metric outcomes.

class ax.metrics.hartmann6.Hartmann6Metric(name: str, param_names: List[str], noise_sd: Optional[float] = 0.0, lower_is_better: Optional[bool] = None)[source]

Bases: ax.metrics.noisy_function.NoisyFunctionMetric

f(x: numpy.ndarray)float[source]

The deterministic function that produces the metric outcomes.

L2 Norm

class ax.metrics.l2norm.L2NormMetric(name: str, param_names: List[str], noise_sd: Optional[float] = 0.0, lower_is_better: Optional[bool] = None)[source]

Bases: ax.metrics.noisy_function.NoisyFunctionMetric

f(x: numpy.ndarray)float[source]

The deterministic function that produces the metric outcomes.

Noisy Functions

class ax.metrics.noisy_function.GenericNoisyFunctionMetric(name: str, f: Callable[[Dict[str, Optional[Union[str, bool, float, int]]]], float], noise_sd: Optional[float] = 0.0, lower_is_better: Optional[bool] = None)[source]

Bases: ax.metrics.noisy_function.NoisyFunctionMetric

clone()ax.metrics.noisy_function.GenericNoisyFunctionMetric[source]

Create a copy of this Metric.

property param_names
class ax.metrics.noisy_function.NoisyFunctionMetric(name: str, param_names: List[str], noise_sd: Optional[float] = 0.0, lower_is_better: Optional[bool] = None)[source]

Bases: ax.core.metric.Metric

A metric defined by a generic deterministic function, with normal noise with mean 0 and mean_sd scale added to the result.

clone()ax.metrics.noisy_function.NoisyFunctionMetric[source]

Create a copy of this Metric.

f(x: numpy.ndarray)float[source]

The deterministic function that produces the metric outcomes.

fetch_trial_data(trial: ax.core.base_trial.BaseTrial, noisy: bool = True, **kwargs: Any)ax.core.data.Data[source]

Fetch data for one trial.

classmethod is_available_while_running()bool[source]

Whether metrics of this class are available while the trial is running. Metrics that are not available while the trial is running are assumed to be available only upon trial completion. For such metrics, data is assumed to never change once the trial is completed.

NOTE: If this method returns False, data-fetching via experiment.fetch_data will return the data cached on the experiment (for the metrics of the given class) whenever its available. Data is cached on experiment when attached via experiment.attach_data.

Noisy Function Map

class ax.metrics.noisy_function_map.NoisyFunctionMapMetric(name: str, param_names: Iterable[str], map_key_infos: Iterable[ax.core.map_data.MapKeyInfo], noise_sd: float = 0.0, lower_is_better: Optional[bool] = None, cache_evaluations: bool = True)[source]

Bases: ax.core.map_metric.MapMetric

A metric defined by a generic deterministic function, with normal noise with mean 0 and mean_sd scale added to the result.

clone()ax.metrics.noisy_function_map.NoisyFunctionMapMetric[source]

Create a copy of this Metric.

f(x: numpy.ndarray)Mapping[str, Any][source]

The deterministic function that produces the metric outcomes.

fetch_trial_data(trial: ax.core.base_trial.BaseTrial, noisy: bool = True, **kwargs: Any)ax.core.map_data.MapData[source]

Fetch data for one trial.

classmethod is_available_while_running()bool[source]

Whether metrics of this class are available while the trial is running. Metrics that are not available while the trial is running are assumed to be available only upon trial completion. For such metrics, data is assumed to never change once the trial is completed.

NOTE: If this method returns False, data-fetching via experiment.fetch_data will return the data cached on the experiment (for the metrics of the given class) whenever its available. Data is cached on experiment when attached via experiment.attach_data.

classmethod overwrite_existing_data()bool[source]

Indicates whether, when attaching data, we should overwrite all previously attached data with the new dataframe.

Sklearn

class ax.metrics.sklearn.SklearnDataset(value)[source]

Bases: enum.Enum

An enumeration.

BOSTON: str = 'boston'
CANCER: str = 'cancer'
DIGITS: str = 'digits'
class ax.metrics.sklearn.SklearnMetric(name: str, lower_is_better: bool = False, model_type: ax.metrics.sklearn.SklearnModelType = <SklearnModelType.RF: 'rf'>, dataset: ax.metrics.sklearn.SklearnDataset = <SklearnDataset.DIGITS: 'digits'>, observed_noise: bool = False, num_folds: int = 5)[source]

Bases: ax.core.metric.Metric

A metric that trains and evaluates an sklearn model.

The evaluation metric is the k-fold “score”. The scoring function depends on the model type and task type (e.g. classification/regression), but higher scores are better.

See sklearn documentation for supported parameters.

In addition, this metric supports tuning the hidden_layer_size and the number of hidden layers (num_hidden_layers) of a NN model.

clone()ax.metrics.sklearn.SklearnMetric[source]

Create a copy of this Metric.

fetch_trial_data(trial: ax.core.base_trial.BaseTrial, noisy: bool = True, **kwargs: Any)ax.core.data.Data[source]

Fetch data for one trial.

train_eval(arm: ax.core.arm.Arm)Tuple[float, float][source]

Train and evaluate model.

Parameters

arm – An arm specifying the parameters to evaluate.

Returns

  • The average k-fold CV score

  • The SE of the mean k-fold CV score if observed_noise is True

    and ‘nan’ otherwise

Return type

A two-element tuple containing

class ax.metrics.sklearn.SklearnModelType(value)[source]

Bases: enum.Enum

An enumeration.

NN: str = 'nn'
RF: str = 'rf'

Tensorboard

class ax.metrics.tensorboard.TensorboardCurveMetric(name: str, curve_name: str, lower_is_better: bool = True)[source]

Bases: ax.metrics.curve.AbstractCurveMetric

A CurveMetric for getting Tensorboard curves.

MAP_KEY = <ax.core.map_data.MapKeyInfo object>
classmethod get_curves_from_ids(ids: Iterable[Union[int, str]])Dict[Union[int, str], Dict[str, pandas.Series]][source]

Get curve data from tensorboard logs.

Parameters

ids – A list of string paths to tensorboard log directories.

NOTE: If the ids are not simple paths/posix locations, subclass this

metric and replace this method with an appropriate one that retrieves the log results.

ax.metrics.tensorboard.get_tb_from_posix(path: str)Optional[Dict[str, pandas.Series]][source]

Get Tensorboard data from a posix path.

Parameters

path – The posix path for the directory that contains the tensorboard logs.

Returns

A dictionary mapping metric names to pandas Series of data. If the path does not exist, return None.