L2S: Learning to Search CS 6355: Structured Prediction 1 Some - PowerPoint PPT Presentation

Learning to search: General setting Predicting an output 𝐳 as a sequence of decisions General data structures – State: Partial assignments to (𝑧 1 , 𝑧 2 , … , 𝑧 𝑈 ) – Initial state: Empty assignments (−, −, … , −) – Actions: Pick a 𝑧 𝑗 component and assign an label to it – Transition model: Move from one partial structure to another – Goal test: Whether all 𝑧 components are assigned • A goal state does not need to be optimal 30

Learning to search: General setting Predicting an output 𝐳 as a sequence of decisions General data structures – State: Partial assignments to (𝑧 1 , 𝑧 2 , … , 𝑧 𝑈 ) – Initial state: Empty assignments (−, −, … , −) – Actions: Pick a 𝑧 𝑗 component and assign an label to it – Transition model: Move from one partial structure to another – Goal test: Whether all 𝑧 components are assigned • A goal state does not need to be optimal – Path cost/score function: 𝐱 𝑈 𝜚(𝐲, node) , or more generally, a neural network that depends on the 𝐲 and the node • A node contains the current state and the back pointer to trace back the search path 31

Example Suppose each y can be one of A, B or C y 3 y 1 y 2 x 1 x 2 x 3 32

Example Suppose each y can be one of A, B or C y 3 y 1 y 2 x 1 x 2 x 3 State: Triples (y 1 , y 2 , y 3 ) all possibly unknown • (A, -, -), (-, A, A), (-, -, -),… • Transition: Fill in one of the unknowns • Start state: (-,-,-) • End state: All three y’s are assigned • 33

Example Suppose each y can be one of A, B or C y 3 y 1 y 2 x 1 x 2 x 3 (-,-,-) State: Triples (y 1 , y 2 , y 3 ) all possibly unknown • (A, -, -), (-, A, A), (-, -, -),… • (A,-,-) (B,-,-) (C,-,-) Transition: Fill in one of the unknowns • (A,A,-) (C,C,-) Start state: (-,-,-) ….. • (A,A,A) End state: All three y’s are assigned (C,C,C) • 34

1 st Framework: LaSO: Learning as Search Optimization [Hal Daumé III and Daniel Marcu, ICML 2005] 35

The enqueue function in LaSO 36

The enqueue function in LaSO • The goal of learning is to produce an enqueue function that – places good hypotheses high on the queue – places bad hypotheses low on the queue 37

The enqueue function in LaSO • The goal of learning is to produce an enqueue function that – places good hypotheses high on the queue – places bad hypotheses low on the queue • LaSO assumes enqueue is based on two components g + h 38

The enqueue function in LaSO • The goal of learning is to produce an enqueue function that – places good hypotheses high on the queue – places bad hypotheses low on the queue • LaSO assumes enqueue is based on two components g + h – g: path component. (g = w T φ(x, node)) 39

The enqueue function in LaSO • The goal of learning is to produce an enqueue function that – places good hypotheses high on the queue – places bad hypotheses low on the queue • LaSO assumes enqueue is based on two components g + h – g: path component. (g = w T φ(x, node)) – h: heuristic component. (h is given) • A * if h is admissible, heuristic search if h is not admissible, best first search if h = 0, beam search if queue is limited. 40

The enqueue function in LaSO • The goal of learning is to produce an enqueue function that – places good hypotheses high on the queue – places bad hypotheses low on the queue • LaSO assumes enqueue is based on two components g + h The goal is to learn w. – g: path component. (g = w T φ(x, node)) How? – h: heuristic component. (h is given) • A * if h is admissible, heuristic search if h is not admissible, best first search if h = 0, beam search if queue is limited. 41

“y-good” node 42

“y-good” node Assumption : for any given node s and an gold output y, we can tell whether s can or cannot lead to y. 43

“y-good” node Assumption : for any given node s and an gold output y, we can tell whether s can or cannot lead to y. Definition : The node s is y-good if s can lead to y 44

“y-good” node Assumption : for any given node s and an gold output y, we can tell whether s can or cannot lead to y. Definition : The node s is y-good if s can lead to y y = (y 1 , y 2 , y 3 ) Suppose each y can be one of A, B or C, and the true label is (y 1 =A, y 2 =B, y 3 =C) 45

“y-good” node Assumption : for any given node s and an gold output y, we can tell whether s can or cannot lead to y. Definition : The node s is y-good if s can lead to y (-,-,-) y = (y 1 , y 2 , y 3 ) (A,-,-) (-,B,-) (C,-,-) Suppose each y can be one of A, B or C, and the true (A,A,-) (C,C,-) label is (y 1 =A, y 2 =B, y 3 =C) ….. (A,A,A) (C,C,C) 46

Learning in LaSO 47

Learning in LaSO • Search as if in the prediction phase, but when an error is made: 48

Learning in LaSO • Search as if in the prediction phase, but when an error is made: – update w 49

Learning in LaSO • Search as if in the prediction phase, but when an error is made: – update w – clear the queue and insert all the correct moves 50

Learning in LaSO • Search as if in the prediction phase, but when an error is made: – update w – clear the queue and insert all the correct moves • Two kinds of errors: 51

Learning in LaSO • Search as if in the prediction phase, but when an error is made: – update w – clear the queue and insert all the correct moves • Two kinds of errors: – Error type 1: none of the queue is y-good 52

Learning in LaSO • Search as if in the prediction phase, but when an error is made: – update w – clear the queue and insert all the correct moves • Two kinds of errors: – Error type 1: none of the queue is y-good – Error type 2: the goal state is not y-good 53

Learning Algorithm in LaSO 54

Learning Algorithm in LaSO Algo Learn( problem, initial, enqueue, w, x, y ) nodes = MakeQueue(MakeNode( problem, initial )) while nodes is not empty: node = Pop( nodes ) if error step 1: update w step 2: refresh queue else if GoalTest( node ) then return w next = Result( node , Actions( node )) nodes = enqueue ( problem, nodes, next, w ) 55

What should learning do? node 1 y-good node 2 node 3 y-good y-good node 4 node 5 current y-good y-good Let’s say we found an error (of either type) at the current node, then we should have made the choice of node 4 instead of the current node 66

What should learning do? node 1 y-good node 2 node 3 y-good y-good node 5 node 4 current y-good y-good Let’s say we found an error (of either type) at the current node, then we should have made the choice of node 4 instead of the current node Node 4 is the y-good sibling of the current node 67

Learning Algorithm in LaSO Algo Learn( problem, initial, enqueue, w, x, y ) nodes = MakeQueue(MakeNode( problem, initial )) while nodes is not empty: node = Pop( nodes ) if none of ( node + nodes ) is y-good or GoalTest( node ) and node is not y-good then sibs = siblings( node, y ) w = update( w, x, sibs, node, nodes ) nodes = MakeQueue( sibs ) else if GoalTest( node ) then return w next = Result( node , Actions( node )) nodes = enqueue ( problem, nodes, next, w ) 68

Learning Algorithm in LaSO Algo Learn( problem, initial, enqueue, w, x, y ) nodes = MakeQueue(MakeNode( problem, initial )) while nodes is not empty: node = Pop( nodes ) if none of ( node + nodes ) is y-good or GoalTest( node ) and node is not y-good then sibs = siblings( node, y ) w = update( w, x, sibs, {node, nodes} ) nodes = MakeQueue( sibs ) else if GoalTest( node ) then return w next = Result( node , Actions( node )) nodes = enqueue ( problem, nodes, next, w ) 71

Learning Algorithm in LaSO Algo Learn( problem, initial, enqueue, w, x, y ) nodes = MakeQueue(MakeNode( problem, initial )) while nodes is not empty: node = Pop( nodes ) if none of ( node + nodes ) is y-good or GoalTest( node ) and node is not y-good then sibs = siblings( node, y ) w = update( w, x, sibs, {node, nodes} ) nodes = MakeQueue( sibs ) else if GoalTest( node ) then return w next = Result( node , Actions( node )) nodes = enqueue ( problem, nodes, next, w ) 72

Parameter Updates We need to specify w = update( w, x, sibs, nodes ) A simple perceptron-style update rule: w = w + Δ Φ ( x, n ) Φ ( x, n ) X X ∆ = | sibs | − | nodes | n ∈ sibs n ∈ nodes It comes with the usual perceptron-style mistake bound and generalization bound. (See references) 73

2 nd Framework: SEARN: Search and Learning Hal Daumé III, John Langford, Daniel Marcu (2007) 74

Policy A policy is a mapping from a state to an action • For a given node, the policy tells what action should be taken • 75

Policy A policy is a mapping from a state to an action • For a given node, the policy tells what action should be taken • A policy gives a search path in the search space. • – Different policy means different search path – Can be thought as the “driver” in the search space 76

Policy A policy is a mapping from a state to an action • For a given node, the policy tells what action should be taken • A policy gives a search path in the search space. • – Different policy means different search path – Can be thought as the “driver” in the search space A policy may be deterministic, or may contain some randomness. • (More on this later) 77

Reference Policy and Learned Policy 78

Reference Policy and Learned Policy • We assume we already have a good reference policy 𝜌 for training data (𝐲, 𝐝) – i.e. examples associated with costs for outputs 79

Reference Policy and Learned Policy • We assume we already have a good reference policy 𝜌 for training data (𝐲, 𝐝) – i.e. examples associated with costs for outputs • Goal: Learn a good policy for test data when we do not have access to cost vector c. (Imitation Learning) 80

Reference Policy and Learned Policy • We assume we already have a good reference policy 𝜌 for training data (𝐲, 𝐝) – i.e. examples associated with costs for outputs • Goal: Learn a good policy for test data when we do not have access to cost vector c. (Imitation Learning) π ref ref π 81

Reference Policy and Learned Policy • We assume we already have a good reference policy 𝜌 for training data (𝐲, 𝐝) – i.e. examples associated with costs for outputs • Goal: Learn a good policy for test data when we do not have access to cost vector c. (Imitation Learning) For example if we are using Hamming distance for cost vector 𝐝 , then the reference policy is trivial π ref ref π to compute, why? 82

Reference Policy and Learned Policy • We assume we already have a good reference policy 𝜌 for training data (𝐲, 𝐝) – i.e. examples associated with costs for outputs • Goal: Learn a good policy for test data when we do not have access to cost vector c. (Imitation Learning) For example if we are using Hamming distance for cost vector 𝐝 , then the reference policy is trivial π ref ref π to compute, why? Just make the right decision at every step 83

Reference Policy and Learned Policy • We assume we already have a good reference policy 𝜌 for training data (𝐲, 𝐝) – i.e. examples associated with costs for outputs • Goal: Learn a good policy for test data when we do not have access to cost vector c. (Imitation Learning) For example if we are using Hamming distance for cost vector 𝐝 , then the reference policy is trivial π ref ref π to compute, why? Just make the right decision at every step Suppose gold state is (A, B, C, A) and we are at the state (A, C, -, -) The reference policy tells us the next action is assigned C to the third slot. 84

Cost-Sensitive Classification Suppose we want to learn a classifier ℎ that maps examples to one of 𝐿 labels Standard multiclass classification Training data: Pairs of examples associated with labels • 𝑦, 𝑧 ∈ 𝑌 ×[𝐿] – Learning goal: To find a classifier that has low error • – min = Pr ℎ 𝑦 ≠ 𝑧 Cost-sensitive classification Training data: An example paired with a cost vector that lists out the cost • of predicting each label 𝑦, 𝐝 ∈ 𝑌 × 0, ∞ S – Learning goal: To find a classifier that has low cost • – min = 𝐹 >,T 𝑑 = > 85

Cost-Sensitive Classification Suppose we want to learn a classifier ℎ that maps examples to one of 𝐿 labels Standard multiclass classification Training data: Pairs of examples associated with labels • 𝑦, 𝑧 ∈ 𝑌 ×[𝐿] – Learning goal: To find a classifier that has low error • – min = Pr ℎ 𝑦 ≠ 𝑧 Cost-sensitive classification Training data: An example paired with a cost vector that lists out the cost • of predicting each label Exercise: How would 𝑦, 𝐝 ∈ 𝑌 × 0, ∞ S – you design a cost- Learning goal: To find a classifier that has low cost • sensitive learner? – min = 𝐹 >,T 𝑑 = > 88

Cost-Sensitive Classification Suppose we want to learn a classifier ℎ that maps examples to one of 𝐿 labels Standard multiclass classification Training data: Pairs of examples associated with labels • 𝑦, 𝑧 ∈ 𝑌 ×[𝐿] – Learning goal: To find a classifier that has low error • – min = Pr ℎ 𝑦 ≠ 𝑧 Cost-sensitive classification Training data: An example paired with a cost vector that lists out the cost • of predicting each label 𝑦, 𝐝 ∈ 𝑌 × 0, ∞ S – Learning goal: To find a classifier that has low cost • – min = 𝐹 >,T 𝑑 = > SEARN uses a cost-sensitive learner to learn a policy 89

SEARN at test time We already have learned a policy. We can use this policy to construct a sequence of decisions y and get the final structured output. 90

SEARN at test time We already have learned a policy. We can use this policy to construct a sequence of decisions y and get the final structured output. 1. Use the learned policy on initial state (-,…, -) to compute y 1 91

SEARN at test time We already have learned a policy. We can use this policy to construct a sequence of decisions y and get the final structured output. 1. Use the learned policy on initial state (-,…, -) to compute y 1 2. Use the learned policy on state (y 1 , -,…,-) to compute y 2 92

SEARN at test time We already have learned a policy. We can use this policy to construct a sequence of decisions y and get the final structured output. 1. Use the learned policy on initial state (-,…, -) to compute y 1 2. Use the learned policy on state (y 1 , -,…,-) to compute y 2 3. Keep going until we get y = (y 1 ,…,y n ) 93

SEARN at training time 94

SEARN at training time • The core idea in training is to notice that at each decision step, we are actually doing a cost-sensitive classification 95

SEARN at training time • The core idea in training is to notice that at each decision step, we are actually doing a cost-sensitive classification • Construct cost-sensitive classification examples (s, c) with state s and cost vector c. 96

SEARN at training time • The core idea in training is to notice that at each decision step, we are actually doing a cost-sensitive classification • Construct cost-sensitive classification examples (s, c) with state s and cost vector c. • Learn a cost-sensitive classifier. (This is nothing but a policy) 97

Roll-in, Roll-out 98

Roll-in, Roll-out roll in At each state, use some policy to move to a new state. 99

Roll-in, Roll-out roll in What is the cost of deviating from the policy at this step? 100

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L2S: Learning to Search CS 6355: Structured Prediction 1 Some - PowerPoint PPT Presentation

L2S: Learning to Search CS 6355: Structured Prediction 1 Some slides adapted from Daum and Ross Inference What is inference? An overview of what we have seen before Combinatorial optimization Different views of inference

Example 1 : Selecting a present for somebody You enter a large shop with no idea what

Learning Goals 1 5 A* Search with the Misplaced Tile Heuristic 5 3 A* Search with the

Search Algorithms II 15-110 Wednesday 10/21 Learning Objectives Identify whether or not a

Learning about images from keyword-based Web search CS 395T: Visual Recognition and Search

Deep Learning for Semantic Search in E-commerce Somnath Banerjee Head of Search Algorithms at

Search Algorithms 15-110 - Monday 2/24 Learning Objectives Trace over recursive functions

Leveraging AWS and Machine Learning to Power Search at Zocdoc Pedro Rubio Head of Search

Structured Learning with Inexact Search x x the man bit the dog x the man hit

Learning to rank search results Voting algorithms, rank combination methods Web Search Andr

Recap: Search Example: Pancake Problem Search problem:

Uninformed Search Alice Gao Lecture 3 Based on work by K. Leyton-Brown, K. Larson, and P. van

Informed search algorithms Outline Best-first search Greedy best-first search A *

Ac#ve Learning and Search on Low-Rank Matrices Dougal J.

Learning to Search + Recurrent Neural Networks Matt Gormley Lecture 4 Sep. 9, 2019 1

Reinforcement Learning and Simulation-Based Search David Silver Reinforcement Learning and

Search Overview Introduction to Search Blind Search Techniques Heuristic Search

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Learning distance functions Xin Sui CS395T Visual Recognition and Search The University of Texas

Offline Policy-search in Bayesian Reinforcement Learning Castronovo Michael University of Li`

Search 3 AI Slides (5e) c Lin Zuoquan@PKU 2003-2019 3 1 3 Search 3.1 Problem-solving

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