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tf.compat.v1.estimator.LinearClassifier

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Linear classifier model.

Inherits From: Estimator

tf.compat.v1.estimator.LinearClassifier(
    feature_columns, model_dir=None, n_classes=2, weight_column=None,
    label_vocabulary=None, optimizer='Ftrl', config=None, partitioner=None,
    warm_start_from=None, loss_reduction=tf.compat.v1.losses.Reduction.SUM,
    sparse_combiner='sum'
)

Train a linear model to classify instances into one of multiple possible classes. When number of possible classes is 2, this is binary classification.

Example:

categorical_column_a = categorical_column_with_hash_bucket(...)
categorical_column_b = categorical_column_with_hash_bucket(...)

categorical_feature_a_x_categorical_feature_b = crossed_column(...)

# Estimator using the default optimizer.
estimator = tf.estimator.LinearClassifier(
    feature_columns=[categorical_column_a,
                     categorical_feature_a_x_categorical_feature_b])

# Or estimator using the FTRL optimizer with regularization.
estimator = tf.estimator.LinearClassifier(
    feature_columns=[categorical_column_a,
                     categorical_feature_a_x_categorical_feature_b],
    optimizer=tf.keras.optimizers.Ftrl(
      learning_rate=0.1,
      l1_regularization_strength=0.001
    ))

# Or estimator using an optimizer with a learning rate decay.
estimator = tf.estimator.LinearClassifier(
    feature_columns=[categorical_column_a,
                     categorical_feature_a_x_categorical_feature_b],
    optimizer=lambda: tf.keras.optimizers.Ftrl(
        learning_rate=tf.exponential_decay(
            learning_rate=0.1,
            global_step=tf.get_global_step(),
            decay_steps=10000,
            decay_rate=0.96))

# Or estimator with warm-starting from a previous checkpoint.
estimator = tf.estimator.LinearClassifier(
    feature_columns=[categorical_column_a,
                     categorical_feature_a_x_categorical_feature_b],
    warm_start_from="/path/to/checkpoint/dir")


# Input builders
def input_fn_train:
  # Returns tf.data.Dataset of (x, y) tuple where y represents label's class
  # index.
  pass
def input_fn_eval:
  # Returns tf.data.Dataset of (x, y) tuple where y represents label's class
  # index.
  pass
def input_fn_predict:
  # Returns tf.data.Dataset of (x, None) tuple.
  pass
estimator.train(input_fn=input_fn_train)
metrics = estimator.evaluate(input_fn=input_fn_eval)
predictions = estimator.predict(input_fn=input_fn_predict)

Input of train and evaluate should have following features, otherwise there will be a KeyError:

  • if weight_column is not None, a feature with key=weight_column whose value is a Tensor.
  • for each column in feature_columns:
    • if column is a SparseColumn, a feature with key=column.name whose value is a SparseTensor.
    • if column is a WeightedSparseColumn, two features: the first with key the id column name, the second with key the weight column name. Both features' value must be a SparseTensor.
    • if column is a RealValuedColumn, a feature with key=column.name whose value is a Tensor.

Loss is calculated by using softmax cross entropy.

model_fn Model function. Follows the signature:

  • features -- This is the first item returned from the input_fn passed to train, evaluate, and predict. This should be a single tf.Tensor or dict of same.
  • labels -- This is the second item returned from the input_fn passed to train, evaluate, and predict. This should be a single tf.Tensor or dict of same (for multi-head models). If mode is tf.estimator.ModeKeys.PREDICT, labels=None will be passed. If the model_fn's signature does not accept mode, the model_fn must still be able to handle labels=None.
  • mode -- Optional. Specifies if this is training, evaluation or prediction. See tf.estimator.ModeKeys. params -- Optional dict of hyperparameters. Will receive what is passed to Estimator in params parameter. This allows to configure Estimators from hyper parameter tuning.
  • config -- Optional estimator.RunConfig object. Will receive what is passed to Estimator as its config parameter, or a default value. Allows setting up things in your model_fn based on configuration such as num_ps_replicas, or model_dir.
  • Returns -- tf.estimator.EstimatorSpec
model_dir Directory to save model parameters, graph and etc. This can also be used to load checkpoints from the directory into an estimator to continue training a previously saved model. If PathLike object, the path will be resolved. If None, the model_dir in config will be used if set. If both are set, they must be same. If both are None, a temporary directory will be used.
config estimator.RunConfig configuration object.
params dict of hyper parameters that will be passed into model_fn. Keys are names of parameters, values are basic python types.
warm_start_from Optional string filepath to a checkpoint or SavedModel to warm-start from, or a tf.estimator.WarmStartSettings object to fully configure warm-starting. If None, only TRAINABLE variables are warm-started. If the string filepath is provided instead of a tf.estimator.WarmStartSettings, then all variables are warm-started, and it is assumed that vocabularies and tf.Tensor names are unchanged.

ValueError parameters of model_fn don't match params.
ValueError if this is called via a subclass and if that class overrides a member of Estimator.

Eager Compatibility

Estimators can be used while eager execution is enabled. Note that input_fn and all hooks are executed inside a graph context, so they have to be written to be compatible with graph mode. Note that input_fn code using tf.data generally works in both graph and eager modes.

config

model_dir

model_fn Returns the model_fn which is bound to self.params.
params

Methods

eval_dir

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eval_dir(
    name=None
)

Shows the directory name where evaluation metrics are dumped.

Args
name Name of the evaluation if user needs to run multiple evaluations on different data sets, such as on training data vs test data. Metrics for different evaluations are saved in separate folders, and appear separately in tensorboard.

Returns
A string which is the path of directory contains evaluation metrics.

evaluate

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evaluate(
    input_fn, steps=None, hooks=None, checkpoint_path=None, name=None
)

Evaluates the model given evaluation data input_fn.

For each step, calls input_fn, which returns one batch of data. Evaluates until:

Args
input_fn A function that constructs the input data for evaluation. See