Add new sampler: weighted sampler

lhotse/dataset/sampling/__init__.py

@@ -12,6 +12,7 @@
 from .simple import SimpleCutSampler
 from .stateless import StatelessSampler
 from .utils import find_pessimistic_batches, report_padding_ratio_estimate
+from .weighted_simple import WeightedSimpleCutSampler
 from .zip import ZipSampler
 
 __all__ = [
@@ -25,6 +26,7 @@
     "DynamicBucketingSampler",
     "RoundRobinSampler",
     "SimpleCutSampler",
+    "WeightedSimpleCutSampler",
     "StatelessSampler",
     "ZipSampler",
     "find_pessimistic_batches",

lhotse/dataset/sampling/data_source.py

@@ -1,6 +1,8 @@
 import random
 from collections import deque
-from typing import Optional
+from typing import List, Optional
+
+import numpy as np
 
 from lhotse import CutSet
 from lhotse.cut import Cut
@@ -98,3 +100,76 @@
 
     def __len__(self) -> int:
         return len(self._shuffled_items)
+
+
+class WeightedDataSource(DataSource):
+    """
+    An iterator wrapper over CutSet that helps with the sampling process:
+    it allows for deterministic re-shuffling of elements and "returning"
+    sampled elements to be yielded again.
+
+    Every cut has a sampling weight. At the beginning of each epoch, we
+    pre-compute the indexes by sampling from multi-nomial distribution without
+    replacement. The data source will be exhausted if the number of drawn cuts
+    exceed num_samples
+    """
+
+    def __init__(self, items: CutSet, weights: List, num_samples: int):
+        """The constructor of the weighted data source
+
+        Args:
+            items (CutSet): The cutset itself
+            weights (List): A list of values representing the weight of each cut. All values must be positive
+            num_samples (int): The number of samples to be drawn. Must smaller than the total number of cuts
+        """
+        super().__init__(items=items)
+        assert len(items) == len(weights), "The length should match"
+        assert num_samples < len(
+            weights
+        ), "The number of samples to be drawn should not exceed the dataset size"
+
+        # normalize the weight
+        weights = np.array(weights)
+        weights = weights / weights.sum()
+
+        self.weights = weights
+        self.num_samples = num_samples
+        self.sampled_indexes = None
+
+    def reset(self) -> None:
+        """Reset the iterable state of DataSource."""
+        self._iter = None
+        self.sampled_indexes = None
+        self._reusable.clear()
+        self._remaining_duration = self._total_duration
+        self.remaining_cuts = self._total_cuts
+
+    def fast_forward(self, steps: int) -> None:
+        """Advance the data source by ``steps`` amount of steps."""
+        assert steps >= 0
+        iter(self)
+        for i in range(steps):
+            next(self.sampled_indexes)
+
+    def __iter__(self) -> "WeightedDataSource":
+        self.reset()
+        self._iter = iter(self._shuffled_items)
+        self.sampled_indexes = np.random.choice(
+            len(self.weights),
+            self.num_samples,
+            p=self.weights,
+            replace=False,
+        )
+        self.sampled_indexes = iter(self.sampled_indexes)
+        return self
+
+    def __next__(self) -> Cut:
+        if self._reusable:
+            next_cut = self._reusable.popleft()
+        else:
+            next_cut = self._orig_items[next(self.sampled_indexes)]
+
+        if not self.is_lazy:
+            self._remaining_duration -= next_cut.duration
+            self.remaining_cuts -= 1
+        return next_cut

lhotse/dataset/sampling/weighted_simple.py

@@ -0,0 +1,147 @@
+import warnings
+from typing import Any, Dict, List, Optional
+
+from lhotse import CutSet, Seconds
+from lhotse.dataset.sampling.base import TimeConstraint
+from lhotse.dataset.sampling.data_source import WeightedDataSource
+from lhotse.dataset.sampling.simple import SimpleCutSampler
+
+
+class WeightedSimpleCutSampler(SimpleCutSampler):
+    """
+    Samples cuts from a CutSet, where the sampling prob is given by a list.
+    To enable global sampling, cuts must be in eager mode.
+
+    When performing sampling, it avoids having duplicated cuts in the same batch.
+    The sampler terminates if the number of sampled cuts reach :attr:`num_samples`
+
+    When one of :attr:`max_frames`, :attr:`max_samples`, or :attr:`max_duration` is specified,
+    the batch size is dynamic.
+
+    Example usage:
+
+        >>> dataset = K2SpeechRecognitionDataset(cuts)
+        >>> weights = get_weights(cuts)
+        >>> sampler = WeightedSimpleCutSampler(cuts, weights, num_samples=100, max_duration=200.0)
+        >>> loader = DataLoader(dataset, sampler=sampler, batch_size=None)
+        >>> for epoch in range(start_epoch, n_epochs):
+        ...     sampler.set_epoch(epoch)
+        ...     train(loader)
+    """
+
+    def __init__(
+        self,
+        cuts: CutSet,
+        cuts_weight: List,
+        num_samples: int,
+        max_duration: Seconds = None,
+        max_cuts: Optional[int] = None,
+        shuffle: bool = False,
+        drop_last: bool = False,
+        world_size: Optional[int] = None,
+        rank: Optional[int] = None,
+        seed: int = 0,
+    ):
+        """
+        WeightedSimpleCutSampler's constructor
+
+        :param cuts: the ``CutSet`` to sample data from.
+        :param cuts_weight: the weight of each cut for sampling.
+        :param num_samples: the number of samples to be drawn.
+        :param max_duration: The maximum total recording duration from ``cuts``.
+        :param max_cuts: The maximum number of cuts sampled to form a mini-batch.
+            By default, this constraint is off.
+        :param shuffle: When ``True``, the cuts will be shuffled at the start of iteration.
+            Convenient when mini-batch loop is inside an outer epoch-level loop, e.g.:
+            `for epoch in range(10): for batch in dataset: ...` as every epoch will see a
+            different cuts order.
+        :param drop_last: When ``True``, the last batch is dropped if it's incomplete.
+        :param world_size: Total number of distributed nodes. We will try to infer it by default.
+        :param rank: Index of distributed node. We will try to infer it by default.
+        :param seed: Random seed used to consistently shuffle the dataset across different processes.
+        """
+        super().__init__(
+            cuts=cuts,
+            drop_last=drop_last,
+            shuffle=shuffle,
+            world_size=world_size,
+            rank=rank,
+            max_duration=max_duration,
+            max_cuts=max_cuts,
+            seed=seed,
+        )
+        assert not cuts.is_lazy, "This sampler does not support lazy mode!"
+        self.data_source = WeightedDataSource(
+            cuts, weights=cuts_weight, num_samples=num_samples
+        )
+
+        self.weights = cuts_weight
+        self.num_samples = num_samples
+
+    def state_dict(self) -> Dict[str, Any]:
+        """
+        Return the current state of the sampler in a state_dict.
+        Together with ``load_state_dict()``, this can be used to restore the
+        training loop's state to the one stored in the state_dict.
+        """
+        state_dict = super().state_dict()
+        state_dict.update(
+            {
+                "time_constraint": self.time_constraint.state_dict(),
+                "weights": self.weights,
+                "num_samples": self.num_samples,
+            }
+        )
+        return state_dict
+
+    def load_state_dict(self, state_dict: Dict[str, Any]) -> None:
+        """
+        Restore the state of the sampler that is described in a state_dict.
+        This will result in the sampler yielding batches from where the previous training left it off.
+
+        .. caution::
+            The samplers are expected to be initialized with the same CutSets,
+            but this is not explicitly checked anywhere.
+
+        .. caution::
+            The input ``state_dict`` is being mutated: we remove each consumed key, and expect
+            it to be empty at the end of loading. If you don't want this behavior, pass a copy
+            inside of this function (e.g., using ``import deepcopy``).
+
+        .. note::
+            For implementers of sub-classes of CutSampler: the flag ``self._just_restored_state`` has to be
+            handled in ``__iter__`` to make it avoid resetting the just-restored state (only once).
+        """
+        time_constraint = TimeConstraint(**state_dict.pop("time_constraint"))
+        if self.time_constraint != time_constraint:
+            warnings.warn(
+                "SimpleCutSampler.load_state_dict(): Inconsistent time_constraint:\n"
+                f"expected {self.time_constraint}\n"
+                f"received {time_constraint}\n"
+                f"We will overwrite the settings with the received state_dict."
+            )
+        self.time_constraint = time_constraint
+
+        super().load_state_dict(state_dict)
+
+        # Restore the data source's state
+        self.data_source.fast_forward(self.diagnostics.current_epoch_stats.total_cuts)
+
+        self.weights = state_dict.pop("weights")
+        self.num_samples = state_dict.pop("num_samples")
+
+    def __iter__(self) -> "WeightedSimpleCutSampler":
+        """
+        Prepare the dataset for iterating over a new epoch. Will shuffle the data if requested.
+        """
+        # Restored state with load_state_dict()? Skip resetting only this once.
+        if self._just_restored_state:
+            return self
+        # Why reset the current epoch?
+        # Either we are iterating the epoch for the first time and it's a no-op,
+        # or we are iterating the same epoch again, in which case setting more steps
+        # than are actually available per epoch would have broken the checkpoint restoration.
+        self.diagnostics.reset_current_epoch()
+        # Reset the state to the beginning of the epoch.
+        iter(self.data_source)
+        return self

test/dataset/sampling/test_sampling.py

@@ -25,6 +25,7 @@
     BucketingSampler,
     CutPairsSampler,
     SimpleCutSampler,
+    WeightedSimpleCutSampler,
     ZipSampler,
 )
 from lhotse.dataset.sampling.base import SamplingDiagnostics, TimeConstraint
@@ -1024,6 +1025,54 @@ def test_cut_pairs_sampler_lazy_shuffle(sampler_cls):
         assert [c.id for c in sampled_src_cuts] != [c.id for c in lazy_cuts]
 
 
+def test_weighted_sampler_num_samples():
+    cut_set = DummyManifest(CutSet, begin_id=0, end_id=100)
+    weight = [random.random() for i in range(100)]
+    num_samples = 32
+
+    sampler = WeightedSimpleCutSampler(
+        cut_set,
+        weight,
+        num_samples=num_samples,
+        max_duration=10.0,
+        drop_last=True,
+    )
+
+    sampled_cuts = []
+    num_cuts = 0
+    for batch in sampler:
+        sampled_cuts.extend(batch)
+        num_cuts += len(batch)
+
+    assert num_cuts <= num_samples
+
+
+def test_weighted_sampler_across_epochs():
+    cut_set = DummyManifest(CutSet, begin_id=0, end_id=100)
+    weight = [random.random() for i in range(100)]
+    num_samples = 32
+
+    sampler = WeightedSimpleCutSampler(
+        cut_set,
+        weight,
+        num_samples=num_samples,
+        max_duration=10.0,
+        drop_last=True,
+    )
+
+    # 1st epoch
+    sampler.set_epoch(1)
+    batch = next(iter(sampler))
+    cut_ids1 = [c.id for c in batch]
+
+    # 2st epoch
+    sampler.set_epoch(2)
+    batch = next(iter(sampler))
+    cut_ids2 = [c.id for c in batch]
+
+    assert set(cut_ids1) != set(cut_ids2)
+
+
 @pytest.mark.parametrize("datasize", [10, 1000, 20000])
 @pytest.mark.parametrize("bufsize", [100, 1000, 10000])
 def test_streaming_shuffle(datasize, bufsize):