Source code for benchmarl.algorithms.common

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import pathlib

from abc import ABC, abstractmethod
from dataclasses import dataclass
from typing import Any, Callable, Dict, Iterable, List, Optional, Tuple, Type

from tensordict import TensorDictBase
from tensordict.nn import TensorDictModule, TensorDictSequential
from torchrl.data import (
    Categorical,
    LazyMemmapStorage,
    LazyTensorStorage,
    OneHot,
    ReplayBuffer,
    TensorDictReplayBuffer,
)
from torchrl.data.replay_buffers import (
    PrioritizedSampler,
    RandomSampler,
    SamplerWithoutReplacement,
)
from torchrl.envs import Compose, EnvBase, Transform
from torchrl.objectives import LossModule
from torchrl.objectives.utils import HardUpdate, SoftUpdate, TargetNetUpdater

from benchmarl.models.common import ModelConfig
from benchmarl.utils import _read_yaml_config, DEVICE_TYPING


[docs] class Algorithm(ABC): """ Abstract class for an algorithm. This should be overridden by implemented algorithms and all abstract methods should be implemented. Args: experiment (Experiment): the experiment class """ def __init__(self, experiment): self.experiment = experiment self.device: DEVICE_TYPING = experiment.config.train_device self.buffer_device: DEVICE_TYPING = experiment.config.buffer_device self.experiment_config = experiment.config self.model_config = experiment.model_config self.critic_model_config = experiment.critic_model_config self.on_policy = experiment.on_policy self.group_map = experiment.group_map self.observation_spec = experiment.observation_spec self.action_spec = experiment.action_spec self.state_spec = experiment.state_spec self.action_mask_spec = experiment.action_mask_spec self.has_independent_critic = ( experiment.algorithm_config.has_independent_critic() ) self.has_centralized_critic = ( experiment.algorithm_config.has_centralized_critic() ) self.has_critic = experiment.algorithm_config.has_critic self.has_rnn = self.model_config.is_rnn or ( self.critic_model_config.is_rnn and self.has_critic ) # Cached values that will be instantiated only once and then remain fixed self._losses_and_updaters = {} self._policies_for_loss = {} self._policies_for_collection = {} self._check_specs()
[docs] def _check_specs(self): if self.state_spec is not None: if len(self.state_spec.keys(True, True)) != 1: raise ValueError( "State spec must contain one entry per group" " to follow the library conventions, " "you can apply a transform to your environment to satisfy this criteria." ) for group in self.group_map.keys(): if ( len(self.action_spec[group].keys(True, True)) != 1 or list(self.action_spec[group].keys())[0] != "action" ): raise ValueError( "Action spec must contain one entry per group named 'action'" " to follow the library conventions, " "you can apply a transform to your environment to satisfy this criteria." ) if ( self.action_mask_spec is not None and group in self.action_mask_spec.keys() and ( len(self.action_mask_spec[group].keys(True, True)) != 1 or list(self.action_mask_spec[group].keys())[0] != "action_mask" ) ): raise ValueError( "Action mask spec must contain one entry per group named 'action_mask'" " to follow the library conventions, " "you can apply a transform to your environment to satisfy this criteria." )
[docs] def get_loss_and_updater(self, group: str) -> Tuple[LossModule, TargetNetUpdater]: """ Get the LossModule and TargetNetUpdater for a specific group. This function calls the abstract :class:`~benchmarl.algorithms.Algorithm._get_loss()` which needs to be implemented. The function will cache the output at the first call and return the cached values in future calls. Args: group (str): agent group of the loss and updater Returns: LossModule and TargetNetUpdater for the group """ if group not in self._losses_and_updaters.keys(): action_space = self.action_spec[group, "action"] continuous = not isinstance(action_space, (Categorical, OneHot)) loss, use_target = self._get_loss( group=group, policy_for_loss=self.get_policy_for_loss(group), continuous=continuous, ) if use_target: if self.experiment_config.soft_target_update: target_net_updater = SoftUpdate( loss, tau=self.experiment_config.polyak_tau ) else: target_net_updater = HardUpdate( loss, value_network_update_interval=self.experiment_config.hard_target_update_frequency, ) else: target_net_updater = None self._losses_and_updaters.update({group: (loss, target_net_updater)}) return self._losses_and_updaters[group]
[docs] def get_replay_buffer( self, group: str, transforms: List[Transform] = None ) -> ReplayBuffer: """ Get the ReplayBuffer for a specific group. This function will check ``self.on_policy`` and create the buffer accordingly Args: group (str): agent group of the loss and updater transforms (optional, list of Transform): Transforms to apply to the replay buffer ``.sample()`` call Returns: ReplayBuffer the group """ memory_size = self.experiment_config.replay_buffer_memory_size(self.on_policy) sampling_size = self.experiment_config.train_minibatch_size(self.on_policy) if self.has_rnn: sequence_length = -( -self.experiment_config.collected_frames_per_batch(self.on_policy) // self.experiment_config.n_envs_per_worker(self.on_policy) ) memory_size = -(-memory_size // sequence_length) sampling_size = -(-sampling_size // sequence_length) # Sampler if self.on_policy: sampler = SamplerWithoutReplacement() elif self.experiment_config.off_policy_use_prioritized_replay_buffer: sampler = PrioritizedSampler( memory_size, self.experiment_config.off_policy_prb_alpha, self.experiment_config.off_policy_prb_beta, ) else: sampler = RandomSampler() # Storage if self.buffer_device == "disk" and not self.on_policy: storage = LazyMemmapStorage( memory_size, device=self.device, scratch_dir=self.experiment.folder_name / f"buffer_{group}", ) else: storage = LazyTensorStorage( memory_size, device=self.device if self.on_policy else self.buffer_device, ) return TensorDictReplayBuffer( storage=storage, sampler=sampler, batch_size=sampling_size, priority_key=(group, "td_error"), transform=Compose(*transforms) if transforms is not None else None, )
[docs] def get_policy_for_loss(self, group: str) -> TensorDictModule: """ Get the non-explorative policy for a specific group loss. This function calls the abstract :class:`~benchmarl.algorithms.Algorithm._get_policy_for_loss()` which needs to be implemented. The function will cache the output at the first call and return the cached values in future calls. Args: group (str): agent group of the policy Returns: TensorDictModule representing the policy """ if group not in self._policies_for_loss.keys(): action_space = self.action_spec[group, "action"] continuous = not isinstance(action_space, (Categorical, OneHot)) self._policies_for_loss.update( { group: self._get_policy_for_loss( group=group, continuous=continuous, model_config=self.model_config, ) } ) return self._policies_for_loss[group]
[docs] def get_policy_for_collection(self) -> TensorDictSequential: """ Get the explorative policy for all groups together. This function calls the abstract :class:`~benchmarl.algorithms.Algorithm._get_policy_for_collection()` which needs to be implemented. The function will cache the output at the first call and return the cached values in future calls. Returns: TensorDictSequential representing all explorative policies """ policies = [] for group in self.group_map.keys(): if group not in self._policies_for_collection.keys(): policy_for_loss = self.get_policy_for_loss(group) action_space = self.action_spec[group, "action"] continuous = not isinstance(action_space, (Categorical, OneHot)) policy_for_collection = self._get_policy_for_collection( policy_for_loss, group, continuous, ) self._policies_for_collection.update({group: policy_for_collection}) policies.append(self._policies_for_collection[group]) return TensorDictSequential(*policies)
[docs] def get_parameters(self, group: str) -> Dict[str, Iterable]: """ Get the dictionary mapping loss names to the relative parameters to optimize for a given group. This function calls the abstract :class:`~benchmarl.algorithms.Algorithm._get_parameters()` which needs to be implemented. Returns: a dictionary mapping loss names to a parameters' list """ return self._get_parameters( group=group, loss=self.get_loss_and_updater(group)[0], )
[docs] def process_env_fun( self, env_fun: Callable[[], EnvBase], ) -> Callable[[], EnvBase]: """ This function can be used to wrap env_fun Args: env_fun (callable): a function that takes no args and creates an enviornment Returns: a function that takes no args and creates an enviornment """ return env_fun
############################### # Abstract methods to implement ###############################
[docs] @abstractmethod def _get_loss( self, group: str, policy_for_loss: TensorDictModule, continuous: bool ) -> Tuple[LossModule, bool]: """ Implement this function to return the LossModule for a specific group. Args: group (str): agent group of the loss policy_for_loss (TensorDictModule): the policy to use in the loss continuous (bool): whether to return a loss for continuous or discrete actions Returns: LossModule and a bool representing if the loss should have target parameters """ raise NotImplementedError
[docs] @abstractmethod def _get_parameters(self, group: str, loss: LossModule) -> Dict[str, Iterable]: """ Get the dictionary mapping loss names to the relative parameters to optimize for a given group loss. Returns: a dictionary mapping loss names to a parameters' list """ raise NotImplementedError
[docs] @abstractmethod def _get_policy_for_loss( self, group: str, model_config: ModelConfig, continuous: bool ) -> TensorDictModule: """ Get the non-explorative policy for a specific group. Args: group (str): agent group of the policy model_config (ModelConfig): model config class continuous (bool): whether the policy should be continuous or discrete Returns: TensorDictModule representing the policy """ raise NotImplementedError
[docs] @abstractmethod def _get_policy_for_collection( self, policy_for_loss: TensorDictModule, group: str, continuous: bool ) -> TensorDictModule: """ Implement this function to add an explorative layer to the policy used in the loss. Args: policy_for_loss (TensorDictModule): the group policy used in the loss group (str): agent group continuous (bool): whether the policy is continuous or discrete Returns: TensorDictModule representing the explorative policy """ raise NotImplementedError
[docs] @abstractmethod def process_batch(self, group: str, batch: TensorDictBase) -> TensorDictBase: """ This function can be used to reshape data coming from collection before it is passed to the policy. Args: group (str): agent group batch (TensorDictBase): the batch of data coming from the collector Returns: the processed batch """ raise NotImplementedError
[docs] def process_loss_vals( self, group: str, loss_vals: TensorDictBase ) -> TensorDictBase: """ Here you can modify the loss_vals tensordict containing entries loss_name->loss_value For example, you can sum two entries in a new entry, to optimize them together. Args: group (str): agent group loss_vals (TensorDictBase): the tensordict returned by the loss forward method Returns: the processed loss_vals """ return loss_vals
[docs] @dataclass class AlgorithmConfig: """ Dataclass representing an algorithm configuration. This should be overridden by implemented algorithms. Implementors should: 1. add configuration parameters for their algorithm 2. implement all abstract methods """
[docs] def get_algorithm(self, experiment) -> Algorithm: """ Main function to turn the config into the associated algorithm Args: experiment (Experiment): the experiment class Returns: the Algorithm """ return self.associated_class()( **self.__dict__, # Passes all the custom config parameters experiment=experiment, )
[docs] @staticmethod def _load_from_yaml(name: str) -> Dict[str, Any]: yaml_path = ( pathlib.Path(__file__).parent.parent / "conf" / "algorithm" / f"{name.lower()}.yaml" ) return _read_yaml_config(str(yaml_path.resolve()))
[docs] @classmethod def get_from_yaml(cls, path: Optional[str] = None): """ Load the algorithm configuration from yaml Args: path (str, optional): The full path of the yaml file to load from. If None, it will default to ``benchmarl/conf/algorithm/self.associated_class().__name__`` Returns: the loaded AlgorithmConfig """ if path is None: config = AlgorithmConfig._load_from_yaml( name=cls.associated_class().__name__ ) else: config = _read_yaml_config(path) return cls(**config)
[docs] @staticmethod @abstractmethod def associated_class() -> Type[Algorithm]: """ The algorithm class associated to the config """ raise NotImplementedError
[docs] @staticmethod @abstractmethod def on_policy() -> bool: """ If the algorithm has to be run on policy or off policy """ raise NotImplementedError
[docs] @staticmethod @abstractmethod def supports_continuous_actions() -> bool: """ If the algorithm supports continuous actions """ raise NotImplementedError
[docs] @staticmethod @abstractmethod def supports_discrete_actions() -> bool: """ If the algorithm supports discrete actions """ raise NotImplementedError
[docs] @staticmethod def has_independent_critic() -> bool: """ If the algorithm uses an independent critic """ return False
[docs] @staticmethod def has_centralized_critic() -> bool: """ If the algorithm uses a centralized critic """ return False
[docs] def has_critic(self) -> bool: """ If the algorithm uses a critic """ if self.has_centralized_critic() and self.has_independent_critic(): raise ValueError( "Algorithm can either have a centralized critic or an indpendent one" ) return self.has_centralized_critic() or self.has_independent_critic()