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tfa.seq2seq.AttentionMechanism

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Base class for attention mechanisms.

tfa.seq2seq.AttentionMechanism(
    memory: Union[TensorLike, None],
    probability_fn: callable,
    query_layer: Optional[tf.keras.layers.Layer] = None,
    memory_layer: Optional[tf.keras.layers.Layer] = None,
    memory_sequence_length: Optional[TensorLike] = None,
    **kwargs
)

Common functionality includes:

Storing the query and memory layers.
Preprocessing and storing the memory.

Note that this layer takes memory as its init parameter, which is an anti-pattern of Keras API, we have to keep the memory as init parameter for performance and dependency reason. Under the hood, during __init__(), it will invoke base_layer.__call__(memory, setup_memory=True). This will let keras to keep track of the memory tensor as the input of this layer. Once the __init__() is done, then user can query the attention by score = att_obj([query, state]), and use it as a normal keras layer.

Special attention is needed when adding using this class as the base layer for new attention:

Build() could be invoked at least twice. So please make sure weights are not duplicated.
Layer.get_weights() might return different set of weights if the instance has query_layer. The query_layer weights is not initialized until the memory is configured.

Also note that this layer does not work with Keras model when model.compile(run_eagerly=True) due to the fact that this layer is stateful. The support for that will be added in a future version.

Args
`memory`	The memory to query; usually the output of an RNN encoder. This tensor should be shaped `[batch_size, max_time, ...]`.
`probability_fn`	A `callable`. Converts the score and previous alignments to probabilities. Its signature should be: `probabilities = probability_fn(score, state)`.
`query_layer`	Optional `tf.keras.layers.Layer` instance. The layer's depth must match the depth of `memory_layer`. If `query_layer` is not provided, the shape of `query` must match that of `memory_layer`.
`memory_layer`	Optional `tf.keras.layers.Layer` instance. The layer's depth must match the depth of `query_layer`. If `memory_layer` is not provided, the shape of `memory` must match that of `query_layer`.
`memory_sequence_length`	(optional) Sequence lengths for the batch entries in memory. If provided, the memory tensor rows are masked with zeros for values past the respective sequence lengths.
`**kwargs`	Dictionary that contains other common arguments for layer creation.

Attributes
`activity_regularizer`	Optional regularizer function for the output of this layer.
`alignments_size`
`compute_dtype`	The dtype of the layer's computations. This is equivalent to `Layer.dtype_policy.compute_dtype`. Unless mixed precision is used, this is the same as `Layer.dtype`, the dtype of the weights. Layers automatically cast their inputs to the compute dtype, which causes computations and the output to be in the compute dtype as well. This is done by the base Layer class in `Layer.call`, so you do not have to insert these casts if implementing your own layer. Layers often perform certain internal computations in higher precision when `compute_dtype` is float16 or bfloat16 for numeric stability. The output will still typically be float16 or bfloat16 in such cases.
`dtype`	The dtype of the layer weights. This is equivalent to `Layer.dtype_policy.variable_dtype`. Unless mixed precision is used, this is the same as `Layer.compute_dtype`, the dtype of the layer's computations.
`dtype_policy`	The dtype policy associated with this layer. This is an instance of a `tf.keras.mixed_precision.Policy`.
`dynamic`	Whether the layer is dynamic (eager-only); set in the constructor.
`input`	Retrieves the input tensor(s) of a layer. Only applicable if the layer has exactly one input, i.e. if it is connected to one incoming layer.
`input_spec`	`InputSpec` instance(s) describing the input format for this layer. When you create a layer subclass, you can set `self.input_spec` to enable the layer to run input compatibility checks when it is called. Consider a `Conv2D` layer: it can only be called on a single input tensor of rank 4. As such, you can set, in `__init__()`: `self.input_spec = tf.keras.layers.InputSpec(ndim=4)` Now, if you try to call the layer on an input that isn't rank 4 (for instance, an input of shape `(2,)`, it will raise a nicely-formatted error: `ValueError: Input 0 of layer conv2d is incompatible with the layer: expected ndim=4, found ndim=1. Full shape received: [2]` Input checks that can be specified via `input_spec` include: Structure (e.g. a single input, a list of 2 inputs, etc) Shape Rank (ndim) Dtype For more information, see `tf.keras.layers.InputSpec`.
`losses`	List of losses added using the `add_loss()` API. Variable regularization tensors are created when this property is accessed, so it is eager safe: accessing `losses` under a `tf.GradientTape` will propagate gradients back to the corresponding variables. `class MyLayer(tf.keras.layers.Layer):` `def call(self, inputs):` `self.add_loss(tf.abs(tf.reduce_mean(inputs)))` `return inputs` `l = MyLayer()` `l(np.ones((10, 1)))` `l.losses` `[1.0]` `inputs = tf.keras.Input(shape=(10,))` `x = tf.keras.layers.Dense(10)(inputs)` `outputs = tf.keras.layers.Dense(1)(x)` `model = tf.keras.Model(inputs, outputs)` `# Activity regularization.` `len(model.losses)` `0` `model.add_loss(tf.abs(tf.reduce_mean(x)))` `len(model.losses)` `1` `inputs = tf.keras.Input(shape=(10,))` `d = tf.keras.layers.Dense(10, kernel_initializer='ones')` `x = d(inputs)` `outputs = tf.keras.layers.Dense(1)(x)` `model = tf.keras.Model(inputs, outputs)` `# Weight regularization.` `model.add_loss(lambda: tf.reduce_mean(d.kernel))` `model.losses` `[<tf.Tensor: shape=(), dtype=float32, numpy=1.0>]`
`memory_initialized`	Returns `True` if this attention mechanism has been initialized with a memory.
`metrics`	List of metrics added using the `add_metric()` API. `input = tf.keras.layers.Input(shape=(3,))` `d = tf.keras.layers.Dense(2)` `output = d(input)` `d.add_metric(tf.reduce_max(output), name='max')` `d.add_metric(tf.reduce_min(output), name='min')` `[m.name for m in d.metrics]` `['max', 'min']`
`name`	Name of the layer (string), set in the constructor.
`name_scope`	Returns a `tf.name_scope` instance for this class.
`non_trainable_weights`	List of all non-trainable weights tracked by this layer. Non-trainable weights are not updated during training. They are expected to be updated manually in `call()`.
`output`	Retrieves the output tensor(s) of a layer. Only applicable if the layer has exactly one output, i.e. if it is connected to one incoming layer.
`state_size`
`submodules`	Sequence of all sub-modules. Submodules are modules which are properties of this module, or found as properties of modules which are properties of this module (and so on). `a = tf.Module()` `b = tf.Module()` `c = tf.Module()` `a.b = b` `b.c = c` `list(a.submodules) == [b, c]` `True` `list(b.submodules) == [c]` `True` `list(c.submodules) == []` `True`
`supports_masking`	Whether this layer supports computing a mask using `compute_mask`.
`trainable`
`trainable_weights`	List of all trainable weights tracked by this layer. Trainable weights are updated via gradient descent during training.
`variable_dtype`	Alias of `Layer.dtype`, the dtype of the weights.
`weights`	Returns the list of all layer variables/weights.

Methods

`add_loss`

add_loss(
    losses, **kwargs
)

Add loss tensor(s), potentially dependent on layer inputs.

Some losses (for instance, activity regularization losses) may be dependent on the inputs passed when calling a layer. Hence, when reusing the same layer on different inputs a and b, some entries in layer.losses may be dependent on a and some on b. This method automatically keeps track of dependencies.

This method can be used inside a subclassed layer or model's call function, in which case losses should be a Tensor or list of Tensors.

Example:

class MyLayer(tf.keras.layers.Layer):
  def call(self, inputs):
    self.add_loss(tf.abs(tf.reduce_mean(inputs)))
    return inputs

The same code works in distributed training: the input to add_loss() is treated like a regularization loss and averaged across replicas by the training loop (both built-in Model.fit() and compliant custom training loops).

The add_loss method can also be called directly on a Functional Model during construction. In this case, any loss Tensors passed to this Model must be symbolic and be able to be traced back to the model's Inputs. These losses become part of the model's topology and are tracked in get_config.

Example:

inputs = tf.keras.Input(shape=(10,))
x = tf.keras.layers.Dense(10)(inputs)
outputs = tf.keras.layers.Dense(1)(x)
model = tf.keras.Model(inputs, outputs)
# Activity regularization.
model.add_loss(tf.abs(tf.reduce_mean(x)))

If this is not the case for your loss (if, for example, your loss references a Variable of one of the model's layers), you can wrap your loss in a zero-argument lambda. These losses are not tracked as part of the model's topology since they can't be serialized.

Example:

inputs = tf.keras.Input(shape=(10,))
d = tf.keras.layers.Dense(10)
x = d(inputs)
outputs = tf.keras.layers.Dense(1)(x)
model = tf.keras.Model(inputs, outputs)
# Weight regularization.
model.add_loss(lambda: tf.reduce_mean(d.kernel))

Args
`losses`	Loss tensor, or list/tuple of tensors. Rather than tensors, losses may also be zero-argument callables which create a loss tensor.
`**kwargs`	Used for backwards compatibility only.

`add_metric`

add_metric(
    value, name=None, **kwargs
)

Adds metric tensor to the layer.

This method can be used inside the call() method of a subclassed layer or model.

class MyMetricLayer(tf.keras.layers.Layer):
  def __init__(self):
    super(MyMetricLayer, self).__init__(name='my_metric_layer')
    self.mean = tf.keras.metrics.Mean(name='metric_1')

  def call(self, inputs):
    self.add_metric(self.mean(inputs))
    self.add_metric(tf.reduce_sum(inputs), name='metric_2')
    return inputs

This method can also be called directly on a Functional Model during construction. In this case, any tensor passed to this Model must be symbolic and be able to be traced back to the model's Inputs. These metrics become part of the model's topology and are tracked when you save the model via save().

inputs = tf.keras.Input(shape=(10,))
x = tf.keras.layers.Dense(10)(inputs)
outputs = tf.keras.layers.Dense(1)(x)
model = tf.keras.Model(inputs, outputs)
model.add_metric(math_ops.reduce_sum(x), name='metric_1')

inputs = tf.keras.Input(shape=(10,))
x = tf.keras.layers.Dense(10)(inputs)
outputs = tf.keras.layers.Dense(1)(x)
model = tf.keras.Model(inputs, outputs)
model.add_metric(tf.keras.metrics.Mean()(x), name='metric_1')

Args
`value`	Metric tensor.
`name`	String metric name.
`**kwargs`	Additional keyword arguments for backward compatibility. Accepted values: `aggregation` - When the `value` tensor provided is not the result of calling a `keras.Metric` instance, it will be aggregated by default using a `keras.Metric.Mean`.

`build`

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build(
    input_shape
)

Creates the variables of the layer (for subclass implementers).

This is a method that implementers of subclasses of Layer or Model can override if they need a state-creation step in-between layer instantiation and layer call. It is invoked automatically before the first execution of call().

This is typically used to create the weights of Layer subclasses (at the discretion of the subclass implementer).

Args
`input_shape`	Instance of `TensorShape`, or list of instances of `TensorShape` if the layer expects a list of inputs (one instance per input).

`build_from_config`

build_from_config(
    config
)

`compute_mask`

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compute_mask(
    inputs, mask=None
)

Computes an output mask tensor.

Args
`inputs`	Tensor or list of tensors.
`mask`	Tensor or list of tensors.

Returns
None or a tensor (or list of tensors, one per output tensor of the layer).

`compute_output_shape`

compute_output_shape(
    input_shape
)

Computes the output shape of the layer.

This method will cause the layer's state to be built, if that has not happened before. This requires that the layer will later be used with inputs that match the input shape provided here.

Args
`input_shape`	Shape tuple (tuple of integers) or `tf.TensorShape`, or structure of shape tuples / `tf.TensorShape` instances (one per output tensor of the layer). Shape tuples can include None for free dimensions, instead of an integer.

Returns
A `tf.TensorShape` instance or structure of `tf.TensorShape` instances.

`count_params`

count_params()

Count the total number of scalars composing the weights.

Returns
An integer count.

Raises
`ValueError`	if the layer isn't yet built (in which case its weights aren't yet defined).

`deserialize_inner_layer_from_config`

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@classmethod
deserialize_inner_layer_from_config(
    config, custom_objects
)

Helper method that reconstruct the query and memory from the config.

In the get_config() method, the query and memory layer configs are serialized into dict for persistence, this method perform the reverse action to reconstruct the layer from the config.

Args
`config`	dict, the configs that will be used to reconstruct the object.
`custom_objects`	dict mapping class names (or function names) of custom (non-Keras) objects to class/functions.

Returns
`config`	dict, the config with layer instance created, which is ready to be used as init parameters.

`from_config`

@classmethod
from_config(
    config
)

Creates a layer from its config.

This method is the reverse of get_config, capable of instantiating the same layer from the config dictionary. It does not handle layer connectivity (handled by Network), nor weights (handled by set_weights).

Args
`config`	A Python dictionary, typically the output of get_config.

Returns
A layer instance.

`get_build_config`

get_build_config()

`get_config`

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get_config()

Returns the config of the layer.

A layer config is a Python dictionary (serializable) containing the configuration of a layer. The same layer can be reinstantiated later (without its trained weights) from this configuration.

The config of a layer does not include connectivity information, nor the layer class name. These are handled by Network (one layer of abstraction above).

Note that get_config() does not guarantee to return a fresh copy of dict every time it is called. The callers should make a copy of the returned dict if they want to modify it.

Returns
Python dictionary.

`get_weights`

get_weights()

Returns the current weights of the layer, as NumPy arrays.

The weights of a layer represent the state of the layer. This function returns both trainable and non-trainable weight values associated with this layer as a list of NumPy arrays, which can in turn be used to load state into similarly parameterized layers.

For example, a Dense layer returns a list of two values: the kernel matrix and the bias vector. These can be used to set the weights of another Dense layer:

layer_a = tf.keras.layers.Dense(1,
  kernel_initializer=tf.constant_initializer(1.))
a_out = layer_a(tf.convert_to_tensor([[1., 2., 3.]]))
layer_a.get_weights()
[array([[1.],
       [1.],
       [1.]], dtype=float32), array([0.], dtype=float32)]
layer_b = tf.keras.layers.Dense(1,
  kernel_initializer=tf.constant_initializer(2.))
b_out = layer_b(tf.convert_to_tensor([[10., 20., 30.]]))
layer_b.get_weights()
[array([[2.],
       [2.],
       [2.]], dtype=float32), array([0.], dtype=float32)]
layer_b.set_weights(layer_a.get_weights())
layer_b.get_weights()
[array([[1.],
       [1.],
       [1.]], dtype=float32), array([0.], dtype=float32)]

Returns
Weights values as a list of NumPy arrays.

`initial_alignments`

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initial_alignments(
    batch_size, dtype
)

Creates the initial alignment values for the tfa.seq2seq.AttentionWrapper class.

This is important for attention mechanisms that use the previous alignment to calculate the alignment at the next time step (e.g. monotonic attention).

The default behavior is to return a tensor of all zeros.

Args
`batch_size`	`int32` scalar, the batch_size.
`dtype`	The `dtype`.

Returns
A `dtype` tensor shaped `[batch_size, alignments_size]` (`alignments_size` is the values' `max_time`).

`initial_state`

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initial_state(
    batch_size, dtype
)

Creates the initial state values for the tfa.seq2seq.AttentionWrapper class.

This is important for attention mechanisms that use the previous alignment to calculate the alignment at the next time step (e.g. monotonic attention).

The default behavior is to return the same output as initial_alignments.

Args
`batch_size`	`int32` scalar, the batch_size.
`dtype`	The `dtype`.

Returns
A structure of all-zero tensors with shapes as described by `state_size`.

`set_weights`

set_weights(
    weights
)

Sets the weights of the layer, from NumPy arrays.

The weights of a layer represent the state of the layer. This function sets the weight values from numpy arrays. The weight values should be passed in the order they are created by the layer. Note that the layer's weights must be instantiated before calling this function, by calling the layer.

For example, a Dense layer returns a list of two values: the kernel matrix and the bias vector. These can be used to set the weights of another Dense layer:

layer_a = tf.keras.layers.Dense(1,
  kernel_initializer=tf.constant_initializer(1.))
a_out = layer_a(tf.convert_to_tensor([[1., 2., 3.]]))
layer_a.get_weights()
[array([[1.],
       [1.],
       [1.]], dtype=float32), array([0.], dtype=float32)]
layer_b = tf.keras.layers.Dense(1,
  kernel_initializer=tf.constant_initializer(2.))
b_out = layer_b(tf.convert_to_tensor([[10., 20., 30.]]))
layer_b.get_weights()
[array([[2.],
       [2.],
       [2.]], dtype=float32), array([0.], dtype=float32)]
layer_b.set_weights(layer_a.get_weights())
layer_b.get_weights()
[array([[1.],
       [1.],
       [1.]], dtype=float32), array([0.], dtype=float32)]

Args
`weights`	a list of NumPy arrays. The number of arrays and their shape must match number of the dimensions of the weights of the layer (i.e. it should match the output of `get_weights`).

Raises
`ValueError`	If the provided weights list does not match the layer's specifications.

`setup_memory`

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setup_memory(
    memory, memory_sequence_length=None, memory_mask=None
)

Pre-process the memory before actually query the memory.

This should only be called once at the first invocation of call().

Args

memory The memory to query; usually the output of an RNN encoder. This tensor should be shaped [batch_size, max_time, ...].

memory_sequence_length

optional

Sequence lengths for the batch entries in memory. If provided, the memory tensor rows are masked with zeros for values past the respective sequence lengths.

memory_mask (Optional) The boolean tensor with shape [batch_size, max_time]. For any value equal to False, the corresponding value in memory should be ignored.

`with_name_scope`

@classmethod
with_name_scope(
    method
)

Decorator to automatically enter the module name scope.

class MyModule(tf.Module):
  @tf.Module.with_name_scope
  def __call__(self, x):
    if not hasattr(self, 'w'):
      self.w = tf.Variable(tf.random.normal([x.shape[1], 3]))
    return tf.matmul(x, self.w)

Using the above module would produce tf.Variables and tf.Tensors whose names included the module name:

mod = MyModule()
mod(tf.ones([1, 2]))
<tf.Tensor: shape=(1, 3), dtype=float32, numpy=..., dtype=float32)>
mod.w
<tf.Variable 'my_module/Variable:0' shape=(2, 3) dtype=float32,
numpy=..., dtype=float32)>

Args
`method`	The method to wrap.

Returns
The original method wrapped such that it enters the module's name scope.

`call`

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__call__(
    inputs, **kwargs
)

Preprocess the inputs before calling base_layer.__call__().

Note that there are situation here, one for setup memory, and one with actual query and state.

When the memory has not been configured, we just pass all the param to base_layer.__call__(), which will then invoke self.call() with proper inputs, which allows this class to setup memory.
When the memory has already been setup, the input should contain query and state, and optionally processed memory. If the processed memory is not included in the input, we will have to append it to the inputs and give it to the base_layer.__call__(). The processed memory is the output of first invocation of self.__call__(). If we don't add it here, then from keras perspective, the graph is disconnected since the output from previous call is never used.

Args
`inputs`	the inputs tensors.
`**kwargs`	dict, other keyeword arguments for the `__call__()`

tfa.seq2seq.AttentionMechanism

Args

Attributes

Methods

add_loss

Example:

Example:

Example:

add_metric

build

build_from_config

compute_mask

compute_output_shape

count_params

deserialize_inner_layer_from_config

from_config

get_build_config

get_config

get_weights

initial_alignments

initial_state

set_weights

setup_memory

with_name_scope

__call__

`add_loss`

`add_metric`

`build`

`build_from_config`

`compute_mask`

`compute_output_shape`

`count_params`

`deserialize_inner_layer_from_config`

`from_config`

`get_build_config`

`get_config`

`get_weights`

`initial_alignments`

`initial_state`

`set_weights`

`setup_memory`

`with_name_scope`

`call`