Source code for optuna.study.study

import copy
import threading
from typing import Any
from typing import Callable
from typing import Container
from typing import Dict
from typing import Iterable
from typing import List
from typing import Optional
from typing import Sequence
from typing import Tuple
from typing import Type
from typing import TYPE_CHECKING
from typing import Union
import warnings

from optuna import exceptions
from optuna import logging
from optuna import pruners
from optuna import samplers
from optuna import storages
from optuna import trial as trial_module
from optuna._convert_positional_args import convert_positional_args
from optuna._deprecated import deprecated
from optuna._imports import _LazyImport
from optuna.distributions import _convert_old_distribution_to_new_distribution
from optuna.distributions import BaseDistribution
from optuna.study._multi_objective import _get_pareto_front_trials
from optuna.study._optimize import _optimize
from optuna.study._study_direction import StudyDirection
from optuna.study._study_summary import StudySummary  # NOQA
from optuna.study._tell import _tell_with_warning
from optuna.trial import create_trial
from optuna.trial import FrozenTrial
from optuna.trial import TrialState


_dataframe = _LazyImport("optuna.study._dataframe")

if TYPE_CHECKING:
    from optuna.study._dataframe import pd


ObjectiveFuncType = Callable[[trial_module.Trial], Union[float, Sequence[float]]]


_logger = logging.get_logger(__name__)


[docs]class Study: """A study corresponds to an optimization task, i.e., a set of trials. This object provides interfaces to run a new :class:`~optuna.trial.Trial`, access trials' history, set/get user-defined attributes of the study itself. Note that the direct use of this constructor is not recommended. To create and load a study, please refer to the documentation of :func:`~optuna.study.create_study` and :func:`~optuna.study.load_study` respectively. """ def __init__( self, study_name: str, storage: Union[str, storages.BaseStorage], sampler: Optional["samplers.BaseSampler"] = None, pruner: Optional[pruners.BasePruner] = None, ) -> None: self.study_name = study_name storage = storages.get_storage(storage) study_id = storage.get_study_id_from_name(study_name) self._study_id = study_id self._storage = storage self.sampler = sampler or samplers.TPESampler() self.pruner = pruner or pruners.MedianPruner() self._optimize_lock = threading.Lock() self._stop_flag = False def __getstate__(self) -> Dict[Any, Any]: state = self.__dict__.copy() del state["_optimize_lock"] return state def __setstate__(self, state: Dict[Any, Any]) -> None: self.__dict__.update(state) self._optimize_lock = threading.Lock() @property def best_params(self) -> Dict[str, Any]: """Return parameters of the best trial in the study. .. note:: This feature can only be used for single-objective optimization. Returns: A dictionary containing parameters of the best trial. """ return self.best_trial.params @property def best_value(self) -> float: """Return the best objective value in the study. .. note:: This feature can only be used for single-objective optimization. Returns: A float representing the best objective value. """ best_value = self.best_trial.value assert best_value is not None return best_value @property def best_trial(self) -> FrozenTrial: """Return the best trial in the study. .. note:: This feature can only be used for single-objective optimization. If your study is multi-objective, use :attr:`~optuna.study.Study.best_trials` instead. Returns: A :class:`~optuna.trial.FrozenTrial` object of the best trial. .. seealso:: The :ref:`reuse_best_trial` tutorial provides a detailed example of how to use this method. """ if self._is_multi_objective(): raise RuntimeError( "A single best trial cannot be retrieved from a multi-objective study. Consider " "using Study.best_trials to retrieve a list containing the best trials." ) return copy.deepcopy(self._storage.get_best_trial(self._study_id)) @property def best_trials(self) -> List[FrozenTrial]: """Return trials located at the Pareto front in the study. A trial is located at the Pareto front if there are no trials that dominate the trial. It's called that a trial ``t0`` dominates another trial ``t1`` if ``all(v0 <= v1) for v0, v1 in zip(t0.values, t1.values)`` and ``any(v0 < v1) for v0, v1 in zip(t0.values, t1.values)`` are held. Returns: A list of :class:`~optuna.trial.FrozenTrial` objects. """ return _get_pareto_front_trials(self) @property def direction(self) -> StudyDirection: """Return the direction of the study. .. note:: This feature can only be used for single-objective optimization. If your study is multi-objective, use :attr:`~optuna.study.Study.directions` instead. Returns: A :class:`~optuna.study.StudyDirection` object. """ if self._is_multi_objective(): raise RuntimeError( "A single direction cannot be retrieved from a multi-objective study. Consider " "using Study.directions to retrieve a list containing all directions." ) return self.directions[0] @property def directions(self) -> List[StudyDirection]: """Return the directions of the study. Returns: A list of :class:`~optuna.study.StudyDirection` objects. """ return self._storage.get_study_directions(self._study_id) @property def trials(self) -> List[FrozenTrial]: """Return all trials in the study. The returned trials are ordered by trial number. This is a short form of ``self.get_trials(deepcopy=True, states=None)``. Returns: A list of :class:`~optuna.trial.FrozenTrial` objects. """ return self.get_trials(deepcopy=True, states=None)
[docs] def get_trials( self, deepcopy: bool = True, states: Optional[Container[TrialState]] = None, ) -> List[FrozenTrial]: """Return all trials in the study. The returned trials are ordered by trial number. Example: .. testcode:: import optuna def objective(trial): x = trial.suggest_float("x", -1, 1) return x**2 study = optuna.create_study() study.optimize(objective, n_trials=3) trials = study.get_trials() assert len(trials) == 3 Args: deepcopy: Flag to control whether to apply ``copy.deepcopy()`` to the trials. Note that if you set the flag to :obj:`False`, you shouldn't mutate any fields of the returned trial. Otherwise the internal state of the study may corrupt and unexpected behavior may happen. states: Trial states to filter on. If :obj:`None`, include all states. Returns: A list of :class:`~optuna.trial.FrozenTrial` objects. """ self._storage.read_trials_from_remote_storage(self._study_id) return self._storage.get_all_trials(self._study_id, deepcopy=deepcopy, states=states)
@property def user_attrs(self) -> Dict[str, Any]: """Return user attributes. .. seealso:: See :func:`~optuna.study.Study.set_user_attr` for related method. Example: .. testcode:: import optuna def objective(trial): x = trial.suggest_float("x", 0, 1) y = trial.suggest_float("y", 0, 1) return x**2 + y**2 study = optuna.create_study() study.set_user_attr("objective function", "quadratic function") study.set_user_attr("dimensions", 2) study.set_user_attr("contributors", ["Akiba", "Sano"]) assert study.user_attrs == { "objective function": "quadratic function", "dimensions": 2, "contributors": ["Akiba", "Sano"], } Returns: A dictionary containing all user attributes. """ return copy.deepcopy(self._storage.get_study_user_attrs(self._study_id)) @property def system_attrs(self) -> Dict[str, Any]: """Return system attributes. Returns: A dictionary containing all system attributes. """ return copy.deepcopy(self._storage.get_study_system_attrs(self._study_id))
[docs] def optimize( self, func: ObjectiveFuncType, n_trials: Optional[int] = None, timeout: Optional[float] = None, n_jobs: int = 1, catch: Tuple[Type[Exception], ...] = (), callbacks: Optional[List[Callable[["Study", FrozenTrial], None]]] = None, gc_after_trial: bool = False, show_progress_bar: bool = False, ) -> None: """Optimize an objective function. Optimization is done by choosing a suitable set of hyperparameter values from a given range. Uses a sampler which implements the task of value suggestion based on a specified distribution. The sampler is specified in :func:`~optuna.study.create_study` and the default choice for the sampler is TPE. See also :class:`~optuna.samplers.TPESampler` for more details on 'TPE'. Optimization will be stopped when receiving a termination signal such as SIGINT and SIGTERM. Unlike other signals, a trial is automatically and cleanly failed when receiving SIGINT (Ctrl+C). If :obj:`n_jobs` is greater than one or if another signal than SIGINT is used, the interrupted trial state won't be properly updated. Example: .. testcode:: import optuna def objective(trial): x = trial.suggest_float("x", -1, 1) return x**2 study = optuna.create_study() study.optimize(objective, n_trials=3) Args: func: A callable that implements objective function. n_trials: The number of trials for each process. :obj:`None` represents no limit in terms of the number of trials. The study continues to create trials until the number of trials reaches ``n_trials``, ``timeout`` period elapses, :func:`~optuna.study.Study.stop` is called, or a termination signal such as SIGTERM or Ctrl+C is received. .. seealso:: :class:`optuna.study.MaxTrialsCallback` can ensure how many times trials will be performed across all processes. timeout: Stop study after the given number of second(s). :obj:`None` represents no limit in terms of elapsed time. The study continues to create trials until the number of trials reaches ``n_trials``, ``timeout`` period elapses, :func:`~optuna.study.Study.stop` is called or, a termination signal such as SIGTERM or Ctrl+C is received. n_jobs: The number of parallel jobs. If this argument is set to :obj:`-1`, the number is set to CPU count. .. note:: ``n_jobs`` allows parallelization using :obj:`threading` and may suffer from `Python's GIL <https://wiki.python.org/moin/GlobalInterpreterLock>`_. It is recommended to use :ref:`process-based parallelization<distributed>` if ``func`` is CPU bound. catch: A study continues to run even when a trial raises one of the exceptions specified in this argument. Default is an empty tuple, i.e. the study will stop for any exception except for :class:`~optuna.exceptions.TrialPruned`. callbacks: List of callback functions that are invoked at the end of each trial. Each function must accept two parameters with the following types in this order: :class:`~optuna.study.Study` and :class:`~optuna.trial.FrozenTrial`. .. seealso:: See the tutorial of :ref:`optuna_callback` for how to use and implement callback functions. gc_after_trial: Flag to determine whether to automatically run garbage collection after each trial. Set to :obj:`True` to run the garbage collection, :obj:`False` otherwise. When it runs, it runs a full collection by internally calling :func:`gc.collect`. If you see an increase in memory consumption over several trials, try setting this flag to :obj:`True`. .. seealso:: :ref:`out-of-memory-gc-collect` show_progress_bar: Flag to show progress bars or not. To disable progress bar, set this :obj:`False`. Currently, progress bar is experimental feature and disabled when ``n_trials`` is :obj:`None``, ``timeout`` not is :obj:`None`, and ``n_jobs`` :math:`\\ne 1`. Raises: RuntimeError: If nested invocation of this method occurs. """ _optimize( study=self, func=func, n_trials=n_trials, timeout=timeout, n_jobs=n_jobs, catch=catch, callbacks=callbacks, gc_after_trial=gc_after_trial, show_progress_bar=show_progress_bar, )
[docs] def ask( self, fixed_distributions: Optional[Dict[str, BaseDistribution]] = None ) -> trial_module.Trial: """Create a new trial from which hyperparameters can be suggested. This method is part of an alternative to :func:`~optuna.study.Study.optimize` that allows controlling the lifetime of a trial outside the scope of ``func``. Each call to this method should be followed by a call to :func:`~optuna.study.Study.tell` to finish the created trial. .. seealso:: The :ref:`ask_and_tell` tutorial provides use-cases with examples. Example: Getting the trial object with the :func:`~optuna.study.Study.ask` method. .. testcode:: import optuna study = optuna.create_study() trial = study.ask() x = trial.suggest_float("x", -1, 1) study.tell(trial, x**2) Example: Passing previously defined distributions to the :func:`~optuna.study.Study.ask` method. .. testcode:: import optuna study = optuna.create_study() distributions = { "optimizer": optuna.distributions.CategoricalDistribution(["adam", "sgd"]), "lr": optuna.distributions.FloatDistribution(0.0001, 0.1, log=True), } # You can pass the distributions previously defined. trial = study.ask(fixed_distributions=distributions) # `optimizer` and `lr` are already suggested and accessible with `trial.params`. assert "optimizer" in trial.params assert "lr" in trial.params Args: fixed_distributions: A dictionary containing the parameter names and parameter's distributions. Each parameter in this dictionary is automatically suggested for the returned trial, even when the suggest method is not explicitly invoked by the user. If this argument is set to :obj:`None`, no parameter is automatically suggested. Returns: A :class:`~optuna.trial.Trial`. """ if not self._optimize_lock.locked(): if self._storage.is_heartbeat_enabled(): warnings.warn("Heartbeat of storage is supposed to be used with Study.optimize.") fixed_distributions = fixed_distributions or {} fixed_distributions = { key: _convert_old_distribution_to_new_distribution(dist) for key, dist in fixed_distributions.items() } # Sync storage once every trial. self._storage.read_trials_from_remote_storage(self._study_id) trial_id = self._pop_waiting_trial_id() if trial_id is None: trial_id = self._storage.create_new_trial(self._study_id) trial = trial_module.Trial(self, trial_id) for name, param in fixed_distributions.items(): trial._suggest(name, param) return trial
[docs] def tell( self, trial: Union[trial_module.Trial, int], values: Optional[Union[float, Sequence[float]]] = None, state: Optional[TrialState] = None, skip_if_finished: bool = False, ) -> FrozenTrial: """Finish a trial created with :func:`~optuna.study.Study.ask`. .. seealso:: The :ref:`ask_and_tell` tutorial provides use-cases with examples. Example: .. testcode:: import optuna from optuna.trial import TrialState def f(x): return (x - 2) ** 2 def df(x): return 2 * x - 4 study = optuna.create_study() n_trials = 30 for _ in range(n_trials): trial = study.ask() lr = trial.suggest_float("lr", 1e-5, 1e-1, log=True) # Iterative gradient descent objective function. x = 3 # Initial value. for step in range(128): y = f(x) trial.report(y, step=step) if trial.should_prune(): # Finish the trial with the pruned state. study.tell(trial, state=TrialState.PRUNED) break gy = df(x) x -= gy * lr else: # Finish the trial with the final value after all iterations. study.tell(trial, y) Args: trial: A :class:`~optuna.trial.Trial` object or a trial number. values: Optional objective value or a sequence of such values in case the study is used for multi-objective optimization. Argument must be provided if ``state`` is :class:`~optuna.trial.TrialState.COMPLETE` and should be :obj:`None` if ``state`` is :class:`~optuna.trial.TrialState.FAIL` or :class:`~optuna.trial.TrialState.PRUNED`. state: State to be reported. Must be :obj:`None`, :class:`~optuna.trial.TrialState.COMPLETE`, :class:`~optuna.trial.TrialState.FAIL` or :class:`~optuna.trial.TrialState.PRUNED`. If ``state`` is :obj:`None`, it will be updated to :class:`~optuna.trial.TrialState.COMPLETE` or :class:`~optuna.trial.TrialState.FAIL` depending on whether validation for ``values`` reported succeed or not. skip_if_finished: Flag to control whether exception should be raised when values for already finished trial are told. If :obj:`True`, tell is skipped without any error when the trial is already finished. Returns: A :class:`~optuna.trial.FrozenTrial` representing the resulting trial. A returned trial is deep copied thus user can modify it as needed. """ return _tell_with_warning( study=self, trial=trial, values=values, state=state, skip_if_finished=skip_if_finished )
[docs] def set_user_attr(self, key: str, value: Any) -> None: """Set a user attribute to the study. .. seealso:: See :attr:`~optuna.study.Study.user_attrs` for related attribute. .. seealso:: See the recipe on :ref:`attributes`. Example: .. testcode:: import optuna def objective(trial): x = trial.suggest_float("x", 0, 1) y = trial.suggest_float("y", 0, 1) return x**2 + y**2 study = optuna.create_study() study.set_user_attr("objective function", "quadratic function") study.set_user_attr("dimensions", 2) study.set_user_attr("contributors", ["Akiba", "Sano"]) assert study.user_attrs == { "objective function": "quadratic function", "dimensions": 2, "contributors": ["Akiba", "Sano"], } Args: key: A key string of the attribute. value: A value of the attribute. The value should be JSON serializable. """ self._storage.set_study_user_attr(self._study_id, key, value)
[docs] def set_system_attr(self, key: str, value: Any) -> None: """Set a system attribute to the study. Note that Optuna internally uses this method to save system messages. Please use :func:`~optuna.study.Study.set_user_attr` to set users' attributes. Args: key: A key string of the attribute. value: A value of the attribute. The value should be JSON serializable. """ self._storage.set_study_system_attr(self._study_id, key, value)
[docs] def trials_dataframe( self, attrs: Tuple[str, ...] = ( "number", "value", "datetime_start", "datetime_complete", "duration", "params", "user_attrs", "system_attrs", "state", ), multi_index: bool = False, ) -> "pd.DataFrame": """Export trials as a pandas DataFrame_. The DataFrame_ provides various features to analyze studies. It is also useful to draw a histogram of objective values and to export trials as a CSV file. If there are no trials, an empty DataFrame_ is returned. Example: .. testcode:: import optuna import pandas def objective(trial): x = trial.suggest_float("x", -1, 1) return x**2 study = optuna.create_study() study.optimize(objective, n_trials=3) # Create a dataframe from the study. df = study.trials_dataframe() assert isinstance(df, pandas.DataFrame) assert df.shape[0] == 3 # n_trials. Args: attrs: Specifies field names of :class:`~optuna.trial.FrozenTrial` to include them to a DataFrame of trials. multi_index: Specifies whether the returned DataFrame_ employs MultiIndex_ or not. Columns that are hierarchical by nature such as ``(params, x)`` will be flattened to ``params_x`` when set to :obj:`False`. Returns: A pandas DataFrame_ of trials in the :class:`~optuna.study.Study`. .. _DataFrame: http://pandas.pydata.org/pandas-docs/stable/generated/pandas.DataFrame.html .. _MultiIndex: https://pandas.pydata.org/pandas-docs/stable/advanced.html Note: If ``value`` is in ``attrs`` during multi-objective optimization, it is implicitly replaced with ``values``. """ return _dataframe._trials_dataframe(self, attrs, multi_index)
[docs] def stop(self) -> None: """Exit from the current optimization loop after the running trials finish. This method lets the running :meth:`~optuna.study.Study.optimize` method return immediately after all trials which the :meth:`~optuna.study.Study.optimize` method spawned finishes. This method does not affect any behaviors of parallel or successive study processes. This method only works when it is called inside an objective function or callback. Example: .. testcode:: import optuna def objective(trial): if trial.number == 4: trial.study.stop() x = trial.suggest_float("x", 0, 10) return x**2 study = optuna.create_study() study.optimize(objective, n_trials=10) assert len(study.trials) == 5 """ if self._optimize_lock.acquire(False): self._optimize_lock.release() raise RuntimeError( "`Study.stop` is supposed to be invoked inside an objective function or a " "callback." ) self._stop_flag = True
[docs] def enqueue_trial( self, params: Dict[str, Any], user_attrs: Optional[Dict[str, Any]] = None ) -> None: """Enqueue a trial with given parameter values. You can fix the next sampling parameters which will be evaluated in your objective function. Example: .. testcode:: import optuna def objective(trial): x = trial.suggest_float("x", 0, 10) return x**2 study = optuna.create_study() study.enqueue_trial({"x": 5}) study.enqueue_trial({"x": 0}, user_attrs={"memo": "optimal"}) study.optimize(objective, n_trials=2) assert study.trials[0].params == {"x": 5} assert study.trials[1].params == {"x": 0} assert study.trials[1].user_attrs == {"memo": "optimal"} Args: params: Parameter values to pass your objective function. user_attrs: A dictionary of user-specific attributes other than ``params``. .. seealso:: Please refer to :ref:`enqueue_trial_tutorial` for the tutorial of specifying hyperparameters manually. """ self.add_trial( create_trial( state=TrialState.WAITING, system_attrs={"fixed_params": params}, user_attrs=user_attrs, ) )
[docs] def add_trial(self, trial: FrozenTrial) -> None: """Add trial to study. The trial is validated before being added. Example: .. testcode:: import optuna from optuna.distributions import FloatDistribution def objective(trial): x = trial.suggest_float("x", 0, 10) return x**2 study = optuna.create_study() assert len(study.trials) == 0 trial = optuna.trial.create_trial( params={"x": 2.0}, distributions={"x": FloatDistribution(0, 10)}, value=4.0, ) study.add_trial(trial) assert len(study.trials) == 1 study.optimize(objective, n_trials=3) assert len(study.trials) == 4 other_study = optuna.create_study() for trial in study.trials: other_study.add_trial(trial) assert len(other_study.trials) == len(study.trials) other_study.optimize(objective, n_trials=2) assert len(other_study.trials) == len(study.trials) + 2 .. seealso:: This method should in general be used to add already evaluated trials (``trial.state.is_finished() == True``). To queue trials for evaluation, please refer to :func:`~optuna.study.Study.enqueue_trial`. .. seealso:: See :func:`~optuna.trial.create_trial` for how to create trials. .. seealso:: Please refer to :ref:`add_trial_tutorial` for the tutorial of specifying hyperparameters with the evaluated value manually. Args: trial: Trial to add. """ trial._validate() self._storage.create_new_trial(self._study_id, template_trial=trial)
[docs] def add_trials(self, trials: Iterable[FrozenTrial]) -> None: """Add trials to study. The trials are validated before being added. Example: .. testcode:: import optuna def objective(trial): x = trial.suggest_float("x", 0, 10) return x**2 study = optuna.create_study() study.optimize(objective, n_trials=3) assert len(study.trials) == 3 other_study = optuna.create_study() other_study.add_trials(study.trials) assert len(other_study.trials) == len(study.trials) other_study.optimize(objective, n_trials=2) assert len(other_study.trials) == len(study.trials) + 2 .. seealso:: See :func:`~optuna.study.Study.add_trial` for addition of each trial. Args: trials: Trials to add. """ for trial in trials: self.add_trial(trial)
def _is_multi_objective(self) -> bool: """Return :obj:`True` if the study has multiple objectives. Returns: A boolean value indicates if `self.directions` has more than 1 element or not. """ return len(self.directions) > 1 def _pop_waiting_trial_id(self) -> Optional[int]: for trial in self._storage.get_all_trials( self._study_id, deepcopy=False, states=(TrialState.WAITING,) ): if not self._storage.set_trial_state_values(trial._trial_id, state=TrialState.RUNNING): continue _logger.debug("Trial {} popped from the trial queue.".format(trial.number)) return trial._trial_id return None @deprecated("2.5.0", "4.0.0") def _ask(self) -> trial_module.Trial: return self.ask() @deprecated("2.5.0", "4.0.0") def _tell( self, trial: trial_module.Trial, state: TrialState, values: Optional[List[float]] ) -> None: self.tell(trial, values, state) def _log_completed_trial(self, trial: trial_module.FrozenTrial) -> None: if not _logger.isEnabledFor(logging.INFO): return if len(trial.values) > 1: _logger.info( "Trial {} finished with values: {} and parameters: {}. ".format( trial.number, trial.values, trial.params ) ) elif len(trial.values) == 1: best_trial = self.best_trial _logger.info( "Trial {} finished with value: {} and parameters: {}. " "Best is trial {} with value: {}.".format( trial.number, trial.values[0], trial.params, best_trial.number, best_trial.value, ) ) else: assert False, "Should not reach."
[docs]@convert_positional_args( previous_positional_arg_names=[ "storage", "sampler", "pruner", "study_name", "direction", "load_if_exists", ], ) def create_study( *, storage: Optional[Union[str, storages.BaseStorage]] = None, sampler: Optional["samplers.BaseSampler"] = None, pruner: Optional[pruners.BasePruner] = None, study_name: Optional[str] = None, direction: Optional[Union[str, StudyDirection]] = None, load_if_exists: bool = False, directions: Optional[Sequence[Union[str, StudyDirection]]] = None, ) -> Study: """Create a new :class:`~optuna.study.Study`. Example: .. testcode:: import optuna def objective(trial): x = trial.suggest_float("x", 0, 10) return x**2 study = optuna.create_study() study.optimize(objective, n_trials=3) Args: storage: Database URL. If this argument is set to None, in-memory storage is used, and the :class:`~optuna.study.Study` will not be persistent. .. note:: When a database URL is passed, Optuna internally uses `SQLAlchemy`_ to handle the database. Please refer to `SQLAlchemy's document`_ for further details. If you want to specify non-default options to `SQLAlchemy Engine`_, you can instantiate :class:`~optuna.storages.RDBStorage` with your desired options and pass it to the ``storage`` argument instead of a URL. .. _SQLAlchemy: https://www.sqlalchemy.org/ .. _SQLAlchemy's document: https://docs.sqlalchemy.org/en/latest/core/engines.html#database-urls .. _SQLAlchemy Engine: https://docs.sqlalchemy.org/en/latest/core/engines.html sampler: A sampler object that implements background algorithm for value suggestion. If :obj:`None` is specified, :class:`~optuna.samplers.TPESampler` is used during single-objective optimization and :class:`~optuna.samplers.NSGAIISampler` during multi-objective optimization. See also :class:`~optuna.samplers`. pruner: A pruner object that decides early stopping of unpromising trials. If :obj:`None` is specified, :class:`~optuna.pruners.MedianPruner` is used as the default. See also :class:`~optuna.pruners`. study_name: Study's name. If this argument is set to None, a unique name is generated automatically. direction: Direction of optimization. Set ``minimize`` for minimization and ``maximize`` for maximization. You can also pass the corresponding :class:`~optuna.study.StudyDirection` object. ``direction`` and ``directions`` must not be specified at the same time. .. note:: If none of `direction` and `directions` are specified, the direction of the study is set to "minimize". load_if_exists: Flag to control the behavior to handle a conflict of study names. In the case where a study named ``study_name`` already exists in the ``storage``, a :class:`~optuna.exceptions.DuplicatedStudyError` is raised if ``load_if_exists`` is set to :obj:`False`. Otherwise, the creation of the study is skipped, and the existing one is returned. directions: A sequence of directions during multi-objective optimization. ``direction`` and ``directions`` must not be specified at the same time. Returns: A :class:`~optuna.study.Study` object. See also: :func:`optuna.create_study` is an alias of :func:`optuna.study.create_study`. See also: The :ref:`rdb` tutorial provides concrete examples to save and resume optimization using RDB. """ if direction is None and directions is None: directions = ["minimize"] elif direction is not None and directions is not None: raise ValueError("Specify only one of `direction` and `directions`.") elif direction is not None: directions = [direction] elif directions is not None: directions = list(directions) else: assert False if len(directions) < 1: raise ValueError("The number of objectives must be greater than 0.") elif any( d not in ["minimize", "maximize", StudyDirection.MINIMIZE, StudyDirection.MAXIMIZE] for d in directions ): raise ValueError( "Please set either 'minimize' or 'maximize' to direction. You can also set the " "corresponding `StudyDirection` member." ) direction_objects = [ d if isinstance(d, StudyDirection) else StudyDirection[d.upper()] for d in directions ] storage = storages.get_storage(storage) try: study_id = storage.create_new_study(study_name) except exceptions.DuplicatedStudyError: if load_if_exists: assert study_name is not None _logger.info( "Using an existing study with name '{}' instead of " "creating a new one.".format(study_name) ) study_id = storage.get_study_id_from_name(study_name) else: raise if sampler is None and len(direction_objects) > 1: sampler = samplers.NSGAIISampler() study_name = storage.get_study_name_from_id(study_id) study = Study(study_name=study_name, storage=storage, sampler=sampler, pruner=pruner) study._storage.set_study_directions(study_id, direction_objects) return study
[docs]@convert_positional_args( previous_positional_arg_names=[ "study_name", "storage", "sampler", "pruner", ], ) def load_study( *, study_name: Optional[str], storage: Union[str, storages.BaseStorage], sampler: Optional["samplers.BaseSampler"] = None, pruner: Optional[pruners.BasePruner] = None, ) -> Study: """Load the existing :class:`~optuna.study.Study` that has the specified name. Example: .. testsetup:: import os if os.path.exists("example.db"): raise RuntimeError("'example.db' already exists. Please remove it.") .. testcode:: import optuna def objective(trial): x = trial.suggest_float("x", 0, 10) return x**2 study = optuna.create_study(storage="sqlite:///example.db", study_name="my_study") study.optimize(objective, n_trials=3) loaded_study = optuna.load_study(study_name="my_study", storage="sqlite:///example.db") assert len(loaded_study.trials) == len(study.trials) .. testcleanup:: os.remove("example.db") Args: study_name: Study's name. Each study has a unique name as an identifier. If :obj:`None`, checks whether the storage contains a single study, and if so loads that study. ``study_name`` is required if there are multiple studies in the storage. storage: Database URL such as ``sqlite:///example.db``. Please see also the documentation of :func:`~optuna.study.create_study` for further details. sampler: A sampler object that implements background algorithm for value suggestion. If :obj:`None` is specified, :class:`~optuna.samplers.TPESampler` is used as the default. See also :class:`~optuna.samplers`. pruner: A pruner object that decides early stopping of unpromising trials. If :obj:`None` is specified, :class:`~optuna.pruners.MedianPruner` is used as the default. See also :class:`~optuna.pruners`. See also: :func:`optuna.load_study` is an alias of :func:`optuna.study.load_study`. """ if study_name is None: study_summaries = get_all_study_summaries(storage) if len(study_summaries) != 1: raise ValueError( f"Could not determine the study name since the storage {storage} does not " "contain exactly 1 study. Specify `study_name`." ) study_name = study_summaries[0].study_name _logger.info( f"Study name was omitted but trying to load '{study_name}' because that was the only " "study found in the storage." ) return Study(study_name=study_name, storage=storage, sampler=sampler, pruner=pruner)
[docs]@convert_positional_args( previous_positional_arg_names=[ "study_name", "storage", ], ) def delete_study( *, study_name: str, storage: Union[str, storages.BaseStorage], ) -> None: """Delete a :class:`~optuna.study.Study` object. Example: .. testsetup:: import os if os.path.exists("example.db"): raise RuntimeError("'example.db' already exists. Please remove it.") .. testcode:: import optuna def objective(trial): x = trial.suggest_float("x", -10, 10) return (x - 2) ** 2 study = optuna.create_study(study_name="example-study", storage="sqlite:///example.db") study.optimize(objective, n_trials=3) optuna.delete_study(study_name="example-study", storage="sqlite:///example.db") .. testcleanup:: os.remove("example.db") Args: study_name: Study's name. storage: Database URL such as ``sqlite:///example.db``. Please see also the documentation of :func:`~optuna.study.create_study` for further details. See also: :func:`optuna.delete_study` is an alias of :func:`optuna.study.delete_study`. """ storage = storages.get_storage(storage) study_id = storage.get_study_id_from_name(study_name) storage.delete_study(study_id)
[docs]@convert_positional_args( previous_positional_arg_names=[ "from_study_name", "from_storage", "to_storage", "to_study_name", ], warning_stacklevel=3, ) def copy_study( *, from_study_name: str, from_storage: Union[str, storages.BaseStorage], to_storage: Union[str, storages.BaseStorage], to_study_name: Optional[str] = None, ) -> None: """Copy study from one storage to another. The direction(s) of the objective(s) in the study, trials, user attributes and system attributes are copied. .. note:: :func:`~optuna.copy_study` copies a study even if the optimization is working on. It means users will get a copied study that contains a trial that is not finished. Example: .. testsetup:: import os if os.path.exists("example.db"): raise RuntimeError("'example.db' already exists. Please remove it.") if os.path.exists("example_copy.db"): raise RuntimeError("'example_copy.db' already exists. Please remove it.") .. testcode:: import optuna def objective(trial): x = trial.suggest_float("x", -10, 10) return (x - 2) ** 2 study = optuna.create_study( study_name="example-study", storage="sqlite:///example.db", ) study.optimize(objective, n_trials=3) optuna.copy_study( from_study_name="example-study", from_storage="sqlite:///example.db", to_storage="sqlite:///example_copy.db", ) study = optuna.load_study( study_name=None, storage="sqlite:///example_copy.db", ) .. testcleanup:: os.remove("example.db") os.remove("example_copy.db") Args: from_study_name: Name of study. from_storage: Source database URL such as ``sqlite:///example.db``. Please see also the documentation of :func:`~optuna.study.create_study` for further details. to_storage: Destination database URL. to_study_name: Name of the created study. If omitted, ``from_study_name`` is used. Raises: :class:`~optuna.exceptions.DuplicatedStudyError`: If a study with a conflicting name already exists in the destination storage. """ from_study = load_study(study_name=from_study_name, storage=from_storage) to_study = create_study( study_name=to_study_name or from_study_name, storage=to_storage, directions=from_study.directions, load_if_exists=False, ) for key, value in from_study.system_attrs.items(): to_study.set_system_attr(key, value) for key, value in from_study.user_attrs.items(): to_study.set_user_attr(key, value) # Trials are deep copied on `add_trials`. to_study.add_trials(from_study.get_trials(deepcopy=False))
[docs]def get_all_study_summaries( storage: Union[str, storages.BaseStorage], include_best_trial: bool = True ) -> List[StudySummary]: """Get all history of studies stored in a specified storage. Example: .. testsetup:: import os if os.path.exists("example.db"): raise RuntimeError("'example.db' already exists. Please remove it.") .. testcode:: import optuna def objective(trial): x = trial.suggest_float("x", -10, 10) return (x - 2) ** 2 study = optuna.create_study(study_name="example-study", storage="sqlite:///example.db") study.optimize(objective, n_trials=3) study_summaries = optuna.study.get_all_study_summaries(storage="sqlite:///example.db") assert len(study_summaries) == 1 study_summary = study_summaries[0] assert study_summary.study_name == "example-study" .. testcleanup:: os.remove("example.db") Args: storage: Database URL such as ``sqlite:///example.db``. Please see also the documentation of :func:`~optuna.study.create_study` for further details. include_best_trial: Include the best trials if exist. It potentially increases the number of queries and may take longer to fetch summaries depending on the storage. Returns: List of study history summarized as :class:`~optuna.study.StudySummary` objects. See also: :func:`optuna.get_all_study_summaries` is an alias of :func:`optuna.study.get_all_study_summaries`. """ storage = storages.get_storage(storage) return storage.get_all_study_summaries(include_best_trial=include_best_trial)