LightAutoML - automatic model creation framework
LightAutoML (LAMA) is an AutoML framework which provides automatic model creation for the following tasks:
- binary classification
- multiclass classification
- regression
Current version of the package handles datasets that have independent samples in each row. I.e. each row is an object with its specific features and target. Multitable datasets and sequences are a work in progress :)
Note: we use AutoWoE
library to automatically create interpretable models.
Authors: Alexander Ryzhkov, Anton Vakhrushev, Dmitry Simakov, Vasilii Bunakov, Rinchin Damdinov, Alexander Kirilin, Pavel Shvets.
Documentation of LightAutoML is available here, you can also generate it.
(New features) GPU and Spark pipelines
Full GPU and Spark pipelines for LightAutoML currently available for developers testing (still in progress). The code and tutorials for:
- GPU pipeline is available here
- Spark pipeline is available here
Table of Contents
- Installation LightAutoML from PyPI
- Quick tour
- Resources
- Contributing to LightAutoML
- License
- For developers
- Support and feature requests
Installation
To install LAMA framework on your machine from PyPI, execute following commands:
# Install base functionality:
pip install -U lightautoml
# For partial installation use corresponding option.
# Extra dependecies: [nlp, cv, report]
# Or you can use 'all' to install everything
pip install -U lightautoml[nlp]
Additionaly, run following commands to enable pdf report generation:
# MacOS
brew install cairo pango gdk-pixbuf libffi
# Debian / Ubuntu
sudo apt-get install build-essential libcairo2 libpango-1.0-0 libpangocairo-1.0-0 libgdk-pixbuf2.0-0 libffi-dev shared-mime-info
# Fedora
sudo yum install redhat-rpm-config libffi-devel cairo pango gdk-pixbuf2
# Windows
# follow this tutorial https://weasyprint.readthedocs.io/en/stable/install.html#windows
Quick tour
Let's solve the popular Kaggle Titanic competition below. There are two main ways to solve machine learning problems using LightAutoML:
- Use ready preset for tabular data:
import pandas as pd
from sklearn.metrics import f1_score
from lightautoml.automl.presets.tabular_presets import TabularAutoML
from lightautoml.tasks import Task
df_train = pd.read_csv('../input/titanic/train.csv')
df_test = pd.read_csv('../input/titanic/test.csv')
automl = TabularAutoML(
task = Task(
name = 'binary',
metric = lambda y_true, y_pred: f1_score(y_true, (y_pred > 0.5)*1))
)
oof_pred = automl.fit_predict(
df_train,
roles = {'target': 'Survived', 'drop': ['PassengerId']}
)
test_pred = automl.predict(df_test)
pd.DataFrame({
'PassengerId':df_test.PassengerId,
'Survived': (test_pred.data[:, 0] > 0.5)*1
}).to_csv('submit.csv', index = False)
LighAutoML framework has a lot of ready-to-use parts and extensive customization options, to learn more check out the resources section.
Resources
Kaggle kernel examples of LightAutoML usage:
- Tabular Playground Series April 2021 competition solution
- Titanic competition solution (80% accuracy)
- Titanic 12-code-lines competition solution (78% accuracy)
- House prices competition solution
- Natural Language Processing with Disaster Tweets solution
- Tabular Playground Series March 2021 competition solution
- Tabular Playground Series February 2021 competition solution
- Interpretable WhiteBox solution
- Custom ML pipeline elements inside existing ones
- Custom ML pipeline elements inside existing ones
- Tabular Playground Series November 2022 competition solution with Neural Networks
other examples:
Google Colab tutorials andTutorial_1_basics.ipynb
- get started with LightAutoML on tabular data.Tutorial_2_WhiteBox_AutoWoE.ipynb
- creating interpretable models.Tutorial_3_sql_data_source.ipynb
- shows how to use LightAutoML presets (both standalone and time utilized variants) for solving ML tasks on tabular data from SQL data base instead of CSV.Tutorial_4_NLP_Interpretation.ipynb
- example of using TabularNLPAutoML preset, LimeTextExplainer.Tutorial_5_uplift.ipynb
- shows how to use LightAutoML for a uplift-modeling task.Tutorial_6_custom_pipeline.ipynb
- shows how to create your own pipeline from specified blocks: pipelines for feature generation and feature selection, ML algorithms, hyperparameter optimization etc.Tutorial_7_ICE_and_PDP_interpretation.ipynb
- shows how to obtain local and global interpretation of model results using ICE and PDP approaches.Tutorial_8_CV_preset.ipynb
- example of using TabularCVAutoML preset in CV multi-class classification task.Tutorial_9_neural_networks.ipynb
- example of using Tabular preset with neural networks.Tutorial_10_relational_data_with_star_scheme.ipynb
- example of using Tabular preset with neural networks.
Note 1: for production you have no need to use profiler (which increase work time and memory consomption), so please do not turn it on - it is in off state by default
Note 2: to take a look at this report after the run, please comment last line of demo with report deletion command.
Courses, videos and papers
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LightAutoML crash courses:
-
Video guides:
- (Russian) LightAutoML webinar for Sberloga community (Alexander Ryzhkov, Dmitry Simakov)
- (Russian) LightAutoML hands-on tutorial in Kaggle Kernels (Alexander Ryzhkov)
- (English) Automated Machine Learning with LightAutoML: theory and practice (Alexander Ryzhkov)
- (English) LightAutoML framework general overview, benchmarks and advantages for business (Alexander Ryzhkov)
- (English) LightAutoML practical guide - ML pipeline presets overview (Dmitry Simakov)
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Papers:
- Anton Vakhrushev, Alexander Ryzhkov, Dmitry Simakov, Rinchin Damdinov, Maxim Savchenko, Alexander Tuzhilin "LightAutoML: AutoML Solution for a Large Financial Services Ecosystem". arXiv:2109.01528, 2021.
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Articles about LightAutoML:
Contributing to LightAutoML
If you are interested in contributing to LightAutoML, please read the Contributing Guide to get started.
License
This project is licensed under the Apache License, Version 2.0. See LICENSE file for more details.
For developers
Build your own custom pipeline:
import pandas as pd
from sklearn.metrics import f1_score
from lightautoml.automl.presets.tabular_presets import TabularAutoML
from lightautoml.tasks import Task
df_train = pd.read_csv('../input/titanic/train.csv')
df_test = pd.read_csv('../input/titanic/test.csv')
# define that machine learning problem is binary classification
task = Task("binary")
reader = PandasToPandasReader(task, cv=N_FOLDS, random_state=RANDOM_STATE)
# create a feature selector
model0 = BoostLGBM(
default_params={'learning_rate': 0.05, 'num_leaves': 64,
'seed': 42, 'num_threads': N_THREADS}
)
pipe0 = LGBSimpleFeatures()
mbie = ModelBasedImportanceEstimator()
selector = ImportanceCutoffSelector(pipe0, model0, mbie, cutoff=0)
# build first level pipeline for AutoML
pipe = LGBSimpleFeatures()
# stop after 20 iterations or after 30 seconds
params_tuner1 = OptunaTuner(n_trials=20, timeout=30)
model1 = BoostLGBM(
default_params={'learning_rate': 0.05, 'num_leaves': 128,
'seed': 1, 'num_threads': N_THREADS}
)
model2 = BoostLGBM(
default_params={'learning_rate': 0.025, 'num_leaves': 64,
'seed': 2, 'num_threads': N_THREADS}
)
pipeline_lvl1 = MLPipeline([
(model1, params_tuner1),
model2
], pre_selection=selector, features_pipeline=pipe, post_selection=None)
# build second level pipeline for AutoML
pipe1 = LGBSimpleFeatures()
model = BoostLGBM(
default_params={'learning_rate': 0.05, 'num_leaves': 64,
'max_bin': 1024, 'seed': 3, 'num_threads': N_THREADS},
freeze_defaults=True
)
pipeline_lvl2 = MLPipeline([model], pre_selection=None, features_pipeline=pipe1,
post_selection=None)
# build AutoML pipeline
automl = AutoML(reader, [
[pipeline_lvl1],
[pipeline_lvl2],
], skip_conn=False)
# train AutoML and get predictions
oof_pred = automl.fit_predict(df_train, roles = {'target': 'Survived', 'drop': ['PassengerId']})
test_pred = automl.predict(df_test)
pd.DataFrame({
'PassengerId':df_test.PassengerId,
'Survived': (test_pred.data[:, 0] > 0.5)*1
}).to_csv('submit.csv', index = False)
Support and feature requests
Seek prompt advice at Telegram group.
Open bug reports and feature requests on GitHub issues.