Package org.nd4j.parameterserver.updater

Interface ParameterServerUpdater

All Known Implementing Classes:

BaseParameterUpdater, SoftSyncParameterUpdater, SynchronousParameterUpdater, TimeDelayedParameterUpdater

public interface ParameterServerUpdater

A parameter server updater for applying updates on the parameter server

Author:

Adam Gibson

Method Summary

Modifier and Type	Method	Description
boolean	isAsync()	Returns true if the given updater is async or synchronous updates
boolean	isReady()	Returns true if the updater is ready for a new array
NDArrayHolder	ndArrayHolder()	Get the ndarray holder for this updater
int	numUpdates()	Num updates passed through the updater
void	partialUpdate(org.nd4j.linalg.api.ndarray.INDArray arr, org.nd4j.linalg.api.ndarray.INDArray result, long idx, int... dimensions)	Updates result based on arr along a particular INDArray#tensorAlongDimension(int, int...)
int	requiredUpdatesForPass()	Returns the number of required updates for a new pass
void	reset()	Reset internal counters such as number of updates accumulated.
boolean	shouldReplicate()	Returns true if the updater has accumulated enough ndarrays to replicate to the workers
Map<String,Number>	status()	Returns the current status of this parameter server updater
String	toJson()	Serialize this updater as json
void	update(NDArrayMessage message)	Do an update based on the ndarray message.
void	update(org.nd4j.linalg.api.ndarray.INDArray arr, org.nd4j.linalg.api.ndarray.INDArray result)	Updates result based on arr

Method Detail

requiredUpdatesForPass

int requiredUpdatesForPass()

Returns the number of required updates for a new pass

Returns:

the number of required updates for a new pass

isReady

boolean isReady()

Returns true if the updater is ready for a new array

Returns:

isAsync

boolean isAsync()

Returns true if the given updater is async or synchronous updates

Returns:

true if the given updater is async or synchronous updates

ndArrayHolder

NDArrayHolder ndArrayHolder()

Get the ndarray holder for this updater

Returns:

the ndarray holder for this updater

numUpdates

int numUpdates()

Num updates passed through the updater

Returns:

the number of updates

status

Map<String,Number> status()

Returns the current status of this parameter server updater

Returns:

toJson

String toJson()

Serialize this updater as json

Returns:

reset

void reset()

Reset internal counters such as number of updates accumulated.

shouldReplicate

boolean shouldReplicate()

Returns true if the updater has accumulated enough ndarrays to replicate to the workers

Returns:

true if replication should happen,false otherwise

update

void update(NDArrayMessage message)

Do an update based on the ndarray message.

Parameters:

message -

partialUpdate

void partialUpdate(org.nd4j.linalg.api.ndarray.INDArray arr,
                   org.nd4j.linalg.api.ndarray.INDArray result,
                   long idx,
                   int... dimensions)

Updates result based on arr along a particular INDArray#tensorAlongDimension(int, int...)

Parameters:

arr - the array to update

result - the result ndarray to update

idx - the index to update

dimensions - the dimensions to update

update

void update(org.nd4j.linalg.api.ndarray.INDArray arr,
            org.nd4j.linalg.api.ndarray.INDArray result)

Updates result based on arr

Parameters:

arr - the array to update

result - the result ndarray to update