Source code for ray.rllib.utils.replay_buffers.prioritized_replay_buffer

import random
from typing import Any, Dict, List, Optional
import numpy as np

# Import ray before psutil will make sure we use psutil's bundled version
import ray  # noqa F401
import psutil  # noqa E402

from ray.rllib.execution.segment_tree import SumSegmentTree, MinSegmentTree
from ray.rllib.policy.sample_batch import SampleBatch
from ray.rllib.utils.annotations import override
from ray.rllib.utils.metrics.window_stat import WindowStat
from ray.rllib.utils.replay_buffers.replay_buffer import ReplayBuffer
from ray.rllib.utils.typing import SampleBatchType
from ray.util.annotations import DeveloperAPI


[docs] @DeveloperAPI class PrioritizedReplayBuffer(ReplayBuffer): """This buffer implements Prioritized Experience Replay. The algorithm has been described by Tom Schaul et. al. in "Prioritized Experience Replay". See https://arxiv.org/pdf/1511.05952.pdf for the full paper. """
[docs] def __init__( self, capacity: int = 10000, storage_unit: str = "timesteps", alpha: float = 1.0, **kwargs ): """Initializes a PrioritizedReplayBuffer instance. Args: capacity: Max number of timesteps to store in the FIFO buffer. After reaching this number, older samples will be dropped to make space for new ones. storage_unit: Either 'timesteps', 'sequences' or 'episodes'. Specifies how experiences are stored. alpha: How much prioritization is used (0.0=no prioritization, 1.0=full prioritization). ``**kwargs``: Forward compatibility kwargs. """ ReplayBuffer.__init__(self, capacity, storage_unit, **kwargs) assert alpha > 0 self._alpha = alpha # Segment tree must have capacity that is a power of 2 it_capacity = 1 while it_capacity < self.capacity: it_capacity *= 2 self._it_sum = SumSegmentTree(it_capacity) self._it_min = MinSegmentTree(it_capacity) self._max_priority = 1.0 self._prio_change_stats = WindowStat("reprio", 1000)
@DeveloperAPI @override(ReplayBuffer) def _add_single_batch(self, item: SampleBatchType, **kwargs) -> None: """Add a batch of experiences to self._storage with weight. An item consists of either one or more timesteps, a sequence or an episode. Differs from add() in that it does not consider the storage unit or type of batch and simply stores it. Args: item: The item to be added. ``**kwargs``: Forward compatibility kwargs. """ weight = kwargs.get("weight", None) if weight is None: weight = self._max_priority self._it_sum[self._next_idx] = weight**self._alpha self._it_min[self._next_idx] = weight**self._alpha ReplayBuffer._add_single_batch(self, item) def _sample_proportional(self, num_items: int) -> List[int]: res = [] for _ in range(num_items): # TODO(szymon): should we ensure no repeats? mass = random.random() * self._it_sum.sum(0, len(self._storage)) idx = self._it_sum.find_prefixsum_idx(mass) res.append(idx) return res
[docs] @DeveloperAPI @override(ReplayBuffer) def sample( self, num_items: int, beta: float, **kwargs ) -> Optional[SampleBatchType]: """Sample `num_items` items from this buffer, including prio. weights. Samples in the results may be repeated. Examples for storage of SamplesBatches: - If storage unit `timesteps` has been chosen and batches of size 5 have been added, sample(5) will yield a concatenated batch of 15 timesteps. - If storage unit 'sequences' has been chosen and sequences of different lengths have been added, sample(5) will yield a concatenated batch with a number of timesteps equal to the sum of timesteps in the 5 sampled sequences. - If storage unit 'episodes' has been chosen and episodes of different lengths have been added, sample(5) will yield a concatenated batch with a number of timesteps equal to the sum of timesteps in the 5 sampled episodes. Args: num_items: Number of items to sample from this buffer. beta: To what degree to use importance weights (0 - no corrections, 1 - full correction). ``**kwargs``: Forward compatibility kwargs. Returns: Concatenated SampleBatch of items including "weights" and "batch_indexes" fields denoting IS of each sampled transition and original idxes in buffer of sampled experiences. """ assert beta >= 0.0 if len(self) == 0: raise ValueError("Trying to sample from an empty buffer.") idxes = self._sample_proportional(num_items) weights = [] batch_indexes = [] p_min = self._it_min.min() / self._it_sum.sum() max_weight = (p_min * len(self)) ** (-beta) for idx in idxes: p_sample = self._it_sum[idx] / self._it_sum.sum() weight = (p_sample * len(self)) ** (-beta) count = self._storage[idx].count # If zero-padded, count will not be the actual batch size of the # data. if ( isinstance(self._storage[idx], SampleBatch) and self._storage[idx].zero_padded ): actual_size = self._storage[idx].max_seq_len else: actual_size = count weights.extend([weight / max_weight] * actual_size) batch_indexes.extend([idx] * actual_size) self._num_timesteps_sampled += count batch = self._encode_sample(idxes) # Note: prioritization is not supported in multi agent lockstep if isinstance(batch, SampleBatch): batch["weights"] = np.array(weights) batch["batch_indexes"] = np.array(batch_indexes) return batch
[docs] @DeveloperAPI def update_priorities(self, idxes: List[int], priorities: List[float]) -> None: """Update priorities of items at given indices. Sets priority of item at index idxes[i] in buffer to priorities[i]. Args: idxes: List of indices of items priorities: List of updated priorities corresponding to items at the idxes denoted by variable `idxes`. """ # Making sure we don't pass in e.g. a torch tensor. assert isinstance( idxes, (list, np.ndarray) ), "ERROR: `idxes` is not a list or np.ndarray, but {}!".format( type(idxes).__name__ ) assert len(idxes) == len(priorities) for idx, priority in zip(idxes, priorities): assert priority > 0 assert 0 <= idx < len(self._storage) delta = priority**self._alpha - self._it_sum[idx] self._prio_change_stats.push(delta) self._it_sum[idx] = priority**self._alpha self._it_min[idx] = priority**self._alpha self._max_priority = max(self._max_priority, priority)
[docs] @DeveloperAPI @override(ReplayBuffer) def stats(self, debug: bool = False) -> Dict: """Returns the stats of this buffer. Args: debug: If true, adds sample eviction statistics to the returned stats dict. Returns: A dictionary of stats about this buffer. """ parent = ReplayBuffer.stats(self, debug) if debug: parent.update(self._prio_change_stats.stats()) return parent
[docs] @DeveloperAPI @override(ReplayBuffer) def get_state(self) -> Dict[str, Any]: """Returns all local state. Returns: The serializable local state. """ # Get parent state. state = super().get_state() # Add prio weights. state.update( { "sum_segment_tree": self._it_sum.get_state(), "min_segment_tree": self._it_min.get_state(), "max_priority": self._max_priority, } ) return state
[docs] @DeveloperAPI @override(ReplayBuffer) def set_state(self, state: Dict[str, Any]) -> None: """Restores all local state to the provided `state`. Args: state: The new state to set this buffer. Can be obtained by calling `self.get_state()`. """ super().set_state(state) self._it_sum.set_state(state["sum_segment_tree"]) self._it_min.set_state(state["min_segment_tree"]) self._max_priority = state["max_priority"]