update structure for better weighting ergonomics

README.md

@@ -150,9 +150,10 @@ raw_data_path: "label_app/data/2008-mazda3-chunks.json"
 input_data_type: "json"
 labeled_data_path: "label_app/data/mazda_labeled_items.json"
 # metrics to be used in objective function
-metrics: ["f1_at_k", "embedding_latency", "total_indexing_time"]
-# weight of each metric
-weights: [1, 1, 1]
+metric_weights:
+  f1_at_k: 1
+  embedding_latency: 1
+  total_indexing_time: 1
 # constraints for the optimization
 n_trials: 10
 n_jobs: 1
@@ -176,14 +177,13 @@ embedding_models:
 |----------------------|------------------------------------------------|--------------------------------------------------|----------|
 | **raw_data_path**    | `label_app/data/2008-mazda3-chunks.json`       | Path to raw data file                           | ✅        |
 | **labeled_data_path** | `label_app/data/mazda-labeled-rewritten.json` | Path to labeled data file                       | ✅        |
-| **metrics**          | f1_at_k, embedding_latency, total_indexing_time | Metrics used in the objective function         | ✅        |
-| **weights**         | [1, 1, 1]                                        | Weights for f1_at_k, embedding_latency, total_indexing_time respectively. | ✅        |
 | **algorithms**      | flat, hnsw                                     | Indexing algorithms to be tested in optimization                        | ✅        |
 | **vector_data_types** | float32, float16                             | Data types to be tested for vectors                          | ✅        |
 | **n_trials**        | 15                                             | Number of optimization trials                   | ✅        |
 | **n_jobs**          | 1                                             | Number of parallel jobs                         | ✅        |
 | **ret_k**          | [1, 10]                                       | Range of values to be tested for `k` in retrieval            | ✅        |
 | **embedding_models** | **Provider:** hf  <br> **Model:** sentence-transformers/all-MiniLM-L6-v2  <br> **Dim:** 384  | List of embedding models and their dimensions  | ✅        |
+| **metric_weights**    | **f1_at_k:** 1 <br> **embedding_latency:** 1 <br> **total_indexing_time:** 1 | Weight for respective metric used in the objective function         | defaults to example        |
 | **input_data_type**  | json                                           | Type of input data                               |    defaults to example    |
 | **redis_url**  | `redis://localhost:6379`                           | Connection string for redis instance                               |      defaults to example   |
 | **ef_runtime**     | [10, 20, 30, 50]                              | Max top candidates during search for HNSW                       |   defaults to example    |

examples/dbpedia/dbpedia_study_config.yaml

@@ -6,9 +6,11 @@ labeled_data_path: "data/dbpedia_labeled.json" # labeled data
 n_trials: 3
 n_jobs: 1
 
-# metrics to be used in objective function
-metrics: ["f1_at_k", "embedding_latency", "total_indexing_time"] 
-weights: [1, 1, 1] # weight of each metric respectively 
+# metric weights to be used in objective function
+metric_weights:
+  f1_at_k: 1
+  embedding_latency: 1
+  total_indexing_time: 1
 
 # optimization decision variables
 algorithms: ["flat", "hnsw"] # indexing algorithms variables

examples/getting_started/custom_retriever_optimizer.ipynb

@@ -177,9 +177,11 @@
     "n_trials: 20\n",
     "n_jobs: 1\n",
     "\n",
-    "# metrics to be used in objective function\n",
-    "metrics: [\"f1_at_k\", \"embedding_latency\", \"total_indexing_time\"] \n",
-    "weights: [1, 1, 1] # weight of each metric respectively \n",
+    "# Metric weights to be used in objective function\n",
+    "metric_weights:\n",
+    "  f1_at_k: 1\n",
+    "  embedding_latency: 1\n",
+    "  total_indexing_time: 1\n",
     "\n",
     "# optimization decision variables\n",
     "algorithms: [\"flat\", \"hnsw\"] # indexing algorithms variables\n",

examples/getting_started/retrieval_optimizer.ipynb

@@ -256,9 +256,11 @@
     "n_trials: 20\n",
     "n_jobs: 1\n",
     "\n",
-    "# metrics to be used in objective function\n",
-    "metrics: [\"f1_at_k\", \"embedding_latency\", \"total_indexing_time\"] \n",
-    "weights: [1, 1, 1] # weight of each metric respectively \n",
+    "# Metric weights to be used in objective function\n",
+    "metric_weights:\n",
+    "  f1_at_k: 1\n",
+    "  embedding_latency: 1\n",
+    "  total_indexing_time: 1\n",
     "\n",
     "# optimization decision variables\n",
     "algorithms: [\"flat\", \"hnsw\"] # indexing algorithms variables\n",

examples/getting_started/study_config.yaml

@@ -7,8 +7,10 @@ n_trials: 20
 n_jobs: 1
 
 # metrics to be used in objective function
-metrics: ["f1_at_k", "embedding_latency", "total_indexing_time"]
-weights: [1, 1, 1] # weight of each metric respectively
+metric_weights:
+  f1_at_k: 1
+  embedding_latency: 1
+  total_indexing_time: 1
 
 # optimization decision variables
 algorithms: ["flat", "hnsw"] # indexing algorithms variables

optimize/ex_study_config.yaml

@@ -3,9 +3,10 @@ input_data_type: "json"
 raw_data_path: "label_app/data/2008-mazda3-chunks.json"
 labeled_data_path: "label_app/data/mazda-labeled-rewritten.json"
 # metrics to be used in objective function
-metrics: ["f1_at_k", "embedding_latency", "total_indexing_time"]
-# weight of each metric
-weights: [1, 1, 1]
+metric_weights:
+  f1_at_k: 1
+  embedding_latency: 1
+  total_indexing_time: 1
 algorithms: ["flat", "hnsw"]
 vector_data_types: ["float32", "float16"]
 # constraints for the optimization

optimize/models.py

@@ -45,6 +45,12 @@ class EmbeddingModel(BaseModel):
     dim: int
 
 
+class MetricWeights(BaseModel):
+    f1_at_k: int = 1
+    embedding_latency: int = 1
+    total_indexing_time: int = 1
+
+
 class StudyConfig(BaseModel):
     study_id: str = str(uuid4())
     redis_url: str = "redis://localhost:6379/0"
@@ -54,10 +60,9 @@ class StudyConfig(BaseModel):
     input_data_type: str
     labeled_data_path: str
     embedding_models: list[EmbeddingModel]
-    metrics: list[str]
-    weights: list[float]
     n_trials: int
     n_jobs: int
+    metric_weights: MetricWeights = MetricWeights()
     ret_k: tuple[int, int] = [1, 10]  # type: ignore # pydantic vs mypy
     ef_runtime: list = [10, 50]
     ef_construction: list = [100, 300]

optimize/study.py

@@ -155,7 +155,14 @@ def objective(trial, study_config, custom_retrievers, redis_client):
 
     metric_values = [e.f1_at_k, norm_index_time, norm_latency]
 
-    e.obj_val = cost_fn(metric_values, study_config.weights)
+    e.obj_val = cost_fn(
+        metric_values,
+        [
+            study_config.metric_weights.f1_at_k,
+            study_config.metric_weights.total_indexing_time,
+            study_config.metric_weights.embedding_latency,
+        ],
+    )
 
     # save results as we go in case of failure
     persist_metrics(redis_client, e, study_config.study_id)

optimize/tests/conftest.py

@@ -8,13 +8,19 @@
     EmbeddingModel,
     EmbeddingSettings,
     IndexSettings,
+    MetricWeights,
     Settings,
     StudyConfig,
 )
 
 TEST_REDIS_URL = os.getenv("TEST_REDIS_URL", "redis://localhost:6379/0")
 
 
+@pytest.fixture
+def metric_weights():
+    return MetricWeights(f1_at_k=1, embedding_latency=1, total_indexing_time=1)
+
+
 @pytest.fixture
 def settings():
     return Settings(
@@ -51,7 +57,7 @@ def test_db_client():
 
 
 @pytest.fixture
-def study_config(embedding_model):
+def study_config(embedding_model, metric_weights):
     return StudyConfig(
         study_id="study_id",
         redis_url=TEST_REDIS_URL,
@@ -67,6 +73,5 @@ def study_config(embedding_model):
         embedding_models=[embedding_model],
         n_trials=1,
         n_jobs=1,
-        metrics=["f1_at_k", "embedding_latency", "total_indexing_time"],
-        weights=[1, 1, 1],
+        metric_weights=metric_weights,
     )