PrioritizedReplayBuffer

class torchrl.data.PrioritizedReplayBuffer(*, alpha: float, beta: float, eps: float = 1e-08, dtype: torch.dtype = torch.float32, storage: Storage | None = None, collate_fn: Callable | None = None, pin_memory: bool = False, prefetch: int | None = None, transform: 'Transform' | None = None, batch_size: int | None = None, dim_extend: int | None = None)

Prioritized replay buffer.

All arguments are keyword-only arguments.

Presented in

“Schaul, T.; Quan, J.; Antonoglou, I.; and Silver, D. 2015. Prioritized experience replay.” (https://arxiv.org/abs/1511.05952)

Parameters:

• alpha (float) – exponent α determines how much prioritization is used, with α = 0 corresponding to the uniform case.

• beta (float) – importance sampling negative exponent.

• eps (float) – delta added to the priorities to ensure that the buffer does not contain null priorities.

• storage (Storage, optional) – the storage to be used. If none is provided a default ListStorage with max_size of 1_000 will be created.

• collate_fn (callable, optional) – merges a list of samples to form a mini-batch of Tensor(s)/outputs. Used when using batched loading from a map-style dataset. The default value will be decided based on the storage type.

• pin_memory (bool) – whether pin_memory() should be called on the rb samples.

• prefetch (int, optional) – number of next batches to be prefetched using multithreading. Defaults to None (no prefetching).

• transform (Transform, optional) – Transform to be executed when sample() is called. To chain transforms use the Compose class. Transforms should be used with tensordict.TensorDict content. If used with other structures, the transforms should be encoded with a "data" leading key that will be used to construct a tensordict from the non-tensordict content.

• batch_size (int, optional) –

  the batch size to be used when sample() is called. .. note:

  The batch-size can be specified at construction time via the
  ``batch_size`` argument, or at sampling time. The former should
  be preferred whenever the batch-size is consistent across the
  experiment. If the batch-size is likely to change, it can be
  passed to the :meth:`~.sample` method. This option is
  incompatible with prefetching (since this requires to know the
  batch-size in advance) as well as with samplers that have a
  ``drop_last`` argument.
  

• dim_extend (int, optional) –

  indicates the dim to consider for extension when calling extend(). Defaults to storage.ndim-1. When using dim_extend > 0, we recommend using the ndim argument in the storage instantiation if that argument is available, to let storages know that the data is multi-dimensional and keep consistent notions of storage-capacity and batch-size during sampling.

  Note

  This argument has no effect on add() and therefore should be used with caution when both add() and extend() are used in a codebase. For example:

  >>> data = torch.zeros(3, 4)
  >>> rb = ReplayBuffer(
  ...     storage=LazyTensorStorage(10, ndim=2),
  ...     dim_extend=1)
  >>> # these two approaches are equivalent:
  >>> for d in data.unbind(1):
  ...     rb.add(d)
  >>> rb.extend(data)
  

Note

Generic prioritized replay buffers (ie. non-tensordict backed) require calling sample() with the return_info argument set to True to have access to the indices, and hence update the priority. Using tensordict.TensorDict and the related TensorDictPrioritizedReplayBuffer simplifies this process.

Examples

>>> import torch
>>>
>>> from torchrl.data import ListStorage, PrioritizedReplayBuffer
>>>
>>> torch.manual_seed(0)
>>>
>>> rb = PrioritizedReplayBuffer(alpha=0.7, beta=0.9, storage=ListStorage(10))
>>> data = range(10)
>>> rb.extend(data)
>>> sample = rb.sample(3)
>>> print(sample)
tensor([1, 0, 1])
>>> # get the info to find what the indices are
>>> sample, info = rb.sample(5, return_info=True)
>>> print(sample, info)
tensor([2, 7, 4, 3, 5]) {'_weight': array([1., 1., 1., 1., 1.], dtype=float32), 'index': array([2, 7, 4, 3, 5])}
>>> # update priority
>>> priority = torch.ones(5) * 5
>>> rb.update_priority(info["index"], priority)
>>> # and now a new sample, the weights should be updated
>>> sample, info = rb.sample(5, return_info=True)
>>> print(sample, info)
tensor([2, 5, 2, 2, 5]) {'_weight': array([0.36278465, 0.36278465, 0.36278465, 0.36278465, 0.36278465],
      dtype=float32), 'index': array([2, 5, 2, 2, 5])}

add(data: Any) → int

Add a single element to the replay buffer.

Parameters:

data (Any) – data to be added to the replay buffer

Returns:

index where the data lives in the replay buffer.

append_transform(transform: Transform) → ReplayBuffer

Appends transform at the end.

Transforms are applied in order when sample is called.

Parameters:

transform (Transform) – The transform to be appended

dumps(path)

Saves the replay buffer on disk at the specified path.

Parameters:

path (Path or str) – path where to save the replay buffer.

Examples

>>> import tempfile
>>> import tqdm
>>> from torchrl.data import LazyMemmapStorage, TensorDictReplayBuffer
>>> from torchrl.data.replay_buffers.samplers import PrioritizedSampler, RandomSampler
>>> import torch
>>> from tensordict import TensorDict
>>> # Build and populate the replay buffer
>>> S = 1_000_000
>>> sampler = PrioritizedSampler(S, 1.1, 1.0)
>>> # sampler = RandomSampler()
>>> storage = LazyMemmapStorage(S)
>>> rb = TensorDictReplayBuffer(storage=storage, sampler=sampler)
>>>
>>> for _ in tqdm.tqdm(range(100)):
...     td = TensorDict({"obs": torch.randn(100, 3, 4), "next": {"obs": torch.randn(100, 3, 4)}, "td_error": torch.rand(100)}, [100])
...     rb.extend(td)
...     sample = rb.sample(32)
...     rb.update_tensordict_priority(sample)
>>> # save and load the buffer
>>> with tempfile.TemporaryDirectory() as tmpdir:
...     rb.dumps(tmpdir)
...
...     sampler = PrioritizedSampler(S, 1.1, 1.0)
...     # sampler = RandomSampler()
...     storage = LazyMemmapStorage(S)
...     rb_load = TensorDictReplayBuffer(storage=storage, sampler=sampler)
...     rb_load.loads(tmpdir)
...     assert len(rb) == len(rb_load)

empty()

Empties the replay buffer and reset cursor to 0.

extend(data: Sequence) → Tensor

Extends the replay buffer with one or more elements contained in an iterable.

If present, the inverse transforms will be called.`

Parameters:

data (iterable) – collection of data to be added to the replay buffer.

Returns:

Indices of the data added to the replay buffer.

Warning

extend() can have an ambiguous signature when dealing with lists of values, which should be interpreted either as PyTree (in which case all elements in the list will be put in a slice in the stored PyTree in the storage) or a list of values to add one at a time. To solve this, TorchRL makes the clear-cut distinction between list and tuple: a tuple will be viewed as a PyTree, a list (at the root level) will be interpreted as a stack of values to add one at a time to the buffer. For ListStorage instances, only unbound elements can be provided (no PyTrees).

insert_transform(index: int, transform: Transform) → ReplayBuffer

Inserts transform.

Transforms are executed in order when sample is called.

Parameters:

• index (int) – Position to insert the transform.

• transform (Transform) – The transform to be appended

loads(path)

Loads a replay buffer state at the given path.

The buffer should have matching components and be saved using dumps().

Parameters:

path (Path or str) – path where the replay buffer was saved.

See dumps() for more info.

sample(batch_size: int | None = None, return_info: bool = False) → Any

Samples a batch of data from the replay buffer.

Uses Sampler to sample indices, and retrieves them from Storage.

Parameters:

• batch_size (int, optional) – size of data to be collected. If none is provided, this method will sample a batch-size as indicated by the sampler.

• return_info (bool) – whether to return info. If True, the result is a tuple (data, info). If False, the result is the data.

Returns:

A batch of data selected in the replay buffer. A tuple containing this batch and info if return_info flag is set to True.

property sampler

The sampler of the replay buffer.

The sampler must be an instance of Sampler.

set_sampler(sampler: Sampler)

Sets a new sampler in the replay buffer and returns the previous sampler.

set_storage(storage: Storage, collate_fn: Callable | None = None)

Sets a new storage in the replay buffer and returns the previous storage.

Parameters:

• storage (Storage) – the new storage for the buffer.

• collate_fn (callable, optional) – if provided, the collate_fn is set to this value. Otherwise it is reset to a default value.

set_writer(writer: Writer)

Sets a new writer in the replay buffer and returns the previous writer.

property storage

The storage of the replay buffer.

The storage must be an instance of Storage.

property writer

The writer of the replay buffer.

The writer must be an instance of Writer.