BayesNetInference_tpl.h

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#include <agrum/BN/inference/tools/BayesNetInference.h>

namespace gum {


  // Default Constructor
  template < typename GUM_SCALAR >
  BayesNetInference< GUM_SCALAR >::BayesNetInference(
     const IBayesNet< GUM_SCALAR >* bn) :
      __bn(bn) {
    __computeDomainSizes();

    GUM_CONSTRUCTOR(BayesNetInference);
  }


  // Default Constructor
  template < typename GUM_SCALAR >
  BayesNetInference< GUM_SCALAR >::BayesNetInference() {
    GUM_CONSTRUCTOR(BayesNetInference);
  }


  // Destructor
  template < typename GUM_SCALAR >
  BayesNetInference< GUM_SCALAR >::~BayesNetInference() {
    // clear all evidence.
    // Warning: Do not use method eraseAllEvidence () because it contains a call
    // to pure virtual method _onAllEvidenceErased which belongs to an inherited
    // instance and, therefore, does not exist anymore when ~BayesNetInference ()
    // is called
    for (const auto& pair : __evidence) {
      if (pair.second != nullptr) { delete (pair.second); }
    }

    GUM_DESTRUCTOR(BayesNetInference);
  }


  // returns whether the inference object is in a ready state
  template < typename GUM_SCALAR >
  INLINE bool BayesNetInference< GUM_SCALAR >::isInferenceReady() const noexcept {
    return (__state == StateOfInference::ReadyForInference);
  }
  // returns whether the inference object is in a OutdatedBNStructure state
  template < typename GUM_SCALAR >
  INLINE bool
     BayesNetInference< GUM_SCALAR >::isInferenceOutdatedBNStructure() const
     noexcept {
    return (__state == StateOfInference::OutdatedBNStructure);
  }
  // returns whether the inference object is in a OutdatedBNPotential state
  template < typename GUM_SCALAR >
  INLINE bool
     BayesNetInference< GUM_SCALAR >::isInferenceOutdatedBNPotentials() const
     noexcept {
    return (__state == StateOfInference::OutdatedBNPotentials);
  }
  // returns whether the inference object is in a InferenceDone state
  template < typename GUM_SCALAR >
  INLINE bool BayesNetInference< GUM_SCALAR >::isInferenceDone() const noexcept {
    return (__state == StateOfInference::Done);
  }


  // returns whether the inference object is in a done state
  template < typename GUM_SCALAR >
  INLINE bool BayesNetInference< GUM_SCALAR >::isDone() const noexcept {
    return (__state == StateOfInference::Done);
  }


  // returns the state of the inference engine
  template < typename GUM_SCALAR >
  INLINE typename BayesNetInference< GUM_SCALAR >::StateOfInference
     BayesNetInference< GUM_SCALAR >::state() const noexcept {
    return __state;
  }

  // set the state of the inference
  template < typename GUM_SCALAR >
  INLINE void
     BayesNetInference< GUM_SCALAR >::__setState(const StateOfInference state) {
    if (__state != state) {
      __state = state;
      _onStateChanged();
    }
  }

  // Returns a constant reference over the IBayesNet referenced by this class
  template < typename GUM_SCALAR >
  INLINE const IBayesNet< GUM_SCALAR >&
               BayesNetInference< GUM_SCALAR >::BN() const {
    if (__bn == nullptr)
      GUM_ERROR(UndefinedElement,
                "No Bayes net has been assigned to "
                "the inference algorithm.");
    return *__bn;
  }


  // assigns a new BN to the inference engine
  template < typename GUM_SCALAR >
  void BayesNetInference< GUM_SCALAR >::setBN(const IBayesNet< GUM_SCALAR >* bn) {
    clear();
    __bn = bn;
    __computeDomainSizes();
    _onBayesNetChanged(bn);
    __setState(StateOfInference::OutdatedBNStructure);
  }


  // assigns a BN to a newly constructed inference engine
  template < typename GUM_SCALAR >
  void BayesNetInference< GUM_SCALAR >::__setBayesNetDuringConstruction(
     const IBayesNet< GUM_SCALAR >* bn) {
    __bn = bn;
    __computeDomainSizes();
    __setState(StateOfInference::OutdatedBNStructure);
  }


  // clears all the data structures allocated for the last inference
  template < typename GUM_SCALAR >
  INLINE void BayesNetInference< GUM_SCALAR >::clear() {
    eraseAllEvidence();
    __setState(StateOfInference::OutdatedBNStructure);
  }


  template < typename GUM_SCALAR >
  void BayesNetInference< GUM_SCALAR >::__computeDomainSizes() {
    __domain_sizes.clear();
    if (__bn != nullptr) {
      for (const auto node : __bn->dag()) {
        __domain_sizes.insert(node, __bn->variable(node).domainSize());
      }
    }
  }


  // get the domain sizes of the random variables of the BN
  template < typename GUM_SCALAR >
  INLINE const NodeProperty< Size >&
               BayesNetInference< GUM_SCALAR >::domainSizes() const {
    return __domain_sizes;
  }


  // ##############################################################################
  // Evidence
  // ##############################################################################

  // create the internal structure for a hard evidence
  template < typename GUM_SCALAR >
  Potential< GUM_SCALAR >
     BayesNetInference< GUM_SCALAR >::__createHardEvidence(NodeId    id,
                                                           const Idx val) const {
    // check that it is possible to create the evidence
    if (__bn == nullptr)
      GUM_ERROR(NullElement,
                "No Bayes net has been assigned to the "
                "inference algorithm");

    if (!__bn->dag().exists(id)) {
      GUM_ERROR(UndefinedElement, id << " is not a NodeId in the bn");
    }

    if (__bn->variable(id).domainSize() <= val) {
      GUM_ERROR(InvalidArgument,
                "node " << __bn->variable(id) << " has fewer possible values than "
                        << val);
    }

    // create the deterministic potential
    Potential< GUM_SCALAR > pot;
    pot.beginMultipleChanges();
    pot << __bn->variable(id);
    pot.endMultipleChanges(0.0);

    Instantiation I(pot);
    I.chgVal(__bn->variable(id), val);
    pot.set(I, 1.0);

    return pot;
  }


  // checks wether a potential corresponds to a hard evidence
  template < typename GUM_SCALAR >
  bool BayesNetInference< GUM_SCALAR >::__isHardEvidence(
     const Potential< GUM_SCALAR >& pot, Idx& val) const {
    // checking if pot is determininstic
    bool          notZero = false;
    Instantiation I(pot);

    for (I.setFirst(); !I.end(); I.inc()) {
      if (pot[I] != 0.0) {
        if (notZero) {   // we already met a non-zero value
          return false;
        } else {
          val = I.val(0);
          notZero = true;   // this is the first met non-zero value
        }
      }
    }

    if (!notZero) {   // we met no non-zero value
      GUM_ERROR(FatalError, "Evidence of impossibility (vector of 0s)");
    }

    return true;   // pot is deterministic
  }


  // adds a new hard evidence on node id
  template < typename GUM_SCALAR >
  INLINE void BayesNetInference< GUM_SCALAR >::addEvidence(NodeId    id,
                                                           const Idx val) {
    addEvidence(__createHardEvidence(id, val));
  }

  // adds a new hard evidence on node id
  template < typename GUM_SCALAR >
  INLINE void
     BayesNetInference< GUM_SCALAR >::addEvidence(const std::string& nodeName,
                                                  const Idx          val) {
    addEvidence(this->BN().idFromName(nodeName), val);
  }

  // adds a new hard evidence on node id
  template < typename GUM_SCALAR >
  INLINE void
     BayesNetInference< GUM_SCALAR >::addEvidence(NodeId             id,
                                                  const std::string& label) {
    addEvidence(id, this->BN().variable(id)[label]);
  }

  // adds a new hard evidence on node id
  template < typename GUM_SCALAR >
  INLINE void
     BayesNetInference< GUM_SCALAR >::addEvidence(const std::string& nodeName,
                                                  const std::string& label) {
    NodeId id = this->BN().idFromName(nodeName);
    addEvidence(id, this->BN().variable(id)[label]);
  }

  // adds a new evidence on node id (might be soft or hard)
  template < typename GUM_SCALAR >
  void BayesNetInference< GUM_SCALAR >::addEvidence(
     NodeId id, const std::vector< GUM_SCALAR >& vals) {
    // checks that the evidence is meaningful
    if (__bn == nullptr)
      GUM_ERROR(NullElement,
                "No Bayes net has been assigned to the "
                "inference algorithm");

    if (!__bn->dag().exists(id)) {
      GUM_ERROR(UndefinedElement, id << " is not a NodeId in the bn");
    }

    if (__bn->variable(id).domainSize() != vals.size()) {
      GUM_ERROR(InvalidArgument,
                "node " << __bn->variable(id)
                        << " and its evidence vector have different sizes.");
    }

    Potential< GUM_SCALAR > pot;
    pot.add(__bn->variable(id));
    pot.fillWith(vals);
    addEvidence(std::move(pot));
  }

  // adds a new evidence on node id (might be soft or hard)
  template < typename GUM_SCALAR >
  void BayesNetInference< GUM_SCALAR >::addEvidence(
     const std::string& nodeName, const std::vector< GUM_SCALAR >& vals) {
    addEvidence(this->BN().idFromName(nodeName), vals);
  }

  // adds a new evidence on node id (might be soft or hard)
  template < typename GUM_SCALAR >
  void
     BayesNetInference< GUM_SCALAR >::addEvidence(Potential< GUM_SCALAR >&& pot) {
    // check if the potential corresponds to an evidence
    if (pot.nbrDim() != 1) {
      GUM_ERROR(InvalidArgument, pot << " is not mono-dimensional.");
    }
    if (__bn == nullptr)
      GUM_ERROR(NullElement,
                "No Bayes net has been assigned to the "
                "inference algorithm");

    NodeId id = __bn->nodeId(pot.variable(0));

    if (hasEvidence(id)) {
      GUM_ERROR(InvalidArgument,
                " node " << id
                         << " already has an evidence. Please use chgEvidence().");
    }

    // check whether we have a hard evidence (and also check whether the
    // potential only contains 0 (in this case, this will automatically raise
    // an exception) )
    Idx  val;
    bool is_hard_evidence = __isHardEvidence(pot, val);

    // insert the evidence
    __evidence.insert(
       id,
       new Potential< GUM_SCALAR >(std::forward< Potential< GUM_SCALAR > >(pot)));
    if (is_hard_evidence) {   // pot is deterministic
      __hard_evidence.insert(id, val);
      __hard_evidence_nodes.insert(id);
    } else {
      __soft_evidence_nodes.insert(id);
    }
    __setState(StateOfInference::OutdatedBNStructure);
    _onEvidenceAdded(id, is_hard_evidence);
  }


  // adds a new evidence on node id (might be soft or hard)
  template < typename GUM_SCALAR >
  INLINE void BayesNetInference< GUM_SCALAR >::addEvidence(
     const Potential< GUM_SCALAR >& pot) {
    Potential< GUM_SCALAR > new_pot(pot);
    addEvidence(std::move(new_pot));
  }


  template < typename GUM_SCALAR >
  INLINE void BayesNetInference< GUM_SCALAR >::addListOfEvidence(
     const List< const Potential< GUM_SCALAR >* >& potlist) {
    for (const auto pot : potlist)
      addEvidence(*pot);
  }


  template < typename GUM_SCALAR >
  INLINE void BayesNetInference< GUM_SCALAR >::addSetOfEvidence(
     const Set< const Potential< GUM_SCALAR >* >& potset) {
    for (const auto pot : potset)
      addEvidence(*pot);
  }


  // indicates whether some node(s) have received evidence
  template < typename GUM_SCALAR >
  INLINE bool BayesNetInference< GUM_SCALAR >::hasEvidence() const {
    return !__evidence.empty();
  }


  // indicates whether node id has received an evidence
  template < typename GUM_SCALAR >
  INLINE bool BayesNetInference< GUM_SCALAR >::hasEvidence(NodeId id) const {
    return __evidence.exists(id);
  }


  // indicates whether node id has received a hard evidence
  template < typename GUM_SCALAR >
  INLINE bool BayesNetInference< GUM_SCALAR >::hasHardEvidence(NodeId id) const {
    return __hard_evidence_nodes.exists(id);
  }


  // indicates whether node id has received a soft evidence
  template < typename GUM_SCALAR >
  INLINE bool BayesNetInference< GUM_SCALAR >::hasSoftEvidence(NodeId id) const {
    return __soft_evidence_nodes.exists(id);
  }


  // indicates whether node id has received an evidence
  template < typename GUM_SCALAR >
  INLINE bool BayesNetInference< GUM_SCALAR >::hasEvidence(
     const std::string& nodeName) const {
    return hasEvidence(this->BN().idFromName(nodeName));
  }


  // indicates whether node id has received a hard evidence
  template < typename GUM_SCALAR >
  INLINE bool BayesNetInference< GUM_SCALAR >::hasHardEvidence(
     const std::string& nodeName) const {
    return hasHardEvidence(this->BN().idFromName(nodeName));
  }


  // indicates whether node id has received a soft evidence
  template < typename GUM_SCALAR >
  INLINE bool BayesNetInference< GUM_SCALAR >::hasSoftEvidence(
     const std::string& nodeName) const {
    return hasSoftEvidence(this->BN().idFromName(nodeName));
  }

  // change the value of an already existing hard evidence
  template < typename GUM_SCALAR >
  INLINE void BayesNetInference< GUM_SCALAR >::chgEvidence(NodeId    id,
                                                           const Idx val) {
    chgEvidence(__createHardEvidence(id, val));
  }

  // change the value of an already existing hard evidence
  template < typename GUM_SCALAR >
  INLINE void
     BayesNetInference< GUM_SCALAR >::chgEvidence(const std::string& nodeName,
                                                  const Idx          val) {
    chgEvidence(this->BN().idFromName(nodeName), val);
  }

  // change the value of an already existing hard evidence
  template < typename GUM_SCALAR >
  INLINE void
     BayesNetInference< GUM_SCALAR >::chgEvidence(NodeId             id,
                                                  const std::string& label) {
    chgEvidence(id, this->BN().variable(id)[label]);
  }

  // change the value of an already existing hard evidence
  template < typename GUM_SCALAR >
  INLINE void
     BayesNetInference< GUM_SCALAR >::chgEvidence(const std::string& nodeName,
                                                  const std::string& label) {
    NodeId id = this->BN().idFromName(nodeName);
    chgEvidence(id, this->BN().variable(id)[label]);
  }

  // change the value of an already existing evidence (might be soft or hard)
  template < typename GUM_SCALAR >
  INLINE void BayesNetInference< GUM_SCALAR >::chgEvidence(
     NodeId id, const std::vector< GUM_SCALAR >& vals) {
    // check whether this corresponds to an evidence
    if (__bn == nullptr)
      GUM_ERROR(NullElement,
                "No Bayes net has been assigned to the "
                "inference algorithm");

    if (!__bn->dag().exists(id)) {
      GUM_ERROR(UndefinedElement, id << " is not a NodeId in the bn");
    }

    if (__bn->variable(id).domainSize() != vals.size()) {
      GUM_ERROR(InvalidArgument,
                "node " << __bn->variable(id)
                        << " and its evidence have different sizes.");
    }

    // create the potential corresponding to vals
    Potential< GUM_SCALAR > pot;
    pot.add(__bn->variable(id));
    pot.fillWith(vals);
    chgEvidence(pot);
  }

  // change the value of an already existing evidence (might be soft or hard)
  template < typename GUM_SCALAR >
  INLINE void BayesNetInference< GUM_SCALAR >::chgEvidence(
     const std::string& nodeName, const std::vector< GUM_SCALAR >& vals) {
    chgEvidence(this->BN().idFromName(nodeName), vals);
  }


  // change the value of an already existing evidence (might be soft or hard)
  template < typename GUM_SCALAR >
  void BayesNetInference< GUM_SCALAR >::chgEvidence(
     const Potential< GUM_SCALAR >& pot) {
    // check if the potential corresponds to an evidence
    if (pot.nbrDim() != 1) {
      GUM_ERROR(InvalidArgument, pot << " is not a mono-dimensional potential.");
    }
    if (__bn == nullptr)
      GUM_ERROR(NullElement,
                "No Bayes net has been assigned to the "
                "inference algorithm");

    NodeId id = __bn->nodeId(pot.variable(0));

    if (!hasEvidence(id)) {
      GUM_ERROR(InvalidArgument,
                id << " has no evidence. Please use addEvidence().");
    }

    // check whether we have a hard evidence (and also check whether the
    // potential only contains 0 (in this case, this will automatically raise
    // an exception) )
    Idx  val;
    bool is_hard_evidence = __isHardEvidence(pot, val);

    // modify the evidence already stored
    const Potential< GUM_SCALAR >* localPot = __evidence[id];
    Instantiation                  I(pot);
    for (I.setFirst(); !I.end(); I.inc()) {
      localPot->set(I, pot[I]);
    }

    // the inference state will be different
    // whether evidence change from Hard to Soft or not.
    bool hasChangedSoftHard = false;

    if (is_hard_evidence) {
      if (!hasHardEvidence(id)) {
        hasChangedSoftHard = true;
        __hard_evidence.insert(id, val);
        __hard_evidence_nodes.insert(id);
        __soft_evidence_nodes.erase(id);
      } else {
        __hard_evidence[id] = val;
      }
    } else {
      if (hasHardEvidence(id)) {   // evidence was hard
        __hard_evidence.erase(id);
        __hard_evidence_nodes.erase(id);
        __soft_evidence_nodes.insert(id);
        hasChangedSoftHard = true;
      }
    }

    if (hasChangedSoftHard) {
      __setState(StateOfInference::OutdatedBNStructure);
    } else {
      if (!isInferenceOutdatedBNStructure()) {
        __setState(StateOfInference::OutdatedBNPotentials);
      }
    }

    _onEvidenceChanged(id, hasChangedSoftHard);
  }


  // removed the evidence, if any, corresponding to node id
  template < typename GUM_SCALAR >
  INLINE void BayesNetInference< GUM_SCALAR >::eraseEvidence(NodeId id) {
    if (hasEvidence(id)) {
      if (hasHardEvidence(id)) {
        _onEvidenceErased(id, true);
        __hard_evidence.erase(id);
        __hard_evidence_nodes.erase(id);
        __setState(StateOfInference::OutdatedBNStructure);
      } else {
        _onEvidenceErased(id, false);
        __soft_evidence_nodes.erase(id);
        if (!isInferenceOutdatedBNStructure()) {
          __setState(StateOfInference::OutdatedBNPotentials);
        }
      }

      delete (__evidence[id]);
      __evidence.erase(id);
    }
  }
  // removed the evidence, if any, corresponding to node of name nodeName
  template < typename GUM_SCALAR >
  INLINE void
     BayesNetInference< GUM_SCALAR >::eraseEvidence(const std::string& nodeName) {
    eraseEvidence(this->BN().idFromName(nodeName));
  }


  // removes all the evidence entered into the network
  template < typename GUM_SCALAR >
  INLINE void BayesNetInference< GUM_SCALAR >::eraseAllEvidence() {
    bool has_hard_evidence = !__hard_evidence.empty();
    this->_onAllEvidenceErased(has_hard_evidence);

    for (const auto& pair : __evidence) {
      if (pair.second != nullptr) { delete (pair.second); }
    }

    __evidence.clear();
    __hard_evidence.clear();
    __hard_evidence_nodes.clear();
    __soft_evidence_nodes.clear();

    if (has_hard_evidence) {
      __setState(StateOfInference::OutdatedBNStructure);
    } else {
      if (!isInferenceOutdatedBNStructure()) {
        __setState(StateOfInference::OutdatedBNPotentials);
      }
    }
  }


  // returns the number of evidence entered into the Bayesian network
  template < typename GUM_SCALAR >
  INLINE Size BayesNetInference< GUM_SCALAR >::nbrEvidence() const {
    return __evidence.size();
  }


  // returns the number of hard evidence entered into the Bayesian network
  template < typename GUM_SCALAR >
  INLINE Size BayesNetInference< GUM_SCALAR >::nbrHardEvidence() const {
    return __hard_evidence_nodes.size();
  }


  // returns the number of soft evidence entered into the Bayesian network
  template < typename GUM_SCALAR >
  INLINE Size BayesNetInference< GUM_SCALAR >::nbrSoftEvidence() const {
    return __soft_evidence_nodes.size();
  }


  // indicate for each node with hard evidence which value it took
  template < typename GUM_SCALAR >
  INLINE const NodeProperty< Idx >&
               BayesNetInference< GUM_SCALAR >::hardEvidence() const {
    return __hard_evidence;
  }


  // the set of evidence entered into the network
  template < typename GUM_SCALAR >
  INLINE const NodeProperty< const Potential< GUM_SCALAR >* >&
               BayesNetInference< GUM_SCALAR >::evidence() const {
    return __evidence;
  }


  template < typename GUM_SCALAR >
  INLINE const NodeSet&
               BayesNetInference< GUM_SCALAR >::softEvidenceNodes() const {
    return __soft_evidence_nodes;
  }


  template < typename GUM_SCALAR >
  INLINE const NodeSet&
               BayesNetInference< GUM_SCALAR >::hardEvidenceNodes() const {
    return __hard_evidence_nodes;
  }


  // ##############################################################################
  // Inference
  // ##############################################################################

  // put the inference into an unprepared state
  template < typename GUM_SCALAR >
  INLINE void BayesNetInference< GUM_SCALAR >::_setOutdatedBNStructureState() {
    __setState(StateOfInference::OutdatedBNStructure);
  }


  template < typename GUM_SCALAR >
  INLINE void BayesNetInference< GUM_SCALAR >::_setOutdatedBNPotentialsState() {
    __setState(StateOfInference::OutdatedBNPotentials);
  }


  // prepare the internal inference structures for the next inference
  template < typename GUM_SCALAR >
  INLINE void BayesNetInference< GUM_SCALAR >::prepareInference() {
    if (isInferenceReady() || isDone()) { return; }

    if (__bn == nullptr)
      GUM_ERROR(NullElement,
                "No Bayes net has been assigned to the "
                "inference algorithm");

    if (__state == StateOfInference::OutdatedBNStructure)
      _updateOutdatedBNStructure();
    else
      _updateOutdatedBNPotentials();

    __setState(StateOfInference::ReadyForInference);
  }


  // perform the heavy computations needed to compute the targets' posteriors
  template < typename GUM_SCALAR >
  INLINE void BayesNetInference< GUM_SCALAR >::makeInference() {
    if (isDone()) { return; }

    if (!isInferenceReady()) { prepareInference(); }

    _makeInference();

    __setState(StateOfInference::Done);
  }


} /* namespace gum */