Experiment API¶
AI4RAGExperiment ¶
AI4RAGExperiment(
documents: list[DoclingDocument],
benchmark_data: DataFrame,
search_space: AI4RAGSearchSpace,
vector_store_type: str,
optimizer_settings: OptimizerSettings,
event_handler: BaseEventHandler,
client: OgxClient | Any = None,
ogx_vector_io_provider_id: str | None = None,
optimization_metric: RAGMetric | str = Metrics.OVERALL_SCORE,
**kwargs
)
Class responsible for conducting AutoRAG experiment, that consists of finding the best hyperparameters for several steps/stages.
AI4RAGExperiment is essentially an orchestrator for the RAG Patterns hyperparameters optimization for the desired metric. It requires from user to provide fully defined search space on which the experiment will be executed.
AI4RAG uses 'BaseRAGTemplate' inheriting classes as definitions on how to build and utilize RAG Pattern with the given search space nodes.
Parameters:
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documents(list[DoclingDocument]) –List of parsed docling documents to embed in vector db and use as context in RAG.
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benchmark_data(DataFrame | BenchmarkData) –Structure with 3 columns: 'question', 'correct_answers' and - if applicable - 'correct_answer_document_ids'.
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search_space(AI4RAGSearchSpace) –Grid of parameters used during hyperparameter optimization.
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vector_store_type(str) –Specific type of Vector Data Base that will be used during the experiment. Supported values:
"ogx"and"chroma". -
ogx_vector_io_provider_id(str | None, default:None) –Provider ID for OGX vector store (e.g.,
"milvus","qdrant"). Required whenvector_store_type="ogx". -
optimizer_settings(OptimizerSettings) –Settings for the optimizer to be used during the experiment.
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client(OgxClient | Any, default:None) –Instance of the OGX client or other client allowing to communicate with the available vector store providers.
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event_handler(BaseEventHandler) –Instance satisfying BaseEventHandler's interface to stream pattern evaluation results and intermediate status updates. EventHandler is an entrypoint to configure custom logging and assets handling.
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optimization_metric(RAGMetric | str, default:Metrics.FAITHFULNESS) –Metric used for calculating the final score that drives optimization.
Other Parameters:
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metrics(Sequence[RAGMetric]) –Metrics evaluated during the AutoRAG experiment. Not all of these metrics are used to calculate the final score, but they are included in the evaluation results. When omitted, defaults are derived from the configured evaluators.
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evaluators(list[BaseEvaluator] | None) –Evaluator instances used to score RAG patterns during optimization. When
None, defaults to[UnitxtEvaluator()]. To enable LLM-as-a-Judge evaluation, pass both aUnitxtEvaluatorand aLLMaJEvaluatorconfigured with a judge model. -
n_mps_foundation_models(int) –Amount of foundation models to be further used in experiment post pre-selection.
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n_mps_embedding_models(int) –Amount of embedding models to be further used in experiment post pre-selection.
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inference_max_threads(int) –Defines the number of threads to use during generation model inference.
Attributes:
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results(ExperimentResults) –Instance holding information about each iteration during the experiment. It consists of statuses, RAG pattern objects, scores and settings.
Source code in ai4rag/core/experiment/experiment.py
Attributes¶
optimization_metric property writable ¶
Get optimization metrics used for the experiment.
Methods:¶
run_pre_selection ¶
run_pre_selection(
foundation_models: list[BaseFoundationModel],
embedding_models: list[BaseEmbeddingModel],
n_records: int = 5,
random_seed: int = 17,
) -> dict[str, list[BaseEmbeddingModel | BaseFoundationModel]]
Run models pre-selection using ModelsPreSelector and sample of the data.
Parameters:
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embedding_models(list[BaseEmbeddingModel]) –Embedding models to be considered during pre-selection process.
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foundation_models(list[BaseFoundationModel]) –Foundation models to be evaluated during pre-selection process.
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n_records(int, default:5) –Amount of records that should be used during models pre-selection.
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random_seed(int, default:17) –Random seed value used for sampling benchmark data records.
Returns:
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dict[str, list[BaseFoundationModel | EmbeddingModel]]–Best embedding models and foundation models found in pre-selection.
Source code in ai4rag/core/experiment/experiment.py
run_single_evaluation ¶
Evaluate a single RAG configuration and return its score using provided documents.
Parameters:
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rag_params(RAGParamsType) –A dictionary containing rag parameters as keys and their values.
Returns:
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float–A single evaluation score obtained by the executed rag pattern.
Source code in ai4rag/core/experiment/experiment.py
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search ¶
Prepare and execute experiment to find the best RAG parameters.
Result of the search() can be reviewed via self.results as this object stores results of each evaluation or via self.event_handler with custom implementation.