keras/scikit-learn: using fit_generator() with cross validation

Question

Is it possible to use Keras\'s scikit-learn API together with fit_generator() method? Or use another way to yield batches for training? I\'m using SciPy\'s spar

Answer 1

Actually you can use a sparse matrix as input to Keras with a generator. Here is my version that worked on a previous project:

> class KerasClassifier(KerasClassifier):
>     """ adds sparse matrix handling using batch generator
>     """
>     
>     def fit(self, x, y, **kwargs):
>         """ adds sparse matrix handling """
>         if not issparse(x):
>             return super().fit(x, y, **kwargs)
>         
>         ############ adapted from KerasClassifier.fit   ######################   
>         if self.build_fn is None:
>             self.model = self.__call__(**self.filter_sk_params(self.__call__))
>         elif not isinstance(self.build_fn, types.FunctionType):
>             self.model = self.build_fn(
>                 **self.filter_sk_params(self.build_fn.__call__))
>         else:
>             self.model = self.build_fn(**self.filter_sk_params(self.build_fn))
> 
>         loss_name = self.model.loss
>         if hasattr(loss_name, '__name__'):
>             loss_name = loss_name.__name__
>         if loss_name == 'categorical_crossentropy' and len(y.shape) != 2:
>             y = to_categorical(y)
>         ### fit => fit_generator
>         fit_args = copy.deepcopy(self.filter_sk_params(Sequential.fit_generator))
>         fit_args.update(kwargs)
>         ############################################################
>         self.model.fit_generator(
>                     self.get_batch(x, y, self.sk_params["batch_size"]),
>                                         samples_per_epoch=x.shape[0],
>                                         **fit_args)                      
>         return self                               
> 
>     def get_batch(self, x, y=None, batch_size=32):
>         """ batch generator to enable sparse input """
>         index = np.arange(x.shape[0])
>         start = 0
>         while True:
>             if start == 0 and y is not None:
>                 np.random.shuffle(index)
>             batch = index[start:start+batch_size]
>             if y is not None:
>                 yield x[batch].toarray(), y[batch]
>             else:
>                 yield x[batch].toarray()
>             start += batch_size
>             if start >= x.shape[0]:
>                 start = 0
>   
>     def predict_proba(self, x):
>         """ adds sparse matrix handling """
>         if not issparse(x):
>             return super().predict_proba(x)
>             
>         preds = self.model.predict_generator(
>                     self.get_batch(x, None, self.sk_params["batch_size"]), 
>                                                val_samples=x.shape[0])
>         return preds