ray/rllib/examples/parallel_evaluation_and_training.py

import argparse
import os

from ray.rllib.agents.callbacks import DefaultCallbacks
from ray.rllib.utils.test_utils import check_learning_achieved

parser = argparse.ArgumentParser()

parser.add_argument(
    "--evaluation-duration",
    type=lambda v: v if v == "auto" else int(v),
    default=13,
    help="Number of evaluation episodes/timesteps to run each iteration. "
    "If 'auto', will run as many as possible during train pass.",
)
parser.add_argument(
    "--evaluation-duration-unit",
    type=str,
    default="episodes",
    choices=["episodes", "timesteps"],
    help="The unit in which to measure the duration (`episodes` or" "`timesteps`).",
)
parser.add_argument(
    "--evaluation-num-workers",
    type=int,
    default=2,
    help="The number of evaluation workers to setup. "
    "0 for a single local evaluation worker. Note that for values >0, no"
    "local evaluation worker will be created (b/c not needed).",
)
parser.add_argument(
    "--evaluation-interval",
    type=int,
    default=2,
    help="Every how many train iterations should we run an evaluation loop?",
)

parser.add_argument(
    "--run", type=str, default="PPO", help="The RLlib-registered algorithm to use."
)
parser.add_argument("--num-cpus", type=int, default=0)
parser.add_argument(
    "--framework",
    choices=["tf", "tf2", "tfe", "torch"],
    default="tf",
    help="The DL framework specifier.",
)
parser.add_argument(
    "--as-test",
    action="store_true",
    help="Whether this script should be run as a test: --stop-reward must "
    "be achieved within --stop-timesteps AND --stop-iters.",
)
parser.add_argument(
    "--stop-iters", type=int, default=200, help="Number of iterations to train."
)
parser.add_argument(
    "--stop-timesteps", type=int, default=200000, help="Number of timesteps to train."
)
parser.add_argument(
    "--stop-reward", type=float, default=180.0, help="Reward at which we stop training."
)
parser.add_argument(
    "--local-mode",
    action="store_true",
    help="Init Ray in local mode for easier debugging.",
)


class AssertEvalCallback(DefaultCallbacks):
    def on_train_result(self, *, trainer, result, **kwargs):
        # Make sure we always run exactly the given evaluation duration,
        # no matter what the other settings are (such as
        # `evaluation_num_workers` or `evaluation_parallel_to_training`).
        if "evaluation" in result and "hist_stats" in result["evaluation"]:
            hist_stats = result["evaluation"]["hist_stats"]
            # We count in episodes.
            if trainer.config["evaluation_duration_unit"] == "episodes":
                num_episodes_done = len(hist_stats["episode_lengths"])
                # Compare number of entries in episode_lengths (this is the
                # number of episodes actually run) with desired number of
                # episodes from the config.
                if isinstance(trainer.config["evaluation_duration"], int):
                    assert num_episodes_done == trainer.config["evaluation_duration"]
                # If auto-episodes: Expect at least as many episode as workers
                # (each worker's `sample()` is at least called once).
                else:
                    assert trainer.config["evaluation_duration"] == "auto"
                    assert num_episodes_done >= trainer.config["evaluation_num_workers"]
                print(
                    "Number of run evaluation episodes: " f"{num_episodes_done} (ok)!"
                )
            # We count in timesteps.
            else:
                num_timesteps_reported = result["evaluation"]["timesteps_this_iter"]
                num_timesteps_wanted = trainer.config["evaluation_duration"]
                if num_timesteps_wanted != "auto":
                    delta = num_timesteps_wanted - num_timesteps_reported
                    # Expect roughly the same (desired // num-eval-workers).
                    assert abs(delta) < 20, (
                        delta,
                        num_timesteps_wanted,
                        num_timesteps_reported,
                    )
                print(
                    "Number of run evaluation timesteps: "
                    f"{num_timesteps_reported} (ok)!"
                )

            print(f"R={result['evaluation']['episode_reward_mean']}")


if __name__ == "__main__":
    import ray
    from ray import tune

    args = parser.parse_args()

    ray.init(num_cpus=args.num_cpus or None, local_mode=args.local_mode)

    config = {
        "env": "CartPole-v0",
        # Use GPUs iff `RLLIB_NUM_GPUS` env var set to > 0.
        "num_gpus": int(os.environ.get("RLLIB_NUM_GPUS", "0")),
        "framework": args.framework,
        # Run with tracing enabled for tfe/tf2.
        "eager_tracing": args.framework in ["tfe", "tf2"],
        # Parallel evaluation+training config.
        # Switch on evaluation in parallel with training.
        "evaluation_parallel_to_training": True,
        # Use two evaluation workers. Must be >0, otherwise,
        # evaluation will run on a local worker and block (no parallelism).
        "evaluation_num_workers": args.evaluation_num_workers,
        # Evaluate every other training iteration (together
        # with every other call to Trainer.train()).
        "evaluation_interval": args.evaluation_interval,
        # Run for n episodes/timesteps (properly distribute load amongst
        # all eval workers). The longer it takes to evaluate, the more sense
        # it makes to use `evaluation_parallel_to_training=True`.
        # Use "auto" to run evaluation for roughly as long as the training
        # step takes.
        "evaluation_duration": args.evaluation_duration,
        # "episodes" or "timesteps".
        "evaluation_duration_unit": args.evaluation_duration_unit,
        # Use a custom callback that asserts that we are running the
        # configured exact number of episodes per evaluation OR - in auto
        # mode - run at least as many episodes as we have eval workers.
        "callbacks": AssertEvalCallback,
    }

    stop = {
        "training_iteration": args.stop_iters,
        "timesteps_total": args.stop_timesteps,
        "episode_reward_mean": args.stop_reward,
    }

    results = tune.run(args.run, config=config, stop=stop, verbose=2)

    if args.as_test:
        check_learning_achieved(results, args.stop_reward)
    ray.shutdown()