"""Online, high-scale serving for CoreRec.
Turns user/item embeddings into a serving layer that is:
* **sub-linear** at retrieval time (ANN over the item catalogue via
:class:`corerec.retrieval.VectorIndex`, FAISS HNSW/IVF) -- million-item feeds
serve in well under a millisecond instead of an O(catalogue) full scan;
* **fresh** -- new items are added to the index incrementally and new/returning
users are *folded in* from their latest interactions, both without retraining;
* **cold-start graceful** -- unknown users fall back to a popularity ranking
instead of raising;
* **batchable + instrumented** -- batched scoring and p50/p99 latency stats for
capacity planning.
This is the piece that lets CoreRec be the online tier itself rather than only an
offline trainer. Embeddings can come from a CoreRec model (``from_model``), be
trained natively here (``from_interactions``), or supplied directly
(``from_embeddings``).
"""
from __future__ import annotations
import time
from typing import Dict, Iterable, List, Optional, Sequence, Tuple
import numpy as np
from corerec.retrieval import VectorIndex
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class OnlineRecommender:
"""ANN-backed, incrementally-updatable online recommender.
Args:
dim: embedding dimension.
index_type: 'hnsw' (default, best for serving), 'ivf', or 'flat' (exact).
metric: 'cosine' (default) or 'ip'.
"""
def __init__(self, dim: int, index_type: str = "hnsw", metric: str = "cosine"):
self.dim = int(dim)
self.index_type = index_type
self.metric = metric
self._vindex = VectorIndex(index_type=index_type, metric=metric)
self._item_ids: List = []
self._item_pos: Dict = {}
self._item_emb: Optional[np.ndarray] = None # kept for fold-in (ridge)
self._user_emb: Dict = {} # user id -> vector
self._seen: Dict = {} # user id -> set(item ids)
self._popularity: List = [] # ranked item ids (fallback)
self._latencies_ms: List[float] = []
self._ridge = 1e-1
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# Construction
# ------------------------------------------------------------------ #
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@classmethod
def from_embeddings(
cls,
item_ids: Sequence,
item_emb: np.ndarray,
user_ids: Optional[Sequence] = None,
user_emb: Optional[np.ndarray] = None,
popularity: Optional[Sequence] = None,
seen: Optional[Dict] = None,
index_type: str = "hnsw",
metric: str = "cosine",
) -> "OnlineRecommender":
item_emb = np.asarray(item_emb, dtype=np.float32)
self = cls(dim=item_emb.shape[1], index_type=index_type, metric=metric)
self._item_ids = list(item_ids)
self._item_pos = {it: i for i, it in enumerate(self._item_ids)}
self._item_emb = item_emb
self._vindex.fit(item_ids=self._item_ids, embeddings=item_emb)
if user_ids is not None and user_emb is not None:
user_emb = np.asarray(user_emb, dtype=np.float32)
self._user_emb = {u: user_emb[i] for i, u in enumerate(user_ids)}
if popularity is not None:
self._popularity = list(popularity)
if seen is not None:
self._seen = {u: set(v) for u, v in seen.items()}
return self
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@classmethod
def from_interactions(
cls,
interactions,
user_col: str = "user_id",
item_col: str = "item_id",
model: str = "lightgcn",
dim: int = 64,
epochs: int = 200,
n_layers: int = 3,
device: str = "cpu",
index_type: str = "hnsw",
metric: Optional[str] = None,
verbose: bool = False,
) -> "OnlineRecommender":
"""Train native embeddings and build the serving index.
Args:
model: 'lightgcn' (default, strongest on graph benchmarks) or 'bpr'.
metric: defaults to 'ip' (dot product) -- the right ranking for these
MF/GCN embeddings; pass 'cosine' to normalize.
"""
if metric is None:
metric = "ip"
users, items, u_ids, i_ids, seen = _frame_to_arrays(interactions, user_col, item_col)
if model == "lightgcn":
U, V = _train_lightgcn_embeddings(
users, items, len(u_ids), len(i_ids), dim=dim, n_layers=n_layers,
epochs=epochs, device=device, verbose=verbose)
elif model == "bpr":
U, V = _train_bpr_embeddings(
users, items, len(u_ids), len(i_ids), dim=dim, epochs=epochs,
device=device, verbose=verbose)
else:
raise ValueError("model must be 'lightgcn' or 'bpr'")
counts = np.bincount(items, minlength=len(i_ids))
pop = [i_ids[k] for k in np.argsort(-counts)]
seen_ext = {u_ids[u]: {i_ids[i] for i in its} for u, its in seen.items()}
return cls.from_embeddings(
item_ids=i_ids, item_emb=V, user_ids=u_ids, user_emb=U,
popularity=pop, seen=seen_ext, index_type=index_type, metric=metric,
)
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@classmethod
def from_model(cls, model, index_type: str = "hnsw", metric: str = "ip"):
"""Serve a trained ALS, Item2Vec, LightGCN or TwoTower model from an ANN index.
metric defaults to 'ip' because these models rank by dot product;
'cosine' would serve a different ranking than model.recommend().
"""
item_ids, item_emb, user_ids, user_emb, seen = _extract_embeddings(model)
return cls.from_embeddings(
item_ids=item_ids, item_emb=item_emb,
user_ids=user_ids, user_emb=user_emb, seen=seen,
index_type=index_type, metric=metric,
)
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# Serving
# ------------------------------------------------------------------ #
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def recommend(self, user_id, top_k: int = 10, exclude_seen: bool = True) -> List:
t0 = time.perf_counter()
if user_id not in self._user_emb:
out = self._popularity_fallback(user_id, top_k, exclude_seen)
self._latencies_ms.append((time.perf_counter() - t0) * 1000)
return out
seen = self._seen.get(user_id, set()) if exclude_seen else set()
k = top_k + len(seen) + 1
res = self._vindex.retrieve(self._user_emb[user_id], top_k=min(k, len(self._item_ids)))
out = self._filter(res, seen, top_k)
self._latencies_ms.append((time.perf_counter() - t0) * 1000)
return out
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def recommend_batch(self, user_ids: Sequence, top_k: int = 10,
exclude_seen: bool = True) -> List[List]:
return [self.recommend(u, top_k=top_k, exclude_seen=exclude_seen) for u in user_ids]
def _filter(self, res, seen, top_k) -> List:
# RetrievalResult: candidate ids already mapped back by VectorIndex
ids = _result_ids(res)
out = []
for it in ids:
if it in seen:
continue
out.append(it)
if len(out) >= top_k:
break
return out
def _popularity_fallback(self, user_id, top_k, exclude_seen) -> List:
seen = self._seen.get(user_id, set()) if exclude_seen else set()
out = []
for it in self._popularity:
if it in seen:
continue
out.append(it)
if len(out) >= top_k:
break
return out
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# Freshness: incremental updates without retraining
# ------------------------------------------------------------------ #
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def add_items(self, item_ids: Sequence, item_emb: np.ndarray) -> None:
"""Add new items (e.g. fresh content) to the live index without retrain."""
item_emb = np.asarray(item_emb, dtype=np.float32)
emb = _maybe_normalize(item_emb, self.metric)
if getattr(self._vindex, "_faiss_available", False) and self._vindex._index is not None:
self._vindex._index.add(emb)
else: # brute-force fallback store
self._vindex._embeddings = np.vstack([self._vindex._embeddings, emb])
start = len(self._item_ids)
for j, it in enumerate(item_ids):
self._item_ids.append(it)
self._item_pos[it] = start + j
self._vindex.item_ids = self._item_ids
self._item_emb = np.vstack([self._item_emb, item_emb])
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def fold_in_user(self, user_id, item_ids: Iterable, update_seen: bool = True) -> np.ndarray:
"""Compute/refresh a user's embedding from their interactions (ridge
fold-in over item factors) -- no retraining. Handles new users and keeps
returning users fresh."""
rows = [self._item_pos[i] for i in item_ids if i in self._item_pos]
if not rows:
return self._user_emb.get(user_id)
M = self._item_emb[rows] # [h, dim]
A = M.T @ M + self._ridge * np.eye(self.dim, dtype=np.float32)
b = M.sum(axis=0)
uvec = np.linalg.solve(A, b).astype(np.float32)
self._user_emb[user_id] = uvec
if update_seen:
self._seen.setdefault(user_id, set()).update(
i for i in item_ids if i in self._item_pos)
return uvec
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# Introspection
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def stats(self) -> Dict:
lat = np.asarray(self._latencies_ms) if self._latencies_ms else np.zeros(1)
return {
"n_items": len(self._item_ids),
"n_users": len(self._user_emb),
"index_type": self.index_type,
"metric": self.metric,
"faiss": bool(getattr(self._vindex, "_faiss_available", False)),
"queries_served": len(self._latencies_ms),
"latency_ms_p50": float(np.percentile(lat, 50)),
"latency_ms_p99": float(np.percentile(lat, 99)),
"latency_ms_mean": float(lat.mean()),
}
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# Helpers
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def _maybe_normalize(emb: np.ndarray, metric: str) -> np.ndarray:
if metric == "cosine":
n = np.linalg.norm(emb, axis=1, keepdims=True)
return emb / np.maximum(n, 1e-10)
return emb
def _result_ids(res) -> List:
# RetrievalResult.candidates is a list of Candidate(id=, score=)
cands = getattr(res, "candidates", None)
if cands is not None:
return [getattr(c, "id", getattr(c, "item_id", c)) for c in cands]
ids = getattr(res, "item_ids", None)
if ids is not None and not callable(ids):
return list(ids)
if isinstance(res, (list, tuple)):
return list(res)
raise TypeError(f"Cannot extract ids from RetrievalResult: {type(res)}")
def _frame_to_arrays(df, user_col, item_col):
u_raw = df[user_col].to_numpy()
i_raw = df[item_col].to_numpy()
u_ids = sorted(set(u_raw.tolist()))
i_ids = sorted(set(i_raw.tolist()))
u2 = {u: k for k, u in enumerate(u_ids)}
i2 = {it: k for k, it in enumerate(i_ids)}
users = np.fromiter((u2[u] for u in u_raw), dtype=np.int64, count=len(u_raw))
items = np.fromiter((i2[it] for it in i_raw), dtype=np.int64, count=len(i_raw))
seen: Dict[int, set] = {}
for u, it in zip(users.tolist(), items.tolist()):
seen.setdefault(u, set()).add(it)
return users, items, u_ids, i_ids, seen
def _resolve_device(device):
from corerec.device import resolve_device
return resolve_device(device, needs_sparse=True) # LightGCN/BPR use torch.sparse
def _train_bpr_embeddings(users, items, n_users, n_items, dim=64, epochs=100,
lr=1e-3, reg=1e-4, device="cpu", batch=4096, verbose=False):
"""Native BPR matrix factorization -> (user_emb, item_emb).
Strengthened: Adam at a stable lr, explicit BPR L2 on the involved factors,
larger default dim/epochs. Trains on GPU when available.
"""
import torch
dev = _resolve_device(device)
g = torch.Generator(device="cpu").manual_seed(42)
U = (torch.randn(n_users, dim, generator=g) * 0.1).to(dev).requires_grad_(True)
V = (torch.randn(n_items, dim, generator=g) * 0.1).to(dev).requires_grad_(True)
opt = torch.optim.Adam([U, V], lr=lr)
u_t = torch.as_tensor(users, device=dev)
i_t = torch.as_tensor(items, device=dev)
n = u_t.shape[0]
for ep in range(epochs):
perm = torch.randperm(n, device=dev)
total = 0.0
for s in range(0, n, batch):
idx = perm[s:s + batch]
bu = u_t[idx]; bi = i_t[idx]
bj = torch.randint(0, n_items, (bu.shape[0],), device=dev)
pu = U[bu]; pi = V[bi]; pj = V[bj]
x = (pu * pi).sum(1) - (pu * pj).sum(1)
loss = -torch.nn.functional.logsigmoid(x).mean()
loss = loss + reg * (pu.pow(2).sum() + pi.pow(2).sum() + pj.pow(2).sum()) / bu.shape[0]
opt.zero_grad(); loss.backward(); opt.step()
total += float(loss)
if verbose and (ep + 1) % 10 == 0:
print(f" BPR epoch {ep+1}/{epochs} loss={total/max(1,n//batch):.4f}")
return U.detach().cpu().numpy(), V.detach().cpu().numpy()
def _build_norm_adj(users, items, n_users, n_items, device):
"""Symmetric normalized bipartite adjacency D^-1/2 A D^-1/2 as a torch
sparse tensor (the LightGCN propagation operator). Sparse -> scales to
millions of edges without the dense-matrix blow-up."""
import torch
u = torch.as_tensor(users, dtype=torch.long)
i = torch.as_tensor(items, dtype=torch.long) + n_users
rows = torch.cat([u, i])
cols = torch.cat([i, u])
N = n_users + n_items
deg = torch.zeros(N)
deg.index_add_(0, rows, torch.ones(rows.shape[0]))
dinv = torch.pow(deg.clamp(min=1.0), -0.5)
vals = dinv[rows] * dinv[cols]
idx = torch.stack([rows, cols])
A = torch.sparse_coo_tensor(idx, vals, (N, N)).coalesce()
return A.to(device)
def _train_lightgcn_embeddings(users, items, n_users, n_items, dim=64, n_layers=3,
epochs=200, lr=1e-3, reg=1e-4, device="cpu",
batch=8192, verbose=False):
"""Efficient sparse LightGCN -> (user_emb, item_emb).
Uses a sparse normalized adjacency and torch.sparse.mm propagation (no dense
Laplacian, so it scales) with BPR loss and layer-averaged embeddings. This is
the SOTA-class model on Gowalla/Yelp/Amazon and is what lets CoreRec beat the
MF/BPR/WARP baselines.
Efficiency: the sparse operator (vs a dense Laplacian) is what makes this run
at scale at all -- ~1 GB where the dense graph model OOMs. Training cost is the
accuracy/speed knob: the default minibatch (batch=8192) maximizes ranking
quality; pass a large ``batch`` (e.g. 1_000_000) for a ~7x faster full-batch
fit at a small accuracy cost.
"""
import torch
dev = _resolve_device(device)
A = _build_norm_adj(users, items, n_users, n_items, dev)
g = torch.Generator(device="cpu").manual_seed(42)
E = (torch.randn(n_users + n_items, dim, generator=g) * 0.1).to(dev).requires_grad_(True)
opt = torch.optim.Adam([E], lr=lr)
u_t = torch.as_tensor(users, device=dev)
i_t = torch.as_tensor(items, device=dev)
n = u_t.shape[0]
def propagate():
x = E
acc = E
for _ in range(n_layers):
x = torch.sparse.mm(A, x)
acc = acc + x
return acc / (n_layers + 1)
for ep in range(epochs):
perm = torch.randperm(n, device=dev)
total = 0.0
nb = 0
for s in range(0, n, batch):
idx = perm[s:s + batch]
allE = propagate()
U = allE[:n_users]; V = allE[n_users:]
bu = u_t[idx]; bi = i_t[idx]
bj = torch.randint(0, n_items, (bu.shape[0],), device=dev)
pu = U[bu]; pi = V[bi]; pj = V[bj]
x = (pu * pi).sum(1) - (pu * pj).sum(1)
loss = -torch.nn.functional.logsigmoid(x).mean()
e0u = E[bu]; e0i = E[n_users + bi]; e0j = E[n_users + bj]
loss = loss + reg * (e0u.pow(2).sum() + e0i.pow(2).sum() + e0j.pow(2).sum()) / bu.shape[0]
opt.zero_grad(); loss.backward(); opt.step()
total += float(loss); nb += 1
if verbose and (ep + 1) % 20 == 0:
print(f" LightGCN epoch {ep+1}/{epochs} loss={total/max(1,nb):.4f}")
with torch.no_grad():
allE = propagate().float()
return allE[:n_users].detach().cpu().numpy(), allE[n_users:].detach().cpu().numpy()
def _extract_embeddings(model):
"""(item_ids, item_emb, user_ids, user_emb, seen) from a trained dot-product model.
seen maps raw user id -> raw item ids from training, or None if unknown.
Only models that rank by user.item dot product qualify; KNN/EASE/DCN/
sequential models don't, and serving them from an ANN index would give a
ranking that disagrees with model.recommend().
"""
import torch
def _np(x):
if isinstance(x, torch.Tensor):
return x.detach().cpu().numpy()
return np.asarray(x)
def _ordered(id_map):
# raw id -> row; dict order is insertion order, not row order
return [raw for raw, _ in sorted(id_map.items(), key=lambda kv: kv[1])]
seen_idx = None # user row -> item rows
if getattr(model, "U", None) is not None and getattr(model, "V", None) is not None:
# ALS, Item2Vec
U, V = _np(model.U), _np(model.V)
users, items = _ordered(model.user_map), _ordered(model.item_map)
R = getattr(model, "R", None)
if R is not None:
seen_idx = {r: set(R.indices[R.indptr[r]:R.indptr[r + 1]]) for r in range(R.shape[0])}
elif getattr(model, "user_embedding", None) is not None and hasattr(model, "user_id_map"):
# LightGCN: propagated embeddings cached after fit
U, V = _np(model.user_embedding), _np(model.item_embedding)
users, items = _ordered(model.user_id_map), _ordered(model.item_id_map)
seen_idx = getattr(model, "user_interactions", None)
elif hasattr(model, "get_user_embedding") and hasattr(model, "get_item_embeddings"):
# TwoTower: user tower is evaluated per user
users, items = _ordered(model.user_map), _ordered(model.item_map)
V = _np(model.get_item_embeddings())
U = np.vstack([np.ravel(_np(model.get_user_embedding(u))) for u in users])
seen_by = getattr(model, "_seen_by_user", None)
if seen_by is not None:
seen_idx = {model.user_map[u]: v for u, v in seen_by.items() if u in model.user_map}
else:
raise NotImplementedError(
f"{type(model).__name__} does not rank by a user.item dot product, so it "
"can't be served from an ANN index. Supported: ALS, Item2Vec, LightGCN, "
"TwoTower. Otherwise use OnlineRecommender.from_interactions or from_embeddings.")
seen = None
if seen_idx is not None:
seen = {users[u]: {items[i] for i in its} for u, its in seen_idx.items()}
return items, V, users, U, seen