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PMML4S

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PMML4S is a PMML (Predictive Model Markup Language) scoring library for Scala. It provides both Scala and Java Evaluator API for PMML.

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Features

PMML4S is a lightweight, clean and efficient implementation based on the PMML specification from 2.0 through to the latest 4.4.1.

Models support

It supports the following models:

Not yet supported models:

Transformations support

It supports the following transformations:

Not yet supported transformations:

Installation

SBT users
libraryDependencies += "org.pmml4s" %%  "pmml4s" % pmml4sVersion
Maven users
<dependency>
  <groupId>org.pmml4s</groupId>
  <artifactId>pmml4s_${scala.version}</artifactId>
  <version>${pmml4s.version}</version>
</dependency>

Use in Scala

PMML4S is really easy to use. Just do one or more of the following:

  1. Load model.

     import org.pmml4s.model.Model
     import scala.io.Source
    
     // load a model from an IO source that supports various sources, e.g. from a URL locates a PMML model.
     val model = Model(Source.fromURL(new java.net.URL("http://dmg.org/pmml/pmml_examples/KNIME_PMML_4.1_Examples/single_iris_dectree.xml")))
    

    or

     import org.pmml4s.model.Model
    
     // load a model from those help methods, e.g. pathname, file object, a string, an array of bytes, or an input stream.
     val model = Model.fromFile("single_iris_dectree.xml")
    
  2. Call predict(values) to predict new values that can be in different types, and the type of results is always same as inputs.

    • values in a Map:
     scala> val result = model.predict(Map("sepal_length" -> 5.1, "sepal_width" -> 3.5, "petal_length" -> 1.4, "petal_width" -> 0.2))
     result: Map[String,Any] = Map(probability -> 1.0, probability_Iris-versicolor -> 0.0, probability_Iris-setosa -> 1.0, probability_Iris-virginica -> 0.0, predicted_class -> Iris-setosa, node_id -> 1)
    
    • values in a list of pairs of keys and values:
     scala> val result = model.predict("sepal_length" -> 5.1, "sepal_width" -> 3.5, "petal_length" -> 1.4, "petal_width" -> 0.2)
     result: Seq[(String, Any)] = ArraySeq((predicted_class,Iris-setosa), (probability,1.0), (probability_Iris-setosa,1.0), (probability_Iris-versicolor,0.0), (probability_Iris-virginica,0.0), (node_id,1))
    
    • values in an Array:

    The order of those values is supposed as same as the input fields list, and the order of results is same as the output fields list.

     scala> val inputNames = model.inputNames
     inputNames: Array[String] = Array(sepal_length, sepal_width, petal_length, petal_width)
    
     scala> val result = model.predict(Array(5.1, 3.5, 1.4, 0.2))
     result: Array[Any] = Array(Iris-setosa, 1.0, 1.0, 0.0, 0.0, 1)
    
     scala> val outputNames = model.outputNames
     outputNames: Array[String] = Array(predicted_class, probability, probability_Iris-setosa, probability_Iris-versicolor, probability_Iris-virginica, node_id)
    
    • values in the JSON format:

    It supports the following styles, and the JSON string can take more than more records to predict, and the results are still a string in JSON with the same format as input.

     - `records` : list like [{column -> value}, … , {column -> value}]
     - `split` : dict like {‘columns’ -> [columns], ‘data’ -> [values]}
    
     scala> val result = model.predict("""[{"sepal_length": 5.1, "sepal_width": 3.5, "petal_length": 1.4, "petal_width": 0.2}, {"sepal_length": 7, "sepal_width": 3.2, "petal_length": 4.7, "petal_width": 1.4}]""")
     result: String = [{"probability":1.0,"probability_Iris-versicolor":0.0,"probability_Iris-setosa":1.0,"probability_Iris-virginica":0.0,"predicted_class":"Iris-setosa","node_id":"1"},{"probability":0.9074074074074074,"probability_Iris-versicolor":0.9074074074074074,"probability_Iris-setosa":0.0,"probability_Iris-virginica":0.09259259259259259,"predicted_class":"Iris-versicolor","node_id":"3"}]
    
     scala> val result = model.predict("""{"columns": ["sepal_length", "sepal_width", "petal_length", "petal_width"], "data":[[5.1, 3.5, 1.4, 0.2], [7, 3.2, 4.7, 1.4]]}""")
     result: String = {"columns":["predicted_class","probability","probability_Iris-setosa","probability_Iris-versicolor","probability_Iris-virginica","node_id"],"data":[["Iris-setosa",1.0,1.0,0.0,0.0,"1"],["Iris-versicolor",0.9074074074074074,0.0,0.9074074074074074,0.09259259259259259,"3"]]}
    
    • values in the PMML4S’s Series:
     import org.pmml4s.data.Series
     import org.pmml4s.util.Utils
    
     // The input schema contains a list of input fields with its name and data type, you can prepare data based on it.
     scala> val inputSchema = model.inputSchema
     inputSchema: org.pmml4s.common.StructType = StructType(StructField(sepal_length,double), StructField(sepal_width,double), StructField(petal_length,double), StructField(petal_width,double))
    
     // There are several factory methods to construct a Series object.
     // 1. values in a Map
     scala> val result = model.predict(Series.fromMap(Map("sepal_length" -> "5.1", "sepal_width" -> "3.5", "petal_length" -> "1.4", "petal_width" -> "0.2"), inputSchema))
     val result: org.pmml4s.data.Series = [Iris-setosa,1,1,0,0,1],[(predicted_class,string),(probability,real),(probability_Iris-setosa,real),(probability_Iris-versicolor,real),(probability_Iris-virginica,real),(node_id,string)]
       
     // 2. values in an Array
     scala> val result = model.predict(Series.fromArray(Array(5.1, 3.5, 1.4, 0.2), inputSchema))
     val result: org.pmml4s.data.Series = [Iris-setosa,1,1,0,0,1],[(predicted_class,string),(probability,real),(probability_Iris-setosa,real),(probability_Iris-versicolor,real),(probability_Iris-virginica,real),(node_id,string)]
       
     // 3. DataVals in a Seq
     // Suppose the row is a record in map from an external columnar data, e.g. a CSV file, or relational database.
     scala> val row = Map("sepal_length" -> "5.1", "sepal_width" -> "3.5", "petal_length" -> "1.4", "petal_width" -> "0.2")
       
     // You need to convert the data to the desired type defined by PMML, and keep the same order as defined in the input schema.
     scala> val values = inputSchema.map(x => Utils.toDataVal(row(x.name), x.dataType))
     val values: Seq[org.pmml4s.data.DataVal] = List(5.1, 3.5, 1.4, 0.2)
        
     scala> val result = model.predict(Series.fromSeq(values))
     result: org.pmml4s.data.Series = [Iris-setosa,1.0,1.0,0.0,0.0,1],[(predicted_class,string),(probability,double),(probability_Iris-setosa,double),(probability_Iris-versicolor,double),(probability_Iris-virginica,double),(node_id,string)]
    

    Which format to use?

    You can use any formats of values according to your environment. In most cases, you don’t need to call Utils.toDataVal explicitly to convert data to ones defined by PMML for others, the conversion will be operated properly automatically. e.g. those input values are string, not double, you can still get the same correct results.

     scala> val result = model.predict(Map("sepal_length" -> "5.1", "sepal_width" -> "3.5", "petal_length" -> "1.4", "petal_width" -> "0.2"))
     result: Map[String,Any] = Map(probability -> 1.0, probability_Iris-versicolor -> 0.0, probability_Iris-setosa -> 1.0, probability_Iris-virginica -> 0.0, predicted_class -> Iris-setosa, node_id -> 1)
    
     scala> val result = model.predict(Array("5.1", "3.5", "1.4", "0.2"))
     result: Array[Any] = Array(Iris-setosa, 1.0, 1.0, 0.0, 0.0, 1)   
    
  3. Understand the result values.

    You can see the names of output fields, like predicted_class, probability, actually those names are trivial, the PMML can use any names for those output fields.

    The most important attribute of OutputField is feature that specifies the value the output field takes from the computed mining result, about other attributes, see DMG

    The Output is optional for PMML, if it’s not present, PMML4S will produce some predefined output fields, e.g.

    Name Description
    predicted_{target} Predicted value of the specified target for the supervised model
    probability Probability of the predicted categorical value for the classification model
    probability_{category} Probability of the specified category for the classification model
    confidence Confidence of the specified category for the classification model
    node_id ID of the hit node for the tree model
    cluster Identifier of the winning cluster for the clustering model
    cluster_name Name of the winning cluster for the clustering model
    distance Distance to the predicted entity for the clustering model
    similarity Similarity to the predicted entity for the clustering model
    reason_code_{rank} Reason code of rank for the scorecard model
    anomalyScore Anomaly score of the anomaly detection model

    Call outputFields() to get a list of output fields describe result values.

     // The output fields describe the result values.
     val outputFields = model.outputFields
    
     scala> outputFields.foreach(println)
     OutputField(name=predicted_class, displayName=Some(Predicted value of class), dataType=string, opType=nominal, feature=predictedValue, targetField=None, value=None, ruleFeature=consequent, algorithm=exclusiveRecommendation, rank=1, rankBasis=confidence, rankOrder=descending, isMultiValued=false, segmentId=None, isFinalResult=true, decisions=None, expr=None)
     OutputField(name=probability, displayName=Some(probability of predicted value), dataType=double, opType=continuous, feature=probability, targetField=None, value=None, ruleFeature=consequent, algorithm=exclusiveRecommendation, rank=1, rankBasis=confidence, rankOrder=descending, isMultiValued=false, segmentId=None, isFinalResult=true, decisions=None, expr=None)
     OutputField(name=probability_Iris-setosa, displayName=Some(probability of Iris-setosa), dataType=double, opType=continuous, feature=probability, targetField=None, value=Some(Iris-setosa), ruleFeature=consequent, algorithm=exclusiveRecommendation, rank=1, rankBasis=confidence, rankOrder=descending, isMultiValued=false, segmentId=None, isFinalResult=true, decisions=None, expr=None)
     OutputField(name=probability_Iris-versicolor, displayName=Some(probability of Iris-versicolor), dataType=double, opType=continuous, feature=probability, targetField=None, value=Some(Iris-versicolor), ruleFeature=consequent, algorithm=exclusiveRecommendation, rank=1, rankBasis=confidence, rankOrder=descending, isMultiValued=false, segmentId=None, isFinalResult=true, decisions=None, expr=None)
     OutputField(name=probability_Iris-virginica, displayName=Some(probability of Iris-virginica), dataType=double, opType=continuous, feature=probability, targetField=None, value=Some(Iris-virginica), ruleFeature=consequent, algorithm=exclusiveRecommendation, rank=1, rankBasis=confidence, rankOrder=descending, isMultiValued=false, segmentId=None, isFinalResult=true, decisions=None, expr=None)
     OutputField(name=node_id, displayName=Some(ID of hit node), dataType=string, opType=nominal, feature=entityId, targetField=None, value=None, ruleFeature=consequent, algorithm=exclusiveRecommendation, rank=1, rankBasis=confidence, rankOrder=descending, isMultiValued=false, segmentId=None, isFinalResult=true, decisions=None, expr=None)
    

Use in Java

It’s also easy to use and similar as Scala.

  1. Load model.

     import org.pmml4s.model.Model;
    
     Model model = Model.fromFile("single_iris_dectree.xml");
    
  2. Call predict(values) to predict new values that can be in different types, and the type of results is always same as inputs.

    • values in a Map of Java:
     import java.util.Map;
     import java.util.HashMap;
    
     Map result = model.predict(new HashMap<String, Object>() );
    
    • values in an Array:

    The order of those values is supposed as same as the input fields list, and the order of results is same as the output fields list.

     String[] inputNames = model.inputNames();
     Object[] result = model.predict(new Double[]{5.1, 3.5, 1.4, 0.2});
    
    • values in the JSON format:

    It’s same as Scala

    • values in the PMML4S’s Series:
     import org.pmml4s.data.Series;
     import org.pmml4s.util.Utils;
     import org.pmml4s.common.StructType;
     import org.pmml4s.common.StructField;
    
     // The input schema contains a list of input fields with its name and data type, you can prepare data based on it.
     StructType inputSchema = model.inputSchema();
    
     // Suppose the row is a record in map from an external columnar data, e.g. a CSV file, or relational database.
     Map row = new HashMap<String, String>() ;
    
     // You need to convert the data to the desired type defined by PMML, and keep the same order as defined in the input schema.
     Object[] values = new Object[inputSchema.size()];
     for (int i = 0; i < values.length; i++) {
       StructField sf = inputSchema.apply(i);
       values[i] = Utils.toDataVal(row.get(sf.name()), sf.dataType());
     }
    
     Series result = model.predict(Series.fromArray(values));
    
     // You can also create a Series with schema, so that values will be accessed by names, the order of values is trivial, e.g.
     Series result = model.predict(Series.fromArray(values, inputSchema));
    
  3. Understand the result values. See details in Scala above

Use PMML in Spark

See the PMML4S-Spark project. PMML4S-Spark is a PMML scoring library for Spark as SparkML Transformer.

Use PMML in PySpark

See the PyPMML-Spark project. PyPMML-Spark is a Python PMML scoring library for PySpark as SparkML Transformer, it really is the Python API for PMML4s-Spark.

Use PMML in Python

See the PyPMML project. PyPMML is a Python PMML scoring library, it really is the Python API for PMML4S.

Deploy PMML as REST API

See the AI-Serving project. AI-Serving is serving AI/ML models in the open standard formats PMML and ONNX with both HTTP (REST API) and gRPC endpoints.

Deploy and Manage AI/ML models at scale

See the DaaS system that deploys AI/ML models in production at scale on Kubernetes.

Attentions

Support

If you have any questions about the PMML4S library, please open issues on this repository.

Feedback and contributions to the project, no matter what kind, are always very welcome.

License

PMML4S is licensed under APL 2.0.