tensorflow/models · error · ValueError

SpineNet-{} is not a valid architecture.

Error message

SpineNet-{} is not a valid architecture.

What it means

Error "SpineNet-{} is not a valid architecture." thrown in tensorflow/models.

Source

Thrown at official/vision/modeling/backbones/spinenet.py:560

    """A dict of {level: TensorShape} pairs for the model output."""
    return self._output_specs


@factory.register_backbone_builder('spinenet')
def build_spinenet(
    input_specs: tf_keras.layers.InputSpec,
    backbone_config: hyperparams.Config,
    norm_activation_config: hyperparams.Config,
    l2_regularizer: tf_keras.regularizers.Regularizer = None) -> tf_keras.Model:
  """Builds SpineNet backbone from a config."""
  backbone_type = backbone_config.type
  backbone_cfg = backbone_config.get()
  assert backbone_type == 'spinenet', (f'Inconsistent backbone type '
                                       f'{backbone_type}')

  model_id = str(backbone_cfg.model_id)
  if model_id not in SCALING_MAP:
    raise ValueError(
        'SpineNet-{} is not a valid architecture.'.format(model_id))
  scaling_params = SCALING_MAP[model_id]

  return SpineNet(
      input_specs=input_specs,
      min_level=backbone_cfg.min_level,
      max_level=backbone_cfg.max_level,
      endpoints_num_filters=scaling_params['endpoints_num_filters'],
      resample_alpha=scaling_params['resample_alpha'],
      block_repeats=scaling_params['block_repeats'],
      filter_size_scale=scaling_params['filter_size_scale'],
      init_stochastic_depth_rate=backbone_cfg.stochastic_depth_drop_rate,
      kernel_regularizer=l2_regularizer,
      activation=norm_activation_config.activation,
      use_sync_bn=norm_activation_config.use_sync_bn,
      norm_momentum=norm_activation_config.norm_momentum,
      norm_epsilon=norm_activation_config.norm_epsilon)

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Solutions

1. Use a valid SpineNet architecture id such as '49', '49S', '96', '143', or '49C'.
2. Check the model_id in the SpineNet backbone config for typos.

When it happens

Trigger: Thrown at official/vision/modeling/backbones/spinenet.py:560 when the library encounters an invalid state.

Common situations: See trigger scenarios.

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