tensorflow/models · error · ValueError

User positives ({}) is different from item positives ({})

Error message

User positives ({}) is different from item positives ({})

What it means

Error "User positives ({}) is different from item positives ({})" thrown in tensorflow/models.

Source

Thrown at official/recommendation/data_pipeline.py:413

    self._maximum_number_epochs = maximum_number_epochs
    self._num_users = num_users
    self._num_items = num_items
    self.user_map = user_map
    self.item_map = item_map
    self._train_pos_users = train_pos_users
    self._train_pos_items = train_pos_items
    self.train_batch_size = train_batch_size
    self._num_train_negatives = num_train_negatives
    self._batches_per_train_step = batches_per_train_step
    self._eval_pos_users = eval_pos_users
    self._eval_pos_items = eval_pos_items
    self.eval_batch_size = eval_batch_size
    self.num_train_epochs = num_train_epochs
    self.create_data_offline = create_data_offline

    # Training
    if self._train_pos_users.shape != self._train_pos_items.shape:
      raise ValueError(
          "User positives ({}) is different from item positives ({})".format(
              self._train_pos_users.shape, self._train_pos_items.shape))

    (self._train_pos_count,) = self._train_pos_users.shape
    self._elements_in_epoch = (1 + num_train_negatives) * self._train_pos_count
    self.train_batches_per_epoch = self._count_batches(self._elements_in_epoch,
                                                       train_batch_size,
                                                       batches_per_train_step)

    # Evaluation
    if eval_batch_size % (1 + rconst.NUM_EVAL_NEGATIVES):
      raise ValueError("Eval batch size {} is not divisible by {}".format(
          eval_batch_size, 1 + rconst.NUM_EVAL_NEGATIVES))
    self._eval_users_per_batch = int(eval_batch_size //
                                     (1 + rconst.NUM_EVAL_NEGATIVES))
    self._eval_elements_in_epoch = num_users * (1 + rconst.NUM_EVAL_NEGATIVES)
    self.eval_batches_per_epoch = self._count_batches(
        self._eval_elements_in_epoch, eval_batch_size, batches_per_eval_step)

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When it happens

Trigger: Thrown at official/recommendation/data_pipeline.py:413 when the library encounters an invalid state.

Common situations: See trigger scenarios.

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