File IndexAdditiveQuantizer.h

namespace faiss

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struct AdditiveCoarseQuantizer : public faiss::Index
#include <IndexAdditiveQuantizer.h>

A “virtual” index where the elements are the residual quantizer centroids.

Intended for use as a coarse quantizer in an IndexIVF.

Subclassed by faiss::LocalSearchCoarseQuantizer, faiss::ResidualCoarseQuantizer

Public Functions

explicit AdditiveCoarseQuantizer(idx_t d = 0, AdditiveQuantizer *aq = nullptr, MetricType metric = METRIC_L2)
virtual void add(idx_t n, const float *x) override

N/A.

virtual void search(idx_t n, const float *x, idx_t k, float *distances, idx_t *labels) const override

query n vectors of dimension d to the index.

return at most k vectors. If there are not enough results for a query, the result array is padded with -1s.

Parameters

  • x – input vectors to search, size n * d

  • labels – output labels of the NNs, size n*k

  • distances – output pairwise distances, size n*k

virtual void reconstruct(idx_t key, float *recons) const override

Reconstruct a stored vector (or an approximation if lossy coding)

this function may not be defined for some indexes

Parameters

  • key – id of the vector to reconstruct

  • recons – reconstucted vector (size d)

virtual void train(idx_t n, const float *x) override

Perform training on a representative set of vectors

Parameters

  • n – nb of training vectors

  • x – training vecors, size n * d

virtual void reset() override

N/A.

Public Members

AdditiveQuantizer *aq
std::vector<float> centroid_norms

norms of centroids, useful for knn-search

struct IndexAdditiveQuantizer : public faiss::IndexFlatCodes
#include <IndexAdditiveQuantizer.h>

Abstract class for additive quantizers. The search functions are in common.

Subclassed by faiss::IndexLocalSearchQuantizer, faiss::IndexResidualQuantizer

Public Types

using Search_type_t = AdditiveQuantizer::Search_type_t

Public Functions

explicit IndexAdditiveQuantizer(idx_t d = 0, AdditiveQuantizer *aq = nullptr, MetricType metric = METRIC_L2)
virtual void search(idx_t n, const float *x, idx_t k, float *distances, idx_t *labels) const override

query n vectors of dimension d to the index.

return at most k vectors. If there are not enough results for a query, the result array is padded with -1s.

Parameters

  • x – input vectors to search, size n * d

  • labels – output labels of the NNs, size n*k

  • distances – output pairwise distances, size n*k

virtual void sa_encode(idx_t n, const float *x, uint8_t *bytes) const override

encode a set of vectors

Parameters

  • n – number of vectors

  • x – input vectors, size n * d

  • bytes – output encoded vectors, size n * sa_code_size()

virtual void sa_decode(idx_t n, const uint8_t *bytes, float *x) const override

decode a set of vectors

Parameters

  • n – number of vectors

  • bytes – input encoded vectors, size n * sa_code_size()

  • x – output vectors, size n * d

virtual FlatCodesDistanceComputer *get_FlatCodesDistanceComputer() const override

a FlatCodesDistanceComputer offers a distance_to_code method

Public Members

AdditiveQuantizer *aq
struct IndexLocalSearchQuantizer : public faiss::IndexAdditiveQuantizer

Public Types

using Search_type_t = AdditiveQuantizer::Search_type_t

Public Functions

IndexLocalSearchQuantizer(int d, size_t M, size_t nbits, MetricType metric = METRIC_L2, Search_type_t search_type = AdditiveQuantizer::ST_decompress)

Constructor.

Parameters

  • d – dimensionality of the input vectors

  • M – number of subquantizers

  • nbits – number of bit per subvector index

  • d – dimensionality of the input vectors

  • M – number of subquantizers

  • nbits – number of bit per subvector index

IndexLocalSearchQuantizer()
virtual void train(idx_t n, const float *x) override

Perform training on a representative set of vectors

Parameters

  • n – nb of training vectors

  • x – training vecors, size n * d

virtual void search(idx_t n, const float *x, idx_t k, float *distances, idx_t *labels) const override

query n vectors of dimension d to the index.

return at most k vectors. If there are not enough results for a query, the result array is padded with -1s.

Parameters

  • x – input vectors to search, size n * d

  • labels – output labels of the NNs, size n*k

  • distances – output pairwise distances, size n*k

virtual void sa_encode(idx_t n, const float *x, uint8_t *bytes) const override

encode a set of vectors

Parameters

  • n – number of vectors

  • x – input vectors, size n * d

  • bytes – output encoded vectors, size n * sa_code_size()

virtual void sa_decode(idx_t n, const uint8_t *bytes, float *x) const override

decode a set of vectors

Parameters

  • n – number of vectors

  • bytes – input encoded vectors, size n * sa_code_size()

  • x – output vectors, size n * d

virtual FlatCodesDistanceComputer *get_FlatCodesDistanceComputer() const override

a FlatCodesDistanceComputer offers a distance_to_code method

Public Members

LocalSearchQuantizer lsq
AdditiveQuantizer *aq
struct IndexResidualQuantizer : public faiss::IndexAdditiveQuantizer
#include <IndexAdditiveQuantizer.h>

Index based on a residual quantizer. Stored vectors are approximated by residual quantization codes. Can also be used as a codec

Public Types

using Search_type_t = AdditiveQuantizer::Search_type_t

Public Functions

IndexResidualQuantizer(int d, size_t M, size_t nbits, MetricType metric = METRIC_L2, Search_type_t search_type = AdditiveQuantizer::ST_decompress)

Constructor.

Parameters

  • d – dimensionality of the input vectors

  • M – number of subquantizers

  • nbits – number of bit per subvector index

  • d – dimensionality of the input vectors

  • M – number of subquantizers

  • nbits – number of bit per subvector index

IndexResidualQuantizer(int d, const std::vector<size_t> &nbits, MetricType metric = METRIC_L2, Search_type_t search_type = AdditiveQuantizer::ST_decompress)
IndexResidualQuantizer()
virtual void train(idx_t n, const float *x) override

Perform training on a representative set of vectors

Parameters

  • n – nb of training vectors

  • x – training vecors, size n * d

virtual void search(idx_t n, const float *x, idx_t k, float *distances, idx_t *labels) const override

query n vectors of dimension d to the index.

return at most k vectors. If there are not enough results for a query, the result array is padded with -1s.

Parameters

  • x – input vectors to search, size n * d

  • labels – output labels of the NNs, size n*k

  • distances – output pairwise distances, size n*k

virtual void sa_encode(idx_t n, const float *x, uint8_t *bytes) const override

encode a set of vectors

Parameters

  • n – number of vectors

  • x – input vectors, size n * d

  • bytes – output encoded vectors, size n * sa_code_size()

virtual void sa_decode(idx_t n, const uint8_t *bytes, float *x) const override

decode a set of vectors

Parameters

  • n – number of vectors

  • bytes – input encoded vectors, size n * sa_code_size()

  • x – output vectors, size n * d

virtual FlatCodesDistanceComputer *get_FlatCodesDistanceComputer() const override

a FlatCodesDistanceComputer offers a distance_to_code method

Public Members

ResidualQuantizer rq

The residual quantizer used to encode the vectors.

AdditiveQuantizer *aq
struct LocalSearchCoarseQuantizer : public faiss::AdditiveCoarseQuantizer

Public Functions

LocalSearchCoarseQuantizer(int d, size_t M, size_t nbits, MetricType metric = METRIC_L2)

Constructor.

Parameters

  • d – dimensionality of the input vectors

  • M – number of subquantizers

  • nbits – number of bit per subvector index

  • d – dimensionality of the input vectors

  • M – number of subquantizers

  • nbits – number of bit per subvector index

LocalSearchCoarseQuantizer()
virtual void add(idx_t n, const float *x) override

N/A.

virtual void search(idx_t n, const float *x, idx_t k, float *distances, idx_t *labels) const override

query n vectors of dimension d to the index.

return at most k vectors. If there are not enough results for a query, the result array is padded with -1s.

Parameters

  • x – input vectors to search, size n * d

  • labels – output labels of the NNs, size n*k

  • distances – output pairwise distances, size n*k

virtual void reconstruct(idx_t key, float *recons) const override

Reconstruct a stored vector (or an approximation if lossy coding)

this function may not be defined for some indexes

Parameters

  • key – id of the vector to reconstruct

  • recons – reconstucted vector (size d)

virtual void train(idx_t n, const float *x) override

Perform training on a representative set of vectors

Parameters

  • n – nb of training vectors

  • x – training vecors, size n * d

virtual void reset() override

N/A.

Public Members

LocalSearchQuantizer lsq

The residual quantizer used to encode the vectors.

AdditiveQuantizer *aq
std::vector<float> centroid_norms

norms of centroids, useful for knn-search

struct ResidualCoarseQuantizer : public faiss::AdditiveCoarseQuantizer
#include <IndexAdditiveQuantizer.h>

The ResidualCoarseQuantizer is a bit specialized compared to the default AdditiveCoarseQuantizer because it can use a beam search at search time (slow but may be useful for very large vocabularies)

Public Functions

void set_beam_factor(float new_beam_factor)

computes centroid norms if required

ResidualCoarseQuantizer(int d, size_t M, size_t nbits, MetricType metric = METRIC_L2)

Constructor.

Parameters

  • d – dimensionality of the input vectors

  • M – number of subquantizers

  • nbits – number of bit per subvector index

  • d – dimensionality of the input vectors

  • M – number of subquantizers

  • nbits – number of bit per subvector index

ResidualCoarseQuantizer(int d, const std::vector<size_t> &nbits, MetricType metric = METRIC_L2)
virtual void search(idx_t n, const float *x, idx_t k, float *distances, idx_t *labels) const override

query n vectors of dimension d to the index.

return at most k vectors. If there are not enough results for a query, the result array is padded with -1s.

Parameters

  • x – input vectors to search, size n * d

  • labels – output labels of the NNs, size n*k

  • distances – output pairwise distances, size n*k

ResidualCoarseQuantizer()
virtual void add(idx_t n, const float *x) override

N/A.

virtual void reconstruct(idx_t key, float *recons) const override

Reconstruct a stored vector (or an approximation if lossy coding)

this function may not be defined for some indexes

Parameters

  • key – id of the vector to reconstruct

  • recons – reconstucted vector (size d)

virtual void train(idx_t n, const float *x) override

Perform training on a representative set of vectors

Parameters

  • n – nb of training vectors

  • x – training vecors, size n * d

virtual void reset() override

N/A.

Public Members

ResidualQuantizer rq

The residual quantizer used to encode the vectors.

float beam_factor

factor between the beam size and the search k if negative, use exact search-to-centroid

AdditiveQuantizer *aq
std::vector<float> centroid_norms

norms of centroids, useful for knn-search