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21 changes: 21 additions & 0 deletions detectron2/engine/hooks.py
Original file line number Diff line number Diff line change
Expand Up @@ -222,6 +222,7 @@ def __init__(
val_metric: str,
mode: str = "max",
file_prefix: str = "model_best",
patience: int = None,
) -> None:
"""
Args:
Expand All @@ -231,10 +232,12 @@ def __init__(
mode (str): one of {'max', 'min'}. controls whether the chosen val metric should be
maximized or minimized, e.g. for "bbox/AP50" it should be "max"
file_prefix (str): the prefix of checkpoint's filename, defaults to "model_best"
patience (int): the number of evaluation cycles without improvement before early stopping
"""
self._logger = logging.getLogger(__name__)
self._period = eval_period
self._val_metric = val_metric
self._patience = patience
assert mode in [
"max",
"min",
Expand Down Expand Up @@ -297,6 +300,24 @@ def after_step(self):
and next_iter != self.trainer.max_iter
):
self._best_checking()

if self._patience is None or self.best_iter is None:
return

iterations_without_improvement = (self.trainer.iter-self.best_iter) // self._period

if(iterations_without_improvement > self._patience):
self._logger.info(
f"Early stopping triggered at iteration {self.trainer.iter} due to lack of improvement "
f"after {iterations_without_improvement} cycles."
)
raise Exception("Early stopping triggered. Terminating training process.")

if(iterations_without_improvement > 0):
self._logger.info(
f"No improvement detected in the last {iterations_without_improvement} evaluation cycles. "
f"{self._patience - iterations_without_improvement} cycles remain before early stopping."
)

def after_train(self):
# same conditions as `EvalHook`
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