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| 1 | +Sequence Data Guide |
| 2 | +=================== |
| 3 | + |
| 4 | +Ready-to-use configurations for sequence data analysis |
| 5 | +using Transformer-based models in EIR. |
| 6 | + |
| 7 | +- **Supported data types:** Text (NLP), protein/peptide sequences, DNA/RNA, |
| 8 | + time series, and other discrete token sequences |
| 9 | +- **Data format:** A folder with ``.txt`` files (filename is the ID) or |
| 10 | + a ``.csv`` file with columns ``"ID"`` and ``"Sequence"`` |
| 11 | +- **Models:** Built-in transformer (``sequence-default``), |
| 12 | + external pretrained models (BERT, RoBERTa, etc., see :ref:`external-sequence-models`). |
| 13 | + |
| 14 | +.. note:: |
| 15 | + **First step:** Copy the :doc:`../guides_index` global configuration as your ``globals.yaml`` |
| 16 | + |
| 17 | +.. contents:: |
| 18 | + :local: |
| 19 | + :depth: 2 |
| 20 | + |
| 21 | +Quick Start |
| 22 | +----------- |
| 23 | + |
| 24 | +- **Use cases:** Sequence classification (sentiment, protein function), regression (binding affinity), or generation |
| 25 | +- **Data requirements:** Sequence data in text files or CSV format, labels for supervised tasks |
| 26 | + |
| 27 | +**Files needed:** |
| 28 | + |
| 29 | +.. code-block:: yaml |
| 30 | + :caption: inputs.yaml |
| 31 | +
|
| 32 | + input_info: |
| 33 | + input_source: data/protein_sequences/ # Path to folder with .txt files or .csv file |
| 34 | + input_name: sequence |
| 35 | + input_type: sequence |
| 36 | +
|
| 37 | + input_type_info: |
| 38 | + max_length: 512 # Sequence length (int, 'max', or 'average') |
| 39 | +
|
| 40 | + # Split on characters for proteins/DNA |
| 41 | + # ("" for char-level, " " for words, |
| 42 | + # null for no splitting e.g. when using BPE tokenizer) |
| 43 | + split_on: "" |
| 44 | +
|
| 45 | + tokenizer: null # No tokenizer (see advanced options below) |
| 46 | + min_freq: 2 # Minimum token frequency for vocabulary |
| 47 | +
|
| 48 | + model_config: |
| 49 | + model_type: sequence-default # Built-in transformer for sequences |
| 50 | + model_init_config: |
| 51 | + embedding_dim: 128 # Token embedding dimension |
| 52 | + num_layers: 4 # Number of transformer layers |
| 53 | + num_heads: 8 # Number of attention heads per layer |
| 54 | + dropout: 0.10 # Dropout rate |
| 55 | +
|
| 56 | +.. note:: |
| 57 | + The ``input_source`` can be: |
| 58 | + |
| 59 | + - A directory of ``.txt`` files where the filename (without extension) is the sample ID |
| 60 | + - A ``.csv`` file with columns ``"ID"`` and ``"Sequence"`` |
| 61 | + |
| 62 | + For protein/DNA sequences, use ``split_on: ""`` for character-level tokenization. |
| 63 | + For natural language, use ``split_on: " "`` for word-level tokenization. |
| 64 | + |
| 65 | + Alternatively, set ``split_on: null`` for no splitting, and use the |
| 66 | + `BPE tokenizer <https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Byte_pair_encoding>`_ |
| 67 | + (``tokenizer: "bpe"``) for an adaptive vocabulary. |
| 68 | + |
| 69 | + |
| 70 | +.. code-block:: yaml |
| 71 | + :caption: outputs.yaml |
| 72 | +
|
| 73 | + output_info: |
| 74 | + output_name: sequence_label |
| 75 | + output_source: data/labels.csv # Must contain "ID" column + targets |
| 76 | + output_type: tabular |
| 77 | +
|
| 78 | + output_type_info: |
| 79 | + target_cat_columns: |
| 80 | + - Function_Class # Categorical target (e.g., protein function) |
| 81 | + target_con_columns: |
| 82 | + - Binding_Affinity # Continuous target (optional) |
| 83 | +
|
| 84 | +**Run command:** |
| 85 | + |
| 86 | +.. code-block:: bash |
| 87 | +
|
| 88 | + eirtrain --global_configs globals.yaml \ |
| 89 | + --input_configs inputs.yaml \ |
| 90 | + --output_configs outputs.yaml |
| 91 | +
|
| 92 | +About Sequence Models |
| 93 | +--------------------- |
| 94 | + |
| 95 | +**Full model configuration with all available parameters:** |
| 96 | + |
| 97 | +.. code-block:: yaml |
| 98 | + :caption: Advanced sequence configuration |
| 99 | +
|
| 100 | + model_config: |
| 101 | + model_type: sequence-default |
| 102 | + model_init_config: |
| 103 | + # Architecture parameters |
| 104 | + embedding_dim: 128 # Dimension of token embeddings |
| 105 | + num_layers: 6 # Number of transformer layers |
| 106 | + num_heads: 8 # Number of attention heads |
| 107 | + dropout: 0.10 # Dropout rate in transformer layers |
| 108 | +
|
| 109 | + # Advanced architecture options |
| 110 | + dim_feedforward: 512 # Feedforward network dimension |
| 111 | +
|
| 112 | + # Attention mechanisms |
| 113 | + window_size: null # Local attention window (null = full attention) |
| 114 | +
|
| 115 | +As always, please refer to the |
| 116 | +API documentation :ref:`sequence-configurations` for |
| 117 | +the full list of available parameters and more in-depth explanations. |
| 118 | + |
| 119 | +Common Use Cases |
| 120 | +---------------- |
| 121 | + |
| 122 | +Natural Language Processing |
| 123 | +^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^ |
| 124 | + |
| 125 | +For text classification, sentiment analysis, or document classification: |
| 126 | + |
| 127 | +.. code-block:: yaml |
| 128 | + :caption: Text classification setup |
| 129 | +
|
| 130 | + input_type_info: |
| 131 | + max_length: 512 |
| 132 | + split_on: " " # Split on whitespace for words |
| 133 | + tokenizer: "basic_english" # English text normalization |
| 134 | + min_freq: 5 # Filter rare words |
| 135 | +
|
| 136 | +Biological Sequences |
| 137 | +^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^ |
| 138 | + |
| 139 | +For protein, peptide, or DNA sequence analysis: |
| 140 | + |
| 141 | +.. code-block:: yaml |
| 142 | + :caption: Protein sequence setup |
| 143 | +
|
| 144 | + input_type_info: |
| 145 | + max_length: 1024 # Typical protein length |
| 146 | + split_on: "" # Character-level tokenization |
| 147 | + tokenizer: null # No additional tokenization |
| 148 | + min_freq: 1 # Keep all amino acids/nucleotides |
| 149 | +
|
| 150 | +Time Series Data |
| 151 | +^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^ |
| 152 | + |
| 153 | +For sequential numeric data represented as text |
| 154 | +(assumes they have e.g. been binned/discretized beforehand): |
| 155 | + |
| 156 | +.. code-block:: yaml |
| 157 | + :caption: Time series setup |
| 158 | +
|
| 159 | + input_type_info: |
| 160 | + max_length: "average" # Use average sequence length |
| 161 | + split_on: "," # Split on delimiter |
| 162 | + tokenizer: null # No tokenization |
| 163 | + sampling_strategy_if_longer: "uniform" # Random sampling for long sequences |
| 164 | +
|
| 165 | +Advanced Tokenization |
| 166 | +--------------------- |
| 167 | + |
| 168 | +**BPE (Byte Pair Encoding) Tokenization:** |
| 169 | + |
| 170 | +For subword tokenization, particularly useful for handling out-of-vocabulary words: |
| 171 | + |
| 172 | +.. code-block:: yaml |
| 173 | + :caption: BPE tokenizer configuration |
| 174 | +
|
| 175 | + input_type_info: |
| 176 | + tokenizer: "bpe" |
| 177 | + adaptive_tokenizer_max_vocab_size: 10000 # Maximum vocabulary size |
| 178 | + vocab_file: null # Will be trained on your data |
| 179 | + split_on: null # BPE handles splitting internally |
| 180 | +
|
| 181 | +
|
| 182 | +**Custom Vocabulary:** |
| 183 | + |
| 184 | +Using a pre-defined vocabulary file: |
| 185 | + |
| 186 | +.. code-block:: yaml |
| 187 | + :caption: Custom vocabulary setup |
| 188 | +
|
| 189 | + input_type_info: |
| 190 | + vocab_file: "data/custom_vocab.json" # JSON file with token->id mapping |
| 191 | +
|
| 192 | +.. note:: |
| 193 | + The vocab file is a optional text file containing pre-defined vocabulary to use |
| 194 | + for the training. If this is not passed in, the framework will automatically |
| 195 | + build the vocabulary from the training data. Passing in a vocabulary file is |
| 196 | + therefore useful if (a) you want to manually specify / limit the vocabulary used |
| 197 | + and/or (b) you want to save time by pre-computing the vocabulary. |
| 198 | + |
| 199 | + Here, there are two formats supported: |
| 200 | + |
| 201 | + - A ``.json`` file containing a dictionary with the vocabulary as keys and |
| 202 | + the corresponding token IDs as values. For example: |
| 203 | + ``{"the": 0, "cat": 1, "sat": 2, "on": 3, "the": 4, "mat": 5}`` |
| 204 | + |
| 205 | + - A ``.json`` file with the results of training and saving the vocabulary of |
| 206 | + a Huggingface BPE tokenizer. This is the file create by calling |
| 207 | + ``hf_tokenizer.save()``. This is only valid when using the ``bpe`` tokenizer. |
| 208 | + |
| 209 | + |
| 210 | + |
| 211 | +Sequence Length Strategies |
| 212 | +-------------------------- |
| 213 | + |
| 214 | +**Dynamic Length Calculation:** |
| 215 | + |
| 216 | +.. code-block:: yaml |
| 217 | + :caption: Dynamic length options |
| 218 | +
|
| 219 | + input_type_info: |
| 220 | + max_length: "max" # Use longest sequence in dataset |
| 221 | + # OR |
| 222 | + max_length: "average" # Use average length |
| 223 | + # OR |
| 224 | + max_length: 512 # Fixed length |
| 225 | +
|
| 226 | +**Handling Long Sequences:** |
| 227 | + |
| 228 | +.. code-block:: yaml |
| 229 | + :caption: Long sequence handling |
| 230 | +
|
| 231 | + input_type_info: |
| 232 | + sampling_strategy_if_longer: "uniform" # Random sampling for training |
| 233 | + # OR |
| 234 | + sampling_strategy_if_longer: "from_start" # Always truncate from beginning |
| 235 | +
|
| 236 | +.. note:: |
| 237 | + Validation and test sets always use ``"from_start"`` for consistency, |
| 238 | + regardless of the training strategy. |
| 239 | + |
| 240 | +External Pretrained Models |
| 241 | +-------------------------- |
| 242 | + |
| 243 | +For leveraging pretrained language models: |
| 244 | + |
| 245 | +.. code-block:: yaml |
| 246 | + :caption: Using pretrained BERT |
| 247 | +
|
| 248 | + model_config: |
| 249 | + model_type: "bert-base-uncased" # Hugging Face model name |
| 250 | + pretrained_model: true # Use pretrained weights |
| 251 | + model_init_config: |
| 252 | + num_labels: 2 # Number of output classes |
| 253 | +
|
| 254 | +See :ref:`external-sequence-models` for the full list of supported models. |
| 255 | + |
| 256 | + |
| 257 | +Attribution Analysis |
| 258 | +-------------------- |
| 259 | + |
| 260 | +Enable feature importance analysis to understand which parts of sequences |
| 261 | +contribute most to predictions: |
| 262 | + |
| 263 | +.. code-block:: yaml |
| 264 | + :caption: Attribution analysis setup (in globals.yaml) |
| 265 | +
|
| 266 | + attribution_analysis: |
| 267 | + compute_attributions: true |
| 268 | + max_attributions_per_class: 100 # Samples per class to analyze |
| 269 | + attributions_every_sample_factor: 4 # Compute every 4th evaluation |
| 270 | +
|
| 271 | +This uses `Integrated Gradients <https://arxiv.org/abs/1703.01365>`_ to compute |
| 272 | +token-level importance scores, helping you understand model decisions. |
| 273 | + |
| 274 | +Complete Configuration Examples |
| 275 | +------------------------------- |
| 276 | + |
| 277 | +**Protein Function Prediction:** |
| 278 | + |
| 279 | +.. code-block:: yaml |
| 280 | + :caption: Complete protein classification setup |
| 281 | +
|
| 282 | + # inputs.yaml |
| 283 | + input_info: |
| 284 | + input_source: data/protein_sequences/ |
| 285 | + input_name: protein_seq |
| 286 | + input_type: sequence |
| 287 | + input_type_info: |
| 288 | + max_length: 1024 |
| 289 | + split_on: "" # Character-level for amino acids |
| 290 | + min_freq: 1 # Keep all amino acids |
| 291 | + model_config: |
| 292 | + model_type: sequence-default |
| 293 | + model_init_config: |
| 294 | + embedding_dim: 128 |
| 295 | + num_layers: 4 |
| 296 | + num_heads: 8 |
| 297 | + dropout: 0.10 |
| 298 | +
|
| 299 | + # outputs.yaml |
| 300 | + output_info: |
| 301 | + output_name: protein_function |
| 302 | + output_source: data/protein_labels.csv |
| 303 | + output_type: tabular |
| 304 | + output_type_info: |
| 305 | + target_cat_columns: |
| 306 | + - Enzyme_Class |
| 307 | + - Subcellular_Location |
| 308 | +
|
| 309 | +**Sentiment Analysis:** |
| 310 | + |
| 311 | +.. code-block:: yaml |
| 312 | + :caption: Complete sentiment analysis setup |
| 313 | +
|
| 314 | + # inputs.yaml |
| 315 | + input_info: |
| 316 | + input_source: data/reviews.csv # CSV with ID and Sequence columns |
| 317 | + input_name: review_text |
| 318 | + input_type: sequence |
| 319 | + input_type_info: |
| 320 | + max_length: 512 |
| 321 | + split_on: " " # Word-level tokenization |
| 322 | + tokenizer: "basic_english" # Text normalization |
| 323 | + min_freq: 5 # Filter rare words |
| 324 | + model_config: |
| 325 | + model_type: sequence-default |
| 326 | + model_init_config: |
| 327 | + embedding_dim: 256 |
| 328 | + num_layers: 6 |
| 329 | + num_heads: 8 |
| 330 | + dropout: 0.10 |
| 331 | +
|
| 332 | + # outputs.yaml |
| 333 | + output_info: |
| 334 | + output_name: sentiment |
| 335 | + output_source: data/sentiment_labels.csv |
| 336 | + output_type: tabular |
| 337 | + output_type_info: |
| 338 | + target_cat_columns: |
| 339 | + - Sentiment # Positive/Negative |
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