nn_multihead_attention function

MultiHead attention

Allows the model to jointly attend to information from different representation subspaces. See reference: Attention Is All You Need

nn_multihead_attention(
  embed_dim,
  num_heads,
  dropout = 0,
  bias = TRUE,
  add_bias_kv = FALSE,
  add_zero_attn = FALSE,
  kdim = NULL,
  vdim = NULL,
  batch_first = FALSE
)

Arguments

• embed_dim: total dimension of the model.
• num_heads: parallel attention heads. Note that embed_dim will be split across num_heads (i.e. each head will have dimension embed_dim %/% num_heads).
• dropout: a Dropout layer on attn_output_weights. Default: 0.0.
• bias: add bias as module parameter. Default: True.
• add_bias_kv: add bias to the key and value sequences at dim=0.
• add_zero_attn: add a new batch of zeros to the key and value sequences at dim=1.
• kdim: total number of features in key. Default: NULL
• vdim: total number of features in value. Default: NULL. Note: if kdim and vdim are NULL, they will be set to embed_dim such that query, key, and value have the same number of features.
• batch_first: if TRUE then the input and output tensors are c("$(N,\n$", "$S, E)$") instead of $(S, N, E)$, where N is the batch size, S is the sequence length, and E is the embedding dimension.

Details

Shape

Inputs:

• query: $(L, N, E)$ where L is the target sequence length, N is the batch size, E is the embedding dimension. (but see the batch_first

  argument)

• key: $(S, N, E)$, where S is the source sequence length, N is the batch size, E is the embedding dimension. (but see the batch_first

  argument)

• value: $(S, N, E)$ where S is the source sequence length, N is the batch size, E is the embedding dimension. (but see the batch_first argument)

• key_padding_mask: $(N, S)$ where N is the batch size, S is the source sequence length. If a ByteTensor is provided, the non-zero positions will be ignored while the position with the zero positions will be unchanged. If a BoolTensor is provided, the positions with the value of True will be ignored while the position with the value of False will be unchanged.

• attn_mask: 2D mask $(L, S)$ where L is the target sequence length, S is the source sequence length. 3D mask $(N*num_heads, L, S)$ where N is the batch size, L is the target sequence length, S is the source sequence length. attn_mask ensure that position i is allowed to attend the unmasked positions. If a ByteTensor is provided, the non-zero positions are not allowed to attend while the zero positions will be unchanged. If a BoolTensor is provided, positions with True are not allowed to attend while False values will be unchanged. If a FloatTensor is provided, it will be added to the attention weight.

Outputs:

• attn_output: $(L, N, E)$ where L is the target sequence length, N is the batch size, E is the embedding dimension. (but see the batch_first

  argument)

• attn_output_weights:

  • if avg_weights is TRUE (the default), the output attention weights are averaged over the attention heads, giving a tensor of shape $(N, L, S)$ where N is the batch size, L is the target sequence length, S is the source sequence length.
  • if avg_weights is FALSE, the attention weight tensor is output as-is, with shape $(N, H, L, S)$, where H is the number of attention heads.

Examples

if (torch_is_installed()) {
## Not run:

multihead_attn <- nn_multihead_attention(embed_dim, num_heads)
out <- multihead_attn(query, key, value)
attn_output <- out[[1]]
attn_output_weights <- out[[2]]
## End(Not run)

}