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Time Step

import mathy_envs.time_step
TimeStep representing a step in the environment.

This file is a mostly direct copy of the implementation from the tf_agents library but has the dependency on tensorflow removed along with advanced shape features.

Mathy doesn't use these features and the overhead of loading tensorflow to pass environment states around is not great for things like CLI start times.

StepType

StepType(self, args, kwargs)
Defines the status of a TimeStep within a sequence.

FIRST

ndarray(shape, dtype=float, buffer=None, offset=0, strides=None, order=None)

An array object represents a multidimensional, homogeneous array of fixed-size items. An associated data-type object describes the format of each element in the array (its byte-order, how many bytes it occupies in memory, whether it is an integer, a floating point number, or something else, etc.)

Arrays should be constructed using array, zeros or empty (refer to the See Also section below). The parameters given here refer to a low-level method (ndarray(...)) for instantiating an array.

For more information, refer to the numpy module and examine the methods and attributes of an array.

Parameters

(for the new method; see Notes below)

shape : tuple of ints Shape of created array. dtype : data-type, optional Any object that can be interpreted as a numpy data type. buffer : object exposing buffer interface, optional Used to fill the array with data. offset : int, optional Offset of array data in buffer. strides : tuple of ints, optional Strides of data in memory. order : {'C', 'F'}, optional Row-major (C-style) or column-major (Fortran-style) order.

Attributes

T : ndarray Transpose of the array. data : buffer The array's elements, in memory. dtype : dtype object Describes the format of the elements in the array. flags : dict Dictionary containing information related to memory use, e.g., 'C_CONTIGUOUS', 'OWNDATA', 'WRITEABLE', etc. flat : numpy.flatiter object Flattened version of the array as an iterator. The iterator allows assignments, e.g., x.flat = 3 (See ndarray.flat for assignment examples; TODO). imag : ndarray Imaginary part of the array. real : ndarray Real part of the array. size : int Number of elements in the array. itemsize : int The memory use of each array element in bytes. nbytes : int The total number of bytes required to store the array data, i.e., itemsize * size. ndim : int The array's number of dimensions. shape : tuple of ints Shape of the array. strides : tuple of ints The step-size required to move from one element to the next in memory. For example, a contiguous (3, 4) array of type int16 in C-order has strides (8, 2). This implies that to move from element to element in memory requires jumps of 2 bytes. To move from row-to-row, one needs to jump 8 bytes at a time (2 * 4). ctypes : ctypes object Class containing properties of the array needed for interaction with ctypes. base : ndarray If the array is a view into another array, that array is its base (unless that array is also a view). The base array is where the array data is actually stored.

See Also

array : Construct an array. zeros : Create an array, each element of which is zero. empty : Create an array, but leave its allocated memory unchanged (i.e., it contains "garbage"). dtype : Create a data-type. numpy.typing.NDArray : An ndarray alias :term:generic <generic type> w.r.t. its dtype.type <numpy.dtype.type>.

Notes

There are two modes of creating an array using __new__:

  1. If buffer is None, then only shape, dtype, and order are used.
  2. If buffer is an object exposing the buffer interface, then all keywords are interpreted.

No __init__ method is needed because the array is fully initialized after the __new__ method.

Examples

These examples illustrate the low-level ndarray constructor. Refer to the See Also section above for easier ways of constructing an ndarray.

First mode, buffer is None:

np.ndarray(shape=(2,2), dtype=float, order='F') array([[0.0e+000, 0.0e+000], # random [ nan, 2.5e-323]])

Second mode:

np.ndarray((2,), buffer=np.array([1,2,3]), ... offset=np.int_().itemsize, ... dtype=int) # offset = 1*itemsize, i.e. skip first element array([2, 3])

LAST

ndarray(shape, dtype=float, buffer=None, offset=0, strides=None, order=None)

An array object represents a multidimensional, homogeneous array of fixed-size items. An associated data-type object describes the format of each element in the array (its byte-order, how many bytes it occupies in memory, whether it is an integer, a floating point number, or something else, etc.)

Arrays should be constructed using array, zeros or empty (refer to the See Also section below). The parameters given here refer to a low-level method (ndarray(...)) for instantiating an array.

For more information, refer to the numpy module and examine the methods and attributes of an array.

Parameters

(for the new method; see Notes below)

shape : tuple of ints Shape of created array. dtype : data-type, optional Any object that can be interpreted as a numpy data type. buffer : object exposing buffer interface, optional Used to fill the array with data. offset : int, optional Offset of array data in buffer. strides : tuple of ints, optional Strides of data in memory. order : {'C', 'F'}, optional Row-major (C-style) or column-major (Fortran-style) order.

Attributes

T : ndarray Transpose of the array. data : buffer The array's elements, in memory. dtype : dtype object Describes the format of the elements in the array. flags : dict Dictionary containing information related to memory use, e.g., 'C_CONTIGUOUS', 'OWNDATA', 'WRITEABLE', etc. flat : numpy.flatiter object Flattened version of the array as an iterator. The iterator allows assignments, e.g., x.flat = 3 (See ndarray.flat for assignment examples; TODO). imag : ndarray Imaginary part of the array. real : ndarray Real part of the array. size : int Number of elements in the array. itemsize : int The memory use of each array element in bytes. nbytes : int The total number of bytes required to store the array data, i.e., itemsize * size. ndim : int The array's number of dimensions. shape : tuple of ints Shape of the array. strides : tuple of ints The step-size required to move from one element to the next in memory. For example, a contiguous (3, 4) array of type int16 in C-order has strides (8, 2). This implies that to move from element to element in memory requires jumps of 2 bytes. To move from row-to-row, one needs to jump 8 bytes at a time (2 * 4). ctypes : ctypes object Class containing properties of the array needed for interaction with ctypes. base : ndarray If the array is a view into another array, that array is its base (unless that array is also a view). The base array is where the array data is actually stored.

See Also

array : Construct an array. zeros : Create an array, each element of which is zero. empty : Create an array, but leave its allocated memory unchanged (i.e., it contains "garbage"). dtype : Create a data-type. numpy.typing.NDArray : An ndarray alias :term:generic <generic type> w.r.t. its dtype.type <numpy.dtype.type>.

Notes

There are two modes of creating an array using __new__:

  1. If buffer is None, then only shape, dtype, and order are used.
  2. If buffer is an object exposing the buffer interface, then all keywords are interpreted.

No __init__ method is needed because the array is fully initialized after the __new__ method.

Examples

These examples illustrate the low-level ndarray constructor. Refer to the See Also section above for easier ways of constructing an ndarray.

First mode, buffer is None:

np.ndarray(shape=(2,2), dtype=float, order='F') array([[0.0e+000, 0.0e+000], # random [ nan, 2.5e-323]])

Second mode:

np.ndarray((2,), buffer=np.array([1,2,3]), ... offset=np.int_().itemsize, ... dtype=int) # offset = 1*itemsize, i.e. skip first element array([2, 3])

MID

ndarray(shape, dtype=float, buffer=None, offset=0, strides=None, order=None)

An array object represents a multidimensional, homogeneous array of fixed-size items. An associated data-type object describes the format of each element in the array (its byte-order, how many bytes it occupies in memory, whether it is an integer, a floating point number, or something else, etc.)

Arrays should be constructed using array, zeros or empty (refer to the See Also section below). The parameters given here refer to a low-level method (ndarray(...)) for instantiating an array.

For more information, refer to the numpy module and examine the methods and attributes of an array.

Parameters

(for the new method; see Notes below)

shape : tuple of ints Shape of created array. dtype : data-type, optional Any object that can be interpreted as a numpy data type. buffer : object exposing buffer interface, optional Used to fill the array with data. offset : int, optional Offset of array data in buffer. strides : tuple of ints, optional Strides of data in memory. order : {'C', 'F'}, optional Row-major (C-style) or column-major (Fortran-style) order.

Attributes

T : ndarray Transpose of the array. data : buffer The array's elements, in memory. dtype : dtype object Describes the format of the elements in the array. flags : dict Dictionary containing information related to memory use, e.g., 'C_CONTIGUOUS', 'OWNDATA', 'WRITEABLE', etc. flat : numpy.flatiter object Flattened version of the array as an iterator. The iterator allows assignments, e.g., x.flat = 3 (See ndarray.flat for assignment examples; TODO). imag : ndarray Imaginary part of the array. real : ndarray Real part of the array. size : int Number of elements in the array. itemsize : int The memory use of each array element in bytes. nbytes : int The total number of bytes required to store the array data, i.e., itemsize * size. ndim : int The array's number of dimensions. shape : tuple of ints Shape of the array. strides : tuple of ints The step-size required to move from one element to the next in memory. For example, a contiguous (3, 4) array of type int16 in C-order has strides (8, 2). This implies that to move from element to element in memory requires jumps of 2 bytes. To move from row-to-row, one needs to jump 8 bytes at a time (2 * 4). ctypes : ctypes object Class containing properties of the array needed for interaction with ctypes. base : ndarray If the array is a view into another array, that array is its base (unless that array is also a view). The base array is where the array data is actually stored.

See Also

array : Construct an array. zeros : Create an array, each element of which is zero. empty : Create an array, but leave its allocated memory unchanged (i.e., it contains "garbage"). dtype : Create a data-type. numpy.typing.NDArray : An ndarray alias :term:generic <generic type> w.r.t. its dtype.type <numpy.dtype.type>.

Notes

There are two modes of creating an array using __new__:

  1. If buffer is None, then only shape, dtype, and order are used.
  2. If buffer is an object exposing the buffer interface, then all keywords are interpreted.

No __init__ method is needed because the array is fully initialized after the __new__ method.

Examples

These examples illustrate the low-level ndarray constructor. Refer to the See Also section above for easier ways of constructing an ndarray.

First mode, buffer is None:

np.ndarray(shape=(2,2), dtype=float, order='F') array([[0.0e+000, 0.0e+000], # random [ nan, 2.5e-323]])

Second mode:

np.ndarray((2,), buffer=np.array([1,2,3]), ... offset=np.int_().itemsize, ... dtype=int) # offset = 1*itemsize, i.e. skip first element array([2, 3])

termination

termination(
    observation: mathy_envs.state.MathyObservation, 
    reward: float, 
) -> mathy_envs.time_step.TimeStep
Returns a TimeStep with step_type set to StepType.LAST.

TimeStep

TimeStep(self, args, kwargs)
TimeStep(step_type, reward, discount, observation)

discount

Alias for field number 2

observation

Alias for field number 3

reward

Alias for field number 1

step_type

Alias for field number 0

transition

transition(
    observation: mathy_envs.state.MathyObservation, 
    reward: float, 
    discount: float = 1.0, 
) -> mathy_envs.time_step.TimeStep
Returns a TimeStep with step_type set equal to StepType.MID.