dgl.DGLGraph.set_n_initializer

DGLGraph.set_n_initializer(initializer, field=None, ntype=None)

Set the initializer for node features.

When only part of the nodes have a feature (e.g. new nodes are added, features are set for a subset of nodes), the initializer initializes features for the rest nodes.

Parameters

  • initializer (callable) –

    A function of signature func(shape, dtype, ctx, id_range) -> Tensor. The tensor will be the initialized features. The arguments are:

    • shape: The shape of the tensor to return, which is a tuple of int. The first dimension is the number of nodes for feature initialization.

    • dtype: The data type of the tensor to return, which is a framework-specific data type object.

    • ctx: The device of the tensor to return, which is a framework-specific device object.

    • id_range: The start and end ID of the nodes for feature initialization, which is a slice.

  • field (str, optional) – The name of the feature that the initializer applies. If not given, the initializer applies to all features.

  • ntype (str, optional) – The type name of the nodes. Can be omitted if the graph has only one type of nodes.

Notes

Without setting a node feature initializer, zero tensors are generated for nodes without a feature.

Examples

The following example uses PyTorch backend.

>>> import dgl
>>> import torch

Define a function for initializer.

>>> def init_feats(shape, dtype, device, id_range):
...     return torch.ones(shape, dtype=dtype, device=device)

An example for a homogeneous graph.

>>> g = dgl.graph((torch.tensor([0]), torch.tensor([1])))
>>> g.ndata['h1'] = torch.zeros(2, 2)
>>> g.ndata['h2'] = torch.ones(2, 1)
>>> # Apply the initializer to feature 'h2' only.
>>> g.set_n_initializer(init_feats, field='h2')
>>> g.add_nodes(1)
>>> print(g.ndata['h1'])
tensor([[0., 0.],
        [0., 0.],
        [0., 0.]])
>>> print(g.ndata['h2'])
tensor([[1.], [1.], [1.]])

An example for a heterogeneous graph of multiple node types.

>>> g = dgl.heterograph({
...     ('user', 'plays', 'game'): (torch.tensor([0, 1, 1, 2]),
...                                 torch.tensor([0, 0, 1, 1])),
...     ('developer', 'develops', 'game'): (torch.tensor([0, 1]),
...                                         torch.tensor([0, 1]))
...     })
>>> g.nodes['user'].data['h'] = torch.zeros(3, 2)
>>> g.nodes['game'].data['w'] = torch.ones(2, 2)
>>> g.set_n_initializer(init_feats, ntype='game')
>>> g.add_nodes(1, ntype='user')
>>> # Initializer not set for 'user', use zero tensors by default
>>> g.nodes['user'].data['h']
tensor([[0., 0.],
        [0., 0.],
        [0., 0.],
        [0., 0.]])
>>> # Initializer set for 'game'
>>> g.add_nodes(1, ntype='game')
>>> g.nodes['game'].data['w']
tensor([[1., 1.],
        [1., 1.],
        [1., 1.]])