René Sass

Big pull-request to make SMAC more user-friendly. # Documentation https://automl.github.io/SMAC3/development-2.0/ # Todo - [ ] Adapt facades - [x] Black-Box - [x] Function: DROPPED - [x] Random - [x] Hyperband...

Instances + Multi-Fidelity

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Having this interface ``` model_from_config(cfg, seed, instance, budget) ``` is it possible to use both instance and budget? For example, if I set instances in the scenario object, then budget...

Increase algorithm transparency

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- [ ] Make FirstRunCrashedException more transparent (e.g., what happened? See SMBO line 504) - [ ] Integrate pynisher 1.0 for better tracebacks

Remove Scenario

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- [ ] Eventually rename scenario to config (defining objectives, determinstic behaviour, limitations, how many runs should be executed, etc.) - [ ] Fix multiple names/variables with the same meaning...

TBD

TBD

- [ ] Implement hydra sweeper

- [ ] roar_facade/hyperband_facade → RandomSearchOptimization - [ ] smac_hpo_facade → HyperparameterOptimization - [ ] smac_mf_facade → MultiFidelityOptimization - [ ] smac_bb_facade → BlackBoxOptimization - [ ] smac_ac_facade → AlgorithmConfigurationOptimization...

Roadmap for a more user- and developer-friendly SMAC

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Since the overall goal is to make SMAC more user- and developer-friendly, I spend some time on _how_ we could improve SMAC in small steps. 1. Convert Scenario into a...

- [ ] Remove *_kwargs and pass an instantiated model directly - [ ] Each facade needs a static method for default objects (e.g., model, intensifier, ...) for which the...