Time Series Transformer

Time Series Transformer is a vanilla encoder-decoder Transformer model designed for probabilistic time series forecasting. It takes past time series values as input and predicts future values by learning a distribution, making it suitable for datasets like M4, NN5, or the tourism-monthly dataset. RBLN NPUs can accelerate Time Series Transformer model inference using Optimum RBLN.

Classes

RBLNTimeSeriesTransformerForPrediction

Bases: RBLNModel

The Time Series Transformer Model with a distribution head on top for time-series forecasting. e.g., for datasets like M4, NN5, or other time series forecasting benchmarks. This model inherits from [RBLNModel]. Check the superclass documentation for the generic methods the library implements for all its models.

A class to convert and run pre-trained transformer-based TimeSeriesTransformerForPrediction models on RBLN devices. It implements the methods to convert a pre-trained transformers TimeSeriesTransformerForPrediction model into a RBLN transformer model by:

• transferring the checkpoint weights of the original into an optimized RBLN graph,
• compiling the resulting graph using the RBLN Compiler.

Functions

from_pretrained(model_id, export=False, rbln_config=None, **kwargs) classmethod

The from_pretrained() function is utilized in its standard form as in the HuggingFace transformers library. User can use this function to load a pre-trained model from the HuggingFace library and convert it to a RBLN model to be run on RBLN NPUs.

Parameters:

Name	Type	Description	Default
model_id	Union[str, Path]	The model id of the pre-trained model to be loaded. It can be downloaded from the HuggingFace model hub or a local path, or a model id of a compiled model using the RBLN Compiler.	required
export	bool	A boolean flag to indicate whether the model should be compiled.	False
rbln_config	Optional[Union[Dict, RBLNModelConfig]]	Configuration for RBLN model compilation and runtime. This can be provided as a dictionary or an instance of the model's configuration class (e.g., RBLNLlamaForCausalLMConfig for Llama models). For detailed configuration options, see the specific model's configuration class documentation.	None
kwargs	Dict[str, Any]	Additional keyword arguments. Arguments with the prefix 'rbln_' are passed to rbln_config, while the remaining arguments are passed to the HuggingFace library.	{}

Returns:

Type	Description
Self	A RBLN model instance ready for inference on RBLN NPU devices.

from_model(model, *, rbln_config=None, **kwargs) classmethod

Converts and compiles a pre-trained HuggingFace library model into a RBLN model. This method performs the actual model conversion and compilation process.

Parameters:

Name	Type	Description	Default
model	PreTrainedModel	The PyTorch model to be compiled. The object must be an instance of the HuggingFace transformers PreTrainedModel class.	required
rbln_config	Optional[Union[Dict, RBLNModelConfig]]	Configuration for RBLN model compilation and runtime. This can be provided as a dictionary or an instance of the model's configuration class (e.g., RBLNLlamaForCausalLMConfig for Llama models). For detailed configuration options, see the specific model's configuration class documentation.	None
kwargs	Dict[str, Any]	Additional keyword arguments. Arguments with the prefix 'rbln_' are passed to rbln_config, while the remaining arguments are passed to the HuggingFace library.	{}

The method performs the following steps:

1. Compiles the PyTorch model into an optimized RBLN graph
2. Configures the model for the specified NPU device
3. Creates the necessary runtime objects if requested
4. Saves the compiled model and configurations

Returns:

Type	Description
Self	A RBLN model instance ready for inference on RBLN NPU devices.

save_pretrained(save_directory)

Saves a model and its configuration file to a directory, so that it can be re-loaded using the [from_pretrained] class method.

Parameters:

Name	Type	Description	Default
save_directory	Union[str, PathLike]	The directory to save the model and its configuration files. Will be created if it doesn't exist.	required

Classes

RBLNTimeSeriesTransformerForPredictionConfig

Bases: RBLNModelConfig

Functions

__init__(batch_size=None, enc_max_seq_len=None, dec_max_seq_len=None, num_parallel_samples=None, **kwargs)

Parameters:

Name	Type	Description	Default
batch_size	Optional[int]	The batch size for inference. Defaults to 1.	None
enc_max_seq_len	Optional[int]	Maximum sequence length for the encoder.	None
dec_max_seq_len	Optional[int]	Maximum sequence length for the decoder.	None
num_parallel_samples	Optional[int]	Number of samples to generate in parallel during prediction.	None
**kwargs	Dict[str, Any]	Additional arguments passed to the parent RBLNModelConfig.	{}

Raises:

Type	Description
ValueError	If batch_size is not a positive integer.