improved HyperLogLog cardinality estimation

based on method described in https://arxiv.org/abs/1702.01284
that does not rely on any magic constants
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Otmar Ertl 2018-03-10 20:13:21 +01:00
parent 6470b21f59
commit 1e9a774871

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@ -192,6 +192,7 @@ struct hllhdr {
#define HLL_VALID_CACHE(hdr) (((hdr)->card[7] & (1<<7)) == 0)
#define HLL_P 14 /* The greater is P, the smaller the error. */
#define HLL_Q (63-HLL_P)
#define HLL_REGISTERS (1<<HLL_P) /* With P=14, 16384 registers. */
#define HLL_P_MASK (HLL_REGISTERS-1) /* Mask to index register. */
#define HLL_BITS 6 /* Enough to count up to 63 leading zeroes. */
@ -510,13 +511,9 @@ int hllDenseAdd(uint8_t *registers, unsigned char *ele, size_t elesize) {
return hllDenseSet(registers,index,count);
}
/* Compute SUM(2^-reg) in the dense representation.
* PE is an array with a pre-computer table of values 2^-reg indexed by reg.
* As a side effect the integer pointed by 'ezp' is set to the number
* of zero registers. */
double hllDenseSum(uint8_t *registers, double *PE, int *ezp) {
double E = 0;
int j, ez = 0;
/* Compute the register histogram in the dense representation. */
void hllDenseRegHisto(uint8_t *registers, int* regHisto) {
int j;
/* Redis default is to use 16384 registers 6 bits each. The code works
* with other values by modifying the defines, but for our target value
@ -527,47 +524,49 @@ double hllDenseSum(uint8_t *registers, double *PE, int *ezp) {
r10, r11, r12, r13, r14, r15;
for (j = 0; j < 1024; j++) {
/* Handle 16 registers per iteration. */
r0 = r[0] & 63; if (r0 == 0) ez++;
r1 = (r[0] >> 6 | r[1] << 2) & 63; if (r1 == 0) ez++;
r2 = (r[1] >> 4 | r[2] << 4) & 63; if (r2 == 0) ez++;
r3 = (r[2] >> 2) & 63; if (r3 == 0) ez++;
r4 = r[3] & 63; if (r4 == 0) ez++;
r5 = (r[3] >> 6 | r[4] << 2) & 63; if (r5 == 0) ez++;
r6 = (r[4] >> 4 | r[5] << 4) & 63; if (r6 == 0) ez++;
r7 = (r[5] >> 2) & 63; if (r7 == 0) ez++;
r8 = r[6] & 63; if (r8 == 0) ez++;
r9 = (r[6] >> 6 | r[7] << 2) & 63; if (r9 == 0) ez++;
r10 = (r[7] >> 4 | r[8] << 4) & 63; if (r10 == 0) ez++;
r11 = (r[8] >> 2) & 63; if (r11 == 0) ez++;
r12 = r[9] & 63; if (r12 == 0) ez++;
r13 = (r[9] >> 6 | r[10] << 2) & 63; if (r13 == 0) ez++;
r14 = (r[10] >> 4 | r[11] << 4) & 63; if (r14 == 0) ez++;
r15 = (r[11] >> 2) & 63; if (r15 == 0) ez++;
r0 = r[0] & 63;
r1 = (r[0] >> 6 | r[1] << 2) & 63;
r2 = (r[1] >> 4 | r[2] << 4) & 63;
r3 = (r[2] >> 2) & 63;
r4 = r[3] & 63;
r5 = (r[3] >> 6 | r[4] << 2) & 63;
r6 = (r[4] >> 4 | r[5] << 4) & 63;
r7 = (r[5] >> 2) & 63;
r8 = r[6] & 63;
r9 = (r[6] >> 6 | r[7] << 2) & 63;
r10 = (r[7] >> 4 | r[8] << 4) & 63;
r11 = (r[8] >> 2) & 63;
r12 = r[9] & 63;
r13 = (r[9] >> 6 | r[10] << 2) & 63;
r14 = (r[10] >> 4 | r[11] << 4) & 63;
r15 = (r[11] >> 2) & 63;
regHisto[r0] += 1;
regHisto[r1] += 1;
regHisto[r2] += 1;
regHisto[r3] += 1;
regHisto[r4] += 1;
regHisto[r5] += 1;
regHisto[r6] += 1;
regHisto[r7] += 1;
regHisto[r8] += 1;
regHisto[r9] += 1;
regHisto[r10] += 1;
regHisto[r11] += 1;
regHisto[r12] += 1;
regHisto[r13] += 1;
regHisto[r14] += 1;
regHisto[r15] += 1;
/* Additional parens will allow the compiler to optimize the
* code more with a loss of precision that is not very relevant
* here (floating point math is not commutative!). */
E += (PE[r0] + PE[r1]) + (PE[r2] + PE[r3]) + (PE[r4] + PE[r5]) +
(PE[r6] + PE[r7]) + (PE[r8] + PE[r9]) + (PE[r10] + PE[r11]) +
(PE[r12] + PE[r13]) + (PE[r14] + PE[r15]);
r += 12;
}
} else {
for (j = 0; j < HLL_REGISTERS; j++) {
for(j = 0; j < HLL_REGISTERS; j++) {
unsigned long reg;
HLL_DENSE_GET_REGISTER(reg,registers,j);
if (reg == 0) {
ez++;
/* Increment E at the end of the loop. */
} else {
E += PE[reg]; /* Precomputed 2^(-reg[j]). */
}
regHisto[reg] += 1;
}
E += ez; /* Add 2^0 'ez' times. */
}
*ezp = ez;
return E;
}
/* ================== Sparse representation implementation ================= */
@ -903,76 +902,96 @@ int hllSparseAdd(robj *o, unsigned char *ele, size_t elesize) {
return hllSparseSet(o,index,count);
}
/* Compute SUM(2^-reg) in the sparse representation.
* PE is an array with a pre-computer table of values 2^-reg indexed by reg.
* As a side effect the integer pointed by 'ezp' is set to the number
* of zero registers. */
double hllSparseSum(uint8_t *sparse, int sparselen, double *PE, int *ezp, int *invalid) {
double E = 0;
int ez = 0, idx = 0, runlen, regval;
/* Compute the register histogram in the sparse representation. */
void hllSparseRegHisto(uint8_t *sparse, int sparselen, int *invalid, int* regHisto) {
int idx = 0, runlen, regval;
uint8_t *end = sparse+sparselen, *p = sparse;
while(p < end) {
if (HLL_SPARSE_IS_ZERO(p)) {
runlen = HLL_SPARSE_ZERO_LEN(p);
idx += runlen;
ez += runlen;
/* Increment E at the end of the loop. */
regHisto[0] += runlen;
p++;
} else if (HLL_SPARSE_IS_XZERO(p)) {
runlen = HLL_SPARSE_XZERO_LEN(p);
idx += runlen;
ez += runlen;
/* Increment E at the end of the loop. */
regHisto[0] += runlen;
p += 2;
} else {
runlen = HLL_SPARSE_VAL_LEN(p);
regval = HLL_SPARSE_VAL_VALUE(p);
idx += runlen;
E += PE[regval]*runlen;
regHisto[regval] += runlen;
p++;
}
}
if (idx != HLL_REGISTERS && invalid) *invalid = 1;
E += ez; /* Add 2^0 'ez' times. */
*ezp = ez;
return E;
}
/* ========================= HyperLogLog Count ==============================
* This is the core of the algorithm where the approximated count is computed.
* The function uses the lower level hllDenseSum() and hllSparseSum() functions
* as helpers to compute the SUM(2^-reg) part of the computation, which is
* representation-specific, while all the rest is common. */
* The function uses the lower level hllDenseRegHisto() and hllSparseRegHisto()
* functions as helpers to compute histogram of register values part of the
* computation, which is representation-specific, while all the rest is common. */
/* Implements the SUM operation for uint8_t data type which is only used
* internally as speedup for PFCOUNT with multiple keys. */
double hllRawSum(uint8_t *registers, double *PE, int *ezp) {
double E = 0;
int j, ez = 0;
/* Implements the register histogram calculation for uint8_t data type
* which is only used internally as speedup for PFCOUNT with multiple keys. */
void hllRawRegHisto(uint8_t *registers, int* regHisto) {
uint64_t *word = (uint64_t*) registers;
uint8_t *bytes;
int j;
for (j = 0; j < HLL_REGISTERS/8; j++) {
if (*word == 0) {
ez += 8;
regHisto[0] += 8;
} else {
bytes = (uint8_t*) word;
if (bytes[0]) E += PE[bytes[0]]; else ez++;
if (bytes[1]) E += PE[bytes[1]]; else ez++;
if (bytes[2]) E += PE[bytes[2]]; else ez++;
if (bytes[3]) E += PE[bytes[3]]; else ez++;
if (bytes[4]) E += PE[bytes[4]]; else ez++;
if (bytes[5]) E += PE[bytes[5]]; else ez++;
if (bytes[6]) E += PE[bytes[6]]; else ez++;
if (bytes[7]) E += PE[bytes[7]]; else ez++;
regHisto[bytes[0]] += 1;
regHisto[bytes[1]] += 1;
regHisto[bytes[2]] += 1;
regHisto[bytes[3]] += 1;
regHisto[bytes[4]] += 1;
regHisto[bytes[5]] += 1;
regHisto[bytes[6]] += 1;
regHisto[bytes[7]] += 1;
}
word++;
}
E += ez; /* 2^(-reg[j]) is 1 when m is 0, add it 'ez' times for every
zero register in the HLL. */
*ezp = ez;
return E;
}
/* Helper function sigma as defined in
* "New cardinality estimation algorithms for HyperLogLog sketches"
* Otmar Ertl, arXiv:1702.01284 */
double hllSigma(double x) {
if (x == 1.) return INFINITY;
double zPrime;
double y = 1;
double z = x;
do {
x *= x;
zPrime = z;
z += x * y;
y += y;
} while(zPrime != z);
return z;
}
/* Helper function tau as defined in
* "New cardinality estimation algorithms for HyperLogLog sketches"
* Otmar Ertl, arXiv:1702.01284 */
double hllTau(double x) {
if (x == 0. || x == 1.) return 0.;
double zPrime;
double y = 1.0;
double z = 1 - x;
do {
x = sqrt(x);
zPrime = z;
y *= 0.5;
z -= pow(1 - x, 2)*y;
} while(zPrime != z);
return z / 3;
}
/* Return the approximated cardinality of the set based on the harmonic
@ -988,49 +1007,34 @@ double hllRawSum(uint8_t *registers, double *PE, int *ezp) {
* keys (no need to work with 6-bit integers encoding). */
uint64_t hllCount(struct hllhdr *hdr, int *invalid) {
double m = HLL_REGISTERS;
double E, alpha = 0.7213/(1+1.079/m);
int j, ez; /* Number of registers equal to 0. */
double E;
int j;
double alphaInf = 0.5 / log(2.);
int regHisto[HLL_Q+2] = {0};
/* We precompute 2^(-reg[j]) in a small table in order to
* speedup the computation of SUM(2^-register[0..i]). */
static int initialized = 0;
static double PE[64];
if (!initialized) {
PE[0] = 1; /* 2^(-reg[j]) is 1 when m is 0. */
for (j = 1; j < 64; j++) {
/* 2^(-reg[j]) is the same as 1/2^reg[j]. */
PE[j] = 1.0/(1ULL << j);
}
initialized = 1;
}
/* Compute SUM(2^-register[0..i]). */
/* Compute register histogram */
if (hdr->encoding == HLL_DENSE) {
E = hllDenseSum(hdr->registers,PE,&ez);
hllDenseRegHisto(hdr->registers,regHisto);
} else if (hdr->encoding == HLL_SPARSE) {
E = hllSparseSum(hdr->registers,
sdslen((sds)hdr)-HLL_HDR_SIZE,PE,&ez,invalid);
hllSparseRegHisto(hdr->registers,
sdslen((sds)hdr)-HLL_HDR_SIZE,invalid,regHisto);
} else if (hdr->encoding == HLL_RAW) {
E = hllRawSum(hdr->registers,PE,&ez);
hllRawRegHisto(hdr->registers,regHisto);
} else {
serverPanic("Unknown HyperLogLog encoding in hllCount()");
}
/* Apply loglog-beta to the raw estimate. See:
* "LogLog-Beta and More: A New Algorithm for Cardinality Estimation
* Based on LogLog Counting" Jason Qin, Denys Kim, Yumei Tung
* arXiv:1612.02284 */
double zl = log(ez + 1);
double beta = -0.370393911*ez +
0.070471823*zl +
0.17393686*pow(zl,2) +
0.16339839*pow(zl,3) +
-0.09237745*pow(zl,4) +
0.03738027*pow(zl,5) +
-0.005384159*pow(zl,6) +
0.00042419*pow(zl,7);
/* Estimate cardinality form register histogram. See:
* "New cardinality estimation algorithms for HyperLogLog sketches"
* Otmar Ertl, arXiv:1702.01284 */
double z = m * hllTau((m-regHisto[HLL_Q+1])/(double)m);
for (j = HLL_Q; j >= 1; --j) {
z += regHisto[j];
z *= 0.5;
}
z += m * hllSigma(regHisto[0]/(double)m);
E = llroundl(alphaInf*m*m/z);
E = llroundl(alpha*m*(m-ez)*(1/(E+beta)));
return (uint64_t) E;
}