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//! # CNTK
//! 
//! This is the Rust wrapper around Microsoft Congitive Toolkit library.
//! The Microsoft Cognitive Toolkit (https://cntk.ai), is a unified deep-learning toolkit that
//! describes neural networks as a series of computational steps via a directed graph. In this
//! directed graph, leaf nodes represent input values or network parameters, while other nodes
//! represent matrix operations upon their inputs. CNTK allows to easily realize and combine popular
//! model types such as feed-forward DNNs, convolutional nets (CNNs), and recurrent networks
//! (RNNs/LSTMs). It implements stochastic gradient descent (SGD, error backpropagation) learning
//! with automatic differentiation. 
//!
//! ## Basic concepts
//! 
//! CNTK models computation as a graph. Graph is composed of variables and functions.
//! There are multiple types of variables:
//!
//! * Input variable - serves as an input for the computation. It is symbolic variable, with no
//!   actual value associated to it.
//! * Output varible - output of an function (cannot be explicitly instatiated in Rust wrapper).
//! * Parameter - trainable parameter (used for weights of a network).
//! * Constant - constant input for a function
//!
//! Function serve as operations over inputs. They take variable (or several variables) and output
//! usually one (but sometimes more) variables. Most of them are defined in [ops](/ops/index.html) module.
//! 
//! ## Evaluation of functions
//! 
//! To evaluate a function we need to bind each input variable to a value. We use a
//! [DataMap](struct.DataMap.html) structure or datamap macro to create this binding.
//! We also need to extract output values. To do that, we use Datamap (or outdatamap macro) to
//! construct binding between output variables and their evaluated values.
//!
//! ## Training networks
//! 
//! To define a network, we usually end up defining at least two functions. One calculates network
//! predictions given inputs and other one calculates training loss given inputs and expected
//! outputs (these two functions usually share a lot of computation). 
//! To train the network, one has to select a learning algorithm (Learner) and define Trainer.
//! Then we just give minibatches to Trainer, which uses Learner to learn better weights in network.
//!
//! ## Rust Wrapper tidbits
//!
//! In C++ there is automatic conversion between variable and function (although converting a
//! function to variable will fail, if function has more than one output). We also allow this
//! conversion in Rust wrapper to improve ergonomics of function composition and other things.

#[macro_use]
extern crate cpp;

#[macro_use(array)]
extern crate ndarray;

mod shape;
pub use shape::Shape;

#[macro_use]
mod variable_set;
pub use variable_set::VariableSet;

mod variable;
pub use variable::{Variable, ParameterInitializer};

pub mod ops;

mod function;
pub use function::Function;
pub use function::BackPropState;

mod axis;
pub use axis::Axis;

mod value;
pub use value::Value;

mod device;
pub use device::{DeviceDescriptor, set_max_num_cpu_threads};

#[macro_use]
mod data_map;
pub use data_map::DataMap;

#[macro_use]
mod replacement_map;
pub use replacement_map::ReplacementMap;

mod learner;
pub use learner::{Learner, DoubleParameterSchedule};

mod trainer;
pub use trainer::Trainer;

#[cfg(test)]
mod tests {
    use super::*;

    use ops::*;

    #[test]
    fn simple_add() {
        let var = Variable::input_variable(&Shape::new(vec!(5)));
        let var2 = Variable::input_variable(&Shape::new(vec!(5)));
        let plus = plus(&var, plus(&var, &var2));

        {
            let data: Vec<f32> = vec!(1.0, 2.0, 3.0, 4.0, 5.0, 6.0, 7.0, 8.0, 9.0, 10.0);
            let data2: Vec<f32> = vec!(11.0, 12.0, 13.0, 14.0, 15.0, 16.0, 17.0, 18.0, 19.0, 110.0);

            let val = Value::batch_from_vec(&var.shape(), &data, DeviceDescriptor::cpu());
            let val2 = Value::batch_from_vec(&var2.shape(), &data2, DeviceDescriptor::cpu());

            let datamap = datamap! {&var => &val, &var2 => &val2};
            let mut outdatamap = outdatamap! {&plus};

            plus.evaluate(&datamap, &mut outdatamap, DeviceDescriptor::cpu());

            let result = outdatamap.get(&plus).unwrap().to_vec();
            assert_eq!(result, vec!(13., 16., 19., 22., 25., 28., 31., 34., 37., 130.));
        }

        {
            let data = array![[1., 2., 3., 4., 5.], [6., 7., 8., 9., 10.]];
            let data2 = array![[11., 12., 13., 14., 15.], [16., 17., 18., 19., 110.]];
            let val = Value::batch_from_ndarray(&var.shape(), &data, DeviceDescriptor::cpu());
            let val2 = Value::batch_from_ndarray(&var2.shape(), &data2, DeviceDescriptor::cpu());

            let datamap = datamap! {&var => &val, &var2 => &val2};
            let mut outdatamap = outdatamap! {&plus};

            plus.evaluate(&datamap, &mut outdatamap, DeviceDescriptor::cpu());

            let result_vec = outdatamap.get(&plus).unwrap().to_vec();
            assert_eq!(result_vec, vec!(13., 16., 19., 22., 25., 28., 31., 34., 37., 130.));

            let result_array = outdatamap.get(&plus).unwrap().to_ndarray();
            assert_eq!(result_array, array![[[13., 16., 19., 22., 25.]], [[28., 31., 34., 37., 130.]]].into_dyn());
        }
    }

    #[test]
    fn gradient() {
        let var = Variable::input_variable_with_gradient(&Shape::scalar());
        let var2 = Variable::input_variable_with_gradient(&Shape::scalar());
        let var3 = Variable::input_variable_with_gradient(&Shape::scalar());
        let out = plus(element_times(&var, &var2), &var3);

        let data: Vec<f32> = vec!(4.0, 7.0);
        let data2: Vec<f32> = vec!(11.0, 12.0);
        let data3: Vec<f32> = vec!(11.0, 12.0);

        let val = Value::batch_from_vec(&var.shape(), &data, DeviceDescriptor::cpu());
        let val2 = Value::batch_from_vec(&var2.shape(), &data2, DeviceDescriptor::cpu());
        let val3 = Value::batch_from_vec(&var3.shape(), &data3, DeviceDescriptor::cpu());

        let mut datamap = DataMap::new();
        datamap.add(&var, &val);
        datamap.add(&var2, &val2);
        datamap.add(&var3, &val3);

        let mut outdatamap = DataMap::new();
        outdatamap.add_null(&out);

        let retain_state = variableset!{&out};

        let bpstate = out.forward(&datamap, &mut outdatamap, DeviceDescriptor::cpu(), &retain_state, &VariableSet::new());
        let out_val = outdatamap.get(&out).unwrap();

        let mut result = DataMap::new();
        result.add_null(&var2);
        result.add_null(&var3);

        let mut rgvalues = DataMap::new();
        let rootgrad = Value::from_vec(&out_val.shape(), &(vec![1.; out_val.shape().total_size()]), DeviceDescriptor::cpu());
        rgvalues.add(&out, &rootgrad);

        out.backward(&bpstate, &rgvalues, &mut result);

        assert_eq!(result.get(&var2).unwrap().to_vec(), vec!(4., 7.));
        assert_eq!(result.get(&var3).unwrap().to_vec(), vec!(1., 1.));
    }

    fn rng_next(seed: &mut i32) -> f32 {
        let ret = (((*seed % 201)+201)%201 - 100) as f32 / 100.0;
        *seed = seed.wrapping_mul(23);
        ret
    }

    // TODO: this test is flaky, fix
    #[test]
    fn feedforward_net_training() {
        set_max_num_cpu_threads(1);
        {
            let x = Variable::input_variable_with_name(&Shape::new(&vec!(3)), "X");
            let y = Variable::input_variable_with_name(&Shape::new(&vec!(1)), "Y");
            let w1 = Variable::parameter(&Shape::new(&vec!(20, 3)), &ParameterInitializer::glorot_uniform(), DeviceDescriptor::cpu());
            let b1 = Variable::parameter(&Shape::new(&vec!(20)), &ParameterInitializer::glorot_uniform(), DeviceDescriptor::cpu());
            let w2 = Variable::parameter(&Shape::new(&vec!(1, 20)), &ParameterInitializer::glorot_uniform(), DeviceDescriptor::cpu());
            let b2 = Variable::parameter(&Shape::new(&vec!(1)), &ParameterInitializer::glorot_uniform(), DeviceDescriptor::cpu());

            let hidden_value = tanh(plus(times(&w1, &x), &b1));
            let output_value = named_alias(plus(times(&w2, &hidden_value), &b2), "output");
            let error = reduce_sum(squared_error(&output_value, &y), &Axis::all());

            let output_func = Function::from_variable(&output_value);
            let error_func = Function::from_variable(&error);

            let mut rng_seed = 47;

            let learner = Learner::sgd(&vec!(&w1, &b1, &w2, &b2), &DoubleParameterSchedule::constant(0.01));
            let trainer = Trainer::new(&output_func, &error_func, &learner);
            let mut lastloss = 1000000.0;

            for _iter in 0..5000 {
                let data = vec!(rng_next(&mut rng_seed), rng_next(&mut rng_seed), rng_next(&mut rng_seed),
                               rng_next(&mut rng_seed), rng_next(&mut rng_seed), rng_next(&mut rng_seed));
                let odata = vec!(data[0] * data[1] + data[2],
                                data[3] * data[4] + data[5]);
                let value = Value::batch_from_vec(&x.shape(), &data, DeviceDescriptor::cpu());
                let ovalue = Value::batch_from_vec(&y.shape(), &odata, DeviceDescriptor::cpu());
                let mut datamap = DataMap::new();
                datamap.add(&x, &value);
                datamap.add(&y, &ovalue);
                let mut outdatamap = DataMap::new();
                outdatamap.add_null(&output_value);
                outdatamap.add_null(&error);

                trainer.train_minibatch(&datamap, &mut outdatamap, DeviceDescriptor::cpu());
                let _result = outdatamap.get(&output_value).unwrap().to_vec();
                let loss = outdatamap.get(&error).unwrap().to_vec();
                lastloss = loss[0];
            }
            assert!(lastloss < 0.1);
            output_value.save("test.dat");
        }

        {
            let func_loaded = Function::load("test.dat", DeviceDescriptor::cpu());
            let inputs = func_loaded.inputs();

            let outputs = func_loaded.outputs();
            let loaded_input = inputs.into_iter().find(|x| x.name() == "X").unwrap();
            let loaded_output = outputs.into_iter().find(|x| x.name() == "output").unwrap();

            let mut rng_seed = 227;
            let data = vec!(rng_next(&mut rng_seed), rng_next(&mut rng_seed), rng_next(&mut rng_seed),
                           rng_next(&mut rng_seed), rng_next(&mut rng_seed), rng_next(&mut rng_seed));
            let odata = vec!(data[0]*data[1] + data[2],
                            data[3]*data[4] + data[5]);
            let value = Value::batch_from_vec(&loaded_input.shape(), &data, DeviceDescriptor::cpu());
            let mut datamap = DataMap::new();
            datamap.add(&loaded_input, &value);
            let mut outdatamap = DataMap::new();
            outdatamap.add_null(&loaded_output);

            func_loaded.evaluate(&datamap, &mut outdatamap, DeviceDescriptor::cpu());

            let result = outdatamap.get(loaded_output).unwrap().to_vec();
            assert!((result[0] - odata[0]).abs() < 0.1);
            assert!((result[1] - odata[1]).abs() < 0.1);
        }
    }

    #[test]
    fn classification_net_training() {
        set_max_num_cpu_threads(1);
        let x = Variable::input_variable(&Shape::new(&vec!(2)));
        let y = Variable::input_variable(&Shape::new(&vec!(3)));
        let w1 = Variable::parameter(&Shape::new(&vec!(20, 2)), &ParameterInitializer::glorot_uniform(), DeviceDescriptor::cpu());
        let b1 = Variable::parameter(&Shape::new(&vec!(20)), &ParameterInitializer::glorot_uniform(), DeviceDescriptor::cpu());
        let w2 = Variable::parameter(&Shape::new(&vec!(3, 20)), &ParameterInitializer::glorot_uniform(), DeviceDescriptor::cpu());
        let b2 = Variable::parameter(&Shape::new(&vec!(3)), &ParameterInitializer::glorot_uniform(), DeviceDescriptor::cpu());

        let hidden_value = tanh(&plus(&times(&w1, &x), &b1));
        let output_value = plus(&times(&w2, &hidden_value), &b2);
        let loss = reduce_sum(&cross_entropy_with_softmax(&output_value, &y), &Axis::all());
        let wrong_labels = reduce_sum(&classification_error(&output_value, &y), &Axis::all());


        let output_func = Function::from_variable(&output_value);
        let loss_func = Function::from_variable(&loss);
        let wrong_labels_func = Function::from_variable(&wrong_labels);

        let mut rng_seed = 47;

        let learner = Learner::sgd(&vec!(&w1, &b1, &w2, &b2), &DoubleParameterSchedule::constant(0.01));
        let trainer = Trainer::new_with_evalatuion(&output_func, &loss_func, &wrong_labels_func, &learner);
        let mut lastloss = 1000000.0;

        for _iter in 0..50000 {
            let data = vec!(rng_next(&mut rng_seed), rng_next(&mut rng_seed), rng_next(&mut rng_seed),
                           rng_next(&mut rng_seed));
            let r1 = data[0]*data[0] + data[1]*data[1];
            let r2 = data[2]*data[2] + data[3]*data[3];

            let odata = vec!(if r1 < 0.3 {1.0} else {0.0},
                             if r1 >= 0.3 && r1 < 0.6 {1.0} else {0.0},
                             if r1 >= 0.6 {1.0} else {0.0},
                             if r2 < 0.3 {1.0} else {0.0},
                             if r2 >= 0.3 && r2 < 0.6 {1.0} else {0.0},
                             if r2 >= 0.6 {1.0} else {0.0}
                            );

            let value = Value::batch_from_vec(&x.shape(), &data, DeviceDescriptor::cpu());
            let ovalue = Value::batch_from_vec(&y.shape(), &odata, DeviceDescriptor::cpu());
            let mut datamap = DataMap::new();
            datamap.add(&x, &value);
            datamap.add(&y, &ovalue);
            let mut outdatamap = DataMap::new();
            outdatamap.add_null(&output_value);
            outdatamap.add_null(&loss);
            outdatamap.add_null(&wrong_labels);

            trainer.train_minibatch(&datamap, &mut outdatamap, DeviceDescriptor::cpu());
            let _result = outdatamap.get(&output_value).unwrap().to_vec();
            let loss_val = outdatamap.get(&loss).unwrap().to_vec();
            let _wrong_labels_val = outdatamap.get(&wrong_labels).unwrap().to_vec();
            lastloss = lastloss * 0.9 + 0.1*loss_val[0];
        }
        assert!(lastloss < 0.5);
    }

    #[test]
    fn simple_recurrence() {
        let x = Variable::input_variable(&Shape::new(&vec!(2)));
        let y = Variable::input_variable(&Shape::new(&vec!(2)));
        let placeholder = Variable::placeholder(&Shape::new(&vec!(2)));
        let output = plus(&placeholder, &element_times(&x, &y));
        let placeholder_replacement = past_value(&output);

        let replacement_map = replacementmap!{&placeholder => &placeholder_replacement};

        let output_function = Function::from_variable(&output).replace_placeholders(&replacement_map);

        let last_output = last(&output_function.outputs()[0]);
        let last_output_function = Function::from_variable(&last_output);
        {
            let data: Vec<f32> = vec!(1.0, 2.0, 3.0, 4.0, 5.0, 6.0, 7.0, 8.0, 9.0, 10.0);
            let data2: Vec<f32> = vec!(1.0, 2.0, 3.0, 4.0, 5.0, 6.0, 7.0, 8.0, 9.0, 100.0);

            let val = Value::sequence_from_vec(&x.shape(), &data, DeviceDescriptor::cpu());
            let val2 = Value::sequence_from_vec(&y.shape(), &data2, DeviceDescriptor::cpu());

            let mut datamap = DataMap::new();
            datamap.add(&x, &val);
            datamap.add(&y, &val2);

            let mut outdatamap = DataMap::new();
            outdatamap.add_null(&output);

            output_function.evaluate(&datamap, &mut outdatamap, DeviceDescriptor::cpu());

            let result = outdatamap.get(&output).unwrap().to_vec();
            assert_eq!(result, vec!(1., 4., 10., 20., 35., 56., 84., 120., 165., 1120.));

            let mut outdatamap_last = DataMap::new();
            outdatamap_last.add_null(&last_output);
            last_output_function.evaluate(&datamap, &mut outdatamap_last, DeviceDescriptor::cpu());
            let result_last = outdatamap_last.get(&last_output).unwrap().to_vec();
            assert_eq!(result_last, vec!(165., 1120.));
        }
        {
            let data = array![[1.0, 2.0], [3.0, 4.0], [5.0, 6.0], [7.0, 8.0], [9.0, 10.0]];
            let data2 = array![[1.0, 2.0], [3.0, 4.0], [5.0, 6.0], [7.0, 8.0], [9.0, 100.0]];

            let val = Value::sequence_from_ndarray(&x.shape(), &data, DeviceDescriptor::cpu());
            let val2 = Value::sequence_from_ndarray(&y.shape(), &data2, DeviceDescriptor::cpu());

            let mut datamap = DataMap::new();
            datamap.add(&x, &val);
            datamap.add(&y, &val2);

            let mut outdatamap = DataMap::new();
            outdatamap.add_null(&output);

            output_function.evaluate(&datamap, &mut outdatamap, DeviceDescriptor::cpu());

            let result = outdatamap.get(&output).unwrap().to_vec();
            assert_eq!(result, vec!(1., 4., 10., 20., 35., 56., 84., 120., 165., 1120.));

            let mut outdatamap_last = DataMap::new();
            outdatamap_last.add_null(&last_output);
            last_output_function.evaluate(&datamap, &mut outdatamap_last, DeviceDescriptor::cpu());
            let result_last = outdatamap_last.get(&last_output).unwrap().to_vec();
            assert_eq!(result_last, vec!(165., 1120.));
        }
    }

    #[test]
    fn simple_recurrence_future() {
        let x = Variable::input_variable(&Shape::new(&vec!(2)));
        let y = Variable::input_variable(&Shape::new(&vec!(2)));
        let placeholder = Variable::placeholder(&Shape::new(&vec!(2)));
        let output = plus(&placeholder, &element_times(&x, &y));
        let placeholder_replacement = future_value(&output);

        let replacement_map = replacementmap!{&placeholder => &placeholder_replacement};

        let output_function = Function::from_variable(&output).replace_placeholders(&replacement_map);

        let last_output = last(&output_function.outputs()[0]);
        let last_output_function = Function::from_variable(&last_output);

        let data: Vec<f32> = vec!(1.0, 2.0, 3.0, 4.0, 5.0, 6.0, 7.0, 8.0, 9.0, 10.0);
        let data2: Vec<f32> = vec!(1.0, 2.0, 3.0, 4.0, 5.0, 6.0, 7.0, 8.0, 9.0, 100.0);

        let val = Value::sequence_from_vec(&x.shape(), &data, DeviceDescriptor::cpu());
        let val2 = Value::sequence_from_vec(&y.shape(), &data2, DeviceDescriptor::cpu());

        let mut datamap = DataMap::new();
        datamap.add(&x, &val);
        datamap.add(&y, &val2);

        let mut outdatamap = DataMap::new();
        outdatamap.add_null(&output);

        output_function.evaluate(&datamap, &mut outdatamap, DeviceDescriptor::cpu());

        let result = outdatamap.get(&output).unwrap().to_vec();
        assert_eq!(result, vec!(165., 1120., 164., 1116., 155., 1100., 130., 1064., 81., 1000.));

        let mut outdatamap_last = DataMap::new();
        outdatamap_last.add_null(&last_output);
        last_output_function.evaluate(&datamap, &mut outdatamap_last, DeviceDescriptor::cpu());
        let result_last = outdatamap_last.get(&last_output).unwrap().to_vec();
        assert_eq!(result_last, vec!(81., 1000.));
    }

    fn test_single_arg_func<F>(f: F, input_shape: &Shape, input: &[f32], expected_output: &[f32])
        where F: Fn(&Variable) -> Function {
        let var = Variable::input_variable(input_shape);
        let out = f(&var);
        let val = Value::batch_from_vec(&var.shape(), input, DeviceDescriptor::cpu());
        let mut datamap = DataMap::new();
        datamap.add(&var, &val);
        let mut outdatamap = DataMap::new();
        outdatamap.add_null(&out);
        Function::from_variable(&out).evaluate(&datamap, &mut outdatamap, DeviceDescriptor::cpu());
        let result = outdatamap.get(&out).unwrap().to_vec();
        assert_eq!(result, expected_output);
    }

    #[test]
    fn test_transpose() {
        test_single_arg_func(|x| {
            transpose_axes(x, &Axis::new(0), &Axis::new(1))
        }, &Shape::new(&vec!(2, 3)), &vec!(1., 2., 3., 4., 5., 6.), &vec!(1., 3., 5., 2., 4., 6.));
    }

    #[test]
    fn test_splice() {
        let var = Variable::input_variable(&Shape::new(&vec!(2, 3)));
        let var2 = Variable::input_variable(&Shape::new(&vec!(2, 3)));
        let splice = splice(&vec!(&var, &var2), &Axis::new(0));

        let data: Vec<f32> = vec!(1.0, 2.0, 3.0, 4.0, 5.0, 6.0);
        let data2: Vec<f32> = vec!(11.0, 12.0, 13.0, 14.0, 15.0, 16.0);

        let val = Value::batch_from_vec(&var.shape(), &data, DeviceDescriptor::cpu());
        let val2 = Value::batch_from_vec(&var2.shape(), &data2, DeviceDescriptor::cpu());

        let mut datamap = DataMap::new();
        datamap.add(&var, &val);
        datamap.add(&var2, &val2);

        let mut outdatamap = DataMap::new();
        outdatamap.add_null(&splice);

        Function::from_variable(&splice).evaluate(&datamap, &mut outdatamap, DeviceDescriptor::cpu());

        let result = outdatamap.get(&splice).unwrap().to_vec();
        assert_eq!(result, vec!(1., 2., 11., 12., 3., 4., 13., 14., 5., 6., 15., 16.));
    }

    #[test]
    fn test_splice2() {
        let var = Variable::input_variable(&Shape::new(&vec!(2, 3)));
        let var2 = Variable::input_variable(&Shape::new(&vec!(2, 3)));
        let splice = splice(&vec!(&var, &var2), &Axis::new(1));

        let data: Vec<f32> = vec!(1.0, 2.0, 3.0, 4.0, 5.0, 6.0);
        let data2: Vec<f32> = vec!(11.0, 12.0, 13.0, 14.0, 15.0, 16.0);

        let val = Value::batch_from_vec(&var.shape(), &data, DeviceDescriptor::cpu());
        let val2 = Value::batch_from_vec(&var2.shape(), &data2, DeviceDescriptor::cpu());

        let mut datamap = DataMap::new();
        datamap.add(&var, &val);
        datamap.add(&var2, &val2);

        let mut outdatamap = DataMap::new();
        outdatamap.add_null(&splice);

        Function::from_variable(&splice).evaluate(&datamap, &mut outdatamap, DeviceDescriptor::cpu());

        let result = outdatamap.get(&splice).unwrap().to_vec();
        assert_eq!(result, vec!(1., 2., 3., 4., 5., 6., 11., 12., 13., 14., 15., 16.));
    }

    #[test]
    fn test_slice() {
        test_single_arg_func(|x| {
            slice(x, &vec!(&Axis::new(0)), &vec!(0), &vec!(1))
        }, &Shape::new(&vec!(2, 3)), &vec!(1., 2., 3., 4., 5., 6.), &vec!(1., 3., 5.));

        test_single_arg_func(|x| {
            slice(x, &vec!(&Axis::new(1)), &vec!(0), &vec!(2))
        }, &Shape::new(&vec!(2, 3)), &vec!(1., 2., 3., 4., 5., 6.), &vec!(1., 2., 3., 4.));
    }

    #[test]
    fn test_reduce() {
        test_single_arg_func(|x| {
            reduce_sum(x, &Axis::new(0))
        }, &Shape::new(&vec!(2, 3)), &vec!(1., 2., 3., 4., 5., 6.), &vec!(3., 7., 11.));

        test_single_arg_func(|x| {
            reduce_sum(x, &Axis::new(1))
        }, &Shape::new(&vec!(2, 3)), &vec!(1., 2., 3., 4., 5., 6.), &vec!(9., 12.));

        test_single_arg_func(|x| {
            reduce_sum(x, &Axis::all())
        }, &Shape::new(&vec!(2, 3)), &vec!(1., 2., 3., 4., 5., 6.), &vec!(21.));
    }

    #[test]
    fn test_max_pooling() {
        test_single_arg_func(|x| {
            max_pooling(x, &Shape::new(&vec!(2, 2)), &Shape::new(&vec!(1)))
        }, &Shape::new(&vec!(3, 3)), &vec!(1., 2., 3., 4., 5., 6., 7., 8., 9.), &vec!(5., 6., 8., 9.));

        test_single_arg_func(|x| {
            max_pooling(x, &Shape::new(&vec!(2)), &Shape::new(&vec!(1)))
        }, &Shape::new(&vec!(5)), &vec!(1., 2., 3., 4., 5.), &vec!(2., 3., 4., 5.));
    }

    #[test]
    fn test_1d_convolution() {
        let var = Variable::input_variable(&Shape::new(&vec!(5, 1)));
        let var2 = Variable::parameter(&Shape::new(&vec!(3, 1, 1)), &ParameterInitializer::constant(2.), DeviceDescriptor::cpu());
        let conv = convolution(&var2, &var, &Shape::new(&vec!(1, 2)));

        let data: Vec<f32> = vec!(1.0, 2.0, 3.0, 4.0, 5.0);
        let val = Value::from_vec(&var.shape(), &data, DeviceDescriptor::cpu());

        let mut datamap = DataMap::new();
        datamap.add(&var, &val);

        let mut outdatamap = DataMap::new();
        outdatamap.add_null(&conv);

        Function::from_variable(&conv).evaluate(&datamap, &mut outdatamap, DeviceDescriptor::cpu());

        let result = outdatamap.get(&conv).unwrap().to_vec();
        assert_eq!(result, vec!(6., 12., 18., 24., 18.));
    }

    #[test]
    fn test_1d_convolution_2() {
        let var = Variable::input_variable(&Shape::new(&vec!(5, 1)));
        let var2 = Variable::parameter(&Shape::new(&vec!(2, 1, 1)), &ParameterInitializer::constant(2.), DeviceDescriptor::cpu());
        let conv = convolution(&var2, &var, &Shape::new(&vec!(1, 2)));

        let data: Vec<f32> = vec!(1.0, 2.0, 3.0, 4.0, 5.0);
        let val = Value::from_vec(&var.shape(), &data, DeviceDescriptor::cpu());

        let mut datamap = DataMap::new();
        datamap.add(&var, &val);

        let mut outdatamap = DataMap::new();
        outdatamap.add_null(&conv);

        Function::from_variable(&conv).evaluate(&datamap, &mut outdatamap, DeviceDescriptor::cpu());

        let result = outdatamap.get(&conv).unwrap().to_vec();
        assert_eq!(result, vec!(6., 10., 14., 18., 10.));
    }

    #[test]
    fn test_1d_convolution_multichannel() {
        let var = Variable::input_variable(&Shape::new(&vec!(3, 2)));
        let var2 = Variable::parameter(&Shape::new(&vec!(2, 2, 4)), &ParameterInitializer::constant(2.), DeviceDescriptor::cpu());
        let conv = convolution(&var2, &var, &Shape::new(&vec!(1, 2)));

        let data: Vec<f32> = vec!(1.0, 2.0, 3.0, 4.0, 5.0, 6.0);
        let val = Value::from_vec(&var.shape(), &data, DeviceDescriptor::cpu());

        let mut datamap = DataMap::new();
        datamap.add(&var, &val);

        let mut outdatamap = DataMap::new();
        outdatamap.add_null(&conv);

        Function::from_variable(&conv).evaluate(&datamap, &mut outdatamap, DeviceDescriptor::cpu());

        let result = outdatamap.get(&conv).unwrap().to_vec();
        assert_eq!(result.len(), 12);
    }

    #[test]
    fn test_sparse() {
        let var = Variable::input_variable(&Shape::new(vec!(5, 5)));
        let var2 = Variable::sparse_input_variable(&Shape::new(vec!(5, 2)));

        let output = times(&var, &var2);

        let data: Vec<f32> = vec!(1.0, 0.0, 0.0, 0.0, 0.0,
                                  0.0, 1.0, 0.0, 0.0, 0.0,
                                  0.0, 0.0, 1.0, 0.0, 0.0,
                                  0.0, 0.0, 0.0, 1.0, 0.0,
                                  0.0, 0.0, 0.0, 0.0, 1.0);
        let val = Value::from_vec(&var.shape(), &data, DeviceDescriptor::cpu());
        let val2 = Value::one_hot_seq(&var2.shape(), &vec!(1, 3), DeviceDescriptor::cpu());

        let datamap = datamap!{var => &val, var2 => &val2};
        let mut outdatamap = outdatamap!{&output};

        output.evaluate(&datamap, &mut outdatamap, DeviceDescriptor::cpu());

        let result = outdatamap.get(&output).unwrap().to_vec();

        assert_eq!(result, vec!(0., 1., 0., 0., 0., 0., 0., 0., 1., 0.));
    }

    #[test]
    fn test_sequence_batch_one_hot() {
        let var = Variable::sparse_input_variable(&Shape::new(vec!(10)));
        let var2 = Variable::parameter(&Shape::new(&vec!(2, 10)), &ParameterInitializer::constant(2.), DeviceDescriptor::cpu());

        let output = times(&var2, &var);

        let val = Value::batch_of_one_hot_sequences(&var.shape(), &vec!(vec!(1, 3), vec!(2, 4, 0)), DeviceDescriptor::cpu());

        let datamap = datamap!{var => &val};
        let mut outdatamap = outdatamap!{&output};

        output.evaluate(&datamap, &mut outdatamap, DeviceDescriptor::cpu());

        let result = outdatamap.get(&output).unwrap().to_vec();

        assert_eq!(result, vec!(2., 2., 2., 2., 0., 0., 2., 2., 2., 2., 2., 2.));
    }

    #[test]
    fn test_sequence_batch() {
        let var = Variable::input_variable(&Shape::new(vec!(3)));
        let var2 = Variable::parameter(&Shape::new(&vec!(2, 3)), &ParameterInitializer::constant(2.), DeviceDescriptor::cpu());

        let output = times(&var2, &var);

        {
            let val = Value::batch_of_sequences_from_vec(&var.shape(), &vec!(vec!(1., 1., 2., 1., 1., 3.), vec!(1., 1., 4., 1., 1., 5., 1., 1., 6., 1., 1., 7.)), DeviceDescriptor::cpu());

            let datamap = datamap! {&var => &val};
            let mut outdatamap = outdatamap! {&output};

            output.evaluate(&datamap, &mut outdatamap, DeviceDescriptor::cpu());

            let result = outdatamap.get(&output).unwrap().to_vec();

            assert_eq!(result, vec!(8., 8., 10., 10., 0., 0., 0., 0., 12., 12., 14., 14., 16., 16., 18., 18.));
        }

        {
            let val = Value::batch_of_sequences_from_ndarray(&var.shape(), &vec!(array![[1., 1., 2.], [1., 1., 3.]], array![[1., 1., 4.], [1., 1., 5.], [1., 1., 6.], [1., 1., 7.]]), DeviceDescriptor::cpu());

            let datamap = datamap! {&var => &val};
            let mut outdatamap = outdatamap! {&output};

            output.evaluate(&datamap, &mut outdatamap, DeviceDescriptor::cpu());

            let result_vec = outdatamap.get(&output).unwrap().to_vec();
            assert_eq!(result_vec, vec!(8., 8., 10., 10., 0., 0., 0., 0., 12., 12., 14., 14., 16., 16., 18., 18.));

            let result_array = outdatamap.get(&output).unwrap().to_ndarray();
            assert_eq!(result_array, array![[[8., 8.], [10., 10.], [0., 0.], [0., 0.]], [[12., 12.], [14., 14.], [16., 16.], [18., 18.]]].into_dyn());
        }
    }

    #[test]
    #[should_panic]
    fn fail_times() {
        let var = Variable::input_variable(&Shape::new(vec!(42,47)));
        let var2 = Variable::input_variable(&Shape::new(vec!(23,25)));
        let _failed_times = times(var, var2);
    }
}