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Identify Changes

Identify changes compared to prior data via embeddings.

This block accepts an embedding and compares it to a prior average and standard deviation for the rate of change. When things change faster or slower than they have in the past, the block will flag the data as an outlier.

Type identifier

Use the following identifier in step "type" field: roboflow_core/identify_changes@v1to add the block as as step in your workflow.

Properties

Name Type Description Refs
name str Unique name of step in workflows.
strategy str The change identification algorithm to use..
threshold_percentile float The desired sensitivity. A higher value will result in more data points being classified as outliers..
warmup int The number of data points to use for the initial average calculation. No outliers are identified during this period..
smoothing_factor float The smoothing factor for the EMA algorithm. The default of 0.25 means the most recent data point will carry 25% weight in the average. Higher values will make the average more responsive to recent data points..
window_size int The number of data points to consider in the sliding window algorithm..

The Refs column marks possibility to parametrise the property with dynamic values available in workflow runtime. See Bindings for more info.

Available Connections

Check what blocks you can connect to Identify Changes in version v1.

Input and Output Bindings

The available connections depend on its binding kinds. Check what binding kinds Identify Changes in version v1 has.

Bindings
  • input

    • embedding (embedding): Embedding of the current data..
    • threshold_percentile (float_zero_to_one): The desired sensitivity. A higher value will result in more data points being classified as outliers..
    • warmup (integer): The number of data points to use for the initial average calculation. No outliers are identified during this period..
    • smoothing_factor (float_zero_to_one): The smoothing factor for the EMA algorithm. The default of 0.25 means the most recent data point will carry 25% weight in the average. Higher values will make the average more responsive to recent data points..
    • window_size (integer): The number of data points to consider in the sliding window algorithm..
  • output

    • is_outlier (boolean): Boolean flag.
    • percentile (float_zero_to_one): float value in range [0.0, 1.0].
    • z_score (float): Float value.
    • average (embedding): A list of floating point numbers representing a vector embedding..
    • std (embedding): A list of floating point numbers representing a vector embedding..
    • warming_up (boolean): Boolean flag.
Example JSON definition of step Identify Changes in version v1
{
    "name": "<your_step_name_here>",
    "type": "roboflow_core/identify_changes@v1",
    "strategy": "Simple Moving Average (SMA)",
    "embedding": "$steps.clip.embedding",
    "threshold_percentile": "$inputs.sample_rate",
    "warmup": 100,
    "smoothing_factor": 0.1,
    "window_size": 5
}