Branching: Make classifier configurable

miplearn/components/branching.py

@@ -11,15 +11,22 @@ from tqdm.auto import tqdm
 from joblib import Parallel, delayed
 import multiprocessing
 
+
+def _default_branch_priority_predictor():
+    return KNeighborsRegressor(n_neighbors=1)
+
+
 class BranchPriorityComponent(Component):
     def __init__(self,
-                 node_limit=1_000,
+                 node_limit=10_000,
+                 predictor=_default_branch_priority_predictor,
                 ):
         self.pending_instances = []
         self.x_train = {}
         self.y_train = {}
         self.predictors = {}
         self.node_limit = node_limit
+        self.predictor_factory = predictor
     
     def before_solve(self, solver, instance, model):
         assert solver.is_persistent, "BranchPriorityComponent requires a persistent solver"
@@ -92,7 +99,7 @@ class BranchPriorityComponent(Component):
                 
             return comp
         
-        
+        # Run strong branching on pending instances
         subcomponents = Parallel(n_jobs=n_jobs)(
             delayed(_process)(instance)
             for instance in tqdm(self.pending_instances, desc="Branch priority")
@@ -104,9 +111,8 @@ class BranchPriorityComponent(Component):
         for category in self.x_train.keys():
             x_train = self.x_train[category]
             y_train = self.y_train[category]
-            self.predictors[category] = KNeighborsRegressor(n_neighbors=1)
+            self.predictors[category] = self.predictor_factory()
             self.predictors[category].fit(x_train, y_train)
-            
         
     def _build_x(self, instance, var, index):
         instance_features = instance.get_instance_features()