HnswParameters Class

Contains the parameters specific to the HNSW algorithm.

Constructor

HnswParameters(*args: Any, **kwargs: Any)

Variables

Name	Description
m	int The number of bi-directional links created for every new element during construction. Increasing this parameter value may improve recall and reduce retrieval times for datasets with high intrinsic dimensionality at the expense of increased memory consumption and longer indexing time.
ef_construction	int The size of the dynamic list containing the nearest neighbors, which is used during index time. Increasing this parameter may improve index quality, at the expense of increased indexing time. At a certain point, increasing this parameter leads to diminishing returns.
ef_search	int The size of the dynamic list containing the nearest neighbors, which is used during search time. Increasing this parameter may improve search results, at the expense of slower search. At a certain point, increasing this parameter leads to diminishing returns.
metric	str or VectorSearchAlgorithmMetric The similarity metric to use for vector comparisons. Known values are: "cosine", "euclidean", "dotProduct", and "hamming".

Methods

as_dict	Return a dict that can be turned into json using json.dump.
clear	Remove all items from D.
copy
get	Get the value for key if key is in the dictionary, else default. :param str key: The key to look up. :param any default: The value to return if key is not in the dictionary. Defaults to None :returns: D[k] if k in D, else d. :rtype: any
items
keys
pop	Removes specified key and return the corresponding value. :param str key: The key to pop. :param any default: The value to return if key is not in the dictionary :returns: The value corresponding to the key. :rtype: any :raises KeyError: If key is not found and default is not given.
popitem	Removes and returns some (key, value) pair :returns: The (key, value) pair. :rtype: tuple :raises KeyError: if D is empty.
setdefault	Same as calling D.get(k, d), and setting D[k]=d if k not found :param str key: The key to look up. :param any default: The value to set if key is not in the dictionary :returns: D[k] if k in D, else d. :rtype: any
update	Updates D from mapping/iterable E and F. :param any args: Either a mapping object or an iterable of key-value pairs.
values

as_dict

Return a dict that can be turned into json using json.dump.

as_dict(*, exclude_readonly: bool = False) -> dict[str, Any]

Keyword-Only Parameters

Name	Description
exclude_readonly	bool Whether to remove the readonly properties. Default value: False

Returns

Type	Description
dict	A dict JSON compatible object

clear

Remove all items from D.

clear() -> None

copy

copy() -> Model

get

Get the value for key if key is in the dictionary, else default. :param str key: The key to look up. :param any default: The value to return if key is not in the dictionary. Defaults to None :returns: D[k] if k in D, else d. :rtype: any

get(key: str, default: Any = None) -> Any

Parameters

Name	Description
key Required
default	Default value: None

items

items() -> ItemsView[str, Any]

Returns

Type	Description
ItemsView	set-like object providing a view on D's items

keys

keys() -> KeysView[str]

Returns

Type	Description
KeysView	a set-like object providing a view on D's keys

pop

Removes specified key and return the corresponding value. :param str key: The key to pop. :param any default: The value to return if key is not in the dictionary :returns: The value corresponding to the key. :rtype: any :raises KeyError: If key is not found and default is not given.

pop(key: str, default: ~typing.Any = <object object>) -> Any

Parameters

Name	Description
key Required
default

popitem

Removes and returns some (key, value) pair :returns: The (key, value) pair. :rtype: tuple :raises KeyError: if D is empty.

popitem() -> tuple[str, Any]

setdefault

Same as calling D.get(k, d), and setting D[k]=d if k not found :param str key: The key to look up. :param any default: The value to set if key is not in the dictionary :returns: D[k] if k in D, else d. :rtype: any

setdefault(key: str, default: ~typing.Any = <object object>) -> Any

Parameters

Name	Description
key Required
default

update

Updates D from mapping/iterable E and F. :param any args: Either a mapping object or an iterable of key-value pairs.

update(*args: Any, **kwargs: Any) -> None

values

values() -> ValuesView[Any]

Returns

Type	Description
ValuesView	an object providing a view on D's values

Attributes

ef_construction

The size of the dynamic list containing the nearest neighbors, which is used during index time. Increasing this parameter may improve index quality, at the expense of increased indexing time. At a certain point, increasing this parameter leads to diminishing returns.

ef_construction: int | None

ef_search

The size of the dynamic list containing the nearest neighbors, which is used during search time. Increasing this parameter may improve search results, at the expense of slower search. At a certain point, increasing this parameter leads to diminishing returns.

ef_search: int | None

m

The number of bi-directional links created for every new element during construction. Increasing this parameter value may improve recall and reduce retrieval times for datasets with high intrinsic dimensionality at the expense of increased memory consumption and longer indexing time.

m: int | None

metric

"cosine", "euclidean", "dotProduct", and "hamming".

metric: str | _models.VectorSearchAlgorithmMetric | None

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