Semivalues

This module provides the core functionality for the computation of generic semi-values. A semi-value is any valuation function with the form:

\[v_\text{semi}(i) = \sum_{i=1}^n w(k) \sum_{S \subset D_{-i}^{(k)}} [U(S_{+i})-U(S)],\]

where the coefficients \(w(k)\) satisfy the property:

\[\sum_{k=1}^n w(k) = 1.\]

Note

For implementation consistency, we slightly depart from the common definition of semi-values, which includes a factor \(1/n\) in the sum over subsets. Instead, we subsume this factor into the coefficient \(w(k)\).

Main components

The computation of a semi-value requires two components:

1. A subset sampler that generates subsets of the set \(D\) of interest.
2. A coefficient \(w(k)\) that assigns a weight to each subset size \(k\).

Samplers can be found in sampler, and can be classified into two categories: powerset samplers and permutation samplers. Powerset samplers generate subsets of \(D_{-i}\), while the permutation sampler generates permutations of \(D\). The former conform to the above definition of semi-values, while the latter reformulates it as:

\[ v(i) = \frac{1}{n!} \sum_{\sigma \in \Pi(n)} \tilde{w}( | \sigma_{:i} | )[U(\sigma_{:i} \cup \{i\}) − U(\sigma_{:i})], \]

where \(\sigma_{:i}\) denotes the set of indices in permutation sigma before the position where \(i\) appears (see Data valuation for details), and

\[ \tilde{w} (k) = n \binom{n - 1}{k} w (k) \]

is the weight correction due to the reformulation.

Warning

Both PermutationSampler and DeterministicPermutationSampler require caching to be enabled or computation will be doubled wrt. a 'direct' implementation of permutation MC.

Computing semi-values

Samplers and coefficients can be arbitrarily mixed by means of the main entry point of this module, compute_generic_semivalues. There are several pre-defined coefficients, including the Shapley value of (Ghorbani and Zou, 2019)¹, the Banzhaf index of (Wang and Jia)³, and the Beta coefficient of (Kwon and Zou, 2022)². For each of these methods, there is a convenience wrapper function. Respectively, these are: compute_shapley_semivalues, compute_banzhaf_semivalues, and compute_beta_shapley_semivalues. instead.

Parallelization and batching

In order to ensure reproducibility and fine-grained control of parallelization, samples are generated in the main process and then distributed to worker processes for evaluation. For small sample sizes, this can lead to a significant overhead. To avoid this, we temporarily provide an additional argument batch_size to all methods which can improve performance with small models up to an order of magnitude. Note that this argument will be removed before version 1.0 in favour of a more general solution.

References

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1. Ghorbani, A., Zou, J., 2019. Data Shapley: Equitable Valuation of Data for Machine Learning. In: Proceedings of the 36th International Conference on Machine Learning, PMLR, pp. 2242–2251. ↩

2. Kwon, Y. and Zou, J., 2022. Beta Shapley: A Unified and Noise-reduced Data Valuation Framework for Machine Learning. In: Proceedings of the 25th International Conference on Artificial Intelligence and Statistics (AISTATS) 2022, Vol. 151. PMLR, Valencia, Spain. ↩

3. Wang, J.T. and Jia, R., 2022. Data Banzhaf: A Robust Data Valuation Framework for Machine Learning. ArXiv preprint arXiv:2205.15466. ↩

SVCoefficient

Bases: Protocol

The protocol that coefficients for the computation of semi-values must fulfill.

__call__(n, k)

Computes the coefficient for a given subset size.

PARAMETER	DESCRIPTION
n	Total number of elements in the set. TYPE: int
k	Size of the subset for which the coefficient is being computed TYPE: int

Source code in src/pydvl/value/semivalues.py

def __call__(self, n: int, k: int) -> float:
    """Computes the coefficient for a given subset size.

    Args:
        n: Total number of elements in the set.
        k: Size of the subset for which the coefficient is being computed
    """
    ...

SemiValueMode

Bases: str, Enum

Enumeration of semi-value modes.

Deprecation notice

This enum and the associated methods are deprecated and will be removed in 0.8.0.

compute_generic_semivalues(sampler, u, coefficient, done, *, batch_size=1, skip_converged=False, n_jobs=1, config=ParallelConfig(), progress=False)

Computes semi-values for a given utility function and subset sampler.

PARAMETER	DESCRIPTION
sampler	The subset sampler to use for utility computations. TYPE: PowersetSampler[IndexT]
u	Utility object with model, data, and scoring function. TYPE: Utility
coefficient	The semi-value coefficient TYPE: SVCoefficient
done	Stopping criterion. TYPE: StoppingCriterion
batch_size	Number of marginal evaluations per single parallel job. TYPE: int DEFAULT: 1
skip_converged	Whether to skip marginal evaluations for indices that have already converged. CAUTION: This is only entirely safe if the stopping criterion is MaxUpdates. For any other stopping criterion, the convergence status of indices may change during the computation, or they may be marked as having converged even though in fact the estimated values are far from the true values (e.g. for AbsoluteStandardError, you will probably have to carefully adjust the threshold). TYPE: bool DEFAULT: False
n_jobs	Number of parallel jobs to use. TYPE: int DEFAULT: 1
config	Object configuring parallel computation, with cluster address, number of cpus, etc. TYPE: ParallelConfig DEFAULT: ParallelConfig()
progress	Whether to display a progress bar. TYPE: bool DEFAULT: False

RETURNS	DESCRIPTION
ValuationResult	Object with the results.

Deprecation notice

Parameter batch_size is for experimental use and will be removed in future versions.

Source code in src/pydvl/value/semivalues.py

def compute_generic_semivalues(
    sampler: PowersetSampler[IndexT],
    u: Utility,
    coefficient: SVCoefficient,
    done: StoppingCriterion,
    *,
    batch_size: int = 1,
    skip_converged: bool = False,
    n_jobs: int = 1,
    config: ParallelConfig = ParallelConfig(),
    progress: bool = False,
) -> ValuationResult:
    """Computes semi-values for a given utility function and subset sampler.

    Args:
        sampler: The subset sampler to use for utility computations.
        u: Utility object with model, data, and scoring function.
        coefficient: The semi-value coefficient
        done: Stopping criterion.
        batch_size: Number of marginal evaluations per single parallel job.
        skip_converged: Whether to skip marginal evaluations for indices that
            have already converged. **CAUTION**: This is only entirely safe if
            the stopping criterion is [MaxUpdates][pydvl.value.stopping.MaxUpdates].
            For any other stopping criterion, the convergence status of indices
            may change during the computation, or they may be marked as having
            converged even though in fact the estimated values are far from the
            true values (e.g. for
            [AbsoluteStandardError][pydvl.value.stopping.AbsoluteStandardError],
            you will probably have to carefully adjust the threshold).
        n_jobs: Number of parallel jobs to use.
        config: Object configuring parallel computation, with cluster
            address, number of cpus, etc.
        progress: Whether to display a progress bar.

    Returns:
        Object with the results.

    !!! warning "Deprecation notice"
        Parameter `batch_size` is for experimental use and will be removed in
        future versions.
    """
    from concurrent.futures import FIRST_COMPLETED, Future, wait

    from pydvl.parallel import effective_n_jobs, init_executor, init_parallel_backend

    if isinstance(sampler, PermutationSampler) and u.cache is None:
        log.warning(
            "PermutationSampler requires caching to be enabled or computation "
            "will be doubled wrt. a 'direct' implementation of permutation MC"
        )

    if batch_size != 1:
        warnings.warn(
            "Parameter `batch_size` is for experimental use and will be"
            " removed in future versions",
            DeprecationWarning,
        )

    result = ValuationResult.zeros(
        algorithm=f"semivalue-{str(sampler)}-{coefficient.__name__}",  # type: ignore
        indices=u.data.indices,
        data_names=u.data.data_names,
    )

    parallel_backend = init_parallel_backend(config)
    u = parallel_backend.put(u)
    correction = parallel_backend.put(
        lambda n, k: coefficient(n, k) * sampler.weight(n, k)
    )

    max_workers = effective_n_jobs(n_jobs, config)
    n_submitted_jobs = 2 * max_workers  # number of jobs in the queue

    sampler_it = iter(sampler)
    pbar = tqdm(disable=not progress, total=100, unit="%")

    with init_executor(
        max_workers=max_workers, config=config, cancel_futures=True
    ) as executor:
        pending: set[Future] = set()
        while True:
            pbar.n = 100 * done.completion()
            pbar.refresh()

            completed, pending = wait(pending, timeout=1, return_when=FIRST_COMPLETED)
            for future in completed:
                for idx, marginal in future.result():
                    result.update(idx, marginal)
                    if done(result):
                        return result

            # Ensure that we always have n_submitted_jobs running
            try:
                while len(pending) < n_submitted_jobs:
                    samples = tuple(islice(sampler_it, batch_size))
                    if len(samples) == 0:
                        raise StopIteration

                    # Filter out samples for indices that have already converged
                    filtered_samples = samples
                    if skip_converged and len(done.converged) > 0:
                        # TODO: cloudpickle can't pickle this on python 3.8:
                        # filtered_samples = filter(
                        #     lambda t: not done.converged[t[0]], samples
                        # )
                        filtered_samples = tuple(
                            (idx, sample)
                            for idx, sample in samples
                            if not done.converged[idx]
                        )

                    if filtered_samples:
                        pending.add(
                            executor.submit(
                                _marginal,
                                u=u,
                                coefficient=correction,
                                samples=filtered_samples,
                            )
                        )
            except StopIteration:
                if len(pending) == 0:
                    return result

compute_shapley_semivalues(u, *, done=MaxUpdates(100), sampler_t=PermutationSampler, batch_size=1, n_jobs=1, config=ParallelConfig(), progress=False, seed=None)

Computes Shapley values for a given utility function.

This is a convenience wrapper for compute_generic_semivalues with the Shapley coefficient. Use compute_shapley_values for a more flexible interface and additional methods, including TMCS.

PARAMETER	DESCRIPTION
u	Utility object with model, data, and scoring function. TYPE: Utility
done	Stopping criterion. TYPE: StoppingCriterion DEFAULT: MaxUpdates(100)
sampler_t	The sampler type to use. See the sampler module for a list. TYPE: Type[StochasticSampler] DEFAULT: PermutationSampler
batch_size	Number of marginal evaluations per single parallel job. TYPE: int DEFAULT: 1
n_jobs	Number of parallel jobs to use. TYPE: int DEFAULT: 1
config	Object configuring parallel computation, with cluster address, number of cpus, etc. TYPE: ParallelConfig DEFAULT: ParallelConfig()
seed	Either an instance of a numpy random number generator or a seed for it. TYPE: Optional[Seed] DEFAULT: None
progress	Whether to display a progress bar. TYPE: bool DEFAULT: False

RETURNS	DESCRIPTION
ValuationResult	Object with the results.

Deprecation notice

Parameter batch_size is for experimental use and will be removed in future versions.

Source code in src/pydvl/value/semivalues.py

def compute_shapley_semivalues(
    u: Utility,
    *,
    done: StoppingCriterion = MaxUpdates(100),
    sampler_t: Type[StochasticSampler] = PermutationSampler,
    batch_size: int = 1,
    n_jobs: int = 1,
    config: ParallelConfig = ParallelConfig(),
    progress: bool = False,
    seed: Optional[Seed] = None,
) -> ValuationResult:
    """Computes Shapley values for a given utility function.

    This is a convenience wrapper for
    [compute_generic_semivalues][pydvl.value.semivalues.compute_generic_semivalues]
    with the Shapley coefficient. Use
    [compute_shapley_values][pydvl.value.shapley.common.compute_shapley_values]
    for a more flexible interface and additional methods, including TMCS.

    Args:
        u: Utility object with model, data, and scoring function.
        done: Stopping criterion.
        sampler_t: The sampler type to use. See the
            [sampler][pydvl.value.sampler] module for a list.
        batch_size: Number of marginal evaluations per single parallel job.
        n_jobs: Number of parallel jobs to use.
        config: Object configuring parallel computation, with cluster
            address, number of cpus, etc.
        seed: Either an instance of a numpy random number generator or a seed
            for it.
        progress: Whether to display a progress bar.

    Returns:
        Object with the results.

    !!! warning "Deprecation notice"
        Parameter `batch_size` is for experimental use and will be removed in
        future versions.
    """
    # HACK: cannot infer return type because of useless IndexT, NameT
    return compute_generic_semivalues(  # type: ignore
        sampler_t(u.data.indices, seed=seed),
        u,
        shapley_coefficient,
        done,
        batch_size=batch_size,
        n_jobs=n_jobs,
        config=config,
        progress=progress,
    )

compute_banzhaf_semivalues(u, *, done=MaxUpdates(100), sampler_t=PermutationSampler, batch_size=1, n_jobs=1, config=ParallelConfig(), progress=False, seed=None)

Computes Banzhaf values for a given utility function.

This is a convenience wrapper for compute_generic_semivalues with the Banzhaf coefficient.

PARAMETER	DESCRIPTION
u	Utility object with model, data, and scoring function. TYPE: Utility
done	Stopping criterion. TYPE: StoppingCriterion DEFAULT: MaxUpdates(100)
sampler_t	The sampler type to use. See the sampler module for a list. TYPE: Type[StochasticSampler] DEFAULT: PermutationSampler
batch_size	Number of marginal evaluations per single parallel job. TYPE: int DEFAULT: 1
n_jobs	Number of parallel jobs to use. TYPE: int DEFAULT: 1
seed	Either an instance of a numpy random number generator or a seed for it. TYPE: Optional[Seed] DEFAULT: None
config	Object configuring parallel computation, with cluster address, number of cpus, etc. TYPE: ParallelConfig DEFAULT: ParallelConfig()
progress	Whether to display a progress bar. TYPE: bool DEFAULT: False

RETURNS	DESCRIPTION
ValuationResult	Object with the results.

Deprecation notice

Parameter batch_size is for experimental use and will be removed in future versions.

Source code in src/pydvl/value/semivalues.py

def compute_banzhaf_semivalues(
    u: Utility,
    *,
    done: StoppingCriterion = MaxUpdates(100),
    sampler_t: Type[StochasticSampler] = PermutationSampler,
    batch_size: int = 1,
    n_jobs: int = 1,
    config: ParallelConfig = ParallelConfig(),
    progress: bool = False,
    seed: Optional[Seed] = None,
) -> ValuationResult:
    """Computes Banzhaf values for a given utility function.

    This is a convenience wrapper for
    [compute_generic_semivalues][pydvl.value.semivalues.compute_generic_semivalues]
    with the Banzhaf coefficient.

    Args:
        u: Utility object with model, data, and scoring function.
        done: Stopping criterion.
        sampler_t: The sampler type to use. See the
            [sampler][pydvl.value.sampler] module for a list.
        batch_size: Number of marginal evaluations per single parallel job.
        n_jobs: Number of parallel jobs to use.
        seed: Either an instance of a numpy random number generator or a seed
            for it.
        config: Object configuring parallel computation, with cluster address,
            number of cpus, etc.
        progress: Whether to display a progress bar.

    Returns:
        Object with the results.

    !!! warning "Deprecation notice"
        Parameter `batch_size` is for experimental use and will be removed in
        future versions.
    """
    # HACK: cannot infer return type because of useless IndexT, NameT
    return compute_generic_semivalues(  # type: ignore
        sampler_t(u.data.indices, seed=seed),
        u,
        banzhaf_coefficient,
        done,
        batch_size=batch_size,
        n_jobs=n_jobs,
        config=config,
        progress=progress,
    )

compute_beta_shapley_semivalues(u, *, alpha=1, beta=1, done=MaxUpdates(100), sampler_t=PermutationSampler, batch_size=1, n_jobs=1, config=ParallelConfig(), progress=False, seed=None)

Computes Beta Shapley values for a given utility function.

This is a convenience wrapper for compute_generic_semivalues with the Beta Shapley coefficient.

PARAMETER	DESCRIPTION
u	Utility object with model, data, and scoring function. TYPE: Utility
alpha	Alpha parameter of the Beta distribution. TYPE: float DEFAULT: 1
beta	Beta parameter of the Beta distribution. TYPE: float DEFAULT: 1
done	Stopping criterion. TYPE: StoppingCriterion DEFAULT: MaxUpdates(100)
sampler_t	The sampler type to use. See the sampler module for a list. TYPE: Type[StochasticSampler] DEFAULT: PermutationSampler
batch_size	Number of marginal evaluations per (parallelized) task. TYPE: int DEFAULT: 1
n_jobs	Number of parallel jobs to use. TYPE: int DEFAULT: 1
seed	Either an instance of a numpy random number generator or a seed for it. TYPE: Optional[Seed] DEFAULT: None
config	Object configuring parallel computation, with cluster address, number of cpus, etc. TYPE: ParallelConfig DEFAULT: ParallelConfig()
progress	Whether to display a progress bar. TYPE: bool DEFAULT: False

RETURNS	DESCRIPTION
ValuationResult	Object with the results.

Deprecation notice

Parameter batch_size is for experimental use and will be removed in future versions.

Source code in src/pydvl/value/semivalues.py

def compute_beta_shapley_semivalues(
    u: Utility,
    *,
    alpha: float = 1,
    beta: float = 1,
    done: StoppingCriterion = MaxUpdates(100),
    sampler_t: Type[StochasticSampler] = PermutationSampler,
    batch_size: int = 1,
    n_jobs: int = 1,
    config: ParallelConfig = ParallelConfig(),
    progress: bool = False,
    seed: Optional[Seed] = None,
) -> ValuationResult:
    """Computes Beta Shapley values for a given utility function.

    This is a convenience wrapper for
    [compute_generic_semivalues][pydvl.value.semivalues.compute_generic_semivalues]
    with the Beta Shapley coefficient.

    Args:
        u: Utility object with model, data, and scoring function.
        alpha: Alpha parameter of the Beta distribution.
        beta: Beta parameter of the Beta distribution.
        done: Stopping criterion.
        sampler_t: The sampler type to use. See the
            [sampler][pydvl.value.sampler] module for a list.
        batch_size: Number of marginal evaluations per (parallelized) task.
        n_jobs: Number of parallel jobs to use.
        seed: Either an instance of a numpy random number generator or a seed for it.
        config: Object configuring parallel computation, with cluster address, number of
            cpus, etc.
        progress: Whether to display a progress bar.

    Returns:
        Object with the results.

    !!! warning "Deprecation notice"
        Parameter `batch_size` is for experimental use and will be removed in
        future versions.
    """
    # HACK: cannot infer return type because of useless IndexT, NameT
    return compute_generic_semivalues(  # type: ignore
        sampler_t(u.data.indices, seed=seed),
        u,
        beta_coefficient(alpha, beta),
        done,
        batch_size=batch_size,
        n_jobs=n_jobs,
        config=config,
        progress=progress,
    )

compute_semivalues(u, *, done=MaxUpdates(100), mode=SemiValueMode.Shapley, sampler_t=PermutationSampler, batch_size=1, n_jobs=1, seed=None, **kwargs)

Convenience entry point for most common semi-value computations.

Deprecation warning

This method is deprecated and will be replaced in 0.8.0 by the more general implementation of compute_generic_semivalues. Use compute_shapley_semivalues, compute_banzhaf_semivalues, or compute_beta_shapley_semivalues instead.

The modes supported with this interface are the following. For greater flexibility use compute_generic_semivalues directly.

• SemiValueMode.Shapley: Shapley values.
• [SemiValueMode.BetaShapley][pydvl.value.semivalues.SemiValueMode.BetaShapley]: Implements the Beta Shapley semi-value as introduced in (Kwon and Zou, 2022)¹. Pass additional keyword arguments alpha and beta to set the parameters of the Beta distribution (both default to 1).
• [SemiValueMode.Banzhaf][]: Implements the Banzhaf semi-value as introduced in (Wang and Jia, 2022)¹.

See [[data-valuation]] for an overview of valuation. - SemiValueMode.Banzhaf: Implements the Banzhaf semi-value as introduced in [@wang_data_2022].

PARAMETER	DESCRIPTION
u	Utility object with model, data, and scoring function. TYPE: Utility
done	Stopping criterion. TYPE: StoppingCriterion DEFAULT: MaxUpdates(100)
mode	The semi-value mode to use. See SemiValueMode for a list. TYPE: SemiValueMode DEFAULT: Shapley
sampler_t	The sampler type to use. See sampler for a list. TYPE: Type[StochasticSampler] DEFAULT: PermutationSampler
batch_size	Number of marginal evaluations per (parallelized) task. TYPE: int DEFAULT: 1
n_jobs	Number of parallel jobs to use. TYPE: int DEFAULT: 1
seed	Either an instance of a numpy random number generator or a seed for it. TYPE: Optional[Seed] DEFAULT: None
kwargs	Additional keyword arguments passed to compute_generic_semivalues. DEFAULT: {}

RETURNS	DESCRIPTION
ValuationResult	Object with the results.

Deprecation notice

Parameter batch_size is for experimental use and will be removed in future versions.

Source code in src/pydvl/value/semivalues.py

@deprecated(target=True, deprecated_in="0.7.0", remove_in="0.8.0")
def compute_semivalues(
    u: Utility,
    *,
    done: StoppingCriterion = MaxUpdates(100),
    mode: SemiValueMode = SemiValueMode.Shapley,
    sampler_t: Type[StochasticSampler] = PermutationSampler,
    batch_size: int = 1,
    n_jobs: int = 1,
    seed: Optional[Seed] = None,
    **kwargs,
) -> ValuationResult:
    """Convenience entry point for most common semi-value computations.

    !!! warning "Deprecation warning"
        This method is deprecated and will be replaced in 0.8.0 by the more
        general implementation of
        [compute_generic_semivalues][pydvl.value.semivalues.compute_generic_semivalues].
        Use
        [compute_shapley_semivalues][pydvl.value.semivalues.compute_shapley_semivalues],
        [compute_banzhaf_semivalues][pydvl.value.semivalues.compute_banzhaf_semivalues],
        or
        [compute_beta_shapley_semivalues][pydvl.value.semivalues.compute_beta_shapley_semivalues]
        instead.

    The modes supported with this interface are the following. For greater
    flexibility use
    [compute_generic_semivalues][pydvl.value.semivalues.compute_generic_semivalues]
    directly.

    - [SemiValueMode.Shapley][pydvl.value.semivalues.SemiValueMode]:
      Shapley values.
    - [SemiValueMode.BetaShapley][pydvl.value.semivalues.SemiValueMode.BetaShapley]:
      Implements the Beta Shapley semi-value as introduced in
      (Kwon and Zou, 2022)<sup><a href="#kwon_beta_2022">1</a></sup>.
      Pass additional keyword arguments `alpha` and `beta` to set the
      parameters of the Beta distribution (both default to 1).
    - [SemiValueMode.Banzhaf][SemiValueMode.Banzhaf]: Implements the Banzhaf
      semi-value as introduced in (Wang and Jia, 2022)<sup><a href="#wang_data_2022">1</a></sup>.

    See [[data-valuation]] for an overview of valuation.
    - [SemiValueMode.Banzhaf][pydvl.value.semivalues.SemiValueMode]: Implements
      the Banzhaf semi-value as introduced in [@wang_data_2022].

    Args:
        u: Utility object with model, data, and scoring function.
        done: Stopping criterion.
        mode: The semi-value mode to use. See
            [SemiValueMode][pydvl.value.semivalues.SemiValueMode] for a list.
        sampler_t: The sampler type to use. See [sampler][pydvl.value.sampler]
            for a list.
        batch_size: Number of marginal evaluations per (parallelized) task.
        n_jobs: Number of parallel jobs to use.
        seed: Either an instance of a numpy random number generator or a seed for it.
        kwargs: Additional keyword arguments passed to
            [compute_generic_semivalues][pydvl.value.semivalues.compute_generic_semivalues].

    Returns:
        Object with the results.

    !!! warning "Deprecation notice"
        Parameter `batch_size` is for experimental use and will be removed in
        future versions.
    """
    if mode == SemiValueMode.Shapley:
        coefficient = shapley_coefficient
    elif mode == SemiValueMode.BetaShapley:
        alpha = kwargs.pop("alpha", 1)
        beta = kwargs.pop("beta", 1)
        coefficient = beta_coefficient(alpha, beta)
    elif mode == SemiValueMode.Banzhaf:
        coefficient = banzhaf_coefficient
    else:
        raise ValueError(f"Unknown mode {mode}")
    coefficient = cast(SVCoefficient, coefficient)

    # HACK: cannot infer return type because of useless IndexT, NameT
    return compute_generic_semivalues(  # type: ignore
        sampler_t(u.data.indices, seed=seed),
        u,
        coefficient,
        done,
        n_jobs=n_jobs,
        batch_size=batch_size,
        **kwargs,
    )

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Last update: 2023-12-21
Created: 2023-12-21