Port NN-descent algorithm to use in cagra::build()

build.sh

@@ -78,7 +78,7 @@ INSTALL_TARGET=install
 BUILD_REPORT_METRICS=""
 BUILD_REPORT_INCL_CACHE_STATS=OFF
 
-TEST_TARGETS="CLUSTER_TEST;CORE_TEST;DISTANCE_TEST;LABEL_TEST;LINALG_TEST;MATRIX_TEST;NEIGHBORS_TEST;NEIGHBORS_ANN_CAGRA_TEST;RANDOM_TEST;SOLVERS_TEST;SPARSE_TEST;SPARSE_DIST_TEST;SPARSE_NEIGHBORS_TEST;STATS_TEST;UTILS_TEST"
+TEST_TARGETS="CLUSTER_TEST;CORE_TEST;DISTANCE_TEST;LABEL_TEST;LINALG_TEST;MATRIX_TEST;NEIGHBORS_TEST;NEIGHBORS_ANN_CAGRA_TEST;NEIGHBORS_ANN_NN_DESCENT_TEST;RANDOM_TEST;SOLVERS_TEST;SPARSE_TEST;SPARSE_DIST_TEST;SPARSE_NEIGHBORS_TEST;STATS_TEST;UTILS_TEST"
 BENCH_TARGETS="CLUSTER_BENCH;NEIGHBORS_BENCH;DISTANCE_BENCH;LINALG_BENCH;MATRIX_BENCH;SPARSE_BENCH;RANDOM_BENCH"
 
 CACHE_ARGS=""

ci/build_cpp.sh

@@ -1,5 +1,5 @@
 #!/bin/bash
-# Copyright (c) 2022, NVIDIA CORPORATION.
+# Copyright (c) 2022-2023, NVIDIA CORPORATION.
 
 set -euo pipefail
 

cpp/bench/ann/src/raft/raft_benchmark.cu

@@ -147,6 +147,13 @@ void parse_build_param(const nlohmann::json& conf,
   if (conf.contains("intermediate_graph_degree")) {
     param.intermediate_graph_degree = conf.at("intermediate_graph_degree");
   }
+  if (conf.contains("graph_build_algo")) {
+    if (conf.at("graph_build_algo") == "IVF_PQ") {
+      param.build_algo = raft::neighbors::cagra::graph_build_algo::IVF_PQ;
+    } else if (conf.at("graph_build_algo") == "NN_DESCENT") {
+      param.build_algo = raft::neighbors::cagra::graph_build_algo::NN_DESCENT;
+    }
+  }
 }
 
 template <typename T, typename IdxT>

cpp/include/raft/neighbors/cagra.cuh

@@ -35,12 +35,11 @@ namespace raft::neighbors::cagra {
  */
 
 /**
- * @brief Build a kNN graph.
+ * @brief Build a kNN graph using IVF-PQ.
  *
  * The kNN graph is the first building block for CAGRA index.
- * This function uses the IVF-PQ method to build a kNN graph.
  *
- * The output is a dense matrix that stores the neighbor indices for each pont in the dataset.
+ * The output is a dense matrix that stores the neighbor indices for each point in the dataset.
  * Each point has the same number of neighbors.
  *
  * See [cagra::build](#cagra::build) for an alternative method.
@@ -52,9 +51,9 @@ namespace raft::neighbors::cagra {
  * @code{.cpp}
  *   using namespace raft::neighbors;
  *   // use default index parameters
- *   cagra::index_params build_params;
- *   cagra::search_params search_params
- *   auto knn_graph = raft::make_host_matrix<IdxT, IdxT>(dataset.extent(0), 128);
+ *   ivf_pq::index_params build_params;
+ *   ivf_pq::search_params search_params
+ *   auto knn_graph      = raft::make_host_matrix<IdxT, IdxT>(dataset.extent(0), 128);
  *   // create knn graph
  *   cagra::build_knn_graph(res, dataset, knn_graph.view(), 2, build_params, search_params);
  *   auto optimized_gaph = raft::make_host_matrix<IdxT, IdxT>(dataset.extent(0), 64);
@@ -70,7 +69,7 @@ namespace raft::neighbors::cagra {
  * @param[in] res raft resources
  * @param[in] dataset a matrix view (host or device) to a row-major matrix [n_rows, dim]
  * @param[out] knn_graph a host matrix view to store the output knn graph [n_rows, graph_degree]
- * @param[in] refine_rate refinement rate for ivf-pq search
+ * @param[in] refine_rate (optional) refinement rate for ivf-pq search
  * @param[in] build_params (optional) ivf_pq index building parameters for knn graph
  * @param[in] search_params (optional) ivf_pq search parameters
  */
@@ -95,6 +94,58 @@ void build_knn_graph(raft::resources const& res,
     res, dataset_internal, knn_graph_internal, refine_rate, build_params, search_params);
 }
 
+/**
+ * @brief Build a kNN graph using NN-descent.
+ *
+ * The kNN graph is the first building block for CAGRA index.
+ *
+ * The output is a dense matrix that stores the neighbor indices for each point in the dataset.
+ * Each point has the same number of neighbors.
+ *
+ * See [cagra::build](#cagra::build) for an alternative method.
+ *
+ * The following distance metrics are supported:
+ * - L2Expanded
+ *
+ * Usage example:
+ * @code{.cpp}
+ *   using namespace raft::neighbors;
+ *   using namespace raft::neighbors::experimental;
+ *   // use default index parameters
+ *   nn_descent::index_params build_params;
+ *   build_params.graph_degree = 128;
+ *   auto knn_graph      = raft::make_host_matrix<IdxT, IdxT>(dataset.extent(0), 128);
+ *   // create knn graph
+ *   cagra::build_knn_graph(res, dataset, knn_graph.view(), build_params);
+ *   auto optimized_gaph      = raft::make_host_matrix<IdxT, int64_t>(dataset.extent(0), 64);
+ *   cagra::optimize(res, dataset, nn_descent_index.graph.view(), optimized_graph.view());
+ *   // Construct an index from dataset and optimized knn_graph
+ *   auto index = cagra::index<T, IdxT>(res, build_params.metric(), dataset,
+ * optimized_graph.view());
+ * @endcode
+ *
+ * @tparam DataT data element type
+ * @tparam IdxT type of the dataset vector indices
+ * @tparam accessor host or device accessor_type for the dataset
+ * @param[in] res raft::resources is an object mangaging resources
+ * @param[in] dataset input raft::host/device_matrix_view that can be located in
+ *                in host or device memory
+ * @param[out] knn_graph a host matrix view to store the output knn graph [n_rows, graph_degree]
+ * @param[in] build_params an instance of experimental::nn_descent::index_params that are parameters
+ *                     to run the nn-descent algorithm
+ */
+template <typename DataT,
+          typename IdxT = uint32_t,
+          typename accessor =
+            host_device_accessor<std::experimental::default_accessor<DataT>, memory_type::device>>
+void build_knn_graph(raft::resources const& res,
+                     mdspan<const DataT, matrix_extent<int64_t>, row_major, accessor> dataset,
+                     raft::host_matrix_view<IdxT, int64_t, row_major> knn_graph,
+                     experimental::nn_descent::index_params build_params)
+{
+  detail::build_knn_graph<DataT, IdxT>(res, dataset, knn_graph, build_params);
+}
+
 /**
  * @brief Sort a KNN graph index.
  * Preprocessing step for `cagra::optimize`: If a KNN graph is not built using
@@ -259,7 +310,16 @@ index<T, IdxT> build(raft::resources const& res,
   std::optional<raft::host_matrix<IdxT, int64_t>> knn_graph(
     raft::make_host_matrix<IdxT, int64_t>(dataset.extent(0), intermediate_degree));
 
-  build_knn_graph(res, dataset, knn_graph->view());
+  if (params.build_algo == graph_build_algo::IVF_PQ) {
+    build_knn_graph(res, dataset, knn_graph->view());
+
+  } else {
+    // Use nn-descent to build CAGRA knn graph
+    auto nn_descent_params                      = experimental::nn_descent::index_params();
+    nn_descent_params.graph_degree              = intermediate_degree;
+    nn_descent_params.intermediate_graph_degree = 1.5 * intermediate_degree;
+    build_knn_graph<T, IdxT>(res, dataset, knn_graph->view(), nn_descent_params);
+  }
 
   auto cagra_graph = raft::make_host_matrix<IdxT, int64_t>(dataset.extent(0), graph_degree);
 

cpp/include/raft/neighbors/cagra_types.hpp

@@ -40,11 +40,24 @@ namespace raft::neighbors::cagra {
  * @{
  */
 
+/**
+ * @brief ANN algorithm used by CAGRA to build knn graph
+ *
+ */
+enum class graph_build_algo {
+  /* Use IVF-PQ to build all-neighbors knn graph */
+  IVF_PQ,
+  /* Experimental, use NN-Descent to build all-neighbors knn graph */
+  NN_DESCENT
+};
+
 struct index_params : ann::index_params {
   /** Degree of input graph for pruning. */
   size_t intermediate_graph_degree = 128;
   /** Degree of output graph. */
   size_t graph_degree = 64;
+  /** ANN algorithm to build knn graph. */
+  graph_build_algo build_algo = graph_build_algo::IVF_PQ;
 };
 
 enum class search_algo {
@@ -362,6 +375,7 @@ struct index : ann::index {
 
 // TODO: Remove deprecated experimental namespace in 23.12 release
 namespace raft::neighbors::experimental::cagra {
+using raft::neighbors::cagra::graph_build_algo;
 using raft::neighbors::cagra::hash_mode;
 using raft::neighbors::cagra::index;
 using raft::neighbors::cagra::index_params;

cpp/include/raft/neighbors/detail/cagra/cagra_build.cuh

@@ -35,6 +35,7 @@
 #include <raft/neighbors/detail/refine.cuh>
 #include <raft/neighbors/ivf_pq.cuh>
 #include <raft/neighbors/ivf_pq_types.hpp>
+#include <raft/neighbors/nn_descent.cuh>
 #include <raft/neighbors/refine.cuh>
 
 namespace raft::neighbors::cagra::detail {
@@ -240,4 +241,27 @@ void build_knn_graph(raft::resources const& res,
   if (!first) RAFT_LOG_DEBUG("# Finished building kNN graph");
 }
 
+template <typename DataT, typename IdxT, typename accessor>
+void build_knn_graph(raft::resources const& res,
+                     mdspan<const DataT, matrix_extent<int64_t>, row_major, accessor> dataset,
+                     raft::host_matrix_view<IdxT, int64_t, row_major> knn_graph,
+                     experimental::nn_descent::index_params build_params)
+{
+  auto nn_descent_idx = experimental::nn_descent::index<IdxT>(res, knn_graph);
+  experimental::nn_descent::build<DataT, IdxT>(res, build_params, dataset, nn_descent_idx);
+
+  using internal_IdxT = typename std::make_unsigned<IdxT>::type;
+  using g_accessor    = typename decltype(nn_descent_idx.graph())::accessor_type;
+  using g_accessor_internal =
+    host_device_accessor<std::experimental::default_accessor<internal_IdxT>, g_accessor::mem_type>;
+
+  auto knn_graph_internal =
+    mdspan<internal_IdxT, matrix_extent<int64_t>, row_major, g_accessor_internal>(
+      reinterpret_cast<internal_IdxT*>(nn_descent_idx.graph().data_handle()),
+      nn_descent_idx.graph().extent(0),
+      nn_descent_idx.graph().extent(1));
+
+  graph::sort_knn_graph(res, dataset, knn_graph_internal);
+}
+
 }  // namespace raft::neighbors::cagra::detail

cpp/include/raft/neighbors/detail/cagra/graph_core.cuh

@@ -244,7 +244,7 @@ void sort_knn_graph(raft::resources const& res,
   const uint32_t input_graph_degree = knn_graph.extent(1);
   IdxT* const input_graph_ptr       = knn_graph.data_handle();
 
-  auto d_input_graph = raft::make_device_matrix<IdxT, IdxT>(res, graph_size, input_graph_degree);
+  auto d_input_graph = raft::make_device_matrix<IdxT, int64_t>(res, graph_size, input_graph_degree);
 
   //
   // Sorting kNN graph