Hi,

yes, this is being actively used.

We do not need this particular configuration (it has the serious flaw that
it is not thread-safe), but we need something that:
- allows to specify weights on a per-sentence basis
- allows to turn off features completely on a per sentence basis (e.g.,
unused domain-specific language models)
- caches translation options correctly (same weight/feature setting ->
re-use cached options).

The alternative weight setting is currently doing that, so whatever you
want to replace it with, should have at least these features. Being
thread-safe would be desirable as well.

-phi

On Wed, May 13, 2015 at 3:12 AM, Leusch, Gregor <[email protected]> wrote:

>  So, to clarify:
>  * If tracking “weights per translation task” is per xmlrpc request, and
> different concurrent requests can have different weights, then yes, please,
> go ahead!
>  * We are currently not using AWS because it only works in single-threaded
> mode.
>
>  — Gregor
>
>
>   From: <Leusch>, "Leusch, Gregor" <[email protected]>
> Date: Wednesday 13 May 2015 10:01
> To: "[email protected]" <[email protected]>, "
> [email protected]" <[email protected]>
> Subject: Re: [Moses-support] Is anyone still using the alternate weights
> feature in Moses?
>
>   Hi Uli,
>
>  We would love to use it (or a similar mechanism to set sentence-specific
> weights), but since it cannot be used in multithreaded moses (and thus in
> mosesserver), we currently have to start individual mosesserver instances
> for each individual weigths setting, and switch on dispatcher level. So a
> mechanism like AWS that also works in mosesserver would be highly
> appreciated.
>
>  Best,
>
>  Gregor
>
>
>   From: Ulrich Germann <[email protected]>
> Reply-To: "[email protected]" <[email protected]>
> Date: Tuesday 12 May 2015 22:04
> To: "[email protected]" <[email protected]>
> Subject: [Moses-support] Is anyone still using the alternate weights
> feature in Moses?
>
>    Hi all,
>
>  I'd like to retire the alternate weight settings mechanism in Moses in
> exchange for keeping track of weights per translation task. Is anyone still
> using that mechanism, or is that a thing of the past?
>
>  - Uli
>
>  --
>  Ulrich Germann
> Senior Researcher
> School of Informatics
> University of Edinburgh
>
>
>
>
>
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