factor_agent.acceptance.Acceptance.validate

Acceptance.validate(selection=None)

Compare the baseline with the baseline plus a selection of the accepted factors on the validation segment.

Parameters:

selectionlist of str, optional

The accepted factors to add, named as export names them (by description or label); every accepted factor by default.

Writes ``acceptance/validation.json`` and ``acceptance/validation.md``

under the run directory for every accepted factor, and

``acceptance/validation_<digest>.json|md`` for a selection of fewer,

the digest over its members’ labels.

Raises:

KeyError

If a name names no accepted factor, or a description several.

ValueError

If there is no validation segment or no accepted factor, the selection is empty or names a factor twice.