Decide: Knowledge-Based Version Incompatibility Detection in Deep Learning Stacks

TL;DR

Decide is a web-based tool that visualizes a knowledge graph from Stack Overflow discussions to help users detect version incompatibilities in deep learning stacks, improving reproducibility and compatibility checks.

Contribution

It introduces a novel knowledge graph derived from SO discussions and an interactive visualization tool for version compatibility in deep learning stacks.

Findings

Contains 2,376 version knowledge entries from SO discussions

Enables easy compatibility checks between libraries

Supports exploration of compatibility with or without specific versions

Abstract

Version incompatibility issues are prevalent when reusing or reproducing deep learning (DL) models and applications. Compared with official API documentation, which is often incomplete or out-of-date, Stack Overflow (SO) discussions possess a wealth of version knowledge that has not been explored by previous approaches. To bridge this gap, we present Decide, a web-based visualization of a knowledge graph that contains 2,376 version knowledge extracted from SO discussions. As an interactive tool, Decide allows users to easily check whether two libraries are compatible and explore compatibility knowledge of certain DL stack components with or without the version specified. A video demonstrating the usage of Decide is available at https://youtu.be/wqPxF2ZaZo0.