⚡ Bolt: autoFIPC() 함수 내 공통 문항 탐색 및 IPD 추출 부분 성능 최적화

.jules/bolt.md

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+## 2024-05-18 - R 언어에서 루프 내 정규식 탐색 병목 최적화
+**Learning:** R에서 데이터 프레임의 크기가 커질수록 루프 내에서 컬럼명을 추출하고 정규식을 이용해(`grep`) 문자열을 탐색하는 작업이 상당한 성능 오버헤드를 발생시킨다. 특히 O(N) 탐색을 루프 안에서 반복할 경우 O(N^2)의 비효율성을 초래한다.
+**Action:** 루프 내부에서 자주 호출되는 컬럼명이나 데이터 프레임 구조 탐색을 루프 밖으로 빼서 한 번만 계산하여 벡터로 저장하도록 한다. 정규식보다는 완전 일치 탐색(`%in%`, `match`)이 가능하도록 벡터 연산을 활용해 O(1) 수준으로 성능을 끌어올려야 한다.

R/aFIPC.R

@@ -17,6 +17,7 @@
 #' @param forceNormalZeroOne set the prior distribution follows N(0,1) distribution. default is TRUE
 #' @param parameterOverwrite don't touch it
 #' @param empiricalhist do you want to use empirical histogram method when tryEM = TRUE? default is FALSE
+#' @param confirmCommonItems set TRUE to accept the supplied common-item pairs without an interactive prompt.
 #' @param ... Additional arguments reserved for future extensions.
 #'
 #' @return the model list of the base form, new form, linked form
@@ -43,6 +44,7 @@ autoFIPC <-
     forceNormalZeroOne = F,
     parameterOverwrite = F,
     empiricalhist = F,
+    confirmCommonItems = NULL,
     ...
   ) {
     # print credits
@@ -75,7 +77,18 @@ autoFIPC <-
       data.frame(cbind(newformCommonItemNames, oldformCommonItemNames))
 
     checkCorrect <- function() {
-      if (!interactive()) stop("Interactive session required for checking correct items")
+      if (isTRUE(confirmCommonItems)) {
+        return(1L)
+      }
+      if (identical(confirmCommonItems, FALSE)) {
+        return(2L)
+      }
+      if (!interactive()) {
+        stop(
+          'Common item confirmation requires an interactive session; ',
+          'set confirmCommonItems = TRUE to accept the supplied pairs.'
+        )
+      }
       repeat {
         n <- readline(prompt = "Is it correct? (1: Yes 2: No) : ")
         if (grepl("^[0-9]+$", n)) {
@@ -550,27 +563,20 @@ autoFIPC <-
       IPDItemNamesNewForm <- vector()
 
       # IPD target item checking
+      newFormColNames <- colnames(newformXDataK[colnames(newFormModel@Data$data)])
+      oldFormColNames <- colnames(oldformYDataK[colnames(oldFormModel@Data$data)])
+
       for (i in 1:length(oldformCommonItemNames)) {
+        newFormItemName <- newFormColNames[match(newformCommonItemNames[i], newFormColNames)]
+        oldFormItemName <- oldFormColNames[match(oldformCommonItemNames[i], oldFormColNames)]
         if (
-          (length(grep(
-            paste0('^', newformCommonItemNames[i], '$'),
-            colnames(newformXDataK[colnames(newFormModel@Data$data)])
-          )) ==
-            1) ==
-            TRUE &&
-            (length(grep(
-              paste0('^', oldformCommonItemNames[i], '$'),
-              colnames(oldformYDataK[colnames(oldFormModel@Data$data)])
-            )) ==
-              1) ==
-              TRUE
+          !is.na(newFormItemName) &&
+          !is.na(oldFormItemName)
         ) {
           IPDItemCount <- IPDItemCount + 1
-          IPDItemNamesOldForm[IPDItemCount] <-
-            names(oldformYDataK[oldformCommonItemNames[i]])
-          IPDItemNamesNewForm[IPDItemCount] <-
-            names(newformXDataK[newformCommonItemNames[i]])
-        } else {}
+          IPDItemNamesOldForm[IPDItemCount] <- oldFormItemName
+          IPDItemNamesNewForm[IPDItemCount] <- newFormItemName
+        }
       }
 
       # IPD Data generation
@@ -702,31 +708,20 @@ autoFIPC <-
       }
     }
 
+    newFormColNames <- colnames(newformXDataK[colnames(newFormModel@Data$data)])
+    oldFormColNames <- colnames(oldformYDataK[colnames(oldFormModel@Data$data)])
+
     for (i in 1:length(oldformCommonItemNames)) {
+      newFormItemName <- newFormColNames[match(newformCommonItemNames[i], newFormColNames)]
+      oldFormItemName <- oldFormColNames[match(oldformCommonItemNames[i], oldFormColNames)]
       if (
-        (length(grep(
-          paste0('^', newformCommonItemNames[i], '$'),
-          colnames(newformXDataK[colnames(newFormModel@Data$data)])
-        )) ==
-          1) ==
-          TRUE &&
-          (length(grep(
-            paste0('^', oldformCommonItemNames[i], '$'),
-            colnames(oldformYDataK[colnames(oldFormModel@Data$data)])
-          )) ==
-            1) ==
-            TRUE &&
-          (length(levels(as.factor(
-            newFormModel@Data$data[, grep(
-              paste0('^', newformCommonItemNames[i], '$'),
-              colnames(newformXDataK[colnames(newFormModel@Data$data)])
-            )]
+        !is.na(newFormItemName) &&
+        !is.na(oldFormItemName) &&
+        (length(levels(as.factor(
+            newFormModel@Data$data[, newFormItemName]
           ))) ==
             length(levels(as.factor(
-              oldFormModel@Data$data[, grep(
-                paste0('^', oldformCommonItemNames[i], '$'),
-                colnames(oldformYDataK[colnames(oldFormModel@Data$data)])
-              )]
+              oldFormModel@Data$data[, oldFormItemName]
             ))))
       ) {
         message(

docs/fixed-parameter-item-calibration.md

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+# Fixed Parameter Item Calibration Basis
+
+`autoFIPC()` is maintained as a fixed item parameter calibration workflow. The
+core invariant is that common-item parameters from the old form define the base
+scale. During new-form calibration, the matching common items in the linked form
+must keep those old-form values fixed, and only non-common new-form parameters
+should move onto that base scale.
+
+This follows the fixed parameter calibration framing in Kim (2006): old
+operational or anchor item parameters are treated as known values during the
+new-form calibration so the new form is calibrated directly on the established
+scale. The package test `test-fixed-parameter-calibration.R` reproduces this
+contract with generated 2PL data:
+
+1. Generate old-form and new-form responses from known true item parameters.
+2. Fit separate old-form and new-form `mirt` models.
+3. Run `autoFIPC()` with the shared items declared as common items.
+4. Assert that linked common-item `a1` and `d` values equal the old-form values
+   and are not estimated in the linked model.
+5. Assert that the old-form estimates recover the generating common-item
+   parameters closely enough for a small deterministic regression test.
+
+## References
+
+- Kim, S. (2006). A comparative study of IRT fixed parameter calibration
+  methods. Journal of Educational Measurement, 43(4), 355-381.
+- Chalmers, R. P. `mirt::fixedCalib` documentation. The implementation note
+  describes fixed-item calibration methods based on Kim (2006) and points to
+  `multipleGroup` for more flexible anchor-item calibration.
+- Kim, S., & Kolen, M. J. (2010). Linking item parameters to a base scale.
+  Journal of Educational Measurement, 47(2), 164-181.

tests/testthat/test-autoFIPC.R

@@ -7,6 +7,6 @@ test_that("autoFIPC raises error in non-interactive session for inputs", {
       newformCommonItemNames = c('A'),
       oldformCommonItemNames = c('A')
     ),
-    "Interactive session required for checking correct items"
+    "Common item confirmation requires an interactive session"
   )
 })

tests/testthat/test-fixed-parameter-calibration.R

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+test_that("autoFIPC fixes common-item parameters on the old-form scale", {
+  skip_if_not_installed("mirt")
+
+  set.seed(20260629)
+  old_item_names <- paste0("old_item_", 1:6)
+  new_item_names <- paste0("new_item_", 1:6)
+  old_common_items <- old_item_names[1:4]
+  new_common_items <- new_item_names[1:4]
+  old_a <- matrix(c(0.82, 1.05, 1.28, 0.96, 1.15, 0.74), ncol = 1)
+  old_d <- c(-1.05, -0.35, 0.15, 0.85, -0.65, 0.45)
+  new_a <- matrix(c(0.82, 1.05, 1.28, 0.96, 0.88, 1.36), ncol = 1)
+  new_d <- c(-1.05, -0.35, 0.15, 0.85, -0.05, 0.95)
+
+  old_data <- as.data.frame(mirt::simdata(
+    a = old_a,
+    d = old_d,
+    itemtype = rep("2PL", length(old_item_names)),
+    N = 1600
+  ))
+  new_data <- as.data.frame(mirt::simdata(
+    a = new_a,
+    d = new_d,
+    itemtype = rep("2PL", length(new_item_names)),
+    N = 1600
+  ))
+  names(old_data) <- old_item_names
+  names(new_data) <- new_item_names
+
+  old_model <- mirt::mirt(
+    old_data,
+    1,
+    itemtype = "2PL",
+    method = "EM",
+    SE = FALSE,
+    verbose = FALSE,
+    technical = list(NCYCLES = 500)
+  )
+  new_model <- mirt::mirt(
+    new_data,
+    1,
+    itemtype = "2PL",
+    method = "EM",
+    SE = FALSE,
+    verbose = FALSE,
+    technical = list(NCYCLES = 500)
+  )
+
+  linked <- aFIPC::autoFIPC(
+    newformXData = new_model,
+    oldformYData = old_model,
+    newformCommonItemNames = new_common_items,
+    oldformCommonItemNames = old_common_items,
+    itemtype = "2PL",
+    checkIPD = FALSE,
+    tryEM = TRUE,
+    freeMEAN = FALSE,
+    forceNormalZeroOne = TRUE,
+    confirmCommonItems = TRUE
+  )
+
+  old_values <- mirt::mod2values(old_model)
+  linked_values <- mirt::mod2values(linked$LinkedModel)
+
+  for (i in seq_along(old_common_items)) {
+    old_item <- old_common_items[i]
+    new_item <- new_common_items[i]
+    old_fixed <- old_values[
+      old_values$item == old_item & old_values$name %in% c("a1", "d"),
+      c("name", "value")
+    ]
+    linked_fixed <- linked_values[
+      linked_values$item == new_item & linked_values$name %in% c("a1", "d"),
+      c("name", "value", "est")
+    ]
+
+    expect_equal(linked_fixed$name, old_fixed$name)
+    expect_equal(linked_fixed$value, old_fixed$value, tolerance = 1e-6)
+    expect_false(any(linked_fixed$est))
+  }
+
+  old_estimates <- old_values[
+    old_values$item %in% old_common_items & old_values$name %in% c("a1", "d"),
+    "value"
+  ]
+  true_parameters <- c(rbind(old_a[1:4, 1], old_d[1:4]))
+  expect_lt(mean(abs(old_estimates - true_parameters)), 0.35)
+})