# Fix for KeyError: 'success' in Risk Discovery Comparison ## Problems Fixed ### Issue 1: NMF Parameter Error ✅ **Error:** `TypeError: NMF.__init__() got an unexpected keyword argument 'alpha'` **Fixed in:** `risk_discovery_alternatives.py` ### Issue 2: KeyError 'method' ✅ **Error:** `KeyError: 'method'` when comparing methods **Fixed in:** `risk_discovery.py` - Added consistent return format ### Issue 3: KeyError 'success' ✅ **Error:** `KeyError: 'success'` in generate_comparison_report **Fixed in:** `compare_risk_discovery.py` - Updated to handle direct results format ## Root Cause Analysis The comparison pipeline had evolved to use a unified `compare_risk_discovery_methods()` function that returns: ```python { 'summary': {...}, 'detailed_results': { 'kmeans': {'method': '...', 'n_clusters': 7, ...}, 'lda': {'method': '...', 'n_topics': 7, ...}, ... } } ``` But `generate_comparison_report()` was still expecting the OLD format from `compare_single_method()`: ```python { 'kmeans': { 'success': True, 'results': {'method': '...', ...}, 'execution_time': 42.5 } } ``` ## Solution Updated `generate_comparison_report()` to work directly with method results without the wrapper: **Before:** ```python for method_name, result in all_results.items(): if result['success']: # ❌ KeyError! res = result['results'] # ❌ KeyError! n_patterns = res.get('n_clusters') ``` **After:** ```python for method_name, result in all_results.items(): n_patterns = result.get('n_clusters') or result.get('n_topics') # ✅ Direct access quality_metrics = result.get('quality_metrics', {}) # ✅ Direct access ``` ## Changes Made ### File: `compare_risk_discovery.py` 1. **Summary Table Generation** (lines ~245-260) - Removed `result['success']` check - Access results directly without `result['results']` wrapper - Removed execution time column (not tracked in unified comparison) 2. **Detailed Analysis** (lines ~270-330) - Removed `if not result['success']` error handling - Changed all `res.get(...)` to `result.get(...)` - Fixed pattern display for all three formats - Removed duplicate code sections ## Testing