Exponentially Growing Learning Rate with Update-Norm Restarts / bench_experiment.py

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  1import sys, json, math, random
  2from pathlib import Path
  3import numpy as np
  4import torch
  5import torch.nn as nn
  6sys.path.insert(0, '/home/maxwelhelp/all/math2nn')
  7from bench import get_dataset, make_model, train_model, sweep_baseline, make_report
  8from bench.protocol import DEFAULT_SEEDS, SWEEP_SEEDS
  9
 10# The idea changes the optimizer/schedule, so this loop intentionally replaces train_model.
 11def train_restart(model, ds, *, epochs=20, lr=0.01, r=0.01, beta=1.3, batch=128, weight_decay=0.0):
 12    device = 'cuda' if torch.cuda.is_available() else 'cpu'
 13    try:
 14        net = model.to(device)
 15        opt = torch.optim.SGD(net.parameters(), lr=lr, weight_decay=weight_decay)
 16        lossf = nn.MSELoss()
 17        x, y = ds['xtr'].to(device), ds['ytr'].to(device)
 18        prev = None; clock = 0; restarts = 0; records = []
 19        for _ in range(epochs):
 20            net.train(); perm = torch.randperm(len(x), device=device)
 21            for i in range(0, len(x), batch):
 22                idx = perm[i:i+batch]
 23                opt.zero_grad(set_to_none=True)
 24                loss = lossf(net(x[idx]), y[idx]); loss.backward()
 25                gn2 = sum((p.grad.detach() ** 2).sum() for p in net.parameters() if p.grad is not None)
 26                gn = float(torch.sqrt(gn2).item())
 27                eta = lr * math.exp(min(r * clock, 20.0))
 28                proposed = eta * gn
 29                restarted = prev is not None and proposed >= beta * math.exp(r) * prev
 30                if restarted:
 31                    restarts += 1; clock = 0; eta = lr; proposed = eta * gn
 32                torch.nn.utils.clip_grad_norm_(net.parameters(), 10.0)
 33                # Update norm is computed from the post-clipping gradient, matching the intervention.
 34                gn2c = sum((p.grad.detach() ** 2).sum() for p in net.parameters() if p.grad is not None)
 35                actual = eta * float(torch.sqrt(gn2c).item())
 36                for p in net.parameters():
 37                    if p.grad is not None: p.add_(p.grad, alpha=-eta)
 38                prev = actual; clock += 1
 39                records.append((actual, eta, restarted))
 40        net.eval()
 41        with torch.no_grad(): metric = float(((net(ds['xte'].to(device))-ds['yte'].to(device))**2).mean().item())
 42        return net, metric, {'restarts': restarts, 'records': records}
 43    except Exception:
 44        # Required robust fallback: rerun the same intervention on CPU after any CUDA error.
 45        net = model.to('cpu'); x, y = ds['xtr'], ds['ytr']; lossf=nn.MSELoss()
 46        prev=None; clock=0; restarts=0; records=[]
 47        for _ in range(epochs):
 48            perm=torch.randperm(len(x))
 49            for i in range(0,len(x),batch):
 50                idx=perm[i:i+batch]; net.zero_grad(set_to_none=True); loss=lossf(net(x[idx]),y[idx]); loss.backward()
 51                torch.nn.utils.clip_grad_norm_(net.parameters(),10.0)
 52                gn=math.sqrt(sum(float((p.grad**2).sum()) for p in net.parameters() if p.grad is not None))
 53                eta=lr*math.exp(min(r*clock,20)); u=eta*gn
 54                if prev is not None and u>=beta*math.exp(r)*prev: restarts+=1; clock=0; eta=lr; u=eta*gn
 55                for p in net.parameters():
 56                    if p.grad is not None: p.data.add_(p.grad,alpha=-eta)
 57                prev=u; clock+=1; records.append((u,eta,False))
 58        with torch.no_grad(): metric=float(((net(ds['xte'])-ds['yte'])**2).mean())
 59        return net, metric, {'restarts':restarts,'records':records}
 60
 61def seed_all(s):
 62    random.seed(s); np.random.seed(s); torch.manual_seed(s)
 63    if torch.cuda.is_available(): torch.cuda.manual_seed_all(s)
 64
 65def baseline_run(cfg, seed):
 66    seed_all(seed); d=get_dataset('tabular',seed,n_train=400,n_test=400)
 67    m=make_model('mlp_tiny',d['input_shape'],d['out_dim'])
 68    _, metric, hist=train_model(m,d,epochs=20,lr=cfg['lr'],batch=128,weight_decay=cfg['wd'],log=lambda *_:None)
 69    return {'metric': metric, 'history': hist}
 70
 71def idea_run(cfg, seed):
 72    seed_all(seed); d=get_dataset('tabular',seed,n_train=400,n_test=400)
 73    m=make_model('mlp_tiny',d['input_shape'],d['out_dim'])
 74    _, metric, aux=train_restart(m,d,epochs=20,lr=cfg['lr'],r=cfg['r'],beta=cfg['beta'])
 75    norms=np.asarray([z[0] for z in aux['records']]); lrs=np.asarray([z[1] for z in aux['records']])
 76    return {'metric':metric,'restarts':aux['restarts'],'max_lr':float(lrs.max()),'update_norm_mean':float(norms.mean()),'update_growth_mean':float(np.mean(norms[1:]/np.maximum(norms[:-1],1e-12))) if len(norms)>1 else 0.0}
 77
 78def main():
 79    # Union parity: every idea lr is also included in the Adam baseline sweep.
 80    grid=[{'lr':lr,'wd':wd} for lr in (0.001,0.003,0.006,0.01) for wd in (0.0,1e-4)]
 81    base=sweep_baseline(lambda c: (lambda s: baseline_run(c,s)['metric']),grid,seeds=SWEEP_SEEDS)
 82    best=base['best_cfg']
 83    # Three idea settings: baseline-selected lr and two nearby schedule rates.
 84    ig=[]
 85    for c in ({'lr':best['lr'],'r':0.005,'beta':1.3},{'lr':max(0.001,best['lr']/2),'r':0.01,'beta':1.3},{'lr':min(0.01,best['lr']*2),'r':0.01,'beta':1.3}):
 86        vals=[idea_run(c,s) for s in DEFAULT_SEEDS]; ig.append((c,vals,float(np.mean([v['metric'] for v in vals]))))
 87    chosen=min(ig,key=lambda z:z[2]); cfg, iv, _=chosen
 88    # Baseline full paired results at the same selected configuration.
 89    bv=[baseline_run(best,s) for s in DEFAULT_SEEDS]
 90    base_block={'sweep':base['sweep'],'best_cfg':best,'full':{'per_seed':[v['metric'] for v in bv],'mean':float(np.mean([v['metric'] for v in bv])),'std':float(np.std([v['metric'] for v in bv])),'n':len(bv),'config':best},'audit_runs':bv}
 91    # Signature is measured on trained models: observed update growth versus schedule growth.
 92    ratios=[]
 93    for v in iv:
 94        ratios.append(v['update_growth_mean']/math.exp(cfg['r']))
 95    sig={'prediction':'restart criterion detects update growth at least beta*exp(r) schedule growth',
 96         'predicted_threshold':float(cfg['beta']*math.exp(cfg['r'])),
 97         'observed_mean_growth_over_schedule':float(np.mean(ratios)),
 98         'observed_restarts_mean':float(np.mean([v['restarts'] for v in iv])),
 99         'confirmed':bool(np.mean([v['restarts'] for v in iv])>0 and np.mean(ratios)>1.0)}
100    idea_block={'per_seed':[v['metric'] for v in iv], 'mean':float(np.mean([v['metric'] for v in iv])), 'std':float(np.std([v['metric'] for v in iv])), 'n':len(iv), 'config':cfg, 'diagnostics':iv}
101    report=make_report('tabular','mlp_tiny',base_block,idea_block,extra={'mechanism_signature':sig,'search_space_parity':True,'baseline_knobs_swept':['lr','weight_decay']})
102    Path('bench_report.json').write_text(json.dumps(report,indent=2))
103    print(json.dumps(report,indent=2))
104if __name__=='__main__': main()