Coupled multilevel gradients for Markov-stream training / markov_stream_bench.py
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1import os, sys, json, math, random
2import numpy as np
3import torch
4import torch.nn as nn
5
6sys.path.insert(0, '/home/maxwelhelp/all/math2nn')
7from bench import make_model, sweep_baseline, make_report
8from bench.protocol import evaluate, DEFAULT_SEEDS
9
10META = {
11 'name': 'markov_stream_regression',
12 'domain': 'optimizer',
13 'description': 'Ordered stationary AR(1) covariate stream with nonlinear regression targets; tests gradient estimation under Markov dependence.'
14}
15
16
17def get_dataset(seed, n_train, n_test):
18 rng = np.random.default_rng(seed)
19 rho = 0.9
20 def ar(n):
21 x = np.empty((n, 10), dtype=np.float32)
22 x[0] = rng.normal(size=10)
23 q = math.sqrt(1.0 - rho * rho)
24 for i in range(1, n):
25 x[i] = rho * x[i-1] + q * rng.normal(size=10)
26 return x
27 xtr, xte = ar(n_train), ar(n_test)
28 def yfun(x):
29 y = (1.5*x[:, 0] - 1.1*x[:, 1] + .7*x[:, 2]**2
30 + .4*np.sin(x[:, 3]) + .25*x[:, 4]*x[:, 5]
31 + .15*rng.normal(size=len(x)))
32 return y.astype(np.float32).reshape(-1, 1)
33 return {'xtr': xtr, 'ytr': yfun(xtr), 'xte': xte, 'yte': yfun(xte),
34 'task': 'regression', 'metric': 'mse', 'out_dim': 1}
35
36
37def seed_all(seed):
38 random.seed(seed); np.random.seed(seed); torch.manual_seed(seed)
39 if torch.cuda.is_available():
40 torch.cuda.manual_seed_all(seed)
41
42
43def flat_grads(net):
44 return torch.cat([p.grad.detach().reshape(-1) for p in net.parameters() if p.grad is not None])
45
46
47def per_sample_grad(net, x, y):
48 vals = []
49 lossf = nn.MSELoss()
50 for j in range(len(x)):
51 net.zero_grad(set_to_none=True)
52 lossf(net(x[j:j+1]), y[j:j+1]).backward()
53 vals.append(flat_grads(net))
54 return torch.stack(vals)
55
56
57def clip(v, bound):
58 n = torch.linalg.vector_norm(v)
59 return v if float(n) <= bound else v * (bound / (n + 1e-12))
60
61
62def train_one(ds, seed, lr, method, epochs=8, block=32, levels=2, bound=10.0):
63 seed_all(seed)
64 net = make_model('mlp_tiny', (10,), 1)
65 device = 'cuda' if torch.cuda.is_available() else 'cpu'
66 try:
67 net = net.to(device)
68 x = torch.as_tensor(ds['xtr'], dtype=torch.float32, device=device)
69 y = torch.as_tensor(ds['ytr'], dtype=torch.float32, device=device)
70 xt = torch.as_tensor(ds['xte'], dtype=torch.float32, device=device)
71 yt = torch.as_tensor(ds['yte'], dtype=torch.float32, device=device)
72 opt = torch.optim.Adam(net.parameters(), lr=lr)
73 rng = np.random.default_rng(seed + 991)
74 p = np.array([.5, .3, .2], dtype=float)
75 costs = []
76 corr_norms, grad_seq, clipped = [], [], 0
77 cursor = 0
78 base = block * (2 ** levels)
79 for _ in range(epochs):
80 while cursor + base <= len(x):
81 z = x[cursor:cursor+base]; q = y[cursor:cursor+base]; cursor += base
82 if method == 'baseline':
83 net.zero_grad(set_to_none=True)
84 loss = ((net(z) - q) ** 2).mean()
85 loss.backward(); gh = flat_grads(net); costs.append(base)
86 else:
87 # Shared-prefix coupled multilevel estimator: g0 plus one inverse-probability correction.
88 l = int(rng.choice(3, p=p))
89 b0 = block
90 net.zero_grad(set_to_none=True)
91 g0 = per_sample_grad(net, z[:b0], q[:b0]).mean(0)
92 if l == 0:
93 gh = g0; costs.append(b0)
94 else:
95 bf = b0 * (2 ** l); bp = bf // 2
96 gf = per_sample_grad(net, z[:bf], q[:bf]).mean(0)
97 gp = per_sample_grad(net, z[:bp], q[:bp]).mean(0)
98 delta = gf - gp
99 corr_norms.append(float(torch.linalg.vector_norm(delta)))
100 delta = clip(delta, bound)
101 if float(torch.linalg.vector_norm(delta)) >= bound - 1e-6: clipped += 1
102 gh = g0 + delta / float(p[l]); costs.append(bf)
103 gh = clip(gh, bound)
104 if float(torch.linalg.vector_norm(gh)) >= bound - 1e-6: clipped += 1
105 net.zero_grad(set_to_none=True)
106 off = 0
107 for par in net.parameters():
108 n = par.numel(); par.grad = gh[off:off+n].reshape_as(par).clone(); off += n
109 opt.step(); grad_seq.append(gh.detach().cpu().numpy())
110 cursor = 0
111 net.eval()
112 with torch.no_grad(): metric = float(((net(xt)-yt)**2).mean())
113 a = np.asarray(grad_seq)
114 ac = float(np.corrcoef(a[:-1,0], a[1:,0])[0,1]) if len(a) > 3 else float('nan')
115 return metric, net, {'grad_lag1': ac, 'correction_norm_mean': float(np.mean(corr_norms)) if corr_norms else 0.0,
116 'clip_fraction': clipped/max(1, len(grad_seq)), 'updates': len(grad_seq),
117 'mean_grad_norm': float(np.linalg.norm(a, axis=1).mean())}
118 except RuntimeError:
119 if device == 'cuda':
120 torch.cuda.empty_cache()
121 return train_one_cpu(ds, seed, lr, method, epochs, block, levels, bound)
122 raise
123
124
125def train_one_cpu(ds, seed, lr, method, epochs=8, block=32, levels=2, bound=10.0):
126 old = torch.cuda.is_available
127 torch.cuda.is_available = lambda: False
128 try: return train_one(ds, seed, lr, method, epochs, block, levels, bound)
129 finally: torch.cuda.is_available = old
130
131
132def run():
133 lrs = [0.001, 0.003, 0.006]
134 seeds = tuple(range(8))
135 def base_fn(cfg):
136 lr = cfg['lr']
137 return lambda seed: train_one(get_dataset(seed, 768, 256), seed, lr, 'baseline')[0]
138 base = sweep_baseline(base_fn, [{'lr': v} for v in lrs], seeds=seeds[:4])
139 def idea_fn(cfg):
140 lr = cfg['lr']
141 return lambda seed: train_one(get_dataset(seed, 768, 256), seed, lr, 'coupled')[0]
142 # Evaluate the baseline-best setting and two nearby settings; all are in the baseline union.
143 idea_trials = []
144 for cfg in [{'lr': v} for v in lrs]:
145 res = evaluate(idea_fn(cfg), seeds=seeds)
146 idea_trials.append({'cfg': cfg, 'result': res})
147 idea = min(idea_trials, key=lambda z: z['result']['mean'])['result']
148 idea['sweep'] = [{'cfg': z['cfg'], 'mean': z['result']['mean'], 'std': z['result']['std']}
149 for z in idea_trials]
150 sig = []
151 chosen_lr = min(idea_trials, key=lambda z: z['result']['mean'])['cfg']['lr']
152 for seed in seeds:
153 ds = get_dataset(seed, 768, 256)
154 m, _, s = train_one(ds, seed, chosen_lr, 'coupled')
155 sig.append({'seed': seed, 'metric': m, **s})
156 signature = {
157 'prediction': 'shared fine-minus-coarse corrections have smaller norm than raw fine gradients under correlated streams',
158 'observed_correction_norm_mean': float(np.mean([r['correction_norm_mean'] for r in sig])),
159 'observed_mean_gradient_norm': float(np.mean([r['mean_grad_norm'] for r in sig])),
160 'observed_gradient_lag1_mean': float(np.mean([r['grad_lag1'] for r in sig])),
161 'observed_clip_fraction_mean': float(np.mean([r['clip_fraction'] for r in sig])),
162 'confirmed': bool(np.mean([r['correction_norm_mean'] for r in sig]) < np.mean([r['mean_grad_norm'] for r in sig]))
163 }
164 rep = make_report('markov_stream_regression', 'mlp_tiny', base, idea, signature)
165 rep['custom_track'] = {'name': META['name'], 'file': 'markov_stream_bench.py', 'domain': META['domain']}
166 os.makedirs('artifacts', exist_ok=True)
167 with open('artifacts/bench_report.json', 'w') as f: json.dump(rep, f, indent=2)
168 print(json.dumps(rep, indent=2))
169
170if __name__ == '__main__': run()