engine-proto/gram-test/Engine.jl

@@ -6,7 +6,9 @@ using SparseArrays
 using Random
 using Optim
 
-export rand_on_shell, Q, DescentHistory, realize_gram
+export
+  rand_on_shell, Q, DescentHistory,
+  realize_gram_gradient, realize_gram_newton, realize_gram_optim, realize_gram
 
 # === guessing ===
 
@@ -82,7 +84,7 @@ struct DescentHistory{T}
   hess::Array{Hermitian{T, Matrix{T}}}
   slope::Array{T}
   stepsize::Array{T}
-  used_grad::Array{Bool}
+  positive::Array{Bool}
   backoff_steps::Array{Int64}
   last_line_L::Array{Matrix{T}}
   last_line_loss::Array{T}
@@ -94,12 +96,12 @@ struct DescentHistory{T}
     base_step = Array{Matrix{T}}(undef, 0),
     slope = Array{T}(undef, 0),
     stepsize = Array{T}(undef, 0),
-    used_grad = Bool[],
+    positive = Bool[],
     backoff_steps = Int64[],
     last_line_L = Array{Matrix{T}}(undef, 0),
     last_line_loss = Array{T}(undef, 0)
   ) where T
-    new(scaled_loss, neg_grad, hess, base_step, slope, stepsize, used_grad, backoff_steps, last_line_L, last_line_loss)
+    new(scaled_loss, neg_grad, hess, base_step, slope, stepsize, positive, backoff_steps, last_line_L, last_line_loss)
   end
 end
 
@@ -305,7 +307,7 @@ end
 function realize_gram(
   gram::SparseMatrixCSC{T, <:Any},
   guess::Matrix{T};
-  scaled_tol = 1e-30,
+  scaled_tol = 1e-16,
   min_efficiency = 0.5,
   init_rate = 1.0,
   backoff = 0.9,
@@ -358,54 +360,14 @@ function realize_gram(
     hess = Hermitian(hess)
     push!(history.hess, hess)
     
-    # choose a base step: the Newton step if the Hessian is non-singular, and
-    # the gradient descent direction otherwise
-    #=
-    sing = false
-    base_step = try
-      reshape(hess \ reshape(neg_grad, total_dim), dims)
-    catch ex
-      if isa(ex, SingularException)
-        sing = true
-        normalize(neg_grad)
-      else
-        throw(ex)
-      end
-    end
-    =#
-    #=
-    if !sing
-      rate = one(T)
-    end
-    =#
-    #=
-    if cond(Float64.(hess)) < 1e5
-      sing = false
-      base_step = reshape(hess \ reshape(neg_grad, total_dim), dims)
-    else
-      sing = true
-      base_step = normalize(neg_grad)
-    end
-    =#
-    #=
-    if cond(Float64.(hess)) > 1e3
-      sing = true
-      hess += big"1e-5"*I
-    else
-      sing = false
-    end
-    base_step = reshape(hess \ reshape(neg_grad, total_dim), dims)
-    =#
+    # regularize the Hessian
     min_eigval = minimum(eigvals(hess))
-    if min_eigval < 0
+    push!(history.positive, min_eigval > 0)
+    if min_eigval <= 0
       hess -= reg_scale * min_eigval * I
     end
-    push!(history.used_grad, false)
     base_step = reshape(hess \ reshape(neg_grad, total_dim), dims)
     push!(history.base_step, base_step)
-    #=
-    push!(history.used_grad, sing)
-    =#
     
     # store the current position, loss, and slope
     L_last = L
@@ -420,50 +382,32 @@ function realize_gram(
     empty!(history.last_line_L)
     empty!(history.last_line_loss)
     rate = one(T)
+    step_success = false
     for backoff_steps in 0:max_backoff_steps
       history.stepsize[end] = rate
-      
-      # try Newton step, but not on the first step. doing at least one step of
-      # gradient descent seems to help prevent getting stuck, for some reason?
-      if step > 0
-        L = L_last + rate * base_step
-        Δ_proj = proj_diff(gram, L'*Q*L)
-        loss = dot(Δ_proj, Δ_proj)
-        improvement = loss_last - loss
-        push!(history.last_line_L, L)
-        push!(history.last_line_loss, loss / scale_adjustment)
-        if improvement >= min_efficiency * rate * dot(neg_grad, base_step)
-          history.backoff_steps[end] = backoff_steps
-          break
-        end
-      end
-      
-      # try gradient descent step
-      slope = norm(neg_grad)
-      dir = neg_grad / slope
-      L = L_last + rate * grad_rate * dir
+      L = L_last + rate * base_step
       Δ_proj = proj_diff(gram, L'*Q*L)
       loss = dot(Δ_proj, Δ_proj)
       improvement = loss_last - loss
-      if improvement >= min_efficiency * rate * grad_rate * slope
-        grad_rate *= rate
-        history.used_grad[end] = true
+      push!(history.last_line_L, L)
+      push!(history.last_line_loss, loss / scale_adjustment)
+      if improvement >= min_efficiency * rate * dot(neg_grad, base_step)
         history.backoff_steps[end] = backoff_steps
+        step_success = true
         break
       end
-      
       rate *= backoff
     end
     
-    # [DEBUG] if we've hit a wall, quit
-    if history.backoff_steps[end] == max_backoff_steps
-      return L_last, history
+    # if we've hit a wall, quit
+    if !step_success
+      return L_last, false, history
     end
   end
   
   # return the factorization and its history
   push!(history.scaled_loss, loss / scale_adjustment)
-  L, history
+  L, true, history
 end
 
 end

engine-proto/gram-test/circles-in-triangle.jl

@@ -86,7 +86,7 @@ L, history = Engine.realize_gram_gradient(gram, guess, scaled_tol = 0.01)
 L_pol, history_pol = Engine.realize_gram_newton(gram, L, rate = 0.3, scaled_tol = 1e-9)
 L_pol2, history_pol2 = Engine.realize_gram_newton(gram, L_pol)
 =#
-L, history = Engine.realize_gram(Float64.(gram), Float64.(guess))
+L, success, history = Engine.realize_gram(Float64.(gram), Float64.(guess))
 completed_gram = L'*Engine.Q*L
 println("Completed Gram matrix:\n")
 display(completed_gram)
@@ -99,5 +99,10 @@ println(
 )
 println("Loss: ", history_pol2.scaled_loss[end], "\n")
 =#
-println("\nSteps: ", size(history.scaled_loss, 1))
+if success
+  println("\nTarget accuracy achieved!")
+else
+  println("\nFailed to reach target accuracy")
+end
+println("Steps: ", size(history.scaled_loss, 1))
 println("Loss: ", history.scaled_loss[end], "\n")

engine-proto/gram-test/overlapping-pyramids.jl

@@ -52,7 +52,7 @@ guess = hcat(
 L, history = Engine.realize_gram_gradient(gram, guess, scaled_tol = 0.01)
 L_pol, history_pol = Engine.realize_gram_newton(gram, L)
 =#
-L, history = Engine.realize_gram(Float64.(gram), Float64.(guess))
+L, success, history = Engine.realize_gram(Float64.(gram), Float64.(guess))
 completed_gram = L'*Engine.Q*L
 println("Completed Gram matrix:\n")
 display(completed_gram)
@@ -60,7 +60,12 @@ display(completed_gram)
 println("\nSteps: ", size(history.scaled_loss, 1), " + ", size(history_pol.scaled_loss, 1))
 println("Loss: ", history_pol.scaled_loss[end], "\n")
 =#
-println("\nSteps: ", size(history.scaled_loss, 1))
+if success
+  println("\nTarget accuracy achieved!")
+else
+  println("\nFailed to reach target accuracy")
+end
+println("Steps: ", size(history.scaled_loss, 1))
 println("Loss: ", history.scaled_loss[end], "\n")
 
 # === algebraic check ===

engine-proto/gram-test/sphere-in-tetrahedron.jl

@@ -37,9 +37,14 @@ guess = sqrt(1/BigFloat(3)) * BigFloat[
 #=
 L, history = Engine.realize_gram_newton(gram, guess)
 =#
-L, history = Engine.realize_gram(gram, guess, max_descent_steps = 50)
+L, success, history = Engine.realize_gram(gram, guess)
 completed_gram = L'*Engine.Q*L
 println("Completed Gram matrix:\n")
 display(completed_gram)
-println("\nSteps: ", size(history.scaled_loss, 1))
+if success
+  println("\nTarget accuracy achieved!")
+else
+  println("\nFailed to reach target accuracy")
+end
+println("Steps: ", size(history.scaled_loss, 1))
 println("Loss: ", history.scaled_loss[end], "\n")