# Copyright 2015 The TensorFlow Authors. All Rights Reserved. # # Licensed under the Apache License, Version 2.0 (the "License"); # you may not use this file except in compliance with the License. # You may obtain a copy of the License at # # http://www.apache.org/licenses/LICENSE-2.0 # # Unless required by applicable law or agreed to in writing, software # distributed under the License is distributed on an "AS IS" BASIS, # WITHOUT WARRANTIES OR CONDITIONS OF ANY KIND, either express or implied. # See the License for the specific language governing permissions and # limitations under the License. # ============================================================================== """Various learning rate decay functions.""" from __future__ import absolute_import from __future__ import division from __future__ import print_function from tensorflow.python.eager import context from tensorflow.python.training import learning_rate_decay_v2 from tensorflow.python.util.tf_export import tf_export @tf_export(v1=["train.exponential_decay"]) def exponential_decay(learning_rate, global_step, decay_steps, decay_rate, staircase=False, name=None): """Applies exponential decay to the learning rate. When training a model, it is often recommended to lower the learning rate as the training progresses. This function applies an exponential decay function to a provided initial learning rate. It requires a `global_step` value to compute the decayed learning rate. You can just pass a TensorFlow variable that you increment at each training step. The function returns the decayed learning rate. It is computed as: ```python decayed_learning_rate = learning_rate * decay_rate ^ (global_step / decay_steps) ``` If the argument `staircase` is `True`, then `global_step / decay_steps` is an integer division and the decayed learning rate follows a staircase function. Example: decay every 100000 steps with a base of 0.96: ```python ... global_step = tf.Variable(0, trainable=False) starter_learning_rate = 0.1 learning_rate = tf.train.exponential_decay(starter_learning_rate, global_step, 100000, 0.96, staircase=True) # Passing global_step to minimize() will increment it at each step. learning_step = ( tf.train.GradientDescentOptimizer(learning_rate) .minimize(...my loss..., global_step=global_step) ) ``` Args: learning_rate: A scalar `float32` or `float64` `Tensor` or a Python number. The initial learning rate. global_step: A scalar `int32` or `int64` `Tensor` or a Python number. Global step to use for the decay computation. Must not be negative. decay_steps: A scalar `int32` or `int64` `Tensor` or a Python number. Must be positive. See the decay computation above. decay_rate: A scalar `float32` or `float64` `Tensor` or a Python number. The decay rate. staircase: Boolean. If `True` decay the learning rate at discrete intervals name: String. Optional name of the operation. Defaults to 'ExponentialDecay'. Returns: A scalar `Tensor` of the same type as `learning_rate`. The decayed learning rate. Raises: ValueError: if `global_step` is not supplied. @compatibility(eager) When eager execution is enabled, this function returns a function which in turn returns the decayed learning rate Tensor. This can be useful for changing the learning rate value across different invocations of optimizer functions. @end_compatibility """ decayed_lr = learning_rate_decay_v2.exponential_decay(learning_rate, global_step, decay_steps, decay_rate, staircase=staircase, name=name) if not context.executing_eagerly(): decayed_lr = decayed_lr() return decayed_lr @tf_export(v1=["train.piecewise_constant"]) def piecewise_constant(x, boundaries, values, name=None): """Piecewise constant from boundaries and interval values. Example: use a learning rate that's 1.0 for the first 100001 steps, 0.5 for the next 10000 steps, and 0.1 for any additional steps. ```python global_step = tf.Variable(0, trainable=False) boundaries = [100000, 110000] values = [1.0, 0.5, 0.1] learning_rate = tf.train.piecewise_constant(global_step, boundaries, values) # Later, whenever we perform an optimization step, we increment global_step. ``` Args: x: A 0-D scalar `Tensor`. Must be one of the following types: `float32`, `float64`, `uint8`, `int8`, `int16`, `int32`, `int64`. boundaries: A list of `Tensor`s or `int`s or `float`s with strictly increasing entries, and with all elements having the same type as `x`. values: A list of `Tensor`s or `float`s or `int`s that specifies the values for the intervals defined by `boundaries`. It should have one more element than `boundaries`, and all elements should have the same type. name: A string. Optional name of the operation. Defaults to 'PiecewiseConstant'. Returns: A 0-D Tensor. Its value is `values[0]` when `x <= boundaries[0]`, `values[1]` when `x > boundaries[0]` and `x <= boundaries[1]`, ..., and values[-1] when `x > boundaries[-1]`. Raises: ValueError: if types of `x` and `boundaries` do not match, or types of all `values` do not match or the number of elements in the lists does not match. @compatibility(eager) When eager execution is enabled, this function returns a function which in turn returns the decayed learning rate Tensor. This can be useful for changing the learning rate value across different invocations of optimizer functions. @end_compatibility """ decayed_lr = learning_rate_decay_v2.piecewise_constant(x, boundaries, values, name=name) if not context.executing_eagerly(): decayed_lr = decayed_lr() return decayed_lr @tf_export(v1=["train.polynomial_decay"]) def polynomial_decay(learning_rate, global_step, decay_steps, end_learning_rate=0.0001, power=1.0, cycle=False, name=None): """Applies a polynomial decay to the learning rate. It is commonly observed that a monotonically decreasing learning rate, whose degree of change is carefully chosen, results in a better performing model. This function applies a polynomial decay function to a provided initial `learning_rate` to reach an `end_learning_rate` in the given `decay_steps`. It requires a `global_step` value to compute the decayed learning rate. You can just pass a TensorFlow variable that you increment at each training step. The function returns the decayed learning rate. It is computed as: ```python global_step = min(global_step, decay_steps) decayed_learning_rate = (learning_rate - end_learning_rate) * (1 - global_step / decay_steps) ^ (power) + end_learning_rate ``` If `cycle` is True then a multiple of `decay_steps` is used, the first one that is bigger than `global_steps`. ```python decay_steps = decay_steps * ceil(global_step / decay_steps) decayed_learning_rate = (learning_rate - end_learning_rate) * (1 - global_step / decay_steps) ^ (power) + end_learning_rate ``` Example: decay from 0.1 to 0.01 in 10000 steps using sqrt (i.e. power=0.5): ```python ... global_step = tf.Variable(0, trainable=False) starter_learning_rate = 0.1 end_learning_rate = 0.01 decay_steps = 10000 learning_rate = tf.train.polynomial_decay(starter_learning_rate, global_step, decay_steps, end_learning_rate, power=0.5) # Passing global_step to minimize() will increment it at each step. learning_step = ( tf.train.GradientDescentOptimizer(learning_rate) .minimize(...my loss..., global_step=global_step) ) ``` Args: learning_rate: A scalar `float32` or `float64` `Tensor` or a Python number. The initial learning rate. global_step: A scalar `int32` or `int64` `Tensor` or a Python number. Global step to use for the decay computation. Must not be negative. decay_steps: A scalar `int32` or `int64` `Tensor` or a Python number. Must be positive. See the decay computation above. end_learning_rate: A scalar `float32` or `float64` `Tensor` or a Python number. The minimal end learning rate. power: A scalar `float32` or `float64` `Tensor` or a Python number. The power of the polynomial. Defaults to linear, 1.0. cycle: A boolean, whether or not it should cycle beyond decay_steps. name: String. Optional name of the operation. Defaults to 'PolynomialDecay'. Returns: A scalar `Tensor` of the same type as `learning_rate`. The decayed learning rate. Raises: ValueError: if `global_step` is not supplied. @compatibility(eager) When eager execution is enabled, this function returns a function which in turn returns the decayed learning rate Tensor. This can be useful for changing the learning rate value across different invocations of optimizer functions. @end_compatibility """ decayed_lr = learning_rate_decay_v2.polynomial_decay( learning_rate, global_step, decay_steps, end_learning_rate=end_learning_rate, power=power, cycle=cycle, name=name) if not context.executing_eagerly(): decayed_lr = decayed_lr() return decayed_lr @tf_export(v1=["train.natural_exp_decay"]) def natural_exp_decay(learning_rate, global_step, decay_steps, decay_rate, staircase=False, name=None): """Applies natural exponential decay to the initial learning rate. When training a model, it is often recommended to lower the learning rate as the training progresses. This function applies an exponential decay function to a provided initial learning rate. It requires an `global_step` value to compute the decayed learning rate. You can just pass a TensorFlow variable that you increment at each training step. The function returns the decayed learning rate. It is computed as: ```python decayed_learning_rate = learning_rate * exp(-decay_rate * global_step / decay_step) ``` or, if `staircase` is `True`, as: ```python decayed_learning_rate = learning_rate * exp(-decay_rate * floor(global_step / decay_step)) ``` Example: decay exponentially with a base of 0.96: ```python ... global_step = tf.Variable(0, trainable=False) learning_rate = 0.1 decay_steps = 5 k = 0.5 learning_rate = tf.train.natural_exp_decay(learning_rate, global_step, decay_steps, k) # Passing global_step to minimize() will increment it at each step. learning_step = ( tf.train.GradientDescentOptimizer(learning_rate) .minimize(...my loss..., global_step=global_step) ) ``` Args: learning_rate: A scalar `float32` or `float64` `Tensor` or a Python number. The initial learning rate. global_step: A Python number. Global step to use for the decay computation. Must not be negative. decay_steps: How often to apply decay. decay_rate: A Python number. The decay rate. staircase: Whether to apply decay in a discrete staircase, as opposed to continuous, fashion. name: String. Optional name of the operation. Defaults to 'ExponentialTimeDecay'. Returns: A scalar `Tensor` of the same type as `learning_rate`. The decayed learning rate. Raises: ValueError: if `global_step` is not supplied. @compatibility(eager) When eager execution is enabled, this function returns a function which in turn returns the decayed learning rate Tensor. This can be useful for changing the learning rate value across different invocations of optimizer functions. @end_compatibility """ decayed_lr = learning_rate_decay_v2.natural_exp_decay( learning_rate, global_step, decay_steps, decay_rate, staircase=staircase, name=name) if not context.executing_eagerly(): decayed_lr = decayed_lr() return decayed_lr @tf_export(v1=["train.inverse_time_decay"]) def inverse_time_decay(learning_rate, global_step, decay_steps, decay_rate, staircase=False, name=None): """Applies inverse time decay to the initial learning rate. When training a model, it is often recommended to lower the learning rate as the training progresses. This function applies an inverse decay function to a provided initial learning rate. It requires an `global_step` value to compute the decayed learning rate. You can just pass a TensorFlow variable that you increment at each training step. The function returns the decayed learning rate. It is computed as: ```python decayed_learning_rate = learning_rate / (1 + decay_rate * global_step / decay_step) ``` or, if `staircase` is `True`, as: ```python decayed_learning_rate = learning_rate / (1 + decay_rate * floor(global_step / decay_step)) ``` Example: decay 1/t with a rate of 0.5: ```python ... global_step = tf.Variable(0, trainable=False) learning_rate = 0.1 decay_steps = 1.0 decay_rate = 0.5 learning_rate = tf.train.inverse_time_decay(learning_rate, global_step, decay_steps, decay_rate) # Passing global_step to minimize() will increment it at each step. learning_step = ( tf.train.GradientDescentOptimizer(learning_rate) .minimize(...my loss..., global_step=global_step) ) ``` Args: learning_rate: A scalar `float32` or `float64` `Tensor` or a Python number. The initial learning rate. global_step: A Python number. Global step to use for the decay computation. Must not be negative. decay_steps: How often to apply decay. decay_rate: A Python number. The decay rate. staircase: Whether to apply decay in a discrete staircase, as opposed to continuous, fashion. name: String. Optional name of the operation. Defaults to 'InverseTimeDecay'. Returns: A scalar `Tensor` of the same type as `learning_rate`. The decayed learning rate. Raises: ValueError: if `global_step` is not supplied. @compatibility(eager) When eager execution is enabled, this function returns a function which in turn returns the decayed learning rate Tensor. This can be useful for changing the learning rate value across different invocations of optimizer functions. @end_compatibility """ decayed_lr = learning_rate_decay_v2.inverse_time_decay( learning_rate, global_step, decay_steps, decay_rate, staircase=staircase, name=name) if not context.executing_eagerly(): decayed_lr = decayed_lr() return decayed_lr @tf_export(v1=["train.cosine_decay"]) def cosine_decay(learning_rate, global_step, decay_steps, alpha=0.0, name=None): """Applies cosine decay to the learning rate. See [Loshchilov & Hutter, ICLR2016], SGDR: Stochastic Gradient Descent with Warm Restarts. https://arxiv.org/abs/1608.03983 When training a model, it is often recommended to lower the learning rate as the training progresses. This function applies a cosine decay function to a provided initial learning rate. It requires a `global_step` value to compute the decayed learning rate. You can just pass a TensorFlow variable that you increment at each training step. The function returns the decayed learning rate. It is computed as: ```python global_step = min(global_step, decay_steps) cosine_decay = 0.5 * (1 + cos(pi * global_step / decay_steps)) decayed = (1 - alpha) * cosine_decay + alpha decayed_learning_rate = learning_rate * decayed ``` Example usage: ```python decay_steps = 1000 lr_decayed = cosine_decay(learning_rate, global_step, decay_steps) ``` Args: learning_rate: A scalar `float32` or `float64` Tensor or a Python number. The initial learning rate. global_step: A scalar `int32` or `int64` `Tensor` or a Python number. Global step to use for the decay computation. decay_steps: A scalar `int32` or `int64` `Tensor` or a Python number. Number of steps to decay over. alpha: A scalar `float32` or `float64` Tensor or a Python number. Minimum learning rate value as a fraction of learning_rate. name: String. Optional name of the operation. Defaults to 'CosineDecay'. Returns: A scalar `Tensor` of the same type as `learning_rate`. The decayed learning rate. Raises: ValueError: if `global_step` is not supplied. @compatibility(eager) When eager execution is enabled, this function returns a function which in turn returns the decayed learning rate Tensor. This can be useful for changing the learning rate value across different invocations of optimizer functions. @end_compatibility """ decayed_lr = learning_rate_decay_v2.cosine_decay( learning_rate, global_step, decay_steps, alpha=alpha, name=name) if not context.executing_eagerly(): decayed_lr = decayed_lr() return decayed_lr @tf_export(v1=["train.cosine_decay_restarts"]) def cosine_decay_restarts(learning_rate, global_step, first_decay_steps, t_mul=2.0, m_mul=1.0, alpha=0.0, name=None): """Applies cosine decay with restarts to the learning rate. See [Loshchilov & Hutter, ICLR2016], SGDR: Stochastic Gradient Descent with Warm Restarts. https://arxiv.org/abs/1608.03983 When training a model, it is often recommended to lower the learning rate as the training progresses. This function applies a cosine decay function with restarts to a provided initial learning rate. It requires a `global_step` value to compute the decayed learning rate. You can just pass a TensorFlow variable that you increment at each training step. The function returns the decayed learning rate while taking into account possible warm restarts. The learning rate multiplier first decays from 1 to `alpha` for `first_decay_steps` steps. Then, a warm restart is performed. Each new warm restart runs for `t_mul` times more steps and with `m_mul` times smaller initial learning rate. Example usage: ```python first_decay_steps = 1000 lr_decayed = cosine_decay_restarts(learning_rate, global_step, first_decay_steps) ``` Args: learning_rate: A scalar `float32` or `float64` Tensor or a Python number. The initial learning rate. global_step: A scalar `int32` or `int64` `Tensor` or a Python number. Global step to use for the decay computation. first_decay_steps: A scalar `int32` or `int64` `Tensor` or a Python number. Number of steps to decay over. t_mul: A scalar `float32` or `float64` `Tensor` or a Python number. Used to derive the number of iterations in the i-th period m_mul: A scalar `float32` or `float64` `Tensor` or a Python number. Used to derive the initial learning rate of the i-th period: alpha: A scalar `float32` or `float64` Tensor or a Python number. Minimum learning rate value as a fraction of the learning_rate. name: String. Optional name of the operation. Defaults to 'SGDRDecay'. Returns: A scalar `Tensor` of the same type as `learning_rate`. The decayed learning rate. Raises: ValueError: if `global_step` is not supplied. @compatibility(eager) When eager execution is enabled, this function returns a function which in turn returns the decayed learning rate Tensor. This can be useful for changing the learning rate value across different invocations of optimizer functions. @end_compatibility """ decayed_lr = learning_rate_decay_v2.cosine_decay_restarts( learning_rate, global_step, first_decay_steps, t_mul=t_mul, m_mul=m_mul, alpha=alpha, name=name) if not context.executing_eagerly(): decayed_lr = decayed_lr() return decayed_lr @tf_export(v1=["train.linear_cosine_decay"]) def linear_cosine_decay(learning_rate, global_step, decay_steps, num_periods=0.5, alpha=0.0, beta=0.001, name=None): """Applies linear cosine decay to the learning rate. See [Bello et al., ICML2017] Neural Optimizer Search with RL. https://arxiv.org/abs/1709.07417 For the idea of warm starts here controlled by `num_periods`, see [Loshchilov & Hutter, ICLR2016] SGDR: Stochastic Gradient Descent with Warm Restarts. https://arxiv.org/abs/1608.03983 Note that linear cosine decay is more aggressive than cosine decay and larger initial learning rates can typically be used. When training a model, it is often recommended to lower the learning rate as the training progresses. This function applies a linear cosine decay function to a provided initial learning rate. It requires a `global_step` value to compute the decayed learning rate. You can just pass a TensorFlow variable that you increment at each training step. The function returns the decayed learning rate. It is computed as: ```python global_step = min(global_step, decay_steps) linear_decay = (decay_steps - global_step) / decay_steps) cosine_decay = 0.5 * ( 1 + cos(pi * 2 * num_periods * global_step / decay_steps)) decayed = (alpha + linear_decay) * cosine_decay + beta decayed_learning_rate = learning_rate * decayed ``` Example usage: ```python decay_steps = 1000 lr_decayed = linear_cosine_decay(learning_rate, global_step, decay_steps) ``` Args: learning_rate: A scalar `float32` or `float64` Tensor or a Python number. The initial learning rate. global_step: A scalar `int32` or `int64` `Tensor` or a Python number. Global step to use for the decay computation. decay_steps: A scalar `int32` or `int64` `Tensor` or a Python number. Number of steps to decay over. num_periods: Number of periods in the cosine part of the decay. See computation above. alpha: See computation above. beta: See computation above. name: String. Optional name of the operation. Defaults to 'LinearCosineDecay'. Returns: A scalar `Tensor` of the same type as `learning_rate`. The decayed learning rate. Raises: ValueError: if `global_step` is not supplied. @compatibility(eager) When eager execution is enabled, this function returns a function which in turn returns the decayed learning rate Tensor. This can be useful for changing the learning rate value across different invocations of optimizer functions. @end_compatibility """ decayed_lr = learning_rate_decay_v2.linear_cosine_decay( learning_rate, global_step, decay_steps, num_periods=num_periods, alpha=alpha, beta=beta, name=name) if not context.executing_eagerly(): decayed_lr = decayed_lr() return decayed_lr @tf_export(v1=["train.noisy_linear_cosine_decay"]) def noisy_linear_cosine_decay(learning_rate, global_step, decay_steps, initial_variance=1.0, variance_decay=0.55, num_periods=0.5, alpha=0.0, beta=0.001, name=None): """Applies noisy linear cosine decay to the learning rate. See [Bello et al., ICML2017] Neural Optimizer Search with RL. https://arxiv.org/abs/1709.07417 For the idea of warm starts here controlled by `num_periods`, see [Loshchilov & Hutter, ICLR2016] SGDR: Stochastic Gradient Descent with Warm Restarts. https://arxiv.org/abs/1608.03983 Note that linear cosine decay is more aggressive than cosine decay and larger initial learning rates can typically be used. When training a model, it is often recommended to lower the learning rate as the training progresses. This function applies a noisy linear cosine decay function to a provided initial learning rate. It requires a `global_step` value to compute the decayed learning rate. You can just pass a TensorFlow variable that you increment at each training step. The function returns the decayed learning rate. It is computed as: ```python global_step = min(global_step, decay_steps) linear_decay = (decay_steps - global_step) / decay_steps) cosine_decay = 0.5 * ( 1 + cos(pi * 2 * num_periods * global_step / decay_steps)) decayed = (alpha + linear_decay + eps_t) * cosine_decay + beta decayed_learning_rate = learning_rate * decayed ``` where eps_t is 0-centered gaussian noise with variance initial_variance / (1 + global_step) ** variance_decay Example usage: ```python decay_steps = 1000 lr_decayed = noisy_linear_cosine_decay( learning_rate, global_step, decay_steps) ``` Args: learning_rate: A scalar `float32` or `float64` Tensor or a Python number. The initial learning rate. global_step: A scalar `int32` or `int64` `Tensor` or a Python number. Global step to use for the decay computation. decay_steps: A scalar `int32` or `int64` `Tensor` or a Python number. Number of steps to decay over. initial_variance: initial variance for the noise. See computation above. variance_decay: decay for the noise's variance. See computation above. num_periods: Number of periods in the cosine part of the decay. See computation above. alpha: See computation above. beta: See computation above. name: String. Optional name of the operation. Defaults to 'NoisyLinearCosineDecay'. Returns: A scalar `Tensor` of the same type as `learning_rate`. The decayed learning rate. Raises: ValueError: if `global_step` is not supplied. @compatibility(eager) When eager execution is enabled, this function returns a function which in turn returns the decayed learning rate Tensor. This can be useful for changing the learning rate value across different invocations of optimizer functions. @end_compatibility """ decayed_lr = learning_rate_decay_v2.noisy_linear_cosine_decay( learning_rate, global_step, decay_steps, initial_variance=initial_variance, variance_decay=variance_decay, num_periods=num_periods, alpha=alpha, beta=beta, name=name) if not context.executing_eagerly(): decayed_lr = decayed_lr() return decayed_lr