TrainerConfig.proto

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syntax = "proto2";

import "DataConfig.proto";
import "ModelConfig.proto";

package paddle;

message OptimizationConfig {
  required int32 batch_size = 3;
  required string algorithm = 4 [default = "async_sgd"];
  optional int32 num_batches_per_send_parameter = 5 [default = 1];
  optional int32 num_batches_per_get_parameter = 6 [default = 1];

  required double learning_rate = 7;
  optional double learning_rate_decay_a = 8 [default = 0];
  optional double learning_rate_decay_b = 9 [default = 0];
  optional string learning_rate_schedule = 27 [default = "constant"];
  // learning rate will be scaled according to learning_rate_schedule
  // 1), constant:
  // lr = learning_rate
  // 2), poly:
  // lr = learning_rate *
  //      pow(1 + learning_rate_decay_a * num_samples_processed,
  //          -learning_rate_decay_b)
  // 3), exp:
  // lr = learning_rate *
  //      pow(learning_rate_decay_a,
  //          num_samples_processed / learning_rate_decay_b)
  // 4), discexp:
  // lr = learning_rate *
  //      pow(learning_rate_decay_a,
  //          floor(num_samples_processed / learning_rate_decay_b))
  // 5), linear:
  // lr = max(learning_rate - learning_rate_decay_a * num_samples_processed,
  //          learning_rate_decay_b)

  // owlqn related
  // L1-regularization
  optional double l1weight = 10 [default = 0.1];
  // L2-regularization
  optional double l2weight = 11 [default = 0];
  // "c1" in wolfe condition: if (newobj <= oldobj + c1 * origDirDeriv * step)
  // then accept the step
  optional double c1 = 12 [default = 0.0001];
  // multiply the step with "backoff", when wolfe condition doesn't satisfy
  optional double backoff = 13 [default = 0.5];
  // how many "s"s and "y"s are kept in owlqn
  optional int32 owlqn_steps = 14 [default = 10];
  // accept the step if encountered "max_backoff" times of "reduce the step"
  optional int32 max_backoff = 15 [default = 5];
  // L2-regularization coefficient is reduced linearly from iteration 0 to
  // "l2weight_zero_iter", and set to 0 after "l2weight_zero_iter"
  // iterations. set "l2weight_zero_iter" to 0 to disable this strategy.
  optional int32 l2weight_zero_iter = 17 [default = 0];

  // averaged sgd
  // About average_window * numBatchProcessed parameter are used
  // for average. To be accurate, between average_window * numBatchProcessed
  // and 2 * average_window * numBatchProcessed parameters are used for
  // average.
  optional double average_window = 18 [default = 0];
  optional int64 max_average_window = 19 [default = 0x7fffffffffffffff];

  //////////////////////////
  // Options Adaptive SGD //
  //////////////////////////

  // learning method for sgd/asgd, such as "momentum", "adagrad", "adadelta", "rmsprop"
  // default learning method("momentum") use global decayed learning rate with momentum.
  // "adagrad", "adadelta" and "rmsprop" can set momentum too.
  optional string learning_method = 23 [default = "momentum"];
  optional double ada_epsilon = 24 [default = 1e-6];
  optional double ada_rou = 26 [default = 0.95];

  // Force to do average in cpu in order to save gpu memory usage
  optional bool do_average_in_cpu = 25 [default = false];

  // delta add rate in pserver, used while num_batches_per_send_parameter>1
  // will be divided by #machines automatically.
  optional double delta_add_rate = 28 [default = 1.0];

  // We split a large size into smaller mini-batches, whose sizes are
  // determined by mini_batch_size. It only takes effect when there is
  // an ExternalMachine.
  optional int32 mini_batch_size = 29 [default = 128];

  // automatically set if any one of parameters set sparse remote update flag
  optional bool use_sparse_remote_updater = 30 [default = false];

  // how to update center parameter and feedback to local parameter, 
  // when use local sgd update in cluster training.
  // A option is elastic_average, proposed by the paper: Deep learning with elastic averaging SGD.
  // If use elastic_average method, every trainer node should sample from whole data sets.
  optional string center_parameter_update_method = 31 [default = "average"];

  // shrink sparse parameter value
  // only works if parameter is remote sparse update and has L1 decay rate
  optional double shrink_parameter_value = 32 [default = 0];

  ////////////////////////////
  // Options Adam Optimizer //
  ////////////////////////////
  optional double adam_beta1 = 33 [default = 0.9];
  optional double adam_beta2 = 34 [default = 0.999];
  optional double adam_epsilon = 35 [default = 1e-8];

  // arguments for learning rate scheduler
  // Format: num1:rate1,num2:rate2,...,numK:rateK
  // For learning_rate_schedule="manual", num is the number of samples,
  // For learning_rate_schedule="pass_manual",
  //  num is the number of passes (starting from 0)
  optional string learning_rate_args = 36 [default = ""];
 
  // for async sgd gradient commit control.
  // when async_lagged_grad_discard_ratio * num_gradient_servers commit passed,
  // current async gradient will be discard silently.
  optional double async_lagged_grad_discard_ratio = 37 [default = 1.5];
};

message TrainerConfig {
  optional ModelConfig model_config = 1;
  optional DataConfig data_config = 2;
  required OptimizationConfig opt_config = 3;
  optional DataConfig test_data_config = 4;
  repeated string config_files = 5;

  // the directory to save/load model files for each training path
  optional string save_dir = 6 [default = "./output/model"];

  // Path of the initial model parameters.
  // If it was set, start_pass will be ignored.
  optional string init_model_path = 7;

  // Start training from this pass.
  // Will load parameter from the previous pass.
  optional int32 start_pass = 8 [default = 0];

  // file path to the trainer config file
  optional string config_file = 9;
}