Basic schedules
While ParameterSchedulers.jl has some complex scheduling capability, its core is made of two kinds of basic schedules: decay schedules and cyclic schedules. Each kind of schedule conforms to a formula which is relevant for understanding the schedules behavior. Still, both types of schedules can be called and iterated like we saw in the getting started tutorial.
Decay schedules
A decay schedule is defined by the following formula:
where \(s(t)\) is the schedule output, \(\lambda\) is the base (initial) value, and \(g(t)\) is the decay function. Typically, the decay function is expected to be bounded between \([0, 1]\), but this requirement is only suggested and not enforced.
For example, here is an exponential decay schedule:
expdecay(γ, t) = γ^(t - 1)
s = Exp(λ = 0.1, γ = 0.8)
println("λ g(1) == s(1): ",
0.1 * expdecay(0.8, 1) == s(1))
λ g(1) == s(1): true
As you can see above, Exp is a type of decay schedule. Below is a list of all the decay schedules implemented, and the parameters and decay functions for each one.
| Schedule | Parameters | Decay Function |
|---|---|---|
Step | λ, γ, step_sizes | \(g(t) = \gamma^{i - 1}\) where \(\sum_{j = 1}^{i - 1} \text{step\_sizes}_j < t \leq \sum_{j = 1}^i \text{step\_sizes}_j\) |
Exp | λ, γ | \(g(t) = \gamma^{t - 1}\) |
Poly | λ, p, max_iter | \(g(t) = \frac{1}{\left(1 - (t - 1) / \text{max\_iter}\right)^p}\) |
Inv | λ, γ, p | \(g(t) = \frac{1}{(1 + (t - 1) \gamma)^p}\) |
Cyclic schedules
A cyclic schedule exhibits periodic behavior, and it is described by the following formula:
where \(s(t)\) is the schedule output, \(\lambda_0\) and \(\lambda_1\) are the range endpoints, and \(g(t)\) is the cycle function. Similar to the decay function, the cycle function is expected to be bounded between \([0, 1]\), but this requirement is only suggested and not enforced.
For example, here is triangular wave schedule:
tricycle(period, t) = (2 / π) * abs(asin(sin(π * (t - 1) / period)))
s = Triangle(λ0 = 0.1, λ1 = 0.4, period = 2)
println("abs(λ0 - λ1) g(1) + min(λ0, λ1) == s(1): ",
abs(0.1 - 0.4) * tricycle(2, 1) + min(0.1, 0.4) == s(1))
abs(λ0 - λ1) g(1) + min(λ0, λ1) == s(1): true
Triangle (used in the above example) is a type of cyclic schedule. Below is a list of all the cyclic schedules implemented, and the parameters and cycle functions for each one.
| Schedule | Parameters | Cycle Function |
|---|---|---|
Triangle | λ0, λ1, period | \(g(t) = \frac{2}{\pi} \left| \arcsin \left( \sin \left(\frac{\pi (t - 1)}{\text{period}} \right) \right) \right|\) |
TriangleDecay2 | λ0, λ1, period | \(g(t) = \frac{1}{2^{\lfloor (t - 1) / \text{period} \rfloor}} g_{\mathrm{Triangle}}(t)\) |
TriangleExp | λ0, λ1, period, γ | \(g(t) = \gamma^{t - 1} g_{\mathrm{Triangle}}(t)\) |
Sin | λ0, λ1, period | \(g(t) = \left| \sin \left(\frac{\pi (t - 1)}{\text{period}} \right) \right|\) |
SinDecay2 | λ0, λ1, period | \(g(t) = \frac{1}{2^{\lfloor (t - 1) / \text{period} \rfloor}} g_{\mathrm{Sin}}(t)\) |
SinExp | λ0, λ1, period, γ | \(g(t) = \gamma^{t - 1} g_{\mathrm{Sin}}(t)\) |
Cos | λ0, λ1, period | \(g(t) = \frac{1}{2} \left(1 + \cos \left(\frac{\pi \: \mathrm{mod}(t - 1, \text{period})}{\text{period}}\right) \right)\) |