cross-entropy.ipynb

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      "source": "This notebook breaks down how `cross_entropy` function (corresponding to `CrossEntropyLoss` used for classification) is implemented in pytorch, and how it is related to softmax, log_softmax, and nll (negative log-likelihood)."
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      "source": "import torch\nimport torch.nn as nn\nimport torch.nn.functional as F",
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      "source": "batch_size, n_classes = 5, 3\nx = torch.randn(batch_size, n_classes)\nx.shape",
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      "source": "target = torch.randint(n_classes, size=(batch_size,), dtype=torch.long)\ntarget",
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      "source": "### `softmax` + `nl` (negative likelihood)"
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      "source": "This version is most similar to the math formula, but not numerically stable."
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      "source": "def softmax(x): return x.exp() / (x.exp().sum(-1)).unsqueeze(-1)\ndef nl(input, target): return -input[range(target.shape[0]), target].log().mean()\n\npred = softmax(x)\nloss=nl(pred, target)\nloss",
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      "source": "pred = softmax(x)\nloss=nl(pred, target)\nloss",
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      "source": "### `log_softmax` + `nll` (negative log-likelihood)"
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      "source": "https://pytorch.org/docs/stable/nn.html?highlight=logsoftmax#torch-nn-functional\n>While mathematically equivalent to `log(softmax(x))`, doing these two operations separately is slower, and numerically unstable. This function uses an alternative formulation to compute the output and gradient correctly."
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      "source": "def log_softmax(x): return x - x.exp().sum(-1).log().unsqueeze(-1)\ndef nll(input, target): return -input[range(target.shape[0]), target].mean()\n\npred = log_softmax(x)\nloss = nll(pred, target)\nloss",
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      "source": "### `F.log_softmax` + `F.nll_loss`"
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      "source": "The above but in pytorch."
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      "source": "pred = F.log_softmax(x, dim=-1)\nloss = F.nll_loss(pred, target)\nloss",
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      "source": "### `F.cross_entropy`"
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      "source": "Pytorch's single cross_entropy function."
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      "source": "F.cross_entropy(x, target)",
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      "source": "Reference:\n- https://github.com/fastai/fastai_old"
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