Self-tuning sampler: AdaptiveMALA (dual-averaging warmup + diagonal metric)

CHANGELOG.md

@@ -5,6 +5,14 @@
 Internal cleanup plus a diffusion track, exact-likelihood flows, and
 conditional-generation / calibration tools.
 
+- **Self-tuning sampler.** `AdaptiveMALA` — a MALA that tunes its own
+  `step_size` by Nesterov dual averaging (Hoffman & Gelman 2014) to the
+  MALA-optimal 0.574 acceptance during a warmup, then freezes and samples
+  unbiasedly. `precondition=True` estimates a diagonal metric from a first warmup
+  window and re-tunes under it, so ill-conditioned targets mix at a far larger
+  step (`x ← x − εM∇E + √(2εM)ξ`, still exact). Validated: acceptance → 0.574 and
+  covariance recovered on a correlated Gaussian; the metric recovers a 100:1
+  condition number. Example `adaptive_mala.py`.
 - **Classifier-free guidance & calibration.** `GuidedEnergy` (+
   `ClassifierEnergy.guide`) — `Ẽ_w(x|y) = (1+w)E(x|y) − w E(x)` to sharpen class
   selection; and `eval.expected_calibration_error` / `reliability_curve` /

README.md

@@ -45,7 +45,7 @@ returns `LossOutput(loss, metrics, x_neg)`; call `out.loss.backward()`).
 | Piece | Contents |
 |---|---|
 | **Energies** | any callable `(B, *shape) -> (B,)`; `nets.MLPEnergy` / `ConvEnergy` / `ResNetEnergy` / `ConvClassifier` (SiLU, optional spectral norm, no batch norm), `nets.RBM` (Bernoulli RBM with exact `log_z`), `GuidedEnergy` (classifier-free guidance), `nets.IsingEnergy` / `PottsEnergy` (discrete lattices), `nets.FunnelEnergy` / `GaussianMixtureEnergy` / `BananaEnergy` (closed-form targets), `nets.AffineCouplingFlow` (RealNVP) / `nets.ContinuousNormalizingFlow` (FFJORD — trainable exact-likelihood flows / self-normalized energies), noise-conditional variants for NCSN; `EnergyModel`, `ebm.score` |
-| **Samplers** | `LangevinDynamics` (ULA/SGLD), `MALA`, `HMC`, `UnderdampedLangevin` (SGHMC), `PreconditionedLangevin`, `ParallelTempering` (replica exchange), `TemperedTransitions`, `SVGD` (Stein variational), `GibbsSampler` (block Gibbs), `GibbsWithGradients` + `CategoricalGibbsWithGradients`, `AnnealedLangevinDynamics`, `ProbabilityFlowODE` / `PredictorCorrector` (score-SDE), `DDPMAncestralSampler` (VP diffusion) |
+| **Samplers** | `LangevinDynamics` (ULA/SGLD), `MALA`, `AdaptiveMALA` (dual-averaging step-size warmup + diagonal metric), `HMC`, `UnderdampedLangevin` (SGHMC), `PreconditionedLangevin`, `ParallelTempering` (replica exchange), `TemperedTransitions`, `SVGD` (Stein variational), `GibbsSampler` (block Gibbs), `GibbsWithGradients` + `CategoricalGibbsWithGradients`, `AnnealedLangevinDynamics`, `ProbabilityFlowODE` / `PredictorCorrector` (score-SDE), `DDPMAncestralSampler` (VP diffusion) |
 | **Losses** | `ContrastiveDivergence` (CD-k / persistent CD), `DiffusionRecoveryLikelihood` + `drl_sample`, `DenoisingScoreMatching` / `MultiSigmaDenoisingScoreMatching` (NCSN), `VPDenoisingScoreMatching` (DDPM), `SlicedScoreMatching`, `ExactScoreMatching`, `EnergyDiscrepancy` (MCMC-free), `PseudoLikelihood` / `RatioMatching` / `ConcreteScoreMatching` (MCMC-free, discrete), `NoiseContrastiveEstimation`, `JEMLoss` |
 | **Composition** | `SumEnergy` (product of experts), `MixtureEnergy`, `TemperedEnergy` — energies compose like densities and nest |
 | **Training** | thin `Trainer` (device, EMA, supervised batches, `save`/`load` checkpointing), `ReplayBuffer`, `EMA` |
@@ -74,6 +74,7 @@ Runnable scripts in [`examples/`](https://github.com/davidkhjo/ebmkit/tree/main/
 - `train_potts_concrete.py` — recover a categorical density with concrete score matching (no MCMC)
 - `train_energy_discrepancy.py` — two-moons trained MCMC-free (energy discrepancy)
 - `sampling_hard_targets.py` — parallel tempering escapes a trapped mode; ESS / R̂ diagnostics
+- `adaptive_mala.py` — a self-tuning MALA: dual-averaging step size + a learned diagonal metric
 - `goodness_of_fit.py` — KSD for model selection; classifier two-sample test
 - `mine_mutual_information.py` — estimate mutual information with MINE vs the Gaussian closed form
 - `benchmark_samplers.py` — rank samplers on the banana against exact draws (ESS, R̂, MMD)

examples/adaptive_mala.py

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+"""Self-tuning MALA: no step-size sweep, and a metric for ill-conditioned targets.
+
+Plain MALA needs its ``step_size`` hand-tuned per target: too large and every
+proposal is rejected, too small and the chain crawls. ``AdaptiveMALA`` runs a
+dual-averaging warmup that drives the acceptance rate to the MALA-optimal 0.574
+on its own, then freezes and samples. On an ill-conditioned target (here a
+Gaussian with a 100:1 spread between axes) an isotropic step is capped by the
+tight direction; ``precondition=True`` learns a diagonal metric that lets the
+usable step grow ~7× (3.0 vs 0.43 here) — the same optimal acceptance, but far
+faster mixing per step. Both recover the true per-axis std.
+
+Run:  python examples/adaptive_mala.py
+Outputs adaptive_mala_result.png next to this script (needs the [viz] extra).
+"""
+
+from __future__ import annotations
+
+from pathlib import Path
+
+import torch
+
+import ebm
+
+COV = torch.diag(torch.tensor([25.0, 0.25]))  # 100:1 condition number
+PRECISION = torch.linalg.inv(COV)
+
+
+def energy(x: torch.Tensor) -> torch.Tensor:
+    return 0.5 * ((x @ PRECISION) * x).sum(dim=1)
+
+
+def main() -> None:
+    torch.manual_seed(0)
+    true_std = COV.diag().sqrt()
+    x0 = torch.randn(4000, 2)
+
+    plain = ebm.AdaptiveMALA(step_size=0.1, steps=800, warmup=1000)
+    xp = plain.sample(energy, x0.clone())
+    print(f"isotropic:      tuned eps={plain.step_size:.3f}  accept={plain.last_accept_rate:.3f}")
+    print(f"  per-axis std {xp.std(0).tolist()}  (true {true_std.tolist()})")
+
+    pre = ebm.AdaptiveMALA(step_size=0.1, steps=800, warmup=1000, precondition=True)
+    xq = pre.sample(energy, x0.clone())
+    m = pre.preconditioner
+    print(f"preconditioned: tuned eps={pre.step_size:.3f}  accept={pre.last_accept_rate:.3f}")
+    print(f"  learned metric ratio {(m[0] / m[1]).item():.1f}  (true 100)")
+    print(f"  per-axis std {xq.std(0).tolist()}  (true {true_std.tolist()})")
+
+    import matplotlib
+
+    matplotlib.use("Agg")
+    import matplotlib.pyplot as plt
+
+    fig, axes = plt.subplots(1, 2, figsize=(11, 5), sharex=True, sharey=True)
+    for ax, s, title in ((axes[0], xp, "isotropic"), (axes[1], xq, "preconditioned")):
+        ax.scatter(s[:, 0], s[:, 1], s=5, alpha=0.3, color="#5c50c9")
+        ax.set_title(f"AdaptiveMALA — {title}")
+        ax.set_xlim(-16, 16)
+        ax.set_ylim(-2, 2)
+    fig.suptitle("Self-tuning MALA on a 100:1 ill-conditioned Gaussian")
+    out = Path(__file__).parent / "adaptive_mala_result.png"
+    fig.savefig(out, dpi=120, bbox_inches="tight")
+    print(f"saved {out}")
+
+
+if __name__ == "__main__":
+    main()

src/ebm/__init__.py

@@ -31,6 +31,7 @@
     HMC,
     MALA,
     SVGD,
+    AdaptiveMALA,
     AnnealedLangevinDynamics,
     CategoricalGibbsWithGradients,
     GibbsSampler,
@@ -55,6 +56,7 @@
     "MALA",
     "SVGD",
     "AISResult",
+    "AdaptiveMALA",
     "AnnealedLangevinDynamics",
     "CategoricalGibbsWithGradients",
     "ClassifierEnergy",

src/ebm/samplers/__init__.py

@@ -1,3 +1,4 @@
+from ebm.samplers.adaptive import AdaptiveMALA
 from ebm.samplers.annealed import AnnealedLangevinDynamics
 from ebm.samplers.base import Sampler
 from ebm.samplers.discrete import CategoricalGibbsWithGradients, GibbsWithGradients
@@ -17,6 +18,7 @@
     "HMC",
     "MALA",
     "SVGD",
+    "AdaptiveMALA",
     "AnnealedLangevinDynamics",
     "CategoricalGibbsWithGradients",
     "GibbsSampler",

src/ebm/samplers/adaptive.py

@@ -0,0 +1,163 @@
+"""Self-tuning MALA: dual-averaging step-size warmup + optional preconditioner."""
+
+from __future__ import annotations
+
+import math
+
+import torch
+from torch import Tensor, nn
+
+from ebm._functional import flat_sum as _flat_sum
+from ebm._functional import mh_accept
+from ebm.energy import EnergyFn
+from ebm.samplers.langevin import MALA
+from ebm.utils import frozen_params
+
+
+class AdaptiveMALA(MALA):
+    """MALA that tunes its own ``step_size`` (and optionally a diagonal metric).
+
+    A warmup phase adapts ``ε`` with Nesterov dual averaging (Hoffman & Gelman,
+    2014) toward a target acceptance rate — ``0.574`` is optimal for MALA — then
+    freezes the *averaged* ``ε`` and runs an ordinary (unbiased) MALA chain. No
+    hand-tuning of ``step_size``; the passed value is only the starting guess.
+
+    The recursion drives the smooth **acceptance probability**
+    ``ᾱ = mean min(1, e^{logα})`` (lower variance than the 0/1 accept indicator)
+    to ``target_accept``, updating ``logε̄`` as a running average so the frozen
+    value is stable rather than the last noisy iterate.
+
+    With ``precondition=True`` a diagonal metric ``M`` (per-coordinate, geometric
+    mean 1) is estimated from a first warmup window's draws, then dual averaging
+    is **restarted** and ``ε`` re-tuned under that fixed ``M`` — the step and its
+    noise rescale together (``x ← x − ε M∇E + sqrt(2εM) ξ``), so the chain still
+    targets exactly ``p ∝ exp(-E)``. This fixes the slow mixing plain MALA
+    suffers on ill-conditioned targets.
+
+    Args:
+        step_size: initial ε (a starting guess; overwritten by warmup).
+        steps: default number of *post-warmup* transitions per ``sample`` call.
+        warmup: dual-averaging iterations (per window; two windows if preconditioning).
+        target_accept: δ, the acceptance the warmup targets (0.574 is MALA-optimal).
+        precondition: estimate and use a diagonal metric ``M``.
+        gamma, t0, kappa: dual-averaging shrinkage / stabilization / decay constants.
+    """
+
+    def __init__(
+        self,
+        step_size: float = 0.1,
+        steps: int = 100,
+        *,
+        warmup: int = 1000,
+        target_accept: float = 0.574,
+        precondition: bool = False,
+        gamma: float = 0.05,
+        t0: float = 10.0,
+        kappa: float = 0.75,
+    ):
+        super().__init__(step_size, steps)
+        if not 0.0 < target_accept < 1.0:
+            raise ValueError("target_accept must be in (0, 1)")
+        if warmup < 0:
+            raise ValueError("warmup must be >= 0")
+        self.warmup = warmup
+        self.target_accept = target_accept
+        self.precondition = precondition
+        self.gamma = gamma
+        self.t0 = t0
+        self.kappa = kappa
+        self._precond: Tensor | None = None
+
+    @property
+    def preconditioner(self) -> Tensor | None:
+        """The fitted diagonal metric ``M`` (``None`` until a preconditioned run)."""
+        return self._precond
+
+    def _transition(self, energy: EnergyFn, x: Tensor) -> tuple[Tensor, Tensor]:
+        """One MALA transition; returns ``(x_next, mean acceptance probability)``.
+
+        Honors ``self._precond`` (a diagonal metric ``M``; ``None`` = identity) in
+        both the drift and the noise, keeping the proposal reversible.
+        """
+        eps = self.step_size
+        m = self._precond
+        e_x, grad_x = self._energy_grad(energy, x)
+        mean_fwd = x.detach() - eps * (grad_x if m is None else m * grad_x)
+        if m is None:
+            noise = math.sqrt(2 * eps) * torch.randn_like(x)
+        else:
+            noise = torch.sqrt(2 * eps * m) * torch.randn_like(x)
+        proposal = mean_fwd + noise
+
+        e_prop, grad_prop = self._energy_grad(energy, proposal)
+        mean_bwd = proposal.detach() - eps * (grad_prop if m is None else m * grad_prop)
+
+        inv = 1.0 if m is None else 1.0 / m
+        log_q_fwd = -_flat_sum((proposal - mean_fwd).pow(2) * inv) / (4 * eps)
+        log_q_bwd = -_flat_sum((x.detach() - mean_bwd).pow(2) * inv) / (4 * eps)
+        log_alpha = (e_x - e_prop) + (log_q_bwd - log_q_fwd)
+
+        accept = torch.log(torch.rand_like(log_alpha)) < log_alpha
+        self._last_accept = accept.float().mean()
+        accept_prob = torch.exp(log_alpha.clamp(max=0.0)).mean()
+        return mh_accept(x.detach(), proposal.detach(), accept), accept_prob
+
+    def _dual_average(
+        self, energy: EnergyFn, x: Tensor, n: int, eps0: float, *, collect: bool
+    ) -> tuple[Tensor, float, list[Tensor]]:
+        """Run ``n`` dual-averaging steps from ``eps0``; return ``(x, ε̄, draws)``."""
+        if n == 0:
+            return x, eps0, []
+        mu = math.log(10 * eps0)  # bias adaptation toward larger steps
+        log_eps = math.log(eps0)
+        log_ebar = 0.0
+        h_bar = 0.0
+        draws: list[Tensor] = []
+        for m in range(1, n + 1):
+            self.step_size = math.exp(log_eps)
+            x, accept_prob = self._transition(energy, x)
+            x = x.detach()
+            gap = self.target_accept - float(accept_prob)
+            h_bar = (1 - 1 / (m + self.t0)) * h_bar + gap / (m + self.t0)
+            log_eps = mu - math.sqrt(m) / self.gamma * h_bar
+            eta = m**-self.kappa
+            log_ebar = eta * log_eps + (1 - eta) * log_ebar
+            if collect and m > n // 2:
+                draws.append(x)
+        return x, math.exp(log_ebar), draws
+
+    def sample(
+        self,
+        energy: EnergyFn,
+        x_init: Tensor,
+        *,
+        steps: int | None = None,
+        return_trajectory: bool = False,
+    ) -> Tensor:
+        """Warm up (tuning ``ε``, optionally ``M``), freeze, then sample."""
+        n_steps = self.steps if steps is None else steps
+        eps0 = self.step_size
+        x = x_init.detach().clone()
+        module = energy if isinstance(energy, nn.Module) else None
+        with frozen_params(module), torch.enable_grad():
+            if self.precondition:
+                self._precond = None  # window 1: identity metric, tune ε + collect
+                x, _, draws = self._dual_average(energy, x, self.warmup, eps0, collect=True)
+                var = torch.cat(draws, dim=0).var(dim=0).clamp_min(1e-8)
+                self._precond = var / var.log().mean().exp()  # geometric mean 1
+                # window 2: fix M, RESTART dual averaging, re-tune ε
+                x, eps, _ = self._dual_average(energy, x, self.warmup, eps0, collect=False)
+            else:
+                self._precond = None
+                x, eps, _ = self._dual_average(energy, x, self.warmup, eps0, collect=False)
+            self.step_size = eps  # freeze the averaged step size
+
+            trajectory = [x.clone()] if return_trajectory else None
+            for _ in range(n_steps):
+                x, _ = self._transition(energy, x)
+                x = x.detach()
+                if trajectory is not None:
+                    trajectory.append(x.clone())
+        if trajectory is not None:
+            return torch.stack(trajectory)
+        return x

tests/test_samplers.py

@@ -196,3 +196,52 @@ def aniso(x):
     assert abs(std[1].item() - 5.0) < 0.8
     with pytest.raises(ValueError):
         ebm.PreconditionedLangevin(precond=torch.tensor([1.0, -1.0]))
+
+
+def _correlated_gaussian(cov):
+    precision = torch.linalg.inv(cov)
+
+    def energy(x):
+        return 0.5 * ((x @ precision) * x).sum(dim=1)
+
+    return energy
+
+
+def test_adaptive_mala_tunes_step_size_to_target_accept():
+    # A wildly wrong initial step is driven to the 0.574-optimal acceptance,
+    # and the frozen chain recovers a correlated Gaussian's covariance.
+    cov = torch.tensor([[2.0, 1.2], [1.2, 1.5]])
+    sampler = ebm.AdaptiveMALA(step_size=0.1, steps=600, warmup=1000)
+    samples = sampler.sample(_correlated_gaussian(cov), 3 * torch.randn(4000, 2))
+    assert abs(sampler.last_accept_rate - 0.574) < 0.05
+    assert (torch.cov(samples.T) - cov).abs().max().item() < 0.15
+    assert not samples.requires_grad
+    assert sampler.preconditioner is None
+
+
+def test_adaptive_mala_preconditioner_learns_the_scales():
+    # Target N(0, diag(25, 0.25)) — condition number 100. The estimated diagonal
+    # metric should recover that ~100:1 ratio, and acceptance still hits target.
+    cov = torch.diag(torch.tensor([25.0, 0.25]))
+    sampler = ebm.AdaptiveMALA(step_size=0.1, steps=600, warmup=1000, precondition=True)
+    samples = sampler.sample(_correlated_gaussian(cov), torch.randn(4000, 2))
+    m = sampler.preconditioner
+    assert m is not None
+    ratio = (m[0] / m[1]).item()
+    assert 40.0 < ratio < 250.0  # true condition number is 100
+    assert abs(m.log().mean().exp().item() - 1.0) < 1e-4  # geometric mean 1
+    assert abs(sampler.last_accept_rate - 0.574) < 0.06
+    assert abs(samples.std(0)[0].item() - 5.0) < 0.7  # sqrt(25)
+    assert abs(samples.std(0)[1].item() - 0.5) < 0.1  # sqrt(0.25)
+
+
+def test_adaptive_mala_zero_warmup_keeps_step_size_and_validates():
+    sampler = ebm.AdaptiveMALA(step_size=0.2, steps=8, warmup=0)
+    traj = sampler.sample(quadratic_energy, torch.randn(256, 2), return_trajectory=True)
+    assert traj.shape == (9, 256, 2)  # init + 8 transitions
+    assert sampler.step_size == 0.2  # nothing to adapt
+    assert isinstance(sampler.last_accept_rate, float)
+    with pytest.raises(ValueError):
+        ebm.AdaptiveMALA(target_accept=1.5)
+    with pytest.raises(ValueError):
+        ebm.AdaptiveMALA(warmup=-1)