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     15 
     16 #ifndef TENSORFLOW_KERNELS_HINGE_LOSS_H_
     17 #define TENSORFLOW_KERNELS_HINGE_LOSS_H_
     18 
     19 #include <algorithm>
     20 #include <limits>
     21 
     22 #include "tensorflow/core/kernels/loss.h"
     23 #include "tensorflow/core/lib/core/errors.h"
     24 #include "tensorflow/core/lib/core/status.h"
     25 
     26 namespace tensorflow {
     27 
     28 class HingeLossUpdater : public DualLossUpdater {
     29  public:
     30   // Computes the updated dual variable (corresponding) to a single example. The
     31   // updated dual value maximizes the objective function of the dual
     32   // optimization problem associated with hinge loss (conditioned on keeping the
     33   // rest of the dual variables intact). The method below finds an optimal delta
     34   // (difference between updated and previous dual value) using the update rule
     35   // within SDCA procedure (see http://arxiv.org/pdf/1209.1873v2.pdf, page 5)
     36   // and the particular form of conjugate function for hinge loss.
     37   //
     38   // The CoCoA+ modification is detailed in readme.md.
     39   //
     40   // TODO(sibyl-vie3Poto): Write up a doc with concrete derivation and point to it from
     41   // here.
     42   double ComputeUpdatedDual(const int num_loss_partitions, const double label,
     43                             const double example_weight,
     44                             const double current_dual, const double wx,
     45                             const double weighted_example_norm) const final {
     46     // Intutitvely there are 3 cases:
     47     // a. new optimal value of the dual variable falls within the admissible
     48     // range [0, 1]. In this case we set new dual to this value.
     49     // b. new optimal value is < 0. Then, because of convexity, the optimal
     50     // valid value for new dual = 0
     51     // c. new optimal value > 1.0. Then new optimal value should be set to 1.0.
     52     const double candidate_optimal_dual =
     53         current_dual + (label - wx) / (num_loss_partitions * example_weight *
     54                                        weighted_example_norm);
     55     if (label * candidate_optimal_dual < 0) {
     56       return 0.0;
     57     }
     58     if (label * candidate_optimal_dual > 1.0) {
     59       return label;
     60     }
     61     return candidate_optimal_dual;
     62   }
     63 
     64   // Conjugate of hinge loss. This is computed as:
     65   // \phi*(z) = z if z \in [-1, 0] and +infinity everywhere else. See for
     66   // instance http://www.eecs.berkeley.edu/~wainwrig/stat241b/lec10.pdf
     67   // Here we want the weighted version of the conjugate loss. It turns out, that
     68   // if w is the weight of an example, the conjugate of the weighted hinge loss
     69   // is given by:
     70   // \phi*(z) = z if z \in [-w, 0] and +infinity everywhere else. Here the
     71   // conjugate function depends not only on the weight of the example but also
     72   // on its label. In particular:
     73   // \phi_y*(z) = y*z if y*z \in [-w, 0] and +infinity everywhere else where
     74   // y \in {-1,1}. The following method implements \phi_y*(-\alpha/w).
     75   double ComputeDualLoss(const double current_dual, const double example_label,
     76                          const double example_weight) const final {
     77     // For binary classification, there are 2 conjugate functions, one per
     78     // label value (-1 and 1).
     79     const double y_alpha = current_dual * example_label;  // y \alpha
     80     if (y_alpha < 0 || y_alpha > 1.0) {
     81       return std::numeric_limits<double>::max();
     82     }
     83     return -y_alpha * example_weight;
     84   }
     85 
     86   // Hinge loss for binary classification for a single example. Hinge loss
     87   // equals max(0, 1 - y * wx) (see https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hinge_loss).
     88   // For weighted instances loss should be multiplied by the instance weight.
     89   double ComputePrimalLoss(const double wx, const double example_label,
     90                            const double example_weight) const final {
     91     const double y_wx = example_label * wx;
     92     return std::max(0.0, 1 - y_wx) * example_weight;
     93   }
     94 
     95   double PrimalLossDerivative(const double wx, const double label,
     96                               const double example_weight) const final {
     97     if (label * wx < 1) {
     98       return -label * example_weight;
     99     }
    100     return 0;
    101   }
    102 
    103   // The smoothness constant is 0 since the derivative of the loss is not
    104   // Lipschitz
    105   double SmoothnessConstant() const final { return 0; }
    106 
    107   // Converts binary example labels from 0.0 or 1.0 to -1.0 or 1.0 respectively
    108   // as expected by hinge loss.
    109   Status ConvertLabel(float* const example_label) const final {
    110     if (*example_label == 0.0) {
    111       *example_label = -1;
    112       return Status::OK();
    113     }
    114     if (*example_label == 1.0) {
    115       return Status::OK();
    116     }
    117     return errors::InvalidArgument(
    118         "Only labels of 0.0 or 1.0 are supported right now. "
    119         "Found example with label: ",
    120         *example_label);
    121   }
    122 };
    123 
    124 }  // namespace tensorflow
    125 
    126 #endif  // TENSORFLOW_KERNELS_HINGE_LOSS_H_
    127