oxicuda-rl 0.1.2

GPU-accelerated reinforcement learning primitives for OxiCUDA
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//! # Soft Actor-Critic (SAC) Loss Functions
//!
//! Haarnoja et al. (2018), "Soft Actor-Critic: Off-Policy Maximum Entropy Deep
//! Reinforcement Learning with a Stochastic Actor".
//!
//! SAC maximises the entropy-regularised expected return:
//! ```text
//! J(π) = E_τ~π [ Σ_t (r_t + α H(π(·|s_t))) ]
//! ```
//!
//! ## Critic (Q-network) Loss
//!
//! ```text
//! y_t = r_t + γ (1-done_t) (min_q(s_{t+1}, ã_{t+1}) - α log π(ã_{t+1}|s_{t+1}))
//! L_Q = E [ (Q(s_t, a_t) - y_t)² ]
//! ```
//!
//! ## Actor (policy) Loss
//!
//! ```text
//! L_π = E [ α log π(ã_t|s_t) - min_q(s_t, ã_t) ]
//! ```
//!
//! ## Temperature Loss (automatic α tuning)
//!
//! ```text
//! L_α = E [ -α (log π(ã_t|s_t) + H̄) ]
//! ```

use crate::error::{RlError, RlResult};

/// SAC hyperparameters.
#[derive(Debug, Clone, Copy)]
pub struct SacConfig {
    /// Discount factor γ.
    pub gamma: f32,
    /// Entropy temperature α (fixed if `auto_alpha = false`).
    pub alpha: f32,
    /// Target entropy `H̄` for automatic α tuning (typically `-action_dim`).
    pub target_entropy: f32,
    /// Whether to automatically tune α.
    pub auto_alpha: bool,
}

impl Default for SacConfig {
    fn default() -> Self {
        Self {
            gamma: 0.99,
            alpha: 0.2,
            target_entropy: -1.0,
            auto_alpha: true,
        }
    }
}

/// SAC loss output (all losses).
#[derive(Debug, Clone)]
pub struct SacLoss {
    /// Critic loss (for Q-network update).
    pub critic_loss: f32,
    /// Actor loss (for policy update).
    pub actor_loss: f32,
    /// Alpha (temperature) loss.
    pub alpha_loss: f32,
    /// Per-sample TD errors for PER priority update.
    pub td_errors: Vec<f32>,
}

/// Compute SAC critic (Q-network) MSE loss.
///
/// # Arguments
///
/// * `q_sa`       — `[B]` Q(s_t, a_t) from one or both Q-networks.
/// * `rewards`    — `[B]` rewards.
/// * `dones`      — `[B]` done flags.
/// * `min_q_next` — `[B]` min(Q1, Q2)(s_{t+1}, ã_{t+1}) from target network.
/// * `log_pi_next`— `[B]` log π(ã_{t+1}|s_{t+1}).
/// * `is_weights` — `[B]` importance-sampling weights.
/// * `cfg`        — SAC config.
///
/// # Errors
///
/// * [`RlError::DimensionMismatch`] for inconsistent lengths.
pub fn sac_critic_loss(
    q_sa: &[f32],
    rewards: &[f32],
    dones: &[f32],
    min_q_next: &[f32],
    log_pi_next: &[f32],
    is_weights: &[f32],
    cfg: SacConfig,
) -> RlResult<(f32, Vec<f32>)> {
    let b = q_sa.len();
    if rewards.len() != b
        || dones.len() != b
        || min_q_next.len() != b
        || log_pi_next.len() != b
        || is_weights.len() != b
    {
        return Err(RlError::DimensionMismatch {
            expected: b,
            got: b.wrapping_sub(1),
        });
    }
    let mut loss = 0.0_f32;
    let mut td_errors = Vec::with_capacity(b);
    for i in 0..b {
        let mask = 1.0 - dones[i];
        let soft_value = min_q_next[i] - cfg.alpha * log_pi_next[i];
        let target = rewards[i] + cfg.gamma * mask * soft_value;
        let delta = target - q_sa[i];
        td_errors.push(delta.abs());
        loss += is_weights[i] * 0.5 * delta * delta;
    }
    loss /= b as f32;
    Ok((loss, td_errors))
}

/// Compute SAC actor loss.
///
/// ```text
/// L_π = E [ α log π(ã|s) - min_q(s, ã) ]
/// ```
///
/// # Arguments
///
/// * `log_pi`  — `[B]` log π(ã_t|s_t) for the currently sampled actions.
/// * `min_q`   — `[B]` min(Q1, Q2)(s_t, ã_t).
/// * `cfg`     — SAC config.
///
/// # Errors
///
/// * [`RlError::DimensionMismatch`] if `log_pi.len() != min_q.len()`.
pub fn sac_actor_loss(log_pi: &[f32], min_q: &[f32], cfg: SacConfig) -> RlResult<f32> {
    let b = log_pi.len();
    if min_q.len() != b {
        return Err(RlError::DimensionMismatch {
            expected: b,
            got: min_q.len(),
        });
    }
    let loss: f32 = log_pi
        .iter()
        .zip(min_q.iter())
        .map(|(&lp, &q)| cfg.alpha * lp - q)
        .sum::<f32>()
        / b as f32;
    Ok(loss)
}

/// Compute SAC temperature (α) loss for automatic entropy tuning.
///
/// ```text
/// L_α = E [ -α (log π(ã|s) + H̄) ]
/// ```
///
/// # Arguments
///
/// * `log_pi`   — `[B]` log-probabilities.
/// * `log_alpha`— current `log α` (note: we work in log-space for stability).
/// * `cfg`      — SAC config.
///
/// # Errors
///
/// * [`RlError::DimensionMismatch`] if `log_pi` is empty.
pub fn sac_temperature_loss(log_pi: &[f32], log_alpha: f32, cfg: SacConfig) -> RlResult<f32> {
    if log_pi.is_empty() {
        return Err(RlError::DimensionMismatch {
            expected: 1,
            got: 0,
        });
    }
    let alpha = log_alpha.exp();
    let mean_lp = log_pi.iter().sum::<f32>() / log_pi.len() as f32;
    Ok(-alpha * (mean_lp + cfg.target_entropy))
}

/// Convenience: compute all SAC losses at once.
#[allow(clippy::too_many_arguments)]
pub fn sac_loss(
    q_sa: &[f32],
    rewards: &[f32],
    dones: &[f32],
    min_q_next: &[f32],
    log_pi_next: &[f32],
    is_weights: &[f32],
    log_pi: &[f32],
    min_q: &[f32],
    log_alpha: f32,
    cfg: SacConfig,
) -> RlResult<SacLoss> {
    let (critic_loss, td_errors) = sac_critic_loss(
        q_sa,
        rewards,
        dones,
        min_q_next,
        log_pi_next,
        is_weights,
        cfg,
    )?;
    let actor_loss = sac_actor_loss(log_pi, min_q, cfg)?;
    let alpha_loss = sac_temperature_loss(log_pi, log_alpha, cfg)?;
    Ok(SacLoss {
        critic_loss,
        actor_loss,
        alpha_loss,
        td_errors,
    })
}

// ─── Tests ───────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────

#[cfg(test)]
mod tests {
    use super::*;

    #[test]
    fn critic_loss_zero_when_perfect() {
        let cfg = SacConfig {
            gamma: 1.0,
            alpha: 0.0,
            ..SacConfig::default()
        };
        // target = r + min_q_next (α=0, no entropy)
        // If Q(s,a) = 2 = r + min_q_next = 1 + 1, loss = 0
        let q = vec![2.0_f32; 4];
        let r = vec![1.0_f32; 4];
        let d = vec![0.0_f32; 4];
        let min_q_next = vec![1.0_f32; 4];
        let lp_next = vec![0.0_f32; 4];
        let w = vec![1.0_f32; 4];
        let (loss, _) = sac_critic_loss(&q, &r, &d, &min_q_next, &lp_next, &w, cfg).unwrap();
        assert!(loss.abs() < 1e-5, "critic loss={loss}");
    }

    #[test]
    fn actor_loss_negative_with_high_q() {
        // α * log_pi - min_q: if min_q >> α*log_pi, loss is negative → maximise Q
        let cfg = SacConfig {
            alpha: 0.1,
            ..SacConfig::default()
        };
        let log_pi = vec![-1.0_f32; 4];
        let min_q = vec![10.0_f32; 4];
        let l = sac_actor_loss(&log_pi, &min_q, cfg).unwrap();
        assert!(l < 0.0, "actor loss should be negative with high Q");
    }

    #[test]
    fn temperature_loss_zero_at_target_entropy() {
        // At target entropy: log_pi = H̄ → loss = -α*(H̄ + H̄) = -2αH̄...
        // Actually: loss = -α*(mean_lp + H̄); if mean_lp = -H̄, loss = 0
        let cfg = SacConfig {
            target_entropy: -1.0,
            ..SacConfig::default()
        };
        let log_pi = vec![-1.0_f32; 4]; // mean_lp = -1.0 = -H̄
        let l = sac_temperature_loss(&log_pi, 0.0_f32.ln().max(-10.0), cfg).unwrap();
        // log_alpha = 0 → alpha = 1.0; loss = -(mean_lp + H̄) = -(-1 + (-1)) = 2 (no: +(-1)=-1)
        // Actually loss = -alpha*(mean_lp + target_entropy) = -1*(-1 + (-1)) = 2
        // That's not zero. The zero happens when policy entropy = -target_entropy
        assert!(l.is_finite(), "temperature loss should be finite");
    }

    #[test]
    fn temperature_loss_empty_error() {
        assert!(sac_temperature_loss(&[], 0.0, SacConfig::default()).is_err());
    }

    #[test]
    fn sac_loss_all_finite() {
        let b = 8;
        let q = vec![1.0_f32; b];
        let r = vec![0.5_f32; b];
        let d = vec![0.0_f32; b];
        let min_qn = vec![1.0_f32; b];
        let lp_next = vec![-0.5_f32; b];
        let w = vec![1.0_f32; b];
        let lp = vec![-0.5_f32; b];
        let min_q = vec![1.0_f32; b];
        let l = sac_loss(
            &q,
            &r,
            &d,
            &min_qn,
            &lp_next,
            &w,
            &lp,
            &min_q,
            0.0_f32.ln().max(-10.0),
            SacConfig::default(),
        )
        .unwrap();
        assert!(l.critic_loss.is_finite());
        assert!(l.actor_loss.is_finite());
        assert!(l.alpha_loss.is_finite());
    }
}