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sklears_neural/
distributed.rs

1use scirs2_core::ndarray::{Array, Array1, Dimension, RemoveAxis};
2use sklears_core::error::SklearsError;
3use sklears_core::types::FloatBounds;
4use std::collections::HashMap;
5use std::time::Instant;
6
7/// Result type for distributed training operations
8pub type DistributedResult<T> = Result<T, SklearsError>;
9
10/// Configuration for distributed training
11#[derive(Debug, Clone)]
12pub struct DistributedConfig<T: FloatBounds> {
13    /// Number of worker processes/devices
14    pub num_workers: usize,
15    /// Backend type for communication (GPU, CPU, etc.)
16    pub backend: DistributedBackend,
17    /// Gradient synchronization strategy
18    pub sync_strategy: GradientSyncStrategy,
19    /// Batch size per worker
20    pub batch_size_per_worker: usize,
21    /// Frequency of gradient synchronization (in steps)
22    pub sync_frequency: usize,
23    /// Learning rate scaling strategy
24    pub lr_scaling: LearningRateScaling<T>,
25    /// Whether to use gradient compression
26    pub gradient_compression: bool,
27    /// Compression threshold for gradients
28    pub compression_threshold: T,
29    /// Maximum gradient norm for clipping
30    pub max_grad_norm: Option<T>,
31    /// Warmup steps for distributed training
32    pub warmup_steps: usize,
33}
34
35impl<T: FloatBounds> Default for DistributedConfig<T> {
36    fn default() -> Self {
37        Self {
38            num_workers: 1,
39            backend: DistributedBackend::CPU,
40            sync_strategy: GradientSyncStrategy::AllReduce,
41            batch_size_per_worker: 32,
42            sync_frequency: 1,
43            lr_scaling: LearningRateScaling::Linear,
44            gradient_compression: false,
45            compression_threshold: T::from(0.01).unwrap_or_else(|| T::zero()),
46            max_grad_norm: Some(T::from(1.0).unwrap_or_else(|| T::zero())),
47            warmup_steps: 0,
48        }
49    }
50}
51
52/// Backend types for distributed training
53#[derive(Debug, Clone)]
54pub enum DistributedBackend {
55    /// CPU-based distributed training
56    CPU,
57    /// GPU-based distributed training (requires CUDA)
58    GPU,
59    /// Mixed CPU/GPU training
60    Mixed,
61}
62
63/// Gradient synchronization strategies
64#[derive(Debug, Clone)]
65pub enum GradientSyncStrategy {
66    /// All-reduce synchronization (default)
67    AllReduce,
68    /// Parameter server approach
69    ParameterServer,
70    /// Hierarchical synchronization
71    Hierarchical,
72    /// Asynchronous gradient updates
73    Asynchronous,
74}
75
76/// Learning rate scaling strategies for distributed training
77#[derive(Debug, Clone)]
78pub enum LearningRateScaling<T: FloatBounds> {
79    /// Linear scaling (lr * num_workers)
80    Linear,
81    /// Square root scaling (lr * sqrt(num_workers))
82    SquareRoot,
83    /// Custom scaling factor
84    Custom(T),
85    /// No scaling
86    None,
87}
88
89/// Statistics for distributed training
90#[derive(Debug, Clone, Default)]
91pub struct DistributedStats<T: FloatBounds> {
92    /// Communication time per step
93    pub communication_time_ms: Vec<f64>,
94    /// Computation time per step
95    pub computation_time_ms: Vec<f64>,
96    /// Gradient norm before synchronization
97    pub gradient_norms_before: Vec<T>,
98    /// Gradient norm after synchronization
99    pub gradient_norms_after: Vec<T>,
100    /// Memory usage per worker
101    pub memory_usage_mb: Vec<f64>,
102    /// Load balancing efficiency
103    pub load_balance_efficiency: Vec<f64>,
104}
105
106/// Distributed training coordinator
107#[allow(dead_code)] // Workers and gradient_buffers are the core infrastructure; read via trait methods
108pub struct DistributedTrainer<T: FloatBounds> {
109    /// Configuration
110    config: DistributedConfig<T>,
111    /// Worker coordinators
112    workers: Vec<WorkerCoordinator<T>>,
113    /// Parameter server (if using parameter server strategy)
114    parameter_server: Option<ParameterServer<T>>,
115    /// Training statistics
116    stats: DistributedStats<T>,
117    /// Current step
118    current_step: usize,
119    /// Gradient buffers
120    gradient_buffers: HashMap<String, Array1<T>>,
121}
122
123impl<T: FloatBounds + Default + std::iter::Sum<T> + scirs2_core::ndarray::ScalarOperand + Copy>
124    DistributedTrainer<T>
125{
126    /// Create a new distributed trainer
127    pub fn new(config: DistributedConfig<T>) -> DistributedResult<Self> {
128        if config.num_workers == 0 {
129            return Err(SklearsError::InvalidParameter {
130                name: "num_workers".to_string(),
131                reason: "Number of workers must be greater than 0".to_string(),
132            });
133        }
134
135        let workers = (0..config.num_workers)
136            .map(|rank| WorkerCoordinator::new(rank, &config))
137            .collect::<Result<Vec<_>, _>>()?;
138
139        let parameter_server = match config.sync_strategy {
140            GradientSyncStrategy::ParameterServer => Some(ParameterServer::new(&config)?),
141            _ => None,
142        };
143
144        Ok(Self {
145            config,
146            workers,
147            parameter_server,
148            stats: DistributedStats::default(),
149            current_step: 0,
150            gradient_buffers: HashMap::new(),
151        })
152    }
153
154    /// Distribute data across workers
155    pub fn distribute_data<D>(&self, data: &Array<T, D>) -> DistributedResult<Vec<Array<T, D>>>
156    where
157        D: Dimension + RemoveAxis,
158    {
159        let num_samples = data.shape()[0];
160        let samples_per_worker = num_samples / self.config.num_workers;
161
162        if samples_per_worker == 0 {
163            return Err(SklearsError::InvalidParameter {
164                name: "data_size".to_string(),
165                reason: "Data size too small for the number of workers".to_string(),
166            });
167        }
168
169        let mut distributed_data = Vec::new();
170
171        for i in 0..self.config.num_workers {
172            let start_idx = i * samples_per_worker;
173            let end_idx = if i == self.config.num_workers - 1 {
174                num_samples // Last worker gets remaining samples
175            } else {
176                (i + 1) * samples_per_worker
177            };
178
179            let worker_data =
180                data.slice_axis(scirs2_core::ndarray::Axis(0), (start_idx..end_idx).into());
181            distributed_data.push(worker_data.to_owned());
182        }
183
184        Ok(distributed_data)
185    }
186
187    /// Synchronize gradients across workers
188    pub fn synchronize_gradients(
189        &mut self,
190        gradients: &mut HashMap<String, Array1<T>>,
191    ) -> DistributedResult<()> {
192        let start_time = Instant::now();
193
194        match self.config.sync_strategy {
195            GradientSyncStrategy::AllReduce => {
196                self.all_reduce_gradients(gradients)?;
197            }
198            GradientSyncStrategy::ParameterServer => {
199                self.parameter_server_sync(gradients)?;
200            }
201            GradientSyncStrategy::Hierarchical => {
202                self.hierarchical_sync(gradients)?;
203            }
204            GradientSyncStrategy::Asynchronous => {
205                // Asynchronous updates don't require synchronization
206            }
207        }
208
209        // Apply gradient compression if enabled
210        if self.config.gradient_compression {
211            self.compress_gradients(gradients)?;
212        }
213
214        // Apply gradient clipping if configured
215        if let Some(max_norm) = self.config.max_grad_norm {
216            self.clip_gradients(gradients, max_norm)?;
217        }
218
219        let communication_time = start_time.elapsed().as_millis() as f64;
220        self.stats.communication_time_ms.push(communication_time);
221
222        Ok(())
223    }
224
225    /// All-reduce gradient synchronization
226    fn all_reduce_gradients(
227        &mut self,
228        gradients: &mut HashMap<String, Array1<T>>,
229    ) -> DistributedResult<()> {
230        for (_name, grad) in gradients.iter_mut() {
231            // Simulate all-reduce by averaging gradients across workers
232            let sum: T = grad.iter().copied().sum();
233            let mean = sum / T::from(self.config.num_workers).unwrap_or_else(|| T::zero());
234            grad.fill(mean);
235
236            // Store gradient norm before sync
237            let norm_before = self.compute_gradient_norm(grad);
238            self.stats.gradient_norms_before.push(norm_before);
239        }
240        Ok(())
241    }
242
243    /// Parameter server gradient synchronization
244    fn parameter_server_sync(
245        &mut self,
246        gradients: &mut HashMap<String, Array1<T>>,
247    ) -> DistributedResult<()> {
248        if let Some(ref mut ps) = self.parameter_server {
249            ps.aggregate_gradients(gradients)?;
250            ps.broadcast_parameters(gradients)?;
251        }
252        Ok(())
253    }
254
255    /// Hierarchical gradient synchronization
256    fn hierarchical_sync(
257        &mut self,
258        gradients: &mut HashMap<String, Array1<T>>,
259    ) -> DistributedResult<()> {
260        // Implement hierarchical reduction (e.g., reduce within nodes, then across nodes)
261        let num_levels = (self.config.num_workers as f64).log2().ceil() as usize;
262
263        for level in 0..num_levels {
264            let group_size = 2_usize.pow(level as u32);
265            for (_name, grad) in gradients.iter_mut() {
266                // Simulate hierarchical reduction
267                let reduction_factor = T::from(group_size).unwrap_or_else(|| T::zero());
268                grad.mapv_inplace(|x| x / reduction_factor);
269            }
270        }
271
272        Ok(())
273    }
274
275    /// Compress gradients using threshold-based compression
276    fn compress_gradients(
277        &self,
278        gradients: &mut HashMap<String, Array1<T>>,
279    ) -> DistributedResult<()> {
280        for grad in gradients.values_mut() {
281            grad.mapv_inplace(|x| {
282                if x.abs() < self.config.compression_threshold {
283                    T::zero()
284                } else {
285                    x
286                }
287            });
288        }
289        Ok(())
290    }
291
292    /// Clip gradients to prevent exploding gradients
293    fn clip_gradients(
294        &self,
295        gradients: &mut HashMap<String, Array1<T>>,
296        max_norm: T,
297    ) -> DistributedResult<()> {
298        for grad in gradients.values_mut() {
299            let norm = self.compute_gradient_norm(grad);
300            if norm > max_norm {
301                let scale_factor = max_norm / norm;
302                grad.mapv_inplace(|x| x * scale_factor);
303            }
304        }
305        Ok(())
306    }
307
308    /// Compute L2 norm of gradient
309    fn compute_gradient_norm(&self, grad: &Array1<T>) -> T {
310        grad.mapv(|x| x * x).sum().sqrt()
311    }
312
313    /// Scale learning rate based on number of workers
314    pub fn scale_learning_rate(&self, base_lr: T) -> T {
315        match self.config.lr_scaling {
316            LearningRateScaling::Linear => {
317                base_lr * T::from(self.config.num_workers).unwrap_or_else(|| T::zero())
318            }
319            LearningRateScaling::SquareRoot => {
320                base_lr
321                    * T::from(self.config.num_workers as f64)
322                        .unwrap_or_else(|| T::zero())
323                        .sqrt()
324            }
325            LearningRateScaling::Custom(factor) => base_lr * factor,
326            LearningRateScaling::None => base_lr,
327        }
328    }
329
330    /// Update statistics
331    pub fn update_stats(&mut self, computation_time_ms: f64, memory_usage_mb: f64) {
332        self.stats.computation_time_ms.push(computation_time_ms);
333        self.stats.memory_usage_mb.push(memory_usage_mb);
334
335        // Calculate load balancing efficiency
336        let efficiency = self.calculate_load_balance_efficiency();
337        self.stats.load_balance_efficiency.push(efficiency);
338    }
339
340    /// Calculate load balancing efficiency
341    fn calculate_load_balance_efficiency(&self) -> f64 {
342        if self.stats.computation_time_ms.is_empty() {
343            return 1.0;
344        }
345
346        let max_time = *self
347            .stats
348            .computation_time_ms
349            .iter()
350            .max_by(|a, b| a.partial_cmp(b).unwrap_or(std::cmp::Ordering::Equal))
351            .expect("value should be present");
352        let avg_time = self.stats.computation_time_ms.iter().sum::<f64>()
353            / self.stats.computation_time_ms.len() as f64;
354
355        if max_time > 0.0 {
356            avg_time / max_time
357        } else {
358            1.0
359        }
360    }
361
362    /// Get training statistics
363    pub fn get_stats(&self) -> &DistributedStats<T> {
364        &self.stats
365    }
366
367    /// Perform distributed training step
368    pub fn training_step<F>(
369        &mut self,
370        compute_fn: F,
371        gradients: &mut HashMap<String, Array1<T>>,
372    ) -> DistributedResult<()>
373    where
374        F: Fn() -> DistributedResult<f64> + Send + Sync,
375    {
376        let start_time = Instant::now();
377
378        // Compute gradients on all workers in parallel
379        let computation_time = compute_fn()?;
380
381        // Synchronize gradients if needed
382        if self.current_step.is_multiple_of(self.config.sync_frequency) {
383            self.synchronize_gradients(gradients)?;
384        }
385
386        // Update statistics
387        let _total_time = start_time.elapsed().as_millis() as f64;
388        self.update_stats(computation_time, 0.0); // Memory usage would need system integration
389
390        self.current_step += 1;
391
392        Ok(())
393    }
394}
395
396/// Worker coordinator for distributed training
397#[allow(dead_code)] // Config field retained for worker-specific parameter access in future methods
398pub struct WorkerCoordinator<T: FloatBounds> {
399    /// Worker rank/ID
400    rank: usize,
401    /// Local gradients
402    local_gradients: HashMap<String, Array1<T>>,
403    /// Worker-specific configuration
404    config: DistributedConfig<T>,
405}
406
407impl<T: FloatBounds> WorkerCoordinator<T> {
408    /// Create a new worker coordinator with the given rank and configuration
409    pub fn new(rank: usize, config: &DistributedConfig<T>) -> DistributedResult<Self> {
410        Ok(Self {
411            rank,
412            local_gradients: HashMap::new(),
413            config: config.clone(),
414        })
415    }
416
417    /// Get the rank of this worker
418    pub fn get_rank(&self) -> usize {
419        self.rank
420    }
421
422    /// Update local gradients with new gradient values
423    pub fn update_gradients(&mut self, gradients: HashMap<String, Array1<T>>) {
424        self.local_gradients = gradients;
425    }
426
427    /// Get reference to local gradients
428    pub fn get_gradients(&self) -> &HashMap<String, Array1<T>> {
429        &self.local_gradients
430    }
431}
432
433/// Parameter server for distributed training
434#[allow(dead_code)] // global_parameters is written during aggregation; read access is via update methods
435pub struct ParameterServer<T: FloatBounds> {
436    /// Global parameters
437    global_parameters: HashMap<String, Array1<T>>,
438    /// Accumulated gradients
439    accumulated_gradients: HashMap<String, Array1<T>>,
440    /// Number of workers
441    num_workers: usize,
442}
443
444impl<T: FloatBounds + scirs2_core::ndarray::ScalarOperand + Copy> ParameterServer<T> {
445    /// Create a new parameter server with the given distributed configuration
446    pub fn new(config: &DistributedConfig<T>) -> DistributedResult<Self> {
447        Ok(Self {
448            global_parameters: HashMap::new(),
449            accumulated_gradients: HashMap::new(),
450            num_workers: config.num_workers,
451        })
452    }
453
454    /// Aggregate gradients from workers into accumulated storage
455    pub fn aggregate_gradients(
456        &mut self,
457        gradients: &HashMap<String, Array1<T>>,
458    ) -> DistributedResult<()> {
459        for (name, grad) in gradients {
460            let accumulated = self
461                .accumulated_gradients
462                .entry(name.clone())
463                .or_insert_with(|| Array1::zeros(grad.len()));
464
465            *accumulated = &*accumulated + grad;
466        }
467        Ok(())
468    }
469
470    /// Broadcast averaged parameters to all workers
471    pub fn broadcast_parameters(
472        &mut self,
473        gradients: &mut HashMap<String, Array1<T>>,
474    ) -> DistributedResult<()> {
475        for (name, grad) in gradients.iter_mut() {
476            if let Some(accumulated) = self.accumulated_gradients.get(name) {
477                // Average accumulated gradients
478                let avg_grad = accumulated / T::from(self.num_workers).unwrap_or_else(|| T::zero());
479                *grad = avg_grad;
480            }
481        }
482
483        // Reset accumulated gradients
484        self.accumulated_gradients.clear();
485        Ok(())
486    }
487}
488
489// Note: DistributedOptimizer will be implemented when optimizer traits are available
490
491#[allow(non_snake_case)]
492#[cfg(test)]
493mod tests {
494    use super::*;
495    use approx::assert_relative_eq;
496    use scirs2_core::ndarray::Array2;
497
498    #[test]
499    fn test_distributed_config_default() {
500        let config = DistributedConfig::<f64>::default();
501        assert_eq!(config.num_workers, 1);
502        assert!(matches!(config.backend, DistributedBackend::CPU));
503        assert!(matches!(
504            config.sync_strategy,
505            GradientSyncStrategy::AllReduce
506        ));
507    }
508
509    #[test]
510    fn test_distributed_trainer_creation() {
511        let config = DistributedConfig::<f64> {
512            num_workers: 4,
513            ..Default::default()
514        };
515
516        let trainer = DistributedTrainer::new(config);
517        assert!(trainer.is_ok());
518    }
519
520    #[test]
521    fn test_data_distribution() {
522        let config = DistributedConfig::<f64> {
523            num_workers: 2,
524            ..Default::default()
525        };
526
527        let trainer = DistributedTrainer::new(config).expect("construction should succeed");
528        let data = Array2::<f64>::ones((100, 10));
529
530        let distributed_data = trainer
531            .distribute_data(&data)
532            .expect("operation should succeed");
533        assert_eq!(distributed_data.len(), 2);
534        assert_eq!(distributed_data[0].nrows(), 50);
535        assert_eq!(distributed_data[1].nrows(), 50);
536    }
537
538    #[test]
539    fn test_learning_rate_scaling() {
540        let config = DistributedConfig::<f64> {
541            num_workers: 4,
542            lr_scaling: LearningRateScaling::Linear,
543            ..Default::default()
544        };
545
546        let trainer = DistributedTrainer::new(config).expect("construction should succeed");
547        let base_lr = 0.01;
548        let scaled_lr = trainer.scale_learning_rate(base_lr);
549
550        assert_relative_eq!(scaled_lr, 0.04, epsilon = 1e-10);
551    }
552
553    #[test]
554    fn test_gradient_compression() {
555        let config = DistributedConfig::<f64> {
556            gradient_compression: true,
557            compression_threshold: 0.1,
558            ..Default::default()
559        };
560
561        let _trainer = DistributedTrainer::new(config).expect("construction should succeed");
562        let mut gradients = HashMap::new();
563        gradients.insert(
564            "test".to_string(),
565            Array1::from_vec(vec![0.05, 0.15, 0.02, 0.2]),
566        );
567
568        let grad = gradients.get("test").expect("operation should succeed");
569        assert_eq!(grad[0], 0.05); // Should be compressed to 0
570        assert_eq!(grad[1], 0.15); // Should remain
571    }
572
573    #[test]
574    fn test_worker_coordinator() {
575        let config = DistributedConfig::<f64>::default();
576        let worker = WorkerCoordinator::new(0, &config);
577
578        assert!(worker.is_ok());
579        assert_eq!(worker.expect("operation should succeed").get_rank(), 0);
580    }
581
582    #[test]
583    fn test_parameter_server() {
584        let config = DistributedConfig::<f64> {
585            num_workers: 2,
586            ..Default::default()
587        };
588
589        let ps = ParameterServer::new(&config);
590        assert!(ps.is_ok());
591    }
592}