velesdb_core/quantization/rabitq.rs
1//! `RaBitQ`: Randomized Binary Quantization for 32x vector compression.
2//!
3//! Based on arXiv:2405.12497, `RaBitQ` encodes vectors as D-bit binary codes
4//! packed in `Vec<u64>` with scalar correction factors. Distance estimation
5//! uses XOR + popcount on u64 words plus affine correction.
6//!
7//! ## Compression
8//!
9//! | Metric | f32 | RaBitQ |
10//! |--------|-----|--------|
11//! | RAM/vector (768d) | 3 KB | ~96 bytes + 8 bytes correction |
12//! | Compression ratio | 1x | 32x |
13
14use crate::error::Error;
15use serde::{Deserialize, Serialize};
16
17/// Scalar correction factors for a `RaBitQ`-encoded vector.
18///
19/// These values are needed to apply the affine correction during distance estimation.
20#[derive(Debug, Clone, Copy, Serialize, Deserialize)]
21pub struct RaBitQCorrection {
22 /// L2 norm of the centered vector before binarization.
23 pub vector_norm: f32,
24 /// Inner product between the binary reconstruction (`±1/√D` scaled) and the
25 /// rotated normalized vector. Measures quantization quality; closer to 1.0 is better.
26 pub quantization_ip: f32,
27}
28
29/// Binary-quantized vector with scalar correction factors.
30#[derive(Debug, Clone, Serialize, Deserialize)]
31pub struct RaBitQVector {
32 /// Binary codes packed in u64 words. Length = `ceil(D / 64)`.
33 pub bits: Vec<u64>,
34 /// Affine correction factors used to recover an accurate distance estimate.
35 pub correction: RaBitQCorrection,
36}
37
38/// `RaBitQ` index holding the random rotation matrix and dataset centroid.
39#[derive(Debug, Clone, Serialize, Deserialize)]
40pub struct RaBitQIndex {
41 /// Random orthogonal rotation matrix (flattened `D x D`, row-major).
42 pub rotation: Vec<f32>,
43 /// Dataset centroid for centering.
44 pub centroid: Vec<f32>,
45 /// Vector dimension.
46 pub dimension: usize,
47}
48
49/// Pack sign bits of a float slice into u64 words.
50///
51/// Bit `i` of word `w` is 1 if `values[w*64 + i] >= 0.0`.
52/// The output length is `ceil(dim / 64)`. Padding bits in the last word are
53/// always zero (values beyond `dim` are not written), which is required by
54/// `xor_popcount_ip` for correct padding adjustment.
55#[must_use]
56pub(crate) fn signs_to_bits(values: &[f32], dim: usize) -> Vec<u64> {
57 let num_words = dim.div_ceil(64);
58 let mut bits = vec![0u64; num_words];
59 for (i, &v) in values.iter().take(dim).enumerate() {
60 if v >= 0.0 {
61 let word = i / 64;
62 let bit = i % 64;
63 bits[word] |= 1u64 << bit;
64 }
65 }
66 bits
67}
68
69/// Bitmask selecting the in-use bits of the last u64 word for `dim` dimensions.
70///
71/// Returns `u64::MAX` when `dim` is a multiple of 64 (the last word is fully
72/// used) or when `dim == 0`. Otherwise returns a mask with the low `dim % 64`
73/// bits set, so a bitwise-AND on the last word zeroes the high padding bits.
74#[must_use]
75pub(crate) const fn last_word_mask(dim: usize) -> u64 {
76 let rem = dim % 64;
77 if rem == 0 {
78 u64::MAX
79 } else {
80 (1u64 << rem) - 1
81 }
82}
83
84/// Apply a flat row-major rotation matrix to a vector.
85///
86/// Computes `result[i] = sum_j rotation[i * dim + j] * vector[j]` for each `i`.
87///
88/// F-12: Uses SIMD dot product per row instead of scalar iterator chain.
89/// For dim=768, this is ~8x faster (SIMD dot product vs scalar sum).
90#[must_use]
91pub(crate) fn apply_rotation_flat(rotation: &[f32], vector: &[f32], dim: usize) -> Vec<f32> {
92 (0..dim)
93 .map(|i| {
94 let row_start = i * dim;
95 crate::simd_native::dot_product_native(&rotation[row_start..row_start + dim], vector)
96 })
97 .collect()
98}
99
100/// Compute XOR+popcount inner product estimate from query bits and encoded bits.
101///
102/// Uses SIMD-dispatched XOR+popcount (AVX-512 VPOPCNTDQ / AVX-512F / AVX2 / NEON / scalar)
103/// via `hamming_binary_native` for the XOR+popcount hot loop.
104///
105/// Returns the binary inner product in `[-1, 1]` range.
106fn xor_popcount_ip(q_bits: &[u64], enc_bits: &[u64], num_words: usize, dim: usize) -> f32 {
107 // hamming_binary_native returns the number of DIFFERING bits (XOR popcount).
108 // Padding bits are 0 in both vectors (signs_to_bits zeroes beyond `dim`),
109 // so they XOR to 0 and are NOT counted as differing.
110 // Therefore: matching_bits = dim - differing_bits.
111 let differing_bits =
112 crate::simd_native::hamming_binary_native(&q_bits[..num_words], &enc_bits[..num_words]);
113
114 // When padding bits are zero, `differing_bits <= dim`, so
115 // `matching_bits = dim - differing_bits` is exact. Clean vectors satisfy
116 // this: `signs_to_bits` zeroes padding on encode and `RaBitQVectorStore::push`
117 // masks it on store (the only paths that populate the bit store).
118 //
119 // This clamp is defense-in-depth for any vector whose padding bits are
120 // nonetheless set (e.g. a tampered in-memory value): set padding bits would
121 // push `differing_bits` above `dim`. We clamp so `matching_bits` cannot
122 // underflow (u32 wraparound → garbage / non-finite distance), keeping the
123 // estimate finite and within `[-1, 1]`. This is graceful degradation, not
124 // exact recovery — exactness comes from the masking on the encode/store path.
125 // Reason: dim fits in u32 for any practical vector dimension (< 2^32).
126 #[allow(clippy::cast_possible_truncation)]
127 let dim_u32 = dim as u32;
128 let matching_bits = dim_u32 - differing_bits.min(dim_u32);
129
130 // Inner product estimate: each matching bit contributes +1/D,
131 // each differing bit contributes -1/D.
132 #[allow(clippy::cast_precision_loss)]
133 let d_f = dim as f32;
134 #[allow(clippy::cast_precision_loss)]
135 let ip = (2.0f32.mul_add(matching_bits as f32, -d_f)) / d_f;
136 ip
137}
138
139/// Preprocessed query data for `RaBitQ` distance computation.
140///
141/// RF-DEDUP: Shared between `distance` and `batch_distance` to eliminate
142/// the repeated center-normalize-rotate-bitsign preprocessing pipeline.
143///
144/// `pub(crate)` for Phase 3 integration (`RaBitQ` HNSW search path).
145pub(crate) struct PreparedQuery {
146 /// Squared L2 norm of the centered query.
147 pub(crate) norm_sq: f32,
148 /// L2 norm of the centered query.
149 pub(crate) norm: f32,
150 /// Sign bits of the rotated normalized query.
151 pub(crate) bits: Vec<u64>,
152 /// Number of u64 words in the bit representation.
153 pub(crate) num_words: usize,
154 /// Rotated normalized vector (used by encode for correction factors).
155 pub(crate) rotated: Vec<f32>,
156}
157
158impl RaBitQIndex {
159 /// Centers, normalizes, rotates, and extracts sign bits from a vector.
160 ///
161 /// Returns `None` when the centered vector has near-zero norm.
162 ///
163 /// `pub(crate)` for Phase 3 integration (`RaBitQ` HNSW search path).
164 pub(crate) fn prepare_query(&self, vector: &[f32]) -> Option<PreparedQuery> {
165 let centered: Vec<f32> = vector
166 .iter()
167 .zip(self.centroid.iter())
168 .map(|(&v, &c)| v - c)
169 .collect();
170
171 let norm_sq: f32 = centered.iter().map(|&x| x * x).sum();
172 let norm = norm_sq.sqrt();
173
174 if norm < f32::EPSILON {
175 return None;
176 }
177
178 let normalized: Vec<f32> = centered.iter().map(|&x| x / norm).collect();
179 let rotated = apply_rotation_flat(&self.rotation, &normalized, self.dimension);
180 let bits = signs_to_bits(&rotated, self.dimension);
181 let num_words = self.dimension.div_ceil(64);
182
183 Some(PreparedQuery {
184 norm_sq,
185 norm,
186 bits,
187 num_words,
188 rotated,
189 })
190 }
191
192 /// Computes L2 distance from a prepared query to an encoded vector.
193 ///
194 /// `pub(crate)` for Phase 3 integration (`RaBitQ` HNSW search path).
195 pub(crate) fn distance_from_prepared(&self, pq: &PreparedQuery, encoded: &RaBitQVector) -> f32 {
196 self.distance_from_prepared_slice(pq, &encoded.bits, encoded.correction)
197 }
198
199 /// Zero-copy L2 distance from a prepared query to raw bits + correction.
200 ///
201 /// Avoids the `Vec<u64>` allocation that `distance_from_prepared` would
202 /// require when the caller only has a borrowed slice (e.g. from
203 /// [`RaBitQVectorStore::get_bits_slice`]).
204 ///
205 /// `pub(crate)` for Phase 3 integration (`RaBitQ` HNSW search path).
206 pub(crate) fn distance_from_prepared_slice(
207 &self,
208 pq: &PreparedQuery,
209 bits: &[u64],
210 correction: RaBitQCorrection,
211 ) -> f32 {
212 let ip_binary = xor_popcount_ip(&pq.bits, bits, pq.num_words, self.dimension);
213
214 let v_norm = correction.vector_norm;
215 let estimated_ip = pq.norm * v_norm * ip_binary;
216 let l2_sq = v_norm.mul_add(v_norm, pq.norm_sq) - 2.0 * estimated_ip;
217 l2_sq.max(0.0).sqrt()
218 }
219
220 /// Encode a vector into a [`RaBitQVector`].
221 ///
222 /// Steps:
223 /// 1. Center the vector (subtract centroid).
224 /// 2. Compute the L2 norm of the centered vector.
225 /// 3. Normalize (handle zero-norm gracefully).
226 /// 4. Apply rotation matrix.
227 /// 5. Extract sign bits into u64 words.
228 /// 6. Compute correction factors.
229 ///
230 /// # Errors
231 ///
232 /// Returns `Error::InvalidQuantizerConfig` if vector dimension mismatches.
233 pub fn encode(&self, vector: &[f32]) -> Result<RaBitQVector, Error> {
234 if vector.len() != self.dimension {
235 return Err(Error::InvalidQuantizerConfig(format!(
236 "RaBitQ encode: expected dimension {}, got {}",
237 self.dimension,
238 vector.len()
239 )));
240 }
241
242 let Some(pq) = self.prepare_query(vector) else {
243 let num_words = self.dimension.div_ceil(64);
244 return Ok(RaBitQVector {
245 bits: vec![0u64; num_words],
246 correction: RaBitQCorrection {
247 vector_norm: 0.0,
248 quantization_ip: 1.0,
249 },
250 });
251 };
252
253 // Compute correction factors
254 // The binary reconstruction maps each sign bit to +1/-1, scaled by 1/sqrt(D).
255 // quantization_inner_product = <binary_reconstruction, rotated_normalized>
256 #[allow(clippy::cast_precision_loss)]
257 let scale = 1.0 / (self.dimension as f32).sqrt();
258 let mut qip: f32 = 0.0;
259 for (i, &rv) in pq.rotated.iter().enumerate().take(self.dimension) {
260 let word = i / 64;
261 let bit = i % 64;
262 let sign = if (pq.bits[word] >> bit) & 1 == 1 {
263 1.0
264 } else {
265 -1.0
266 };
267 qip = (sign * scale).mul_add(rv, qip);
268 }
269
270 Ok(RaBitQVector {
271 bits: pq.bits,
272 correction: RaBitQCorrection {
273 vector_norm: pq.norm,
274 quantization_ip: qip,
275 },
276 })
277 }
278
279 /// Estimate the L2 distance between a raw query vector and an encoded vector.
280 ///
281 /// Uses XOR + popcount for fast Hamming-based inner product estimation,
282 /// then applies affine correction with stored norms.
283 #[must_use]
284 pub fn distance(&self, query: &[f32], encoded: &RaBitQVector) -> f32 {
285 let Some(pq) = self.prepare_query(query) else {
286 // Query is at centroid; distance = norm of encoded vector
287 return encoded.correction.vector_norm;
288 };
289 self.distance_from_prepared(&pq, encoded)
290 }
291
292 /// Batch distance: process query once, then iterate over encoded vectors.
293 ///
294 /// Amortizes query preprocessing (centering, normalization, rotation, sign extraction).
295 #[must_use]
296 pub fn batch_distance(&self, query: &[f32], encoded: &[RaBitQVector]) -> Vec<f32> {
297 let Some(pq) = self.prepare_query(query) else {
298 return encoded.iter().map(|e| e.correction.vector_norm).collect();
299 };
300
301 encoded
302 .iter()
303 .map(|ev| self.distance_from_prepared(&pq, ev))
304 .collect()
305 }
306}
307
308/// Training and persistence methods (require `persistence` feature for rayon).
309#[cfg(feature = "persistence")]
310impl RaBitQIndex {
311 /// Train a `RaBitQ` index from a set of vectors.
312 ///
313 /// Computes dataset centroid and generates a random orthogonal rotation
314 /// matrix via modified Gram-Schmidt orthogonalization of a random matrix.
315 ///
316 /// # Errors
317 ///
318 /// Returns `Error::InvalidQuantizerConfig` if:
319 /// - `vectors` is empty
320 /// - vectors have inconsistent dimensions
321 /// - vector dimension is 0
322 pub fn train(vectors: &[Vec<f32>], seed: u64) -> Result<Self, Error> {
323 if vectors.is_empty() {
324 return Err(Error::InvalidQuantizerConfig(
325 "cannot train RaBitQ with empty dataset".into(),
326 ));
327 }
328
329 let dimension = vectors[0].len();
330 if dimension == 0 {
331 return Err(Error::InvalidQuantizerConfig(
332 "vectors must have non-zero dimension".into(),
333 ));
334 }
335 if !vectors.iter().all(|v| v.len() == dimension) {
336 return Err(Error::InvalidQuantizerConfig(
337 "all vectors must share the same dimension".into(),
338 ));
339 }
340
341 // Compute centroid (element-wise mean)
342 let mut centroid = vec![0.0f32; dimension];
343 for v in vectors {
344 for (ci, &vi) in centroid.iter_mut().zip(v.iter()) {
345 *ci += vi;
346 }
347 }
348 #[allow(clippy::cast_precision_loss)]
349 let inv_n = 1.0 / vectors.len() as f32;
350 for x in &mut centroid {
351 *x *= inv_n;
352 }
353
354 // Generate random orthogonal matrix via modified Gram-Schmidt
355 let rotation = generate_orthogonal_matrix(dimension, seed);
356
357 Ok(Self {
358 rotation,
359 centroid,
360 dimension,
361 })
362 }
363
364 /// Save `RaBitQ` index to `<dir>/rabitq.idx` using postcard with atomic write.
365 ///
366 /// # Errors
367 ///
368 /// Returns `Error::Io` if serialization or file I/O fails.
369 pub fn save(&self, dir: &std::path::Path) -> Result<(), Error> {
370 let data = postcard::to_allocvec(self).map_err(|e| {
371 Error::Io(std::io::Error::new(
372 std::io::ErrorKind::InvalidData,
373 format!("failed to serialize RaBitQ index: {e}"),
374 ))
375 })?;
376 let tmp_path = dir.join("rabitq.idx.tmp");
377 let final_path = dir.join("rabitq.idx");
378 std::fs::write(&tmp_path, &data)?;
379 std::fs::rename(&tmp_path, &final_path)?;
380 Ok(())
381 }
382
383 /// Load `RaBitQ` index from `<dir>/rabitq.idx`. Returns `None` if file doesn't exist.
384 ///
385 /// The decoded index is validated (`validate_loaded`) so a corrupt
386 /// rotation/centroid is rejected here rather than producing out-of-bounds
387 /// indexing in `apply_rotation_flat` during search.
388 ///
389 /// # Errors
390 ///
391 /// Returns `Error::Io` if deserialization or file I/O fails, or
392 /// `Error::IndexCorrupted` if the file exceeds the size cap or the decoded
393 /// rotation/centroid lengths are inconsistent with `dimension`.
394 pub fn load(dir: &std::path::Path) -> Result<Option<Self>, Error> {
395 let path = dir.join("rabitq.idx");
396 if !path.exists() {
397 return Ok(None);
398 }
399 let file_len = std::fs::metadata(&path)?.len();
400 if file_len > MAX_RABITQ_INDEX_BYTES {
401 return Err(Error::IndexCorrupted(format!(
402 "RaBitQ index file is {file_len} bytes, exceeds cap {MAX_RABITQ_INDEX_BYTES}"
403 )));
404 }
405 let data = std::fs::read(&path)?;
406 let index: Self = postcard::from_bytes(&data).map_err(|e| {
407 Error::Io(std::io::Error::new(
408 std::io::ErrorKind::InvalidData,
409 format!("failed to deserialize RaBitQ index: {e}"),
410 ))
411 })?;
412 index.validate_loaded()?;
413 Ok(Some(index))
414 }
415
416 /// Validate a deserialized index's structural invariants.
417 ///
418 /// # Errors
419 ///
420 /// Returns `Error::IndexCorrupted` if `dimension` is zero, the centroid
421 /// length is not `dimension`, or the rotation length is not `dimension^2`.
422 fn validate_loaded(&self) -> Result<(), Error> {
423 if self.dimension == 0 {
424 return Err(Error::IndexCorrupted(
425 "RaBitQ index has zero dimension".into(),
426 ));
427 }
428 if self.centroid.len() != self.dimension {
429 return Err(Error::IndexCorrupted(format!(
430 "RaBitQ centroid has {} elements, expected dimension {}",
431 self.centroid.len(),
432 self.dimension
433 )));
434 }
435 super::validate_rotation_len(self.rotation.len(), self.dimension, "RaBitQ")?;
436 Ok(())
437 }
438}
439
440/// Maximum accepted size of a persisted `RaBitQ` index file.
441///
442/// The index stores a `dimension^2` rotation matrix plus a `dimension`
443/// centroid. For the documented stability ceiling (`dimension <= 2048`) the
444/// rotation is `2048^2` f32 ≈ 16 MiB; the 256 MiB cap rejects hostile files
445/// before they trigger a huge allocation. (Addresses the alloc-cap concern of
446/// #897.)
447#[cfg(feature = "persistence")]
448const MAX_RABITQ_INDEX_BYTES: u64 = 256 * 1024 * 1024;
449
450/// Generate a random orthogonal matrix using modified Gram-Schmidt.
451///
452/// Creates a D x D random matrix from a seeded RNG, then orthogonalizes it
453/// using modified Gram-Schmidt (numerically stable for D <= 2048).
454/// Returns the matrix flattened in row-major order.
455///
456/// # Complexity
457///
458/// Time complexity: O(d³) for Modified Gram-Schmidt on a d×d matrix.
459/// For d=1024 this is ~10⁹ f64 operations. Only called during training.
460///
461/// # Numerical stability
462///
463/// MGS produces near-orthogonal matrices for D up to ~1024 at f32 precision.
464/// For D > 1024, accumulated rounding errors can make the result noticeably
465/// non-orthogonal (‖Rᵀ R − I‖_F may exceed 1e-3). If higher-dimensional
466/// rotations are required, consider Householder QR or double-precision MGS.
467#[cfg(feature = "persistence")]
468fn generate_orthogonal_matrix(dim: usize, seed: u64) -> Vec<f32> {
469 use rand::{RngExt, SeedableRng};
470
471 let mut rng = rand::rngs::StdRng::seed_from_u64(seed);
472
473 // Generate random D x D matrix (column-major for easier Gram-Schmidt)
474 // columns[j][i] = element at row i, column j
475 let mut columns: Vec<Vec<f32>> = (0..dim)
476 .map(|_| (0..dim).map(|_| rng.random::<f32>() * 2.0 - 1.0).collect())
477 .collect();
478
479 // Modified Gram-Schmidt orthogonalization
480 for j in 0..dim {
481 // Normalize column j
482 let norm: f32 = columns[j].iter().map(|&x| x * x).sum::<f32>().sqrt();
483 if norm > f32::EPSILON {
484 for x in &mut columns[j] {
485 *x /= norm;
486 }
487 }
488
489 // Subtract projection of remaining columns onto column j
490 for k in (j + 1)..dim {
491 let dot: f32 = columns[j]
492 .iter()
493 .zip(columns[k].iter())
494 .map(|(&a, &b)| a * b)
495 .sum();
496 let proj: Vec<f32> = columns[j].iter().map(|&x| dot * x).collect();
497 for (ck, p) in columns[k].iter_mut().zip(proj.iter()) {
498 *ck -= p;
499 }
500 }
501 }
502
503 // Convert column-major to row-major flattened format
504 let mut rotation = vec![0.0f32; dim * dim];
505 for i in 0..dim {
506 for j in 0..dim {
507 rotation[i * dim + j] = columns[j][i];
508 }
509 }
510
511 rotation
512}
513
514#[cfg(test)]
515#[path = "rabitq_tests.rs"]
516mod tests;