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1738-1752: 🎯 Functional Correctness | 🔵 Trivial | ⚡ Quick winCompare the complete Gaussian prediction after restoration.
restored.actions == mab.actionschecks serialized model equality, but it does not exercise the public(actions, μ, σ)prediction result. Capture the original RNG state before prediction, apply it to the restored model, and compare all prediction components.Suggested fix
actions, _, _ = mab.predict(context=context) mab.update(actions=actions, rewards=rng.normal(size=n_per_round).tolist(), context=context) - restored = CmabGaussian.from_state(mab.get_state()[1]) + state = mab.get_state()[1] + rng_state = deepcopy(mab._rng.bit_generator.state) + expected_actions, expected_mu, expected_sigma = mab.predict(context=context) + restored = CmabGaussian.from_state(state) assert restored.actions == mab.actions + restored._rng.bit_generator.state = rng_state + actual_actions, actual_mu, actual_sigma = restored.predict(context=context) + assert actual_actions == expected_actions + assert actual_mu == expected_mu + assert actual_sigma == expected_sigma🤖 Prompt for AI Agents
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- Around line 1738-1752: Update test_state_round_trip to compare the public
prediction results before and after restoration: capture the RNG state, predict
with the original model, restore from its saved state, apply the captured RNG
state, and compare actions, μ, and σ.
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| self.backbone = self.backbone.with_weights_and_biases(new_w, new_b) | ||
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| def _prepare_targets(self, arm_to_rows: Dict[ActionId, List[int]], rewards_arr: np.ndarray) -> np.ndarray: |
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Adopt the convention of targets (i.e. targets_arr) all the way, also in the arguments name.
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I think it's good to have a different name:
reward_arr - input
target - optimization target (which is basically normalized rewards in the gaussian case, or "input" rewards in the Bernoulli case)
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Keeping rewards_arr as the input is intentional: _prepare_targets is where rewards become targets (standardized for Gaussian, identity for Bernoulli), and the raw rewards are still needed for the counters.
Maybe rename the downstream y_* variables to targets?
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No, I'd keep y_.
It matches the BNN code. In so_model, y is paired with x_, and the trailing underscore marks the NumPyro trace arguments. The rest of the stack also calls the observed values y: emit_submodel(x, y), _observe(x, y) and _observe_output(linear_out, y) in network.py.
Renaming only the meta-model to target_ would break that convention for no gain.
y is already accurate. y means "the observed values", and those are the prepared targets. _prepare_targets is the one point where rewards become targets, so that boundary is already clear.
Yours,
claude
| for arm, rows in arm_to_rows.items(): | ||
| head = self.actions[arm] | ||
| if isinstance(head, BaseBayesianNeuralNetwork): | ||
| targets[rows] = head.prepare_rewards(rewards_arr[rows].tolist()) |
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Do you really need both prepare_rewards on the model and _prepare_targets on the metamodel? I believe you can solve it elegantly via OOP
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I can remove the isinstance(head, BaseBayesianNeuralNetwork):
by implementing prepare_rewards in BaseBayesianNeuralNetworkMO ...
but it's already polymorphic.... see my comments on _prepare_targets
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| Training targets, row-aligned with ``rewards``. | ||
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| return np.asarray(rewards, dtype=float) |
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By default, using dtype=float creates 64-bit double-precision floating-point numbers. you use float32, I think you have a class var for that.
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according to Cluade:
python float maps to np.float64. It's still correct, because both places that feed the model convert to float32 when the data goes into JAX:
Single model: jnp.asarray(self.prepare_rewards(rewards), dtype=self.reward_dtype) (network.py:1490).
Joint meta-model: _prepare_targets collects the per-head results in a float64 array, then casts with dtype=BaseBayesianNeuralNetwork.reward_dtype (cmab_meta_model.py:461 and 473).
So the pattern is: do the NumPy work in float64, then cast once at the JAX boundary. That is the right order, mainly for the Gaussian head:
The Gaussian prepare_rewards computes mean, std and (y - loc) / scale on the raw rewards. With revenue-scale values, float32 loses precision there; a float32 mean of large values can be off in the later digits. Standardizing in float64 and only then casting the O(1) targets to float32 loses almost nothing.
For the Bernoulli head the precision doesn't matter, since 0/1 and soft rewards in [0, 1] are fine in either type.
If prepare_rewards returned float32, you'd get the precision loss and save nothing, because the training data goes to float32 anyway.
Trump was right... its SI...
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Just my advice, I'd stick to float32. Otherwise, you pay the cost of allocating a new array for recasting each time. I don't think the accuracy toll is that big.
| y = np.asarray(rewards, dtype=float) | ||
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| if self.fit_reward_standardization and self.reward_loc is None and len(y) > 0: |
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You are doing this standardization on the fly. Possibly with different statistics per batch. I think it is a bad choice that could induce biases to the learning process.
I suggest to remove this and in general standardizations like sklearn ones should be done outside of pybandits IMHO. it is no different than input scaling.
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you're right and wrong :)
fit_reward_standardization= True learns the scaling/offset once (first batch) and then freezes it.
it doesn't really learns on the fly - for the reasons you mentioned.
the idea is to put rewards distribution in the ball park of the priors.
but it's indeed not the best idea to do it - because it's one batch. (but we still have this option)
the idea indeed is to scale it outside of the pybandits in a more stable manner
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Agreed that fitting the standardization inside pybandits is fragile and it adds a lot of reset/transfer edge cases.
I propose removing fit_reward_standardization and keeping only optional fixed reward_loc/reward_scale constants.
These are applied to the targets and inverted in sample_proba, so predictions and noise_sigma stay in reward units. Fitting stays outside the library.
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fit_reward_standardization is False by default - and parameters are required. let's keep it
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My suggestion is to remove fit_reward_standardization, reward_loc, and reward_scale. Those are all parameters for standardization. If you allow it here, it is different than for input features. This standardization should be done on the FS, not here.
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I wonder if this is the right design, and maybe you better define a continuous reward and a discrete reward model or something like that, and use object-oriented programming here rather than relying on this knob. I'm not sure, though.
Anyhow, defaulting supports_continuous_rewards to false at the base model can lead to errors in the future. Better define it explicitly per class and abstractly in the base model.
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regarding first point - you might be right.
second point -
the risk is low:
If a new continuous model forgets to set the flag, the manager applies the binary check, and the first real-valued reward fails with "Rewards must be binary".
to fix, I need to do the following:
I think we can leave it as it....
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Your call, I'm just advising :-)
It also depends on your future plans for more continuous models.
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what about the SMAB? Don't you want also the SMAB to enable continuous rewards?
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| _output_dim: ClassVar[PositiveInt] = 1 | ||
| _noise_var_name: ClassVar[str] = "noise_log_sigma" | ||
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_transfer_learned_keys includes reward_loc, reward_scale, reward_loc_init and reward_scale_init. Transferring into a template with fixed reward_loc=0, reward_scale=1 silently replaces them with the source's fitted values.
Suggestion: transfer a parameter only if the target fits it (fit_reward_standardization=True and the parameter not given), and never transfer *_init.
Also add a Gaussian case to tests/test_transfer.py?
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"transfer a parameter only if the target fits it (fit_reward_standardization=True and the parameter not given), and never transfer *_init." sounds like a bug to me - because weights prior correspond to a specific loc/scale.
once set, you cannot change it. agree @AnastasiiaKabeshova ?
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added transfer learning tests
| y = np.asarray(rewards, dtype=float) | ||
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| if self.fit_reward_standardization and self.reward_loc is None and len(y) > 0: |
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Agreed that fitting the standardization inside pybandits is fragile and it adds a lot of reset/transfer edge cases.
I propose removing fit_reward_standardization and keeping only optional fixed reward_loc/reward_scale constants.
These are applied to the targets and inverted in sample_proba, so predictions and noise_sigma stay in reward units. Fitting stays outside the library.
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please open an issue or create a ticket for smab
Adds a contextual bandit for real-valued rewards (e.g. revenue, or uplift
R − E0(x)against a control baseline).GaussianBayesianNeuralNetwork: a BNN with one mean headμ(x)and a learned scalar noise stdσ, trained with a Gaussian likelihood. The σ posterior is kept in the model state and carried across updates.CmabGaussian: Thompson sampling that picks the action with the highest sampledμ.predictreturns(actions, μ, σ), whereσis for monitoring only.standardize_rewards, defaultFalse). When enabled, it uses the user-givenreward_loc/reward_scale, or values fitted on the first batch.delta) is rejected, since it assumes binary rewards. NaN and inf rewards are rejected.docs/continuous_reward_cmab.mdis new, and thecmab.ipynbtutorial now covers bothCmabBernoulliandCmabGaussian.Tests:
tests/test_gaussian_bnn.pycovers the model, the meta-model wiring and the bandit. It checks mean and noise recovery, standardization and noise-prior initialization,resetand serialization, and best-arm learning.Notes
noise_sigmais in reward units, and it only sets the initial σ prior.🤖 Generated with Claude Code
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