"""Bounded evolutionary optimizer-program search with response-gated echoes. This is a small program-synthesis / learned-proposal experiment. The mutation, selection, and evidence-acceptance algorithm is fixed. It is not unrestricted recursive self-improvement. All operator-order predictions are local bracket approximations; actual program losses determine selection. """ from __future__ import annotations import argparse import csv import json import time from dataclasses import dataclass, asdict from pathlib import Path import numpy as np @dataclass(frozen=True) class Config: dimension: int = 24 primitives: int = 12 underlying_fields: int = 4 responses: int = 2 train_states: int = 4 test_states: int = 24 generations: int = 5 candidate_budget: int = 12 seeds: int = 8 step_size: float = 0.15 elite_count: int = 3 seed_offset: int = 202611080 class Task: def __init__(self, seed, cfg): self.cfg = cfg rng = np.random.default_rng(cfg.seed_offset + 10000 * seed) d, m = cfg.dimension, cfg.primitives rot, _ = np.linalg.qr(rng.normal(size=(d, d))) eig = np.geomspace(0.04, 1., d) self.H = (rot * eig) @ rot.T basis = [np.eye(d)] for _ in range(cfg.underlying_fields - 1): o, _ = np.linalg.qr(rng.normal(size=(d, d))) p = (o * rng.uniform(.2, 2., d)) @ o.T p /= np.linalg.norm(p, 2) basis.append(p) mixing = np.vstack((np.eye(cfg.underlying_fields), rng.dirichlet(np.ones(cfg.underlying_fields), size=m-cfg.underlying_fields))) preconditioners = np.einsum('ib,bjk->ijk', mixing, np.asarray(basis)) self.maps = np.asarray([-p @ self.H for p in preconditioners]) self.c = rng.normal(size=d); self.c /= np.linalg.norm(self.c) self.train = rng.normal(size=(cfg.train_states,d)) self.train /= np.linalg.norm(self.train,axis=1)[:,None] test_rng = np.random.default_rng(cfg.seed_offset + 10000 * seed + 2222) self.test = test_rng.normal(size=(cfg.test_states,d)) self.test /= np.linalg.norm(self.test,axis=1)[:,None] def loss(self,x): return float(.5*x @ self.H @ x) def response(self,x): return np.array([self.loss(x),self.c @ x]) def anchor(self,x): g = self.H @ x dh = np.vstack((g,self.c)) u = np.einsum('ijk,k->ji',self.maps,x) v = np.einsum('ijk,j->ki',self.maps,g) c = u.T @ v-v.T @ u k = dh @ u t = np.block([[c,k.T],[-k,np.zeros((len(k),len(k)))]]) left,s,_ = np.linalg.svd(t) rank = int(np.count_nonzero(s>1e-10*max(s[0],1.))) a = left[:,:rank].T omega = a @ t @ a.T q = k[0] ell = np.r_[q,np.zeros(len(k))] @ a.T return {'x':x,'g':g,'dh':dh,'h':self.response(x),'u':u,'c':c, 'k':k,'q':q,'t':t,'a':a,'omega':omega,'ell':ell, 'gate':a[:,self.cfg.primitives:],'rank':rank} class Grammar: def __init__(self,task): self.task = task self.m = task.cfg.primitives self.nodes = [{'base':i,'depth':0} for i in range(self.m)] def coefficients(self,index,h,cache=None): if cache is None: cache={} if index in cache: return cache[index] node=self.nodes[index] if 'base' in node: b=np.eye(self.m)[node['base']] db=np.zeros((self.m,len(h))) else: params=node['params']; beta=params[:,0]+params[:,1:] @ h b=np.zeros(self.m);db=np.zeros((self.m,len(h))) for j,parent in enumerate(node['parents']): bp,dp=self.coefficients(parent,h,cache) b+=beta[j]*bp db+=beta[j]*dp+np.outer(bp,params[j,1:]) cache[index]=(b,db) return b,db def signature(self,index,anchor,cache=None): if cache is None:cache={} if index in cache:return cache[index] node=self.nodes[index] if 'base' in node: e=anchor['a'][:,node['base']].copy() else: params=node['params'];beta=params[:,0]+params[:,1:] @ anchor['h'] e=np.zeros(anchor['rank']) for j,parent in enumerate(node['parents']): ep=self.signature(parent,anchor,cache) e+=beta[j]*ep+(anchor['ell'] @ ep)*(anchor['gate'] @ params[j,1:]) cache[index]=e return e def add(self,parents,params,normalization_anchor): index=len(self.nodes) node={'parents':tuple(int(p) for p in parents),'params':params.copy(), 'depth':1+max(self.nodes[int(p)]['depth'] for p in parents)} self.nodes.append(node) b,_=self.coefficients(index,normalization_anchor['h']) norm=np.linalg.norm(normalization_anchor['u'] @ b) target=np.linalg.norm(normalization_anchor['g']) scale=float(np.clip(target/max(norm,1e-14),.2,5.)) # This frozen scalar is part of the synthesized program, not a # differentiable state-dependent normalization. node['params']*=scale return index def field(self,index,x): h=self.task.response(x) b,_=self.coefficients(index,h) u=np.einsum('ijk,k->ji',self.task.maps,x) return u @ b def full_jet(self,index,anchor,cache=None): b,db=self.coefficients(index,anchor['h'],cache) value=anchor['u'] @ b jac=np.einsum('i,ijk->jk',b,self.task.maps)+anchor['u'] @ db @ anchor['dh'] return value,jac def score(self,left,right,anchor,mode): if mode=='minimal': cache={} e=self.signature(left,anchor,cache);f=self.signature(right,anchor,cache) return float(e @ anchor['omega'] @ f) cache={} b,db=self.coefficients(left,anchor['h'],cache) c,dc=self.coefficients(right,anchor['h'],cache) if mode=='gate_blind':return float(b @ anchor['c'] @ c) if mode=='first_jet': z=np.r_[b,db.T @ anchor['q']] w=np.r_[c,dc.T @ anchor['q']] return float(z @ anchor['t'] @ w) if mode=='full_jacobian': y,dy=self.full_jet(left,anchor,cache) z,dz=self.full_jet(right,anchor,cache) return float(anchor['g'] @ (dz @ y-dy @ z)) raise ValueError(mode) def execute(self,left,right,x,eta): y=x+eta*self.field(left,x) z=y+eta*self.field(right,y) return self.task.loss(z)/max(self.task.loss(x),1e-30) def evaluate_program(grammar,pair,states,anchors,mode,cfg,rng=None,both=False): outcomes=[];order_accuracy=[];scoring_errors=[];full_errors=[] choices=[] left,right=pair for x,anchor in zip(states,anchors): if both: ab=grammar.execute(left,right,x,cfg.step_size) ba=grammar.execute(right,left,x,cfg.step_size) reverse=ba0 i,j=(right,left) if reverse else (left,right) value=grammar.execute(i,j,x,cfg.step_size) outcomes.append(value);choices.append(int(reverse)) return float(np.mean(outcomes)),choices def one_run(seed,method,cfg): task=Task(seed,cfg);grammar=Grammar(task) train_anchors=[task.anchor(x) for x in task.train] test_anchors=[task.anchor(x) for x in task.test] rng=np.random.default_rng(cfg.seed_offset+10000*seed+3333) mean=np.zeros((2,2,cfg.responses+1));mean[:,:,0]=.5 std=np.ones_like(mean);std[:,:,0]=.25 pool=list(range(cfg.primitives)) records=[];diagnostics=[];best=None;best_train=float('inf') training_program_executions=0 prediction_anchors=0 start=time.perf_counter() mode={'corrected':'minimal','generic_first_jet':'first_jet','full_jacobian':'full_jacobian', 'gate_blind':'gate_blind','random_order':'random_order', 'no_feedback':'minimal','direct_tournament':'minimal'}[method] def held_out(pair): # Evaluation never changes the trained program or proposal state. # Tournament evaluates both orders; its additional test executions # are recorded, not hidden as a free local ordering oracle. local_rng=np.random.default_rng(cfg.seed_offset+seed+90000) return evaluate_program(grammar,pair,task.test,test_anchors,mode,cfg,local_rng, both=method=='direct_tournament')[0] for generation in range(cfg.generations): number=cfg.candidate_budget//2 if method=='direct_tournament' else cfg.candidate_budget candidates=[] for _ in range(number): params=rng.normal(mean,std) pair=[] for side in range(2): parents=[] for _ in range(2): options=list(range(cfg.primitives)) if rng.random()<.2 else pool parents.append(int(rng.choice(options))) pair.append(grammar.add(parents,params[side],train_anchors[0])) loss,choices=evaluate_program(grammar,pair,task.train,train_anchors,mode,cfg,rng, both=method=='direct_tournament') training_program_executions+=cfg.train_states*(2 if method=='direct_tournament' else 1) prediction_anchors+=cfg.train_states if method not in ('random_order','direct_tournament') else 0 candidates.append((loss,tuple(pair),params.copy(),choices)) if loss1e-12 diagnostics.append({'seed':seed,'generation':generation+1, 'depth':max(grammar.nodes[i]['depth'] for i in pair), 'compiled_error':abs(compiled-exact),'first_jet_error':abs(firstjet-exact), 'blind_error':abs(blind-exact),'exact_bracket':exact, 'actual_loss_order_gap':gap,'non_tie':int(valid), 'compiled_correct_actual_order':int((compiled<=0)==(gap<=0)), 'blind_correct_actual_order':int((blind<=0)==(gap<=0))}) # All execute() calls evaluate both fields using the full primitive basis. # A primitive Jacobian is a supplied matrix here, not a queried black box. cost={'seed':seed,'method':method,'seconds_including_diagnostics':time.perf_counter()-start, 'training_program_executions':training_program_executions, 'training_primitive_field_evaluations':2*cfg.primitives*training_program_executions, 'prediction_score_count':prediction_anchors, 'base_jacobian_matrices_available':cfg.primitives, 'test_program_executions_all_checkpoints':sum(r['test_program_executions'] for r in records), 'note':'Program/primitive-value budgets match in training. Compiler arithmetic, supplied Jacobians, model operations, and diagnostic overhead are separately disclosed; no total-FLOP or wall-clock matching claim.'} return records,diagnostics,cost def write_csv(path,rows): with path.open('w',newline='') as f: writer=csv.DictWriter(f,fieldnames=list(rows[0]));writer.writeheader();writer.writerows(rows) def main(): parser=argparse.ArgumentParser();parser.add_argument('--seeds',type=int,default=8) parser.add_argument('--output',type=Path,default=Path(__file__).resolve().parents[1]/'results') args=parser.parse_args();cfg=Config(seeds=args.seeds) args.output.mkdir(exist_ok=True,parents=True) methods=['corrected','generic_first_jet','full_jacobian','gate_blind','random_order','no_feedback','direct_tournament'] rows=[];diags=[];costs=[] for seed in range(cfg.seeds): for method in methods: r,d,c=one_run(seed,method,cfg);rows+=r;diags+=d;costs.append(c) summary=[] for method in methods: for generation in range(1,cfg.generations+1): part=[r for r in rows if r['method']==method and r['generation']==generation] x=np.asarray([r['heldout_loss_ratio'] for r in part]) summary.append({'method':method,'generation':generation,'mean_heldout_loss_ratio':float(x.mean()), 'std_heldout_loss_ratio':float(x.std(ddof=1)) if len(x)>1 else 0., 'median_heldout_loss_ratio':float(np.median(x)), 'mean_train_best_loss_ratio':float(np.mean([r['train_best_loss_ratio'] for r in part])), 'mean_proposed_training_loss_ratio':float(np.mean([r['mean_proposed_training_loss_ratio'] for r in part])), 'mean_best_program_depth':float(np.mean([r['best_program_depth'] for r in part]))}) eq_errors={} for other in ['generic_first_jet','full_jacobian']: dif=[] for seed in range(cfg.seeds): for gen in range(1,cfg.generations+1): a=next(r for r in rows if r['seed']==seed and r['method']=='corrected' and r['generation']==gen) b=next(r for r in rows if r['seed']==seed and r['method']==other and r['generation']==gen) dif.append(abs(a['heldout_loss_ratio']-b['heldout_loss_ratio'])) eq_errors[other]=max(dif) nontie=[d for d in diags if d['non_tie']] diagnostic_summary={'number_of_probes':len(diags), 'max_compiler_bracket_absolute_error':max(d['compiled_error'] for d in diags), 'max_firstjet_bracket_absolute_error':max(d['first_jet_error'] for d in diags), 'max_gateblind_bracket_absolute_error':max(d['blind_error'] for d in diags), 'mean_gateblind_bracket_absolute_error':float(np.mean([d['blind_error'] for d in diags])), 'compiled_actual_order_accuracy':float(np.mean([d['compiled_correct_actual_order'] for d in nontie])), 'gateblind_actual_order_accuracy':float(np.mean([d['blind_correct_actual_order'] for d in nontie])), 'non_tie_probes':len(nontie),'equivalent_compiler_search_trajectory_max_difference':eq_errors} assert diagnostic_summary['max_compiler_bracket_absolute_error']<1e-9 assert max(eq_errors.values())<1e-10 out={'status':'Executed bounded optimizer-program evolution. The proposer learns parent choices and gate-parameter distributions from measured losses; mutation and selection algorithm remains fixed.', 'config':asdict(cfg),'methods':methods,'aggregate':summary,'diagnostics':diagnostic_summary,'costs':costs, 'scope':{'train':'four task starting states per independently generated quadratic system', 'heldout':'24 new initial states of the same quadratic system; never used for selection or distribution updates', 'not_tested':'new natural task families, LLMs, modification of the search algorithm itself, open-ended RSI', 'low_rank':'12 primitives are mixtures of four base linear fields, deliberately imposing a small response-relative form', 'ordering':'bracket predicts leading order only; selected programs are evaluated on the actual nonlinear gated fields', 'budget':'each method executes240 training two-step programs per seed; direct tournament uses half as many candidates and evaluates both orders', 'additional_costs':'All actual program executions charge24 primitive field evaluations. Jacobian matrices are supplied; compiler arithmetic and evolutionary updates are not FLOP-matched.', 'baseline':'Generic first-jet and full-Jacobian methods are mathematically equivalent and reproduce the same search. No superiority to them in discovery quality is asserted.', 'oracle':'The explicitly supplied quadratic Hessian admits a Newton step that solves the task. This study is not a state-of-the-art optimization performance claim.'}} write_csv(args.output/'v2_pilot_program_search.csv',rows) write_csv(args.output/'v2_pilot_bracket_diagnostics.csv',diags) write_csv(args.output/'v2_pilot_program_costs.csv',costs) (args.output/'v2_pilot_program_summary.json').write_text(json.dumps(out,indent=2)+'\n') print(json.dumps({'final_results':[r for r in summary if r['generation']==cfg.generations], 'diagnostics':diagnostic_summary},indent=2)) if __name__=='__main__':main()