Weight Update Process
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Weight Update Process has 25 facts recorded in Dontopedia across 5 references, with 3 live disagreements.
Mostly:executes(8), rdf:type(2), requires(2)
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containsContains(2)
- Training Loop
ex:training-loop - Training Loop
ex:training-loop
governsGoverns(2)
- Conditional Execution
ex:conditional-execution - Conditional Logic
ex:conditional-logic
appliesApplies(1)
- Optimizer Step Operation
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causesCauses(1)
- Optimizer.step
ex:optimizer.step
describesDescribes(1)
- Code Comment
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enablesEnables(1)
- Gradient Computation
ex:gradient-computation
followsFollows(1)
- Cache Clearing
ex:cache-clearing
occurs-beforeOccurs Before(1)
- Backward Pass
ex:backward-pass
precedesPrecedes(1)
- Backward Pass
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purposePurpose(1)
- Optimizer
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| Predicate | Value | Ref |
|---|---|---|
| Executes | Optimizer Step | [3] |
| Executes | Optimizer Zero Grad | [3] |
| Executes | Optimizer Step | [4] |
| Executes | Scaler Update | [4] |
| Executes | Zero Grad | [4] |
| Executes | Scaler Step | [5] |
| Executes | Scaler Update | [5] |
| Executes | Zero Gradient | [5] |
| Rdf:type | Training Process | [2] |
| Rdf:type | Training Step | [5] |
| Requires | I Plus 1 Mod Accumulation | [4] |
| Requires | Backward Pass | [5] |
| Uses | Adam | [1] |
| Condition | I Plus 1 Mod Accumulation | [3] |
| Conditional on | Accumulation Steps Complete | [3] |
| Performed by | Optimizer | [3] |
| Has Condition | I Plus 1 Mod Accumulation | [4] |
| Follows | Backward Pass | [4] |
| Is Part of | Training Loop | [4] |
| Applies | Gradients | [4] |
| Uses Variable | Accumulation Steps | [4] |
| Triggers After | Accumulation Check | [5] |
| Results in | Model Parameter Update | [5] |
| Occurs After | Backward Pass | [5] |
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References (5)
ctx:claims/beam/f266ef67-57dd-4b1f-b9ab-661effb75c4bctx:claims/beam/1a9575d4-0f05-41b2-a8bf-3a9f1dd9dcb9- full textbeam-chunktext/plain1 KB
doc:beam/1a9575d4-0f05-41b2-a8bf-3a9f1dd9dcb9Show excerpt
- **Description**: Coefficient for L2 norm of the weights. - **Range**: Typically between \(10^{-6}\) and \(10^{-2}\). - **Example Values**: \(1e-6\), \(1e-5\), \(1e-4\), \(1e-3\), \(1e-2\). - **Dropout Rate** - **De…
ctx:claims/beam/8b6abd69-54a1-41b8-bb85-d0b80bff1a3a- full textbeam-chunktext/plain1 KB
doc:beam/8b6abd69-54a1-41b8-bb85-d0b80bff1a3aShow excerpt
loss = criterion(outputs, batch_targets) # Normalize the loss because it is accumulated loss = loss / accumulation_steps # Backward pass loss.backward() # Update wei…
ctx:claims/beam/af924c4f-8579-4b2a-85d1-c042076b09c7- full textbeam-chunktext/plain1 KB
doc:beam/af924c4f-8579-4b2a-85d1-c042076b09c7Show excerpt
loss = loss / accumulation_steps # Backward pass scaler.scale(loss).backward() # Update weights if (i + 1) % accumulation_steps == 0: scaler.step(optimizer) …
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doc:beam/2bacfc08-73f1-4c21-88e8-d07ff734da09Show excerpt
# Backward pass scaler.scale(loss).backward() # Update weights if (i + 1) % accumulation_steps == 0: scaler.step(optimizer) …
See also
- Adam
- Training Process
- I Plus 1 Mod Accumulation
- Optimizer Step
- Optimizer Zero Grad
- Accumulation Steps Complete
- Optimizer
- I Plus 1 Mod Accumulation
- Backward Pass
- Training Loop
- Gradients
- Optimizer Step
- Scaler Update
- Zero Grad
- Accumulation Steps
- Accumulation Check
- Scaler Step
- Scaler Update
- Zero Gradient
- Training Step
- Model Parameter Update
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