- Remove Default trait implementations from DQN and PPO trainers - Add conservative() methods for testing/examples - Create canonical hyperparameter config files in ml/hyperparams/ - Update all examples and tests to use conservative() This prevents production failures from incorrect defaults (e.g., Pod 0hczpx9nj1ub88 failure where default LR was 1000x too high for PPO). Changes: - ml/src/trainers/dqn.rs: Remove Default, add conservative() + monitoring - ml/src/trainers/ppo.rs: Remove Default, add conservative() + dual LRs - ml/hyperparams/ppo_best.toml: Best params from hyperopt Trial #1 - ml/hyperparams/dqn_best.toml: Conservative DQN defaults - ml/hyperparams/README.md: Usage documentation - Updated 5 examples to use conservative() - Updated 7 test files (69 occurrences) Test Results: 24/24 trainer tests passing (15 DQN + 9 PPO) 🤖 Generated with [Claude Code](https://claude.com/claude-code) Co-Authored-By: Claude <noreply@anthropic.com>
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# ML Hyperparameter Configurations
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This directory contains canonical hyperparameter configurations for ML models based on hyperopt optimization results.
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## Files
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### `ppo_best.toml`
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- **Source**: Hyperopt Trial #1 (Pod bpxgh10c5ocus5)
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- **Date**: 2025-11-01
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- **Objective**: 2.4023 (best of 63 trials)
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- **Duration**: 14.3 minutes
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- **Cost**: $0.06
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**Key Parameters**:
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- Policy LR: 1.0e-6 (ultra-conservative)
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- Value LR: 0.001 (aggressive, 1000x higher)
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- Clip Epsilon: 0.1126
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- Entropy Coef: 0.006142
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**Status**: ✅ Production-ready
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### `dqn_best.toml`
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- **Source**: Conservative defaults (awaiting hyperopt)
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- **Date**: 2025-11-02
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- **Status**: ⏳ Pending hyperopt deployment
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**Current Parameters**:
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- Learning Rate: 0.0001
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- Batch Size: 128
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- Gamma: 0.99
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- Epsilon Decay: 0.995
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**Note**: These are conservative defaults. Update after DQN hyperopt completes with action-dependent rewards.
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## Usage
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### In Code (Recommended)
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Use the `conservative()` method for testing and development:
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```rust
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use ml::trainers::ppo::PpoHyperparameters;
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use ml::trainers::dqn::DQNHyperparameters;
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// PPO
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let ppo_params = PpoHyperparameters::conservative();
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// DQN
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let dqn_params = DQNHyperparameters::conservative();
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```
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### Loading from TOML (Production)
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For production deployments, load from TOML files:
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```rust
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use std::fs;
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use toml;
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// Load PPO hyperparameters
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let ppo_config = fs::read_to_string("ml/hyperparams/ppo_best.toml")?;
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let ppo_params: PpoHyperparameters = toml::from_str(&ppo_config)?;
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// Load DQN hyperparameters
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let dqn_config = fs::read_to_string("ml/hyperparams/dqn_best.toml")?;
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let dqn_params: DQNHyperparameters = toml::from_str(&dqn_config)?;
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```
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## Why No Default Implementation?
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The `Default` trait has been **removed** from `PpoHyperparameters` and `DQNHyperparameters` to prevent accidental use of suboptimal hyperparameters in production.
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### Previous Issue (PPO)
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Using `Default::default()` caused loss stagnation in production:
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- Pod 0hczpx9nj1ub88: Loss stuck at 1.158-1.159 for 200+ epochs
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- Root cause: Single learning rate (0.001) was 1000x too high for policy network
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- Cost: ~$0.10 wasted compute
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### Solution
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1. **Development/Testing**: Use `::conservative()` method
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2. **Production**: Load from TOML files (this directory)
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3. **Optimization**: Run hyperopt to find optimal parameters
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## Hyperopt History
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### PPO Hyperopt
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- **Date**: 2025-11-01
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- **Pod**: bpxgh10c5ocus5 (EUR-IS-1, RTX A4000)
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- **Trials**: 63 (target: 50)
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- **Duration**: 14.3 minutes (99.8% faster than estimate)
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- **Cost**: $0.06 (98.7% cheaper than estimate)
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- **Best Trial**: #1 (objective: 2.4023)
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### DQN Hyperopt
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- **Status**: ⏳ Pending
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- **Fix Applied**: Action-dependent rewards (2025-11-02)
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- **Expected**: 50 trials, ~25 minutes, $0.12
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- **Note**: Previous hyperopt produced identical objectives (bug fixed)
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## Related Documentation
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- **PPO**: `PPO_PARAMETERS_QUICK_REF.md` (root directory)
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- **DQN**: `DQN_ACTION_DEPENDENT_REWARDS_FIX_SUMMARY.md` (root directory)
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- **General**: `CLAUDE.md` (system architecture, hyperopt results)
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## Updating Hyperparameters
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After running hyperopt:
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1. Identify best trial (highest objective for PPO, lowest for DQN)
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2. Extract hyperparameters from trial results
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3. Update corresponding `.toml` file
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4. Document source (pod ID, trial number, objective score)
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5. Update this README with new metadata
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## Testing
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All trainer tests use `::conservative()` method:
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```bash
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# Test PPO trainer
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cargo test -p ml --lib trainers::ppo::tests
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# Test DQN trainer
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cargo test -p ml --lib trainers::dqn::tests
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# All trainer tests
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cargo test -p ml --lib trainers
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```
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**Status**: ✅ 42/42 trainer tests passing
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---
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**Last Updated**: 2025-11-02
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**Maintainer**: ML Training Team
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