Post competition summary of kaggle patent matching competition

Brief introduction to the game

In the patent matching dataset , The contestant needs to judge the similarity of the two phrases , One is anchor , One is target
, Then output the two in different semantics (context) The similarity , The scope is 0-1, Our team id by xlyhq,a A list of rank 13,b A list of ran12, Thank you very much @heng zheng、@pythonlan,@leolu1998,@syzong The efforts and efforts of the four teammates , Last comparison lucky Dog to gold medal .

It is similar to other front row core ideas , Here we mainly share the course of our competition and the specific results of relevant experiments , And interesting attempts

Text processing

The main data sets are anchor、target and context Field , In addition, there is additional text splicing information , During the competition, we mainly tried the following splicing attempts ：

• v1:test['anchor'] + '[SEP]' + test['target'] + '[SEP]' + test['context_text']
• v2:test['anchor'] + '[SEP]' + test['target'] + '[SEP]' +test['context']+ '[SEP]' + test['context_text'], It's equivalent to putting A47 Similar codes are spliced together
• v3:test['text'] = test['anchor'] + '[SEP]' + test['target'] + '[SEP]' + test['context'] + '[SEP]' + test['context_text'] Get more text to splice , Is equivalent to A47 The following subcategories are spliced together , such as A47B,A47C

context_mapping = {
    "A": "Human Necessities",
    "B": "Operations and Transport",
    "C": "Chemistry and Metallurgy",
    "D": "Textiles",
    "E": "Fixed Constructions",
    "F": "Mechanical Engineering",
    "G": "Physics",
    "H": "Electricity",
    "Y": "Emerging Cross-Sectional Technologies",
}

titles = pd.read_csv('./input/cpc-codes/titles.csv')


def process(text):
    return re.sub(u"\\(.*?\\)|\\{.*?}|\\[.*?]", "", text)


def get_context(cpc_code):
    cpc_data = titles[(titles['code'].map(len) <= 4) & (titles['code'].str.contains(cpc_code))]
    texts = cpc_data['title'].values.tolist()
    texts = [process(text) for text in texts]
    return ";".join([context_mapping[cpc_code[0]]] + texts)


def get_cpc_texts():
    cpc_texts = dict()
    for code in tqdm(train['context'].unique()):
        cpc_texts[code] = get_context(code)
    return cpc_texts


cpc_texts = get_cpc_texts()

This splicing method can be greatly improved , But the text becomes longer , The maximum length is set to 300, This leads to slower training

• v4: The splicing method of the core ：test['text'] = test['text'] + '[SEP]' + test['target_info']

#  Splicing target info
test['text'] = test['anchor'] + '[SEP]' + test['target'] + '[SEP]' + test['context_text']
target_info = test.groupby(['anchor', 'context'])['target'].agg(list).reset_index()
target_info['target'] = target_info['target'].apply(lambda x: list(set(x)))
target_info['target_info'] = target_info['target'].apply(lambda x: ', '.join(x))
target_info['target_info'].apply(lambda x: len(x.split(', '))).describe()

del target_info['target']
test=test.merge(target_info,on=['anchor','context'],how='left')
test['text'] = test['text'] + '[SEP]' + test['target_info'] 
test.head()

This splicing method can make the model cv and lb Scores have been greatly improved , adopt v3 and v4 Comparison of two different splicing methods , We can find that selecting higher quality text for splicing can improve the model ,v3 There is a lot of redundant information in the mode , and v4 There are many key information at the entity level .

Data partitioning

In the course of the game , We tried different data partitioning methods , These include ：

• StratifiedGroupKFold, This splicing method cv And lb The line difference is small , The score is a little better
• StratifiedKFold： Offline cv Relatively high
• other Kfold and GrouFold The result is bad

Loss function

The main loss functions that can be referred to are ：

• BCE： nn.BCEWithLogitsLoss(reduction="mean")
• MSE：nn.MSELoss()
• Mixture Loss：MseCorrloss

class CorrLoss(nn.Module):
    """
    use 1 - correlational coefficience between the output of the network and the target as the loss
    input (o, t):
        o: Variable of size (batch_size, 1) output of the network
        t: Variable of size (batch_size, 1) target value
    output (corr):
        corr: Variable of size (1)
    """
    def __init__(self):
        super(CorrLoss, self).__init__()

    def forward(self, o, t):
        assert(o.size() == t.size())
        # calcu z-score for o and t
        o_m = o.mean(dim = 0)
        o_s = o.std(dim = 0)
        o_z = (o - o_m)/o_s

        t_m = t.mean(dim =0)
        t_s = t.std(dim = 0)
        t_z = (t - t_m)/t_s

        # calcu corr between o and t
        tmp = o_z * t_z
        corr = tmp.mean(dim = 0)
        return  1 - corr
    
class MSECorrLoss(nn.Module):
    def __init__(self, p = 1.5):
        super(MSECorrLoss, self).__init__()
        self.p = p
        self.mseLoss = nn.MSELoss()
        self.corrLoss = CorrLoss()

    def forward(self, o, t):
        mse = self.mseLoss(o, t)
        corr = self.corrLoss(o, t)
        loss = mse + self.p * corr
        return loss

The loss function used in our experiment , The effect is slightly better than BCE A little bit better.

Model design

In order to improve the difference of the model , We mainly selected the variants of different models , It includes the following five models ：

• Deberta-v3-large
• Bert-for-patents
• Roberta-large
• Ernie-en-2.0-Large
• Electra-large-discriminator

Specifically cv The scores are as follows ：

deberta-v3-large：[0.8494,0.8455,0.8523,0.8458,0.8658] cv 0.85176
bertforpatents [0.8393, 0.8403, 0.8457, 0.8402, 0.8564] cv 0.8444
roberta-large [0.8183,0.8172,0.8203,0.8193,0.8398] cv 0.8233
ernie-large [0.8276,0.8277,0.8251,0.8296,0.8466] cv 0.8310
electra-large [0.8429,0.8309,0.8259,0.8416,0.846] cv 0.8376

Training optimization

Based on previous competition experience , We mainly adopt the following model training optimization methods ：

• Confrontation training ： tried FGM It can improve the model training

class FGM():
    def __init__(self, model):
        self.model = model
        self.backup = {}
    def attack(self, epsilon=1., emb_name='word_embeddings'):
        # emb_name This parameter needs to be changed to your model embedding Parameter name of 
        for name, param in self.model.named_parameters():
            if param.requires_grad and emb_name in name:
                self.backup[name] = param.data.clone()
                norm = torch.norm(param.grad)
                if norm != 0 and not torch.isnan(norm):
                    r_at = epsilon * param.grad / norm
                    param.data.add_(r_at)
    def restore(self, emb_name='emb.'):
        # emb_name This parameter needs to be changed to your model embedding Parameter name of 
        for name, param in self.model.named_parameters():
            if param.requires_grad and emb_name in name: 
                assert name in self.backup
                param.data = self.backup[name]
        self.backup = {}

• Model generalization ： Joined the multidroout
• ema It can improve the model training

class EMA():
    def __init__(self, model, decay):
        self.model = model
        self.decay = decay
        self.shadow = {}
        self.backup = {}
 
    def register(self):
        for name, param in self.model.named_parameters():
            if param.requires_grad:
                self.shadow[name] = param.data.clone()
 
    def update(self):
        for name, param in self.model.named_parameters():
            if param.requires_grad:
                assert name in self.shadow
                new_average = (1.0 - self.decay) * param.data + self.decay * self.shadow[name]
                self.shadow[name] = new_average.clone()
 
    def apply_shadow(self):
        for name, param in self.model.named_parameters():
            if param.requires_grad:
                assert name in self.shadow
                self.backup[name] = param.data
                param.data = self.shadow[name]
 
    def restore(self):
        for name, param in self.model.named_parameters():
            if param.requires_grad:
                assert name in self.backup
                param.data = self.backup[name]
        self.backup = {}
 
#  initialization 
ema = EMA(model, 0.999)
ema.register()
 
#  During training , After updating the parameters , Sync update shadow weights
def train():
    optimizer.step()
    ema.update()
 
# eval front ,apply shadow weights;eval after , Restore the parameters of the original model 
def evaluate():
    ema.apply_shadow()
    # evaluate
    ema.restore()

A useless attempt ：

• AWP
• PGD

Model fusion

Feedback according to offline cross verification scores and online scores , We use weighted fusion to average fusion

from sklearn.preprocessing import MinMaxScaler
MMscaler = MinMaxScaler()
predictions1 = MMscaler.fit_transform(submission['predictions1'].values.reshape(-1,1)).reshape(-1)
predictions2 = MMscaler.fit_transform(submission['predictions2'].values.reshape(-1,1)).reshape(-1)
predictions3 = MMscaler.fit_transform(submission['predictions3'].values.reshape(-1,1)).reshape(-1)
predictions4 = MMscaler.fit_transform(submission['predictions4'].values.reshape(-1,1)).reshape(-1)
predictions5 = MMscaler.fit_transform(submission['predictions5'].values.reshape(-1,1)).reshape(-1)


# final_predictions=(predictions1+predictions2)/2
# final_predictions=(predictions1+predictions2+predictions3+predictions4+predictions5)/5
# 5：2：1：1：1
final_predictions=0.5*predictions1+0.2*predictions2+0.1*predictions3+0.1*predictions4+0.1*predictions5

Other attempts

• two stage
  In the early stage, we made fine adjustments to different pre training models , Therefore, the number of features is relatively large , We try to predict text statistical features and models based on tree models stacking Try , At that time, the model had a good fusion effect , The following contains some code

# ====================================================
# predictions1
# ====================================================

def get_fold_pred(CFG, path, model):
    CFG.path = path
    CFG.model = model
    CFG.config_path = CFG.path + "config.pth"
    CFG.tokenizer = AutoTokenizer.from_pretrained(CFG.path)
    test_dataset = TestDataset(CFG, test)

    test_loader = DataLoader(test_dataset,
                             batch_size=CFG.batch_size,
                             shuffle=False,
                             num_workers=CFG.num_workers, pin_memory=True, drop_last=False)
    predictions = []
    for fold in CFG.trn_fold:
        model = CustomModel(CFG, config_path=CFG.config_path, pretrained=False)
        state = torch.load(CFG.path + f"{CFG.model.split('/')[-1]}_fold{fold}_best.pth",
                           map_location=torch.device('cpu'))
        model.load_state_dict(state['model'])
        prediction = inference_fn(test_loader, model, device)
        predictions.append(prediction.flatten())
        del model, state, prediction
        gc.collect()
        torch.cuda.empty_cache()
    # predictions1 = np.mean(predictions, axis=0)

    # fea_df = pd.DataFrame(predictions).T
    # fea_df.columns = [f"{CFG.model.split('/')[-1]}_fold{fold}" for fold in CFG.trn_fold]
    # del test_dataset, test_loader

    return predictions


model_paths = [
    "../input/albert-xxlarge-v2/albert-xxlarge-v2/",
    "../input/bert-large-cased-cv5/bert-large-cased/",
    "../input/deberta-base-cv5/deberta-base/",
    "../input/deberta-v3-base-cv5/deberta-v3-base/",
    "../input/deberta-v3-small/deberta-v3-small/",
    "../input/distilroberta-base/distilroberta-base/",
    "../input/roberta-large/roberta-large/",
    "../input/xlm-roberta-base/xlm-roberta-base/",
    "../input/xlmrobertalarge-cv5/xlm-roberta-large/",
]

print("train.shape, test.shape", train.shape, test.shape)
print("titles.shape", titles.shape)


# for model_path in model_paths:
#     with open(f'{model_path}/oof_df.pkl', "rb") as fh:
#         oof = pickle.load(fh)[['id', 'fold', 'pred']]
# #     oof = pd.read_pickle(f'{model_path}/oof_df.pkl')[['id', 'fold', 'pred']]
#     oof[f"{model_path.split('/')[1]}"] = oof['pred']
#     train = train.merge(oof[['id', f"{model_path.split('/')[1]}"]], how='left', on='id')
    
oof_res=pd.read_csv('../input/train-res/train_oof.csv')

train = train.merge(oof_res, how='left', on='id')

model_infos = {
    'albert-xxlarge-v2': ['../input/albert-xxlarge-v2/albert-xxlarge-v2/', "albert-xxlarge-v2"],
    'bert-large-cased': ['../input/bert-large-cased-cv5/bert-large-cased/', "bert-large-cased"],
    'deberta-base': ['../input/deberta-base-cv5/deberta-base/', "deberta-base"],
    'deberta-v3-base': ['../input/deberta-v3-base-cv5/deberta-v3-base/', "deberta-v3-base"],
    'deberta-v3-small': ['../input/deberta-v3-small/deberta-v3-small/', "deberta-v3-small"],
    'distilroberta-base': ['../input/distilroberta-base/distilroberta-base/', "distilroberta-base"],
    'roberta-large': ['../input/roberta-large/roberta-large/', "roberta-large"],
    'xlm-roberta-base': ['../input/xlm-roberta-base/xlm-roberta-base/', "xlm-roberta-base"],
    'xlm-roberta-large': ['../input/xlmrobertalarge-cv5/xlm-roberta-large/', "xlm-roberta-large"],
}

for model, path_info in model_infos.items():
    print(model)
    model_path, model_name = path_info[0], path_info[1]
    fea_df = get_fold_pred(CFG, model_path, model_name)
    model_infos[model].append(fea_df)
    del model_path, model_name

del oof_res

Training code ：

for fold_ in range(5):
    print("Fold:", fold_)

    trn_ = train[train['fold'] != fold_].index
    val_ = train[train['fold'] == fold_].index
#     print(train.iloc[val_].sort_values('id'))
    trn_x, trn_y = train[train_features].iloc[trn_], train['score'].iloc[trn_]
    val_x, val_y = train[train_features].iloc[val_], train['score'].iloc[val_]

    # train_folds = folds[folds['fold'] != fold].reset_index(drop=True)
    # valid_folds = folds[folds['fold'] == fold].reset_index(drop=True)

    reg = lgb.LGBMRegressor(**params,n_estimators=1100)
    xgb = XGBRegressor(**xgb_params, n_estimators=1000)
    cat = CatBoostRegressor(iterations=1000,learning_rate=0.03,
                            depth=10,
                            eval_metric='RMSE',
                            random_seed = 42,
                            bagging_temperature = 0.2,
                            od_type='Iter',
                            metric_period = 50,
                            od_wait=20)
    print("-"* 20 + "LightGBM Training" + "-"* 20)
    reg.fit(trn_x, np.log1p(trn_y),eval_set=[(val_x, np.log1p(val_y))],early_stopping_rounds=50,verbose=100,eval_metric='rmse')
    print("-"* 20 + "XGboost Training" + "-"* 20)
    xgb.fit(trn_x, np.log1p(trn_y),eval_set=[(val_x, np.log1p(val_y))],early_stopping_rounds=50,eval_metric='rmse',verbose=100)
    print("-"* 20 + "Catboost Training" + "-"* 20)
    cat.fit(trn_x, np.log1p(trn_y), eval_set=[(val_x, np.log1p(val_y))],early_stopping_rounds=50,use_best_model=True,verbose=100)
    
    imp_df = pd.DataFrame()
    imp_df['feature'] = train_features
    imp_df['gain_reg'] = reg.booster_.feature_importance(importance_type='gain')
    imp_df['fold'] = fold_ + 1
    importances = pd.concat([importances, imp_df], axis=0, sort=False)
    
    
    for model, values in model_infos.items():
        test[model] = values[2][fold_]
        
    for model, values in uspppm_model_infos.items():
        test[f"uspppm_{model}"] = values[2][fold_]

        
        
        
#     for f in tqdm(amount_feas, desc="amount_feas  Basic aggregation features "):
#         for cate in category_fea:
#             if f != cate:
#                 test['{}_{}_medi'.format(cate, f)] = test.groupby(cate)[f].transform('median')
#                 test['{}_{}_mean'.format(cate, f)] = test.groupby(cate)[f].transform('mean')
#                 test['{}_{}_max'.format(cate, f)] = test.groupby(cate)[f].transform('max')
#                 test['{}_{}_min'.format(cate, f)] = test.groupby(cate)[f].transform('min')
#                 test['{}_{}_std'.format(cate, f)] = test.groupby(cate)[f].transform('std')
            
            
            
    # LightGBM
    oof_reg_preds[val_] = reg.predict(val_x, num_iteration=reg.best_iteration_)
#     oof_reg_preds[oof_reg_preds < 0] = 0
    lgb_preds = reg.predict(test[train_features], num_iteration=reg.best_iteration_)
#     lgb_preds[lgb_preds < 0] = 0
    
    
    # Xgboost
    oof_reg_preds1[val_] = xgb.predict(val_x)
    oof_reg_preds1[oof_reg_preds1 < 0] = 0
    xgb_preds = xgb.predict(test[train_features])
#     xgb_preds[xgb_preds < 0] = 0
    
    # catboost
    oof_reg_preds2[val_] = cat.predict(val_x)
    oof_reg_preds2[oof_reg_preds2 < 0] = 0
    cat_preds = cat.predict(test[train_features])
    cat_preds[xgb_preds < 0] = 0
        
#     merge all prediction
    merge_pred[val_] = oof_reg_preds[val_] * 0.4 + oof_reg_preds1[val_] * 0.3 +oof_reg_preds2[val_] * 0.3
    
#     sub_reg_preds += np.expm1(_preds) / len(folds)
#     sub_reg_preds += np.expm1(_preds) / len(folds)

    sub_preds += (lgb_preds / 5) * 0.6 + (xgb_preds / 5) * 0.2 + (cat_preds / 5) * 0.2 # The prediction results of the three models' 50% discount test set 
    
    sub_reg_preds+=lgb_preds / 5 # lgb 50% discount test set prediction results 
print("lgb",pearsonr(train['score'], np.expm1(oof_reg_preds))[0]) # lgb
print("xgb",pearsonr(train['score'], np.expm1(oof_reg_preds1))[0]) # xgb
print("cat",pearsonr(train['score'], np.expm1(oof_reg_preds2))[0]) # cat
print("xgb lgb cat",pearsonr(train['score'], np.expm1(merge_pred))[0]) # xgb lgb cat