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.. _mlp:
Multi-Layer Perceptron
----------------------
In this example we'll learn to use ``mlx.nn`` by implementing a simple
multi-layer perceptron to classify MNIST.
As a first step import the MLX packages we need:
.. code-block:: python
import mlx.core as mx
import mlx.nn as nn
import mlx.optimizers as optim
import numpy as np
The model is defined as the ``MLP`` class which inherits from
:class:`mlx.nn.Module`. We follow the standard idiom to make a new module:
1. Define an ``__init__`` where the parameters and/or submodules are setup. See
the :ref:`Module class docs<module_class>` for more information on how
:class:`mlx.nn.Module` registers parameters.
2. Define a ``__call__`` where the computation is implemented.
.. code-block:: python
class MLP(nn.Module):
def __init__(
self, num_layers: int, input_dim: int, hidden_dim: int, output_dim: int
):
super().__init__()
layer_sizes = [input_dim] + [hidden_dim] * num_layers + [output_dim]
self.layers = [
nn.Linear(idim, odim)
for idim, odim in zip(layer_sizes[:-1], layer_sizes[1:])
]
def __call__(self, x):
for l in self.layers[:-1]:
x = mx.maximum(l(x), 0.0)
return self.layers[-1](x)
We define the loss function which takes the mean of the per-example cross
entropy loss. The ``mlx.nn.losses`` sub-package has implementations of some
commonly used loss functions.
.. code-block:: python
def loss_fn(model, X, y):
return mx.mean(nn.losses.cross_entropy(model(X), y))
We also need a function to compute the accuracy of the model on the validation
set:
.. code-block:: python
def eval_fn(model, X, y):
return mx.mean(mx.argmax(model(X), axis=1) == y)
Next, setup the problem parameters and load the data. To load the data, you need our
`mnist data loader
<https://github.com/ml-explore/mlx-examples/blob/main/mnist/mnist.py>`_, which
we will import as `mnist`.
.. code-block:: python
num_layers = 2
hidden_dim = 32
num_classes = 10
batch_size = 256
num_epochs = 10
learning_rate = 1e-1
# Load the data
import mnist
train_images, train_labels, test_images, test_labels = map(
mx.array, mnist.mnist()
)
Since we're using SGD, we need an iterator which shuffles and constructs
minibatches of examples in the training set:
.. code-block:: python
def batch_iterate(batch_size, X, y):
perm = mx.array(np.random.permutation(y.size))
for s in range(0, y.size, batch_size):
ids = perm[s : s + batch_size]
yield X[ids], y[ids]
Finally, we put it all together by instantiating the model, the
:class:`mlx.optimizers.SGD` optimizer, and running the training loop:
.. code-block:: python
# Load the model
model = MLP(num_layers, train_images.shape[-1], hidden_dim, num_classes)
mx.eval(model.parameters())
# Get a function which gives the loss and gradient of the
# loss with respect to the model's trainable parameters
loss_and_grad_fn = nn.value_and_grad(model, loss_fn)
# Instantiate the optimizer
optimizer = optim.SGD(learning_rate=learning_rate)
for e in range(num_epochs):
for X, y in batch_iterate(batch_size, train_images, train_labels):
loss, grads = loss_and_grad_fn(model, X, y)
# Update the optimizer state and model parameters
# in a single call
optimizer.update(model, grads)
# Force a graph evaluation
mx.eval(model.parameters(), optimizer.state)
accuracy = eval_fn(model, test_images, test_labels)
print(f"Epoch {e}: Test accuracy {accuracy.item():.3f}")
.. note::
The :func:`mlx.nn.value_and_grad` function is a convenience function to get
the gradient of a loss with respect to the trainable parameters of a model.
This should not be confused with :func:`mlx.core.value_and_grad`.
The model should train to a decent accuracy (about 95%) after just a few passes
over the training set. The `full example <https://github.com/ml-explore/mlx-examples/tree/main/mnist>`_
is available in the MLX GitHub repo.