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87 changes: 87 additions & 0 deletions machine_learning/loss_functions/categorical_focal_cross_entropy.py
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"""
Categorical Cross-Entropy Loss

This function calculates the Categorical Cross-Entropy Loss between true class
labels and predicted class probabilities.
It's a variation of categorical cross-entropy that addresses class imbalance
by focusing on hard examples.

Formula:
Categorical Cross-Entropy Loss = -Σ(y_true * (1 - y_pred)**gamma * ln(y_pred))

Resources:
[Lin et al., 2018](https://arxiv.org/pdf/1708.02002.pdf)
"""
import numpy as np

def categorical_focal_cross_entropy(
y_true: np.ndarray, y_pred: np.ndarray,
gamma: float = 2.0, epsilon: float = 1e-15
) -> float:
"""
Calculate Categorical Focal Cross-Entropy Loss between true class labels and
predicted class probabilities.

Parameters:
- y_true: True class labels (one-hot encoded) as a NumPy array.
- y_pred: Predicted class probabilities as a NumPy array.
- gamma: Focusing parameter for the Focal Loss.
- epsilon: Small constant to avoid numerical instability.

Returns:
- cfce_loss: Categorical Focal Cross-Entropy Loss as a floating-point number.

Example:
>>> true_labels = np.array([[1, 0, 0], [0, 1, 0], [0, 0, 1]])
>>> pred_probs = np.array([[0.9, 0.1, 0.0], [0.2, 0.7, 0.1], [0.0, 0.1, 0.9]])
>>> categorical_focal_cross_entropy(true_labels, pred_probs)
0.034207955267642455

>>> y_true = np.array([[1, 0], [0, 1]])
>>> y_pred = np.array([[0.9, 0.1, 0.0], [0.2, 0.7, 0.1]])
>>> categorical_focal_cross_entropy(y_true, y_pred)
Traceback (most recent call last):
...
ValueError: Input arrays must have the same shape.

>>> y_true = np.array([[2, 0, 1], [1, 0, 0]])
>>> y_pred = np.array([[0.9, 0.1, 0.0], [0.2, 0.7, 0.1]])
>>> categorical_focal_cross_entropy(y_true, y_pred)
Traceback (most recent call last):
...
ValueError: y_true must be one-hot encoded.

>>> y_true = np.array([[1, 0, 1], [1, 0, 0]])
>>> y_pred = np.array([[0.9, 0.1, 0.0], [0.2, 0.7, 0.1]])
>>> categorical_focal_cross_entropy(y_true, y_pred)
Traceback (most recent call last):
...
ValueError: y_true must be one-hot encoded.

>>> y_true = np.array([[1, 0, 0], [0, 1, 0]])
>>> y_pred = np.array([[0.9, 0.1, 0.1], [0.2, 0.7, 0.1]])
>>> categorical_focal_cross_entropy(y_true, y_pred)
Traceback (most recent call last):
...
ValueError: Predicted probabilities must sum to approximately 1.
"""
if y_true.shape != y_pred.shape:
raise ValueError("Input arrays must have the same shape.")

if np.any((y_true != 0) & (y_true != 1)) or np.any(y_true.sum(axis=1) != 1):
raise ValueError("y_true must be one-hot encoded.")

if not np.all(np.isclose(np.sum(y_pred, axis=1), 1, rtol=epsilon, atol=epsilon)):
raise ValueError("Predicted probabilities must sum to approximately 1.")

# Clip predicted probabilities to avoid log(0)
y_pred = np.clip(y_pred, epsilon, 1)

# Calculate categorical focal cross-entropy loss
return -np.sum(y_true * (1 - y_pred) ** gamma * np.log(y_pred))


if __name__ == "__main__":
import doctest

doctest.testmod()