tensorflow2 自定义损失函数使用的隐藏坑

Keras的核心原则是逐步揭示复杂性，可以在保持相应的高级便利性的同时，对操作细节进行更多控制。当我们要自定义fit中的训练算法时，可以重写模型中的train_step方法，然后调用fit来训练模型。

这里以tensorflow2官网中的例子来说明：

import numpy as np

import tensorflow as tf
from tensorflow import keras

x = np.random.random((1000, 32))
y = np.random.random((1000, 1))

class CustomModel(keras.Model):
    tf.random.set_seed(100)
    def train_step(self, data):
        # Unpack the data. Its structure depends on your model and
        # on what you pass to `fit()`.
        x, y = data

        with tf.GradientTape() as tape:
            y_pred = self(x, training=True)  # Forward pass
            # Compute the loss value
            # (the loss function is configured in `compile()`)
            loss = self.compiled_loss(y, y_pred, regularization_losses=self.losses)

        # Compute gradients
        trainable_vars = self.trainable_variables
        gradients = tape.gradient(loss, trainable_vars)
        # Update weights
        self.optimizer.apply_gradients(zip(gradients, trainable_vars))
        # Update metrics (includes the metric that tracks the loss)
        self.compiled_metrics.update_state(y, y_pred)
        # Return a dict mapping metric names to current value
        return {m.name: m.result() for m in self.metrics}

# Construct and compile an instance of CustomModel
inputs = keras.Input(shape=(32,))
outputs = keras.layers.Dense(1)(inputs)
model = CustomModel(inputs, outputs)
model.compile(optimizer="adam", loss=tf.losses.MSE, metrics=["mae"])

# Just use `fit` as usual

model.fit(x, y, epochs=1, shuffle=False)

32/32 [==============================] - 0s 1ms/step - loss: 0.2783 - mae: 0.4257

<tensorflow.python.keras.callbacks.History at 0x7ff7edf6dfd0>

这里的loss是tensorflow库中实现了的损失函数，如果想自定义损失函数，然后将损失函数传入model.compile中，能正常按我们预想的work吗？

答案竟然是否定的，而且没有错误提示，只是loss计算不会符合我们的预期。

def custom_mse(y_true, y_pred):
    return tf.reduce_mean((y_true - y_pred)**2, axis=-1)

a_true = tf.constant([1., 1.5, 1.2])
a_pred = tf.constant([1., 2, 1.5])

custom_mse(a_true, a_pred)

<tf.Tensor: shape=(), dtype=float32, numpy=0.11333332>

tf.losses.MSE(a_true, a_pred)

<tf.Tensor: shape=(), dtype=float32, numpy=0.11333332>

以上结果证实了我们自定义loss的正确性，下面我们直接将自定义的loss置入compile中的loss参数中，看看会发生什么。

my_model = CustomModel(inputs, outputs)
my_model.compile(optimizer="adam", loss=custom_mse, metrics=["mae"])

my_model.fit(x, y, epochs=1, shuffle=False)

32/32 [==============================] - 0s 820us/step - loss: 0.1628 - mae: 0.3257

<tensorflow.python.keras.callbacks.History at 0x7ff7edeb7810>

我们看到，这里的loss与我们与标准的tf.losses.MSE明显不同。这说明我们自定义的loss以这种方式直接传递进model.compile中，是完全错误的操作。

正确运用自定义loss的姿势是什么呢？下面揭晓。

loss_tracker = keras.metrics.Mean(name="loss")
mae_metric = keras.metrics.MeanAbsoluteError(name="mae")

class MyCustomModel(keras.Model):
    tf.random.set_seed(100)
    def train_step(self, data):
        # Unpack the data. Its structure depends on your model and
        # on what you pass to `fit()`.
        x, y = data

        with tf.GradientTape() as tape:
            y_pred = self(x, training=True)  # Forward pass
            # Compute the loss value
            # (the loss function is configured in `compile()`)
            loss = custom_mse(y, y_pred)
            # loss += self.losses

        # Compute gradients
        trainable_vars = self.trainable_variables
        gradients = tape.gradient(loss, trainable_vars)
        # Update weights
        self.optimizer.apply_gradients(zip(gradients, trainable_vars))

        # Compute our own metrics
        loss_tracker.update_state(loss)
        mae_metric.update_state(y, y_pred)
        return {"loss": loss_tracker.result(), "mae": mae_metric.result()}

    @property
    def metrics(self):
        # We list our `Metric` objects here so that `reset_states()` can be
        # called automatically at the start of each epoch
        # or at the start of `evaluate()`.
        # If you don't implement this property, you have to call
        # `reset_states()` yourself at the time of your choosing.
        return [loss_tracker, mae_metric]

# Construct and compile an instance of CustomModel
inputs = keras.Input(shape=(32,))
outputs = keras.layers.Dense(1)(inputs)
my_model_beta = MyCustomModel(inputs, outputs)
my_model_beta.compile(optimizer="adam")

# Just use `fit` as usual

my_model_beta.fit(x, y, epochs=1, shuffle=False)

32/32 [==============================] - 0s 960us/step - loss: 0.2783 - mae: 0.4257

<tensorflow.python.keras.callbacks.History at 0x7ff7eda3d810>

终于，通过跳过在 compile() 中传递损失函数，而在 train_step 中手动完成所有计算内容，我们获得了与之前默认tf.losses.MSE完全一致的输出，这才是我们想要的结果。

总结一下，当我们在模型中想用自定义的损失函数，不能直接传入fit函数，而是需要在train_step中手动传入，完成计算过程。