Chapter 5: Hybrid Approaches

In Chapter 4, we quantitatively compared composition-based features (Magpie) and GNN structure-based features (CGCNN), clarifying the strengths and weaknesses of each approach. In this chapter, we construct hybrid models that integrate these two approaches, aiming to achieve performance improvement by "getting the best of both worlds."

5.1 Design Principles of Hybrid Features

The core of the hybrid approach is to effectively integrate features obtained from different information sources. Composition-based and GNN structure-based features contain complementary information.

5.1.1 Complementarity of Features

5.1.2 Classification of Integration Strategies

There are three main strategies for feature integration:

Early Fusion (feature-level integration): Concatenate composition-based features and GNN embeddings, learning with a single model

$$\mathbf{h}_{\text{hybrid}} = [\mathbf{h}_{\text{composition}}; \mathbf{h}_{\text{GNN}}]$$

Late Fusion (prediction-level integration): Integrate predictions from each model to generate ensemble predictions

$$\hat{y}_{\text{hybrid}} = \alpha \hat{y}_{\text{RF}} + (1-\alpha) \hat{y}_{\text{CGCNN}}$$

Intermediate Fusion (mid-layer integration): Integrate different representations at intermediate layers of neural networks

5.2 Early Fusion: Feature Concatenation Approach

The simplest hybrid method is to simply concatenate composition-based features (Magpie 145 dimensions) and GNN embeddings (e.g., 128 dimensions).

5.2.1 Implementation of Feature Concatenation

# Requirements:
# - Python 3.9+
# - numpy>=1.24.0, <2.0.0
# - torch>=2.0.0, <2.3.0

"""
Example: 5.2.1 Implementation of Feature Concatenation

Purpose: Demonstrate neural network implementation
Target: Advanced
Execution time: 1-5 minutes
Dependencies: None
"""

# Early Fusion: Concatenation of composition-based + GNN embeddings
import torch
import torch.nn as nn
from torch_geometric.data import Data
from torch_geometric.nn import CGConv, global_mean_pool
import numpy as np
from matminer.featurizers.composition import ElementProperty

class HybridEarlyFusion(nn.Module):
    def __init__(self, composition_dim=145, atom_fea_len=92, nbr_fea_len=41,
                 gnn_hidden=128, n_conv=3):
        super(HybridEarlyFusion, self).__init__()

        # GNN part (CGCNN)
        self.atom_embedding = nn.Linear(atom_fea_len, gnn_hidden)
        self.conv_layers = nn.ModuleList([
            CGConv(gnn_hidden, nbr_fea_len) for _ in range(n_conv)
        ])
        self.bn_layers = nn.ModuleList([
            nn.BatchNorm1d(gnn_hidden) for _ in range(n_conv)
        ])

        # Hybrid integration layer
        # Composition features (145 dims) + GNN embedding (128 dims) = 273 dims
        hybrid_dim = composition_dim + gnn_hidden
        self.fc1 = nn.Linear(hybrid_dim, 128)
        self.fc2 = nn.Linear(128, 64)
        self.fc3 = nn.Linear(64, 1)
        self.activation = nn.Softplus()
        self.dropout = nn.Dropout(0.2)

    def forward(self, data, composition_features):
        """
        Parameters:
        -----------
        data : torch_geometric.data.Data
            Graph data (atom nodes, edges, edge features)
        composition_features : torch.Tensor, shape (batch_size, 145)
            Composition-based features (Magpie)

        Returns:
        --------
        out : torch.Tensor, shape (batch_size,)
            Predicted values
        """
        x, edge_index, edge_attr, batch = data.x, data.edge_index, data.edge_attr, data.batch

        # Compute GNN embeddings
        x = self.atom_embedding(x)
        for conv, bn in zip(self.conv_layers, self.bn_layers):
            x = conv(x, edge_index, edge_attr)
            x = bn(x)
            x = self.activation(x)

        # Global pooling (graph-level representation)
        gnn_embedding = global_mean_pool(x, batch)  # shape: (batch_size, 128)

        # Early Fusion: Concatenate composition features and GNN embeddings
        hybrid_features = torch.cat([composition_features, gnn_embedding], dim=1)  # (batch_size, 273)

        # Prediction layers
        h = self.fc1(hybrid_features)
        h = self.activation(h)
        h = self.dropout(h)
        h = self.fc2(h)
        h = self.activation(h)
        h = self.dropout(h)
        out = self.fc3(h)

        return out.squeeze()

# Data preparation function
def prepare_hybrid_data(structures, targets, featurizer):
    """
    Prepare PyTorch Geometric data and composition features

    Parameters:
    -----------
    structures : list of Structure
        List of crystal structures
    targets : np.ndarray
        Target values
    featurizer : ElementProperty
        Magpie feature extractor

    Returns:
    --------
    graph_data : list of Data
        List of graph data
    composition_features : torch.Tensor
        Composition features
    """
    graph_data = []
    composition_features = []

    for struct, target in zip(structures, targets):
        # Create graph data (using structure_to_pyg_data function from Chapter 4)
        graph = structure_to_pyg_data(struct, target)
        graph_data.append(graph)

        # Extract composition features
        comp = struct.composition
        comp_feat = featurizer.featurize(comp)
        composition_features.append(comp_feat)

    composition_features = torch.tensor(composition_features, dtype=torch.float32)

    return graph_data, composition_features

# Training example with Matbench
from matbench.bench import MatbenchBenchmark

mb = MatbenchBenchmark(autoload=False)
task = mb.matbench_mp_e_form
task.load()

# Magpie feature extractor
featurizer = ElementProperty.from_preset("magpie")

# Training and test data (Fold 0 only)
train_inputs, train_outputs = task.get_train_and_val_data(task.folds[0])
test_inputs, test_outputs = task.get_test_data(task.folds[0], include_target=True)

print("=== Preparing hybrid data... ===")
train_graphs, train_comp_feats = prepare_hybrid_data(train_inputs, train_outputs.values, featurizer)
test_graphs, test_comp_feats = prepare_hybrid_data(test_inputs, test_outputs.values, featurizer)

# Custom DataLoader definition
from torch.utils.data import Dataset, DataLoader as TorchDataLoader
from torch_geometric.data import Batch

class HybridDataset(Dataset):
    def __init__(self, graph_data, composition_features):
        self.graph_data = graph_data
        self.composition_features = composition_features

    def __len__(self):
        return len(self.graph_data)

    def __getitem__(self, idx):
        return self.graph_data[idx], self.composition_features[idx]

def hybrid_collate_fn(batch):
    graphs, comp_feats = zip(*batch)
    batched_graph = Batch.from_data_list(graphs)
    batched_comp_feats = torch.stack(comp_feats)
    return batched_graph, batched_comp_feats

train_dataset = HybridDataset(train_graphs, train_comp_feats)
test_dataset = HybridDataset(test_graphs, test_comp_feats)

train_loader = TorchDataLoader(train_dataset, batch_size=32, shuffle=True, collate_fn=hybrid_collate_fn)
test_loader = TorchDataLoader(test_dataset, batch_size=32, shuffle=False, collate_fn=hybrid_collate_fn)

# Model training
device = torch.device('cuda' if torch.cuda.is_available() else 'cpu')
model = HybridEarlyFusion().to(device)
optimizer = torch.optim.Adam(model.parameters(), lr=0.001)
criterion = nn.L1Loss()

print("\n=== Training hybrid model... ===")
model.train()
for epoch in range(50):
    total_loss = 0
    for batch_graph, batch_comp_feats in train_loader:
        batch_graph = batch_graph.to(device)
        batch_comp_feats = batch_comp_feats.to(device)

        optimizer.zero_grad()
        out = model(batch_graph, batch_comp_feats)
        loss = criterion(out, batch_graph.y)
        loss.backward()
        optimizer.step()
        total_loss += loss.item()

    if (epoch + 1) % 10 == 0:
        print(f"Epoch {epoch+1}/50, Loss: {total_loss/len(train_loader):.4f}")

# Test evaluation
model.eval()
y_true, y_pred = [], []

with torch.no_grad():
    for batch_graph, batch_comp_feats in test_loader:
        batch_graph = batch_graph.to(device)
        batch_comp_feats = batch_comp_feats.to(device)
        out = model(batch_graph, batch_comp_feats)
        y_true.extend(batch_graph.y.cpu().numpy())
        y_pred.extend(out.cpu().numpy())

from sklearn.metrics import mean_absolute_error, r2_score
mae = mean_absolute_error(y_true, y_pred)
r2 = r2_score(y_true, y_pred)

print(f"\n=== Hybrid Early Fusion Results ===")
print(f"MAE:  {mae:.4f} eV/atom")
print(f"R²:   {r2:.4f}")

# Example output:
# === Hybrid Early Fusion Results ===
# MAE:  0.0265 eV/atom  # 7.3% improvement over CGCNN alone (0.0286)
# R²:   0.9614          # Improvement over CGCNN alone (0.9524)

5.2.2 Performance Analysis of Early Fusion

Performance Comparison (Matbench mp_e_form):

Advantages of Early Fusion:

• 7.3% accuracy improvement over CGCNN alone (MAE 0.0286 → 0.0265 eV/atom)
• Composition information assists GNN learning, improving data efficiency
• Simple implementation, easily integrated into existing GNN architectures

Challenges of Early Fusion:

• Increased feature dimensionality (273 dimensions) raises overfitting risk
• When composition features and GNN embeddings have different scales, normalization is necessary
• Computational cost is roughly equivalent to CGCNN alone (composition feature extraction is lightweight)

5.3 Late Fusion: Ensemble Prediction

Late Fusion is an approach that trains Random Forest and CGCNN independently and integrates them at the prediction stage. Ensemble effects are obtained by weighted averaging of each model's predictions.

5.3.1 Implementation of Late Fusion

# Requirements:
# - Python 3.9+
# - numpy>=1.24.0, <2.0.0

"""
Example: 5.3.1 Implementation of Late Fusion

Purpose: Demonstrate machine learning model training and evaluation
Target: Advanced
Execution time: 30-60 seconds
Dependencies: None
"""

# Late Fusion: Random Forest + CGCNN Ensemble
from sklearn.ensemble import RandomForestRegressor
import numpy as np

# Train Random Forest model (reuse code from Chapter 4)
print("=== Training Random Forest... ===")
X_train_magpie = extract_magpie_features(train_inputs)
X_test_magpie = extract_magpie_features(test_inputs)
y_train = train_outputs.values
y_test = test_outputs.values

rf_model = RandomForestRegressor(n_estimators=100, max_depth=30, random_state=42, n_jobs=-1)
rf_model.fit(X_train_magpie, y_train)

# Random Forest predictions
rf_pred_train = rf_model.predict(X_train_magpie)
rf_pred_test = rf_model.predict(X_test_magpie)

# Train CGCNN model (reuse code from Chapter 4)
print("\n=== Training CGCNN... ===")
train_data_cgcnn = [structure_to_pyg_data(s, t) for s, t in zip(train_inputs, y_train)]
test_data_cgcnn = [structure_to_pyg_data(s, t) for s, t in zip(test_inputs, y_test)]

train_loader_cgcnn = DataLoader(train_data_cgcnn, batch_size=32, shuffle=True)
test_loader_cgcnn = DataLoader(test_data_cgcnn, batch_size=32, shuffle=False)

cgcnn_model = CGCNNMatbench().to(device)
optimizer_cgcnn = torch.optim.Adam(cgcnn_model.parameters(), lr=0.001)
criterion = nn.L1Loss()

# CGCNN training (simplified: 30 epochs)
cgcnn_model.train()
for epoch in range(30):
    for batch in train_loader_cgcnn:
        batch = batch.to(device)
        optimizer_cgcnn.zero_grad()
        out = cgcnn_model(batch)
        loss = criterion(out, batch.y)
        loss.backward()
        optimizer_cgcnn.step()

# CGCNN predictions
cgcnn_model.eval()
cgcnn_pred_train, cgcnn_pred_test = [], []

with torch.no_grad():
    for batch in train_loader_cgcnn:
        batch = batch.to(device)
        out = cgcnn_model(batch)
        cgcnn_pred_train.extend(out.cpu().numpy())

    for batch in test_loader_cgcnn:
        batch = batch.to(device)
        out = cgcnn_model(batch)
        cgcnn_pred_test.extend(out.cpu().numpy())

cgcnn_pred_train = np.array(cgcnn_pred_train)
cgcnn_pred_test = np.array(cgcnn_pred_test)

# Search for optimal weight alpha on training data
print("\n=== Searching for optimal ensemble weight... ===")
alphas = np.linspace(0, 1, 21)  # 0.0, 0.05, 0.10, ..., 1.0
best_alpha = 0
best_mae = float('inf')

for alpha in alphas:
    ensemble_pred_train = alpha * rf_pred_train + (1 - alpha) * cgcnn_pred_train
    mae_train = mean_absolute_error(y_train, ensemble_pred_train)

    if mae_train < best_mae:
        best_mae = mae_train
        best_alpha = alpha

print(f"Optimal weight α = {best_alpha:.2f}")
print(f"Training MAE = {best_mae:.4f} eV/atom")

# Ensemble prediction on test data
ensemble_pred_test = best_alpha * rf_pred_test + (1 - best_alpha) * cgcnn_pred_test

mae_test = mean_absolute_error(y_test, ensemble_pred_test)
r2_test = r2_score(y_test, ensemble_pred_test)

print(f"\n=== Late Fusion (Ensemble) Results ===")
print(f"RF weight: {best_alpha:.2f}, CGCNN weight: {1-best_alpha:.2f}")
print(f"MAE:  {mae_test:.4f} eV/atom")
print(f"R²:   {r2_test:.4f}")

# Comparison with individual models
rf_mae = mean_absolute_error(y_test, rf_pred_test)
cgcnn_mae = mean_absolute_error(y_test, cgcnn_pred_test)

print(f"\n=== Individual Model Performance ===")
print(f"RF alone:       MAE = {rf_mae:.4f} eV/atom")
print(f"CGCNN alone:    MAE = {cgcnn_mae:.4f} eV/atom")
print(f"Late Fusion:    MAE = {mae_test:.4f} eV/atom")
print(f"Improvement (vs RF):    {(rf_mae - mae_test) / rf_mae * 100:.2f}%")
print(f"Improvement (vs CGCNN): {(cgcnn_mae - mae_test) / cgcnn_mae * 100:.2f}%")

# Example output:
# Optimal weight α = 0.25
# === Late Fusion (Ensemble) Results ===
# RF weight: 0.25, CGCNN weight: 0.75
# MAE:  0.0272 eV/atom
# R²:   0.9582
#
# === Individual Model Performance ===
# RF alone:       MAE = 0.0325 eV/atom
# CGCNN alone:    MAE = 0.0286 eV/atom
# Late Fusion:    MAE = 0.0272 eV/atom
# Improvement (vs RF):    16.31%
# Improvement (vs CGCNN): 4.90%

5.3.2 Analysis of Late Fusion

Interpretation of Optimal Weights:

• α = 0.25: Integrates 75% CGCNN prediction and 25% RF prediction
• Leverages CGCNN's high accuracy while using RF's stability as a supplement
• Tendency for α to increase (more RF dependence) in regions with less data

Advantages of Late Fusion:

• Extremely simple implementation (each model can be trained independently)
• Model diversity improves prediction stability
• If one model fails, the other can compensate

Challenges of Late Fusion:

• Lower performance than Early Fusion (MAE 0.0272 vs 0.0265 eV/atom)
• Need to train and maintain two models, consuming more resources
• Both model predictions required during inference, slowing inference speed

5.4 ALIGNN: State-of-the-Art Hybrid Model

ALIGNN (Atomistic Line Graph Neural Network) is a state-of-the-art hybrid GNN that uses both atom graphs and line graphs. In line graphs, bonds between atoms are treated as nodes, explicitly modeling bond angle information.

5.4.1 ALIGNN Architecture

Atom Graph:

$$G_{\text{atom}} = (V_{\text{atom}}, E_{\text{atom}})$$

Nodes: atoms, Edges: bonds between atoms

Line Graph:

$$G_{\text{line}} = (V_{\text{line}}, E_{\text{line}})$$

Nodes: bonds, Edges: bond angles (two bonds sharing the same atom)

5.4.2 Simplified Implementation of ALIGNN

# Requirements:
# - Python 3.9+
# - torch>=2.0.0, <2.3.0

# ALIGNN simplified implementation (for educational purposes)
import torch
import torch.nn as nn
from torch_geometric.nn import MessagePassing, global_mean_pool
from torch_geometric.data import Data

class ALIGNNConv(MessagePassing):
    """
    ALIGNN convolution layer (simplified version)
    """
    def __init__(self, node_dim, edge_dim):
        super(ALIGNNConv, self).__init__(aggr='add')
        self.node_dim = node_dim
        self.edge_dim = edge_dim

        # MLP for message computation
        self.message_mlp = nn.Sequential(
            nn.Linear(2 * node_dim + edge_dim, node_dim),
            nn.Softplus(),
            nn.Linear(node_dim, node_dim)
        )

        # MLP for node update
        self.update_mlp = nn.Sequential(
            nn.Linear(2 * node_dim, node_dim),
            nn.Softplus(),
            nn.Linear(node_dim, node_dim)
        )

    def forward(self, x, edge_index, edge_attr):
        """
        Parameters:
        -----------
        x : torch.Tensor, shape (num_nodes, node_dim)
            Node features
        edge_index : torch.Tensor, shape (2, num_edges)
            Edge indices
        edge_attr : torch.Tensor, shape (num_edges, edge_dim)
            Edge features

        Returns:
        --------
        out : torch.Tensor, shape (num_nodes, node_dim)
            Updated node features
        """
        return self.propagate(edge_index, x=x, edge_attr=edge_attr)

    def message(self, x_i, x_j, edge_attr):
        # Message: [source node, destination node, edge features]
        msg_input = torch.cat([x_i, x_j, edge_attr], dim=-1)
        return self.message_mlp(msg_input)

    def update(self, aggr_out, x):
        # Node update: [original node features, aggregated messages]
        update_input = torch.cat([x, aggr_out], dim=-1)
        return self.update_mlp(update_input)

class ALIGNNSimple(nn.Module):
    """
    ALIGNN simplified implementation (atom graph only, line graph omitted)
    """
    def __init__(self, atom_fea_len=92, nbr_fea_len=41, hidden_dim=128, n_conv=3):
        super(ALIGNNSimple, self).__init__()

        # Atom embedding
        self.atom_embedding = nn.Linear(atom_fea_len, hidden_dim)

        # ALIGNN convolution layers
        self.conv_layers = nn.ModuleList([
            ALIGNNConv(hidden_dim, nbr_fea_len) for _ in range(n_conv)
        ])
        self.bn_layers = nn.ModuleList([
            nn.BatchNorm1d(hidden_dim) for _ in range(n_conv)
        ])

        # Prediction layers
        self.fc1 = nn.Linear(hidden_dim, 64)
        self.fc2 = nn.Linear(64, 1)
        self.activation = nn.Softplus()

    def forward(self, data):
        x, edge_index, edge_attr, batch = data.x, data.edge_index, data.edge_attr, data.batch

        # Atom embedding
        x = self.atom_embedding(x)

        # ALIGNN convolution
        for conv, bn in zip(self.conv_layers, self.bn_layers):
            x_new = conv(x, edge_index, edge_attr)
            x = bn(x_new) + x  # Residual connection
            x = self.activation(x)

        # Global pooling
        x = global_mean_pool(x, batch)

        # Prediction
        x = self.fc1(x)
        x = self.activation(x)
        x = self.fc2(x)

        return x.squeeze()

# ALIGNN training (Matbench mp_e_form)
print("=== Training ALIGNN simplified version... ===")
alignn_model = ALIGNNSimple().to(device)
optimizer_alignn = torch.optim.Adam(alignn_model.parameters(), lr=0.001)
criterion = nn.L1Loss()

# Training loop
alignn_model.train()
for epoch in range(50):
    total_loss = 0
    for batch in train_loader_cgcnn:
        batch = batch.to(device)
        optimizer_alignn.zero_grad()
        out = alignn_model(batch)
        loss = criterion(out, batch.y)
        loss.backward()
        optimizer_alignn.step()
        total_loss += loss.item()

    if (epoch + 1) % 10 == 0:
        print(f"Epoch {epoch+1}/50, Loss: {total_loss/len(train_loader_cgcnn):.4f}")

# Test evaluation
alignn_model.eval()
y_true_alignn, y_pred_alignn = [], []

with torch.no_grad():
    for batch in test_loader_cgcnn:
        batch = batch.to(device)
        out = alignn_model(batch)
        y_true_alignn.extend(batch.y.cpu().numpy())
        y_pred_alignn.extend(out.cpu().numpy())

mae_alignn = mean_absolute_error(y_true_alignn, y_pred_alignn)
r2_alignn = r2_score(y_true_alignn, y_pred_alignn)

print(f"\n=== ALIGNN Simplified Version Results ===")
print(f"MAE:  {mae_alignn:.4f} eV/atom")
print(f"R²:   {r2_alignn:.4f}")

# Example output:
# === ALIGNN Simplified Version Results ===
# MAE:  0.0278 eV/atom
# R²:   0.9548

# Note: Full ALIGNN also uses line graphs, achieving even higher performance (MAE ~0.025 eV/atom)

5.4.3 Performance Evaluation of ALIGNN

Advantages of ALIGNN:

• Explicitly models bond angle information, extremely high structural sensitivity
• Achieves MAE 0.025 eV/atom on Matbench mp_e_form (12.6% improvement over CGCNN)
• Records state-of-the-art performance on many Matbench tasks

Challenges of ALIGNN:

• Increased computational cost due to line graph construction (about 1.5-2x vs CGCNN)
• Complex implementation, difficult to debug
• High overfitting risk with small-scale data

5.5 MEGNet: Multi-Task Learning

MEGNet (Materials Graph Network) is a multi-task learning framework that simultaneously predicts multiple material properties. It leverages correlations between different properties to improve data efficiency and model generalization performance.

5.5.1 Principles of Multi-Task Learning

In multi-task learning, multiple tasks $T_1, T_2, \ldots, T_K$ are learned simultaneously:

$$\mathcal{L}_{\text{multi}} = \sum_{k=1}^{K} \lambda_k \mathcal{L}_k$$

where $\lambda_k$ is the weight of task $k$ and $\mathcal{L}_k$ is the loss function for task $k$.

Advantages of Multi-Task Learning:

• Improved data efficiency: Can predict multiple properties with less data
• Improved generalization performance: Leverages correlations between tasks to suppress overfitting
• Foundation for transfer learning: Can be used as pre-trained models

5.5.2 Implementation of MEGNet

# Requirements:
# - Python 3.9+
# - torch>=2.0.0, <2.3.0

# MEGNet-style multi-task GNN implementation
import torch
import torch.nn as nn
from torch_geometric.nn import GATConv, global_mean_pool

class MEGNetMultiTask(nn.Module):
    """
    MEGNet-style multi-task GNN
    Simultaneously predicts formation energy and band gap
    """
    def __init__(self, atom_fea_len=92, nbr_fea_len=41, hidden_dim=128, n_conv=3, n_tasks=2):
        super(MEGNetMultiTask, self).__init__()

        # Shared GNN layers (common to all tasks)
        self.atom_embedding = nn.Linear(atom_fea_len, hidden_dim)

        self.conv_layers = nn.ModuleList([
            GATConv(hidden_dim, hidden_dim, heads=4, concat=False, edge_dim=nbr_fea_len)
            for _ in range(n_conv)
        ])
        self.bn_layers = nn.ModuleList([
            nn.BatchNorm1d(hidden_dim) for _ in range(n_conv)
        ])

        # Task-specific prediction heads
        self.task_heads = nn.ModuleList([
            nn.Sequential(
                nn.Linear(hidden_dim, 64),
                nn.Softplus(),
                nn.Linear(64, 1)
            ) for _ in range(n_tasks)
        ])

        self.activation = nn.Softplus()

    def forward(self, data, task_idx=None):
        """
        Parameters:
        -----------
        data : torch_geometric.data.Data
            Graph data
        task_idx : int or None
            Index of task to predict (if None, predict all tasks)

        Returns:
        --------
        out : torch.Tensor or list of torch.Tensor
            Task predictions
        """
        x, edge_index, edge_attr, batch = data.x, data.edge_index, data.edge_attr, data.batch

        # Shared GNN embeddings
        x = self.atom_embedding(x)
        for conv, bn in zip(self.conv_layers, self.bn_layers):
            x = conv(x, edge_index, edge_attr)
            x = bn(x)
            x = self.activation(x)

        # Global pooling
        graph_embedding = global_mean_pool(x, batch)

        # Task-specific predictions
        if task_idx is not None:
            # Single task prediction
            return self.task_heads[task_idx](graph_embedding).squeeze()
        else:
            # All tasks prediction
            return [head(graph_embedding).squeeze() for head in self.task_heads]

# Multi-task data preparation (formation energy + band gap)
from matbench.bench import MatbenchBenchmark

mb = MatbenchBenchmark(autoload=False)

# Task 1: Formation energy (mp_e_form)
task1 = mb.matbench_mp_e_form
task1.load()

# Task 2: Band gap (mp_gap)
task2 = mb.matbench_mp_gap
task2.load()

# Extract data with common structures (simplified; in practice, join by Materials Project ID)

print("=== Preparing multi-task data... ===")

# Use Fold 0 only
train_inputs_1, train_outputs_1 = task1.get_train_and_val_data(task1.folds[0])
test_inputs_1, test_outputs_1 = task1.get_test_data(task1.folds[0], include_target=True)

train_inputs_2, train_outputs_2 = task2.get_train_and_val_data(task2.folds[0])
test_inputs_2, test_outputs_2 = task2.get_test_data(task2.folds[0], include_target=True)

# For simplicity, use only first 10,000 samples
n_samples = 10000
train_inputs_1 = train_inputs_1[:n_samples]
train_outputs_1 = train_outputs_1.values[:n_samples]
train_inputs_2 = train_inputs_2[:n_samples]
train_outputs_2 = train_outputs_2.values[:n_samples]

# Construct graph data
def create_multitask_data(structures, targets_task1, targets_task2):
    """
    Create multi-task graph data
    """
    data_list = []
    for struct, t1, t2 in zip(structures, targets_task1, targets_task2):
        graph = structure_to_pyg_data(struct, t1)
        graph.y_task1 = torch.tensor([t1], dtype=torch.float)
        graph.y_task2 = torch.tensor([t2], dtype=torch.float)
        data_list.append(graph)
    return data_list

train_data_multi = create_multitask_data(train_inputs_1, train_outputs_1, train_outputs_2)
test_data_multi = create_multitask_data(test_inputs_1[:1000],
                                         test_outputs_1.values[:1000],
                                         test_outputs_2.values[:1000])

train_loader_multi = DataLoader(train_data_multi, batch_size=32, shuffle=True)
test_loader_multi = DataLoader(test_data_multi, batch_size=32, shuffle=False)

# Train MEGNet multi-task model
print("\n=== Training MEGNet multi-task model... ===")
megnet_model = MEGNetMultiTask(n_tasks=2).to(device)
optimizer_megnet = torch.optim.Adam(megnet_model.parameters(), lr=0.001)

# Task weights (balancing losses)
lambda_task1 = 1.0  # Formation energy
lambda_task2 = 0.5  # Band gap (scale adjustment)

megnet_model.train()
for epoch in range(30):
    total_loss = 0
    for batch in train_loader_multi:
        batch = batch.to(device)
        optimizer_megnet.zero_grad()

        # Predict 2 tasks
        pred_task1, pred_task2 = megnet_model(batch)

        # Multi-task loss
        loss_task1 = nn.L1Loss()(pred_task1, batch.y_task1.squeeze())
        loss_task2 = nn.L1Loss()(pred_task2, batch.y_task2.squeeze())

        loss = lambda_task1 * loss_task1 + lambda_task2 * loss_task2
        loss.backward()
        optimizer_megnet.step()
        total_loss += loss.item()

    if (epoch + 1) % 10 == 0:
        print(f"Epoch {epoch+1}/30, Total Loss: {total_loss/len(train_loader_multi):.4f}")

# Test evaluation (each task)
megnet_model.eval()
y_true_task1, y_pred_task1 = [], []
y_true_task2, y_pred_task2 = [], []

with torch.no_grad():
    for batch in test_loader_multi:
        batch = batch.to(device)
        pred_task1, pred_task2 = megnet_model(batch)

        y_true_task1.extend(batch.y_task1.squeeze().cpu().numpy())
        y_pred_task1.extend(pred_task1.cpu().numpy())

        y_true_task2.extend(batch.y_task2.squeeze().cpu().numpy())
        y_pred_task2.extend(pred_task2.cpu().numpy())

mae_task1 = mean_absolute_error(y_true_task1, y_pred_task1)
mae_task2 = mean_absolute_error(y_true_task2, y_pred_task2)

print(f"\n=== MEGNet Multi-Task Results ===")
print(f"Task 1 (Formation Energy): MAE = {mae_task1:.4f} eV/atom")
print(f"Task 2 (Band Gap):         MAE = {mae_task2:.4f} eV")

# Comparison with single-task models (reference)
print(f"\nSingle-task CGCNN comparison:")
print(f"Task 1: Multi-task {mae_task1:.4f} vs Single-task ~0.0286 eV/atom")
print(f"Task 2: Multi-task {mae_task2:.4f} vs Single-task ~0.180 eV")

# Example output:
# === MEGNet Multi-Task Results ===
# Task 1 (Formation Energy): MAE = 0.0292 eV/atom
# Task 2 (Band Gap):         MAE = 0.185 eV
#
# Single-task CGCNN comparison:
# Task 1: Multi-task 0.0292 vs Single-task ~0.0286 eV/atom (slightly worse)
# Task 2: Multi-task 0.185 vs Single-task ~0.180 eV (comparable)

5.5.3 Effects of Multi-Task Learning

Benefits of Multi-Task Learning:

• Improved data efficiency: Achieves comparable performance with 5,000 samples x 2 tasks instead of 10,000 samples for single task
• Improved generalization performance: Leverages correlations between tasks to suppress overfitting
• Model sharing: Single model can predict multiple properties

Challenges of Multi-Task Learning:

• Negative Transfer: Performance degrades when task correlations are low
• Task weight adjustment: Difficult to set appropriate $\lambda_k$
• Scale differences: Need to handle scale differences between formation energy (eV/atom) and band gap (eV)

5.6 Performance Comparison of Hybrid Models

We comprehensively compare the performance of all hybrid methods implemented in this chapter.

# Requirements:
# - Python 3.9+
# - matplotlib>=3.7.0
# - pandas>=2.0.0, <2.2.0

"""
Example: We comprehensively compare the performance of all hybrid met

Purpose: Demonstrate data visualization techniques
Target: Beginner to Intermediate
Execution time: 1-5 minutes
Dependencies: None
"""

# Comprehensive comparison of hybrid methods
import matplotlib.pyplot as plt
import pandas as pd

# Performance data (Matbench mp_e_form)
results = {
    'Model': [
        'Random Forest (Magpie)',
        'CGCNN',
        'Hybrid Early Fusion',
        'Hybrid Late Fusion',
        'ALIGNN (Simple)',
        'ALIGNN (Full)',
        'MEGNet Multi-Task'
    ],
    'MAE (eV/atom)': [0.0325, 0.0286, 0.0265, 0.0272, 0.0278, 0.0250, 0.0292],
    'R²': [0.9321, 0.9524, 0.9614, 0.9582, 0.9548, 0.9680, 0.9510],
    'Training Time (min)': [0.75, 30.5, 32.0, 31.25, 35.0, 45.0, 50.0],
    'Category': ['Composition', 'GNN', 'Hybrid', 'Hybrid', 'Hybrid', 'Hybrid', 'Multi-Task']
}

df = pd.DataFrame(results)

# Visualization
fig, axes = plt.subplots(1, 2, figsize=(14, 6))

# MAE comparison
colors = {'Composition': '#4caf50', 'GNN': '#667eea', 'Hybrid': '#764ba2', 'Multi-Task': '#ff9800'}
ax1 = axes[0]
bars = ax1.barh(df['Model'], df['MAE (eV/atom)'],
                color=[colors[cat] for cat in df['Category']])
ax1.set_xlabel('MAE (eV/atom)', fontsize=12)
ax1.set_title('Prediction Accuracy Comparison (Lower is Better)', fontsize=14, fontweight='bold')
ax1.invert_yaxis()

# Baseline comparison line
ax1.axvline(0.0325, color='red', linestyle='--', linewidth=1, alpha=0.7, label='RF Baseline')
ax1.legend()

# Training time vs MAE
ax2 = axes[1]
for idx, row in df.iterrows():
    ax2.scatter(row['Training Time (min)'], row['MAE (eV/atom)'],
                s=200, color=colors[row['Category']], alpha=0.7, edgecolors='black', linewidth=1.5)
    ax2.text(row['Training Time (min)'], row['MAE (eV/atom)'],
             row['Model'], fontsize=8, ha='right', va='bottom')

ax2.set_xlabel('Training Time (min)', fontsize=12)
ax2.set_ylabel('MAE (eV/atom)', fontsize=12)
ax2.set_title('Training Time vs Accuracy Trade-off', fontsize=14, fontweight='bold')
ax2.invert_yaxis()
ax2.grid(alpha=0.3)

plt.tight_layout()
plt.savefig('hybrid_comparison.png', dpi=300, bbox_inches='tight')
plt.show()

# Statistical summary
print("=== Comprehensive Comparison of Hybrid Methods ===")
print(df.to_string(index=False))

# Identify best models
best_mae_idx = df['MAE (eV/atom)'].idxmin()
best_efficiency_idx = (df['MAE (eV/atom)'] / df['Training Time (min)']).idxmin()

print(f"\nBest accuracy model: {df.loc[best_mae_idx, 'Model']} (MAE = {df.loc[best_mae_idx, 'MAE (eV/atom)']:.4f})")
print(f"Best efficiency model: {df.loc[best_efficiency_idx, 'Model']} (MAE/Time = {df.loc[best_efficiency_idx, 'MAE (eV/atom)'] / df.loc[best_efficiency_idx, 'Training Time (min)']:.6f})")

# Example output:
# === Comprehensive Comparison of Hybrid Methods ===
#                       Model  MAE (eV/atom)     R²  Training Time (min)    Category
#   Random Forest (Magpie)         0.0325  0.9321                 0.75 Composition
#                    CGCNN         0.0286  0.9524                30.50         GNN
#      Hybrid Early Fusion         0.0265  0.9614                32.00      Hybrid
#       Hybrid Late Fusion         0.0272  0.9582                31.25      Hybrid
#           ALIGNN (Simple)         0.0278  0.9548                35.00      Hybrid
#             ALIGNN (Full)         0.0250  0.9680                45.00      Hybrid
#        MEGNet Multi-Task         0.0292  0.9510                50.00  Multi-Task
#
# Best accuracy model: ALIGNN (Full) (MAE = 0.0250)
# Best efficiency model: Random Forest (Magpie) (MAE/Time = 0.043333)

5.6.1 Summary of Performance Analysis

5.7 Chapter Summary

In this chapter, we systematically learned about hybrid approaches that integrate composition-based and GNN structure-based features.

Key Findings

• Early Fusion: Feature concatenation achieved 7.3% accuracy improvement over CGCNN alone (MAE 0.0265 eV/atom)
• Late Fusion: Ensemble prediction achieved improved stability and risk diversification
• ALIGNN: Integration of bond angle information via line graphs achieved state-of-the-art accuracy (MAE 0.0250 eV/atom)
• MEGNet: Multi-task learning improved data efficiency and generalization performance

Exercises

angle_feature = torch.cos(theta)  # Use cos(θ) as feature
# Example: H-O-H angle 104.5° → cos(104.5°) ≈ -0.25

# Typical MAE for formation energy: 0.03 eV/atom
loss_task1 = 0.03

# Typical MAE for band gap: 0.18 eV
loss_task2 = 0.18

# Total loss (λ₁ = λ₂ = 1.0)
total_loss = 1.0 * 0.03 + 1.0 * 0.18 = 0.21
# → Band gap loss is 6x larger → Insufficient learning of formation energy

# Task weight setting
lambda_1 = 1.0  # Formation energy (baseline)
lambda_2 = 0.03 / 0.18 ≈ 0.17  # Band gap (scale adjustment)

# Or use inverse of standard deviation
std_task1 = 1.5  # Formation energy standard deviation
std_task2 = 2.0  # Band gap standard deviation

lambda_1 = 1 / std_task1 ≈ 0.67
lambda_2 = 1 / std_task2 = 0.50

# Normalize to sum to 1
lambda_1 = 0.67 / (0.67 + 0.50) ≈ 0.57
lambda_2 = 0.50 / (0.67 + 0.50) ≈ 0.43

# Requirements:
# - Python 3.9+
# - torch>=2.0.0, <2.3.0

"""
Example: Solution:

Purpose: Demonstrate neural network implementation
Target: Advanced
Execution time: 1-5 minutes
Dependencies: None
"""

# Early Fusion with Attention mechanism
import torch
import torch.nn as nn
import torch.nn.functional as F

class AttentionEarlyFusion(nn.Module):
    def __init__(self, composition_dim=145, gnn_dim=128):
        super(AttentionEarlyFusion, self).__init__()

        # Feature transformation layers (unify to same dimension)
        self.comp_transform = nn.Linear(composition_dim, gnn_dim)
        # GNN part (omitted, same as CGCNN)

        # Attention mechanism
        self.attention_comp = nn.Linear(gnn_dim, 1)
        self.attention_gnn = nn.Linear(gnn_dim, 1)

        # Prediction layers
        self.fc = nn.Sequential(
            nn.Linear(gnn_dim, 64),
            nn.Softplus(),
            nn.Linear(64, 1)
        )

    def forward(self, data, composition_features):
        # Transform composition features (145 → 128 dims)
        comp_transformed = self.comp_transform(composition_features)

        # Compute GNN embedding (omitted, same processing as CGCNN)
        # gnn_embedding = ... (shape: batch_size, 128)

        # Calculate attention weights
        alpha_comp = self.attention_comp(comp_transformed)  # (batch_size, 1)
        alpha_gnn = self.attention_gnn(gnn_embedding)       # (batch_size, 1)

        # Softmax normalization
        attention_weights = F.softmax(torch.cat([alpha_comp, alpha_gnn], dim=1), dim=1)
        w_comp = attention_weights[:, 0:1]  # Composition feature weight
        w_gnn = attention_weights[:, 1:2]   # GNN embedding weight

        # Weighted integration
        hybrid_features = w_comp * comp_transformed + w_gnn * gnn_embedding

        # Prediction
        out = self.fc(hybrid_features)
        return out.squeeze(), w_comp.squeeze(), w_gnn.squeeze()

# Usage example
model = AttentionEarlyFusion().to(device)
# ... training ...

# Check attention weights during inference
model.eval()
with torch.no_grad():
    pred, w_comp, w_gnn = model(test_data, test_comp_feats)
    print(f"Composition feature weight: {w_comp.mean():.3f}")
    print(f"GNN embedding weight: {w_gnn.mean():.3f}")

# Example output:
# Composition feature weight: 0.285
# GNN embedding weight: 0.715
# → Dynamically adjusts weights according to data

# Detecting negative transfer
# Compare performance of single-task models and multi-task model

# Train single-task models
single_task1_model = train_single_task(task1_data)
single_task2_model = train_single_task(task2_data)

# Train multi-task model
multi_task_model = train_multi_task(task1_data, task2_data)

# Performance evaluation
mae_single_task1 = evaluate(single_task1_model, task1_test_data)
mae_single_task2 = evaluate(single_task2_model, task2_test_data)

mae_multi_task1 = evaluate_multitask(multi_task_model, task1_test_data, task_idx=0)
mae_multi_task2 = evaluate_multitask(multi_task_model, task2_test_data, task_idx=1)

# Determine negative transfer
if mae_multi_task1 > mae_single_task1:
    print("Negative transfer detected in Task 1")
if mae_multi_task2 > mae_single_task2:
    print("Negative transfer detected in Task 2")

# Example output:
# Negative transfer detected in Task 1 (multi 0.0295 > single 0.0286)
# → Low correlation between tasks or inappropriate task weights

# Requirements:
# - Python 3.9+
# - matplotlib>=3.7.0
# - numpy>=1.24.0, <2.0.0

# Interpretability analysis of hybrid models
import numpy as np
from sklearn.inspection import permutation_importance

def hybrid_feature_importance_analysis(model, test_data, test_comp_feats, test_targets):
    """
    Analyze contribution of composition features and GNN embeddings

    Returns:
    --------
    comp_importance : float
        Importance of composition features
    gnn_importance : float
        Importance of GNN embeddings
    """
    model.eval()

    # Baseline prediction (normal prediction)
    with torch.no_grad():
        baseline_pred = model(test_data, test_comp_feats).cpu().numpy()
    baseline_mae = mean_absolute_error(test_targets, baseline_pred)

    # Prediction with composition features zeroed
    zero_comp_feats = torch.zeros_like(test_comp_feats)
    with torch.no_grad():
        pred_no_comp = model(test_data, zero_comp_feats).cpu().numpy()
    mae_no_comp = mean_absolute_error(test_targets, pred_no_comp)

    # Prediction with GNN embeddings zeroed (modify model internals)
    # Simplified: Instead of masking GNN part, train separate model without GNN embeddings
    # Here we use Permutation Importance

    # Composition feature importance (MAE increase)
    comp_importance = mae_no_comp - baseline_mae

    # GNN embedding importance (analogy: random shuffle)
    n_permutations = 10
    gnn_mae_increases = []

    for _ in range(n_permutations):
        # Shuffle test data (randomize GNN embeddings)
        shuffled_indices = np.random.permutation(len(test_data))
        shuffled_data = [test_data[i] for i in shuffled_indices]

        with torch.no_grad():
            pred_shuffled = model(Batch.from_data_list(shuffled_data).to(device),
                                   test_comp_feats).cpu().numpy()
        mae_shuffled = mean_absolute_error(test_targets, pred_shuffled)
        gnn_mae_increases.append(mae_shuffled - baseline_mae)

    gnn_importance = np.mean(gnn_mae_increases)

    return comp_importance, gnn_importance

# Execute
comp_imp, gnn_imp = hybrid_feature_importance_analysis(
    hybrid_model, test_data_list, test_comp_feats, test_targets
)

# Calculate relative importance
total_imp = comp_imp + gnn_imp
comp_ratio = comp_imp / total_imp * 100
gnn_ratio = gnn_imp / total_imp * 100

print(f"=== Hybrid Model Feature Importance ===")
print(f"Composition feature contribution: {comp_ratio:.1f}%")
print(f"GNN embedding contribution: {gnn_ratio:.1f}%")

# Visualization
import matplotlib.pyplot as plt

fig, ax = plt.subplots(figsize=(8, 6))
ax.bar(['Composition Features', 'GNN Embeddings'], [comp_ratio, gnn_ratio],
       color=['#667eea', '#764ba2'])
ax.set_ylabel('Relative Importance (%)', fontsize=12)
ax.set_title('Feature Contribution in Hybrid Model', fontsize=14, fontweight='bold')
ax.set_ylim(0, 100)

for i, v in enumerate([comp_ratio, gnn_ratio]):
    ax.text(i, v + 2, f'{v:.1f}%', ha='center', va='bottom', fontsize=12, fontweight='bold')

plt.tight_layout()
plt.savefig('hybrid_feature_importance.png', dpi=300, bbox_inches='tight')
plt.show()

# Example output:
# === Hybrid Model Feature Importance ===
# Composition feature contribution: 32.5%
# GNN embedding contribution: 67.5%
# → GNN embeddings are more important, but composition information significantly contributes

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