"""
Nesterov Accelerated Gradient (NAG) Optimizer
Implements Nesterov momentum for neural network training using NumPy.
NAG looks ahead and computes gradients at the anticipated position.
Reference: https://cs231n.github.io/neural-networks-3/#sgd
Author: Adhithya Laxman Ravi Shankar Geetha
Date: 2025.10.21
"""
import numpy as np
class NesterovAcceleratedGradient:
"""
Nesterov Accelerated Gradient (NAG) optimizer.
Updates parameters using Nesterov momentum:
velocity = momentum * velocity - learning_rate * gradient_at_lookahead
param = param + velocity
"""
def __init__(self, learning_rate: float = 0.01, momentum: float = 0.9) -> None:
"""
Initialize NAG optimizer.
Args:
learning_rate (float): Learning rate for weight updates.
momentum (float): Momentum factor.
>>> optimizer = NesterovAcceleratedGradient(learning_rate=0.01, momentum=0.9)
>>> optimizer.momentum
0.9
"""
self.learning_rate = learning_rate
self.momentum = momentum
self.velocity: dict[int, np.ndarray] = {}
def update(
self, param_id: int, params: np.ndarray, gradients: np.ndarray
) -> np.ndarray:
"""
Update parameters using NAG.
Args:
param_id (int): Unique identifier for parameter group.
params (np.ndarray): Current parameters.
gradients (np.ndarray): Gradients at lookahead position.
Returns:
np.ndarray: Updated parameters.
>>> optimizer = NesterovAcceleratedGradient(learning_rate=0.1, momentum=0.9)
>>> params = np.array([1.0, 2.0])
>>> grads = np.array([0.1, 0.2])
>>> updated = optimizer.update(0, params, grads)
>>> updated.shape
(2,)
"""
if param_id not in self.velocity:
self.velocity[param_id] = np.zeros_like(params)
velocity_prev = self.velocity[param_id].copy()
self.velocity[param_id] = (
self.momentum * self.velocity[param_id] - self.learning_rate * gradients
)
return (
params
- self.momentum * velocity_prev
+ (1 + self.momentum) * self.velocity[param_id]
)
if __name__ == "__main__":
import doctest
doctest.testmod()
print("NAG Example: Minimizing f(x) = x^2")
optimizer = NesterovAcceleratedGradient(learning_rate=0.1, momentum=0.9)
x = np.array([5.0])
for step in range(20):
gradient = 2 * x
x = optimizer.update(0, x, gradient)
if step % 5 == 0:
print(f"Step {step}: x = {x[0]:.4f}, f(x) = {x[0] ** 2:.4f}")
print(f"Final: x = {x[0]:.4f}, f(x) = {x[0] ** 2:.4f}")