20.3 GRU基本原理
20.3 GRU基本原理与实现
20.3.1 GRU 的基本概念
LSTM 存在很多变体,其中门控循环单元(Gated Recurrent Unit, GRU)是最常见的一种,也是目前比较流行的一种。GRU是由 Cho 等人在2014年提出的,它对LSTM做了一些简化:
- GRU将LSTM原来的三个门简化成为两个:重置门 \(r_t\)(Reset Gate)和更新门 \(z_t\) (Update Gate)。
- GRU不保留单元状态 \(c_t\),只保留隐藏状态 \(h_t\)作为单元输出,这样就和传统RNN的结构保持一致。
- 重置门直接作用于前一时刻的隐藏状态 \(h_{t-1}\)。
20.3.2 GRU的前向计算
GRU的单元结构
图20-7展示了GRU的单元结构。

图20-7 GRU单元结构图
GRU单元的前向计算公式如下:
-
更新门
\[
z_t = \sigma(h_{t-1} \cdot W_z + x_t \cdot U_z)
\tag{1}
\]
-
重置门
\[
r_t = \sigma(h_{t-1} \cdot W_r + x_t \cdot U_r)
\tag{2}
\]
-
候选隐藏状态
\[
\tilde h_t = \tanh((r_t \circ h_{t-1}) \cdot W_h + x_t \cdot U_h)
\tag{3}
\]
-
隐藏状态
\[
h = (1 - z_t) \circ h_{t-1} + z_t \circ \tilde{h}_t
\tag{4}
\]
GRU的原理浅析
从上面的公式可以看出,GRU通过更新们和重置门控制长期状态的遗忘和保留,以及当前输入信息的选择。更新门和重置门通过\(sigmoid\)函数,将输入信息映射到\([0,1]\)区间,实现门控功能。
首先,上一时刻的状态\(h_{t-1}\)通过重置门,加上当前时刻输入信息,共同构成当前时刻的即时状态\(\tilde{h}_t\),并通过\(\tanh\)函数映射到\([-1,1]\)区间。
然后,通过更新门实现遗忘和记忆两个部分。从隐藏状态的公式可以看出,通过\(z_t\)进行选择性的遗忘和记忆。\((1-z_t)\)和\(z_t\)有联动关系,上一时刻信息遗忘的越多,当前信息记住的就越多,实现了LSTM中\(f_t\)和\(i_t\)的功能。
20.3.3 GRU的反向传播
学习了LSTM的反向传播的推导,GRU的推导就相对简单了。我们仍然以\(l\)层\(t\)时刻的GRU单元为例,推导反向传播过程。
同LSTM, 令:\(l\)层\(t\)时刻传入误差为\(\delta_{t}^l\),为下一时刻传入误差\(\delta_{h_t}^l\)和上一层传入误差\(\delta_{x_t}^{l+1}\)之和,简写为\(\delta_{t}\)。
令:
\[
z_{zt} = h_{t-1} \cdot W_z + x_t \cdot U_z
\tag{5}
\]
\[
z_{rt} = h_{t-1} \cdot W_r + x_t \cdot U_r
\tag{6}
\]
\[
z_{\tilde h_t} = (r_t \circ h_{t-1}) \cdot W_h + x_t \cdot U_h
\tag{7}
\]
则:
\[
\begin{aligned}
\delta_{z_{zt}} &= \frac{\partial{loss}}{\partial{h_t}} \cdot \frac{\partial{h_t}}{\partial{z_t}} \cdot \frac{\partial{z_t}}{\partial{z_{z_t}}} \\\\
&= \delta_t \cdot (-diag[h_{t-1}] + diag[\tilde h_t]) \cdot diag[z_t \circ (1-z_t)] \\\\
&= \delta_t \circ (\tilde h_t - h_{t-1}) \circ z_t \circ (1-z_t)
\end{aligned}
\tag{8}
\]
\[
\begin{aligned}
\delta_{z_{\tilde{h}t}} &= \frac{\partial{loss}}{\partial{h_t}} \cdot \frac{\partial{h_t}}{\partial{\tilde h_t}} \cdot \frac{\partial{\tilde h_t}}{\partial{z_{\tilde h_t}}} \\\\
&= \delta_t \cdot diag[z_t] \cdot diag[1-(\tilde h_t)^2] \\\\
&= \delta_t \circ z_t \circ (1-(\tilde h_t)^2)
\end{aligned}
\tag{9}
\]
\[
\begin{aligned}
\delta_{z_{rt}} &= \frac{\partial{loss}}{\partial{\tilde h_t}} \cdot \frac{\partial{\tilde h_t}}{\partial{z_{\tilde h_t}}} \cdot \frac{\partial{z_{\tilde h_t}}}{\partial{r_t}} \cdot \frac{\partial{r_t}}{\partial{z_{r_t}}} \\\\
&= \delta_{z_{\tilde{h}t}} \cdot W_h^T \cdot diag[h_{t-1}] \cdot diag[r_t \circ (1-r_t)] \\\\
&= \delta_{z_{\tilde{h}t}} \cdot W_h^T \circ h_{t-1} \circ r_t \circ (1-r_t)
\end{aligned}
\tag{10}
\]
由此可求出,\(t\)时刻各个可学习参数的误差:
\[
\begin{aligned}
d_{W_{h,t}} = \frac{\partial{loss}}{\partial{z_{\tilde h_t}}} \cdot \frac{\partial{z_{\tilde h_t}}}{\partial{W_h}} = (r_t \circ h_{t-1})^{\top} \cdot \delta_{z_{\tilde{h}t}}
\end{aligned}
\tag{11}
\]
\[
\begin{aligned}
d_{U_{h,t}} = \frac{\partial{loss}}{\partial{z_{\tilde h_t}}} \cdot \frac{\partial{z_{\tilde h_t}}}{\partial{U_h}} = x_t^{\top} \cdot \delta_{z_{\tilde{h}t}}
\end{aligned}
\tag{12}
\]
\[
\begin{aligned}
d_{W_{r,t}} = \frac{\partial{loss}}{\partial{z_{r_t}}} \cdot \frac{\partial{z_{r_t}}}{\partial{W_r}} = h_{t-1}^{\top} \cdot \delta_{z_{rt}}
\end{aligned}
\tag{13}
\]
\[
\begin{aligned}
d_{U_{r,t}} = \frac{\partial{loss}}{\partial{z_{r_t}}} \cdot \frac{\partial{z_{r_t}}}{\partial{U_r}} = x_t^{\top} \cdot \delta_{z_{rt}}
\end{aligned}
\tag{14}
\]
\[
\begin{aligned}
d_{W_{z,t}} = \frac{\partial{loss}}{\partial{z_{z_t}}} \cdot \frac{\partial{z_{z_t}}}{\partial{W_z}} = h_{t-1}^{\top} \cdot \delta_{z_{zt}}
\end{aligned}
\tag{15}
\]
\[
\begin{aligned}
d_{U_{z,t}} = \frac{\partial{loss}}{\partial{z_{z_t}}} \cdot \frac{\partial{z_{z_t}}}{\partial{U_z}} = x_t^{\top} \cdot \delta_{z_{zt}}
\end{aligned}
\tag{16}
\]
可学习参数的最终误差为各个时刻误差之和,即:
\[
d_{W_h} = \sum_{t=1}^{\tau} d_{W_{h,t}} = \sum_{t=1}^{\tau} (r_t \circ h_{t-1})^{\top} \cdot \delta_{z_{\tilde{h}t}}
\tag{17}
\]
\[
d_{U_h} = \sum_{t=1}^{\tau} d_{U_{h,t}} = \sum_{t=1}^{\tau} x_t^{\top} \cdot \delta_{z_{\tilde{h}t}}
\tag{18}
\]
\[
d_{W_r} = \sum_{t=1}^{\tau} d_{W_{r,t}} = \sum_{t=1}^{\tau} h_{t-1}^{\top} \cdot \delta_{z_{rt}}
\tag{19}
\]
\[
d_{U_r} = \sum_{t=1}^{\tau} d_{U_{r,t}} = \sum_{t=1}^{\tau} x_t^{\top} \cdot \delta_{z_{rt}}
\tag{20}
\]
\[
d_{W_z} = \sum_{t=1}^{\tau} d_{W_{z,t}} = \sum_{t=1}^{\tau} h_{t-1}^{\top} \cdot \delta_{z_{zt}}
\tag{21}
\]
\[
d_{U_z} = \sum_{t=1}^{\tau} d_{U_{z,t}} = \sum_{t=1}^{\tau} x_t^{\top} \cdot \delta_{z_{zt}}
\tag{22}
\]
当前GRU cell分别向前一时刻(\(t-1\))和下一层(\(l-1\))传递误差,公式如下:
沿时间向前传递:
\[
\begin{aligned}
\delta_{h_{t-1}} = \frac{\partial{loss}}{\partial{h_{t-1}}} &= \frac{\partial{loss}}{\partial{h_t}} \cdot \frac{\partial{h_t}}{\partial{h_{t-1}}} + \frac{\partial{loss}}{\partial{z_{\tilde h_t}}} \cdot \frac{\partial{z_{\tilde h_t}}}{\partial{h_{t-1}}} \\\\
&+ \frac{\partial{loss}}{\partial{z_{rt}}} \cdot \frac{\partial{z_{rt}}}{\partial{h_{t-1}}} + \frac{\partial{loss}}{\partial{z_{zt}}} \cdot \frac{\partial{z_{zt}}}{\partial{h_{t-1}}} \\\\
&= \delta_{t} \circ (1-z_t) + \delta_{z_{\tilde{h}t}} \cdot W_h^{\top} \circ r_t \\\\
&+ \delta_{z_{rt}} \cdot W_r^{\top} + \delta_{z_{zt}} \cdot W_z^{\top}
\end{aligned}
\tag{23}
\]
沿层次向下传递:
\[
\begin{aligned}
\delta_{x_t} &= \frac{\partial{loss}}{\partial{x_t}} = \frac{\partial{loss}}{\partial{z_{\tilde h_t}}} \cdot \frac{\partial{z_{\tilde h_t}}}{\partial{x_t}} \\\\
&+ \frac{\partial{loss}}{\partial{z_{r_t}}} \cdot \frac{\partial{z_{r_t}}}{\partial{x_t}} + \frac{\partial{loss}}{\partial{z_{z_t}}} \cdot \frac{\partial{z_{z_t}}}{\partial{x_t}} \\\\
&= \delta_{z_{\tilde{h}t}} \cdot U_h^{\top} + \delta_{z_{rt}} \cdot U_r^{\top} + \delta_{z_{zt}} \cdot U_z^{\top}
\end{aligned}
\tag{24}
\]
以上,GRU反向传播公式推导完毕。
20.3.4 代码实现
本节进行了GRU网络单元前向计算和反向传播的实现。为了统一和简单,测试用例依然是二进制减法。
初始化
本案例实现了没有bias的GRU单元,只需初始化输入维度和隐层维度。
def __init__(self, input_size, hidden_size):
self.input_size = input_size
self.hidden_size = hidden_size
前向计算
def forward(self, x, h_p, W, U):
self.get_params(W, U)
self.x = x
self.z = Sigmoid().forward(np.dot(h_p, self.wz) + np.dot(x, self.uz))
self.r = Sigmoid().forward(np.dot(h_p, self.wr) + np.dot(x, self.ur))
self.n = Tanh().forward(np.dot((self.r * h_p), self.wn) + np.dot(x, self.un))
self.h = (1 - self.z) * h_p + self.z * self.n
def split_params(self, w, size):
s=[]
for i in range(3):
s.append(w[(i*size):((i+1)*size)])
return s[0], s[1], s[2]
# Get shared parameters, and split them to fit 3 gates, in the order of z, r, \tilde{h} (n stands for \tilde{h} in code)
def get_params(self, W, U):
self.wz, self.wr, self.wn = self.split_params(W, self.hidden_size)
self.uz, self.ur, self.un = self.split_params(U, self.input_size)
反向传播
def backward(self, h_p, in_grad):
self.dzz = in_grad * (self.n - h_p) * self.z * (1 - self.z)
self.dzn = in_grad * self.z * (1 - self.n * self.n)
self.dzr = np.dot(self.dzn, self.wn.T) * h_p * self.r * (1 - self.r)
self.dwn = np.dot((self.r * h_p).T, self.dzn)
self.dun = np.dot(self.x.T, self.dzn)
self.dwr = np.dot(h_p.T, self.dzr)
self.dur = np.dot(self.x.T, self.dzr)
self.dwz = np.dot(h_p.T, self.dzz)
self.duz = np.dot(self.x.T, self.dzz)
self.merge_params()
# pass to previous time step
self.dh = in_grad * (1 - self.z) + np.dot(self.dzn, self.wn.T) * self.r + np.dot(self.dzr, self.wr.T) + np.dot(self.dzz, self.wz.T)
# pass to previous layer
self.dx = np.dot(self.dzn, self.un.T) + np.dot(self.dzr, self.ur.T) + np.dot(self.dzz, self.uz.T)
我们将所有拆分的参数merge到一起,便于更新梯度。
def merge_params(self):
self.dW = np.concatenate((self.dwz, self.dwr, self.dwn), axis=0)
self.dU = np.concatenate((self.duz, self.dur, self.dun), axis=0)
20.3.5 最终结果
图20-8展示了训练过程,以及loss和accuracy的曲线变化。

图20-8 loss和accuracy的曲线变化图
该模型在验证集上可得100%的正确率。网络正确性得到验证。
x1: [1, 1, 1, 0]
- x2: [1, 0, 0, 0]
------------------
true: [0, 1, 1, 0]
pred: [0, 1, 1, 0]
14 - 8 = 6
====================
x1: [1, 1, 0, 0]
- x2: [0, 0, 0, 0]
------------------
true: [1, 1, 0, 0]
pred: [1, 1, 0, 0]
12 - 0 = 12
====================
x1: [1, 0, 1, 0]
- x2: [0, 0, 0, 1]
------------------
true: [1, 0, 0, 1]
pred: [1, 0, 0, 1]
10 - 1 = 9
代码位置
ch20, Level2
思考和练习
- 仿照LSTM的实现方式,自己实现GRU单元的前向计算和反向传播。
- 仿照LSTM的实例,使用GRU进行训练,并比较效果。