Clamp default initial values into the model's declared bounds - #1293
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📝 WalkthroughWalkthroughDefault natural-scale initial values are clamped inside declared bounds with a 5% margin. Explicit initial values and link-space defaults retain their existing behavior. Tests cover finite and infinite bounds, warnings, included bounds, intercept resolution, and link overrides. ChangesDefault initial-value bounds
Estimated code review effort: 3 (Moderate) | ~20 minutes Merge Risk: 🔵 Low · up to Default natural-scale initial values are now clamped within declared bounds, but models using an identity-link override can display misleading bounds metadata. This does not alter sampling behavior, but should be corrected before users rely on that representation. Suggested reviewers: 🚥 Pre-merge checks | ✅ 5✅ Passed checks (5 passed)
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In `@src/hssm/base.py`:
- Around line 2044-2045: Update HSSMBase._clamp_default_initval_to_bounds to
handle one-sided bounds before computing margin: for (finite, inf) and (-inf,
finite), return a finite interior value using np.nextafter when the default lies
outside the interval; retain the existing margin-based clamping for two-sided
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INITVAL_SETTINGS hard-codes natural-scale starting values (t = 0.025, a = 1.5, ...) that predate models whose bounds exclude them: any model with trial-to-trial non-decision-time variability declares t >= 0.25, so the default start sits at -inf log-probability and sampling freezes - 100% divergences, rhat = nan, ESS pinned at the draw count, and no error message pointing at the cause. Found by a fresh-user validation: a stock hssm.HSSM(data, model=<st model>).sample() cannot converge on defaults. _postprocess_initvals_deterministic now clamps DEFAULT values into the parameter's declared bounds (5% margin) with a warning naming the override. Scope is deliberately narrow: only the hard-coded defaults on the natural-scale (None-link) branch; log_logit defaults are link-space and unbounded; user-supplied initial values were already skipped before this point and are never touched. In-bounds defaults are byte-identical. The margin is proportional to the bound width, which is infinite for a one-sided bound - the analytical likelihoods declare a: (0, inf) and t: (0, inf), full_ddm declares sz/st: (0, inf), and validate_bounds accepts any lower < upper - so a default outside such a bound clamped to +/-inf, a worse starting value than the unclamped default it replaced. Shipped defaults never trigger it (t/v/a/p_outlier all sit inside their declared bounds, so the in-bounds early return fires first), but user bounds merge into model_config.bounds and can. The margin now falls back to a finite offset scaled off whichever endpoint is finite. Behaviour on finite bounds is unchanged. Raised by CodeRabbit on PR lnccbrown#1293. Co-Authored-By: Claude Fable 5 <noreply@anthropic.com> Co-Authored-By: Claude Opus 5 (1M context) <noreply@anthropic.com>
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In `@src/hssm/base.py`:
- Around line 2078-2081: Update the initialization logic around
_clamp_default_initval_to_bounds to use the effective param.link when selecting
the default scale and deciding whether clamping is needed, rather than the
model-wide self.link_settings value. Preserve correct behavior for explicit
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- HSSM's default initvals are fixed values in INITVAL_SETTINGS. When a
parameter's declared bounds exclude its default, sampling starts
outside the support: measured 100% divergences and rhat nan for a
model declaring t >= 0.25 against the default t = 0.025.
- The bounds are read from the Param, not from model_config. This is the
route users actually take: bounds passed as
include=[{"name": "t", "bounds": (0.25, 2.0)}] land on the Param, and
only the model_config=ModelConfig(bounds=...) route merges into
model_config. Reading model_config.bounds would leave the common case
unfixed. The Param is already built in this loop, so the lookup is a
hoist rather than an addition, and _get_prefix does the name
resolution instead of a local replace("_Intercept", "").
- A default already inside its bounds is returned unchanged, so every
shipped model keeps byte-identical initvals; verified by exact
comparison, not tolerance. Out-of-bounds defaults move to 5% of the
bound width inside, and the parameter is logged.
- Verified across ddm, ddm_sdv and angle, over finite two-sided bounds,
one-sided (0.3, inf), a regression _Intercept, and an already-inside
control: the new end-to-end test fails 5 of 6 cases before this change
and passes all 6 after, with the control byte-identical throughout.
- The helper lives in param/utils.py beside validate_bounds and
_make_default_prior, which already handles the same four
infinite-endpoint cases.
- Known follow-up, not addressed here: initval_jitter is applied after
this clamp and does not consult bounds, so for a bound narrower than
0.2 a clamped value can be jittered back out.
Co-Authored-By: Claude Fable 5 <noreply@anthropic.com>
- The default's scale is chosen from the parameter's own link, not from the
model-wide link_settings, which a regression may override. Identity means a
natural-scale default, where the declared bounds apply; HSSM's own log and
gen_logit links mean the link-space default; any other custom link keeps the
model-wide setting, since its scale is not known here. Previously a log_logit
model with an explicit identity override kept the link-space default -
measured t_Intercept = -4.0 against bounds (0.25, 2.0) - and a link_settings=None
model with an explicit log link got the natural-scale default on a log scale,
a_Intercept = 1.5, i.e. a = 4.48. Both now resolve from the effective link;
every other case is byte-identical.
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1832-1835: 🎯 Functional Correctness | 🟡 Minor | ⚡ Quick winReport bounds from the effective parameter link.
When
link_settings="log_logit"and a parameter explicitly usesidentity, the new initialization path applies its bounds. This condition still appends “(ignored due to link function)” based only onself.link_settings. Update the message to inspectparam.link, or remove the claim.🤖 Prompt for AI Agents
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In `@src/hssm/base.py`:
- Around line 1832-1835: Update the bounds message construction in the relevant
parameter-reporting method to determine whether bounds are ignored from the
effective parameter link, using param.link rather than only self.link_settings;
alternatively remove the “ignored due to link function” claim when the effective
link permits bounds.
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INITVAL_SETTINGS hard-codes natural-scale starting values (t = 0.025, a = 1.5, ...) that predate models whose bounds exclude them: any model with trial-to-trial non-decision-time variability declares t >= 0.25, so the default start sits at -inf log-probability and sampling freezes - 100% divergences, rhat = nan, ESS pinned at the draw count, and no error message pointing at the cause. Found by a fresh-user validation: a stock hssm.HSSM(data, model=).sample() cannot converge on defaults.
_postprocess_initvals_deterministic now clamps DEFAULT values into the parameter's declared bounds (5% margin) with a warning naming the override. Scope is deliberately narrow: only the hard-coded defaults on the natural-scale (None-link) branch; log_logit defaults are link-space and unbounded; user-supplied initial values were already skipped before this point and are never touched. In-bounds defaults are byte-identical.
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