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Models Documentation

Overview

The system trains 24+ models across three generations, then selects the best via unified evaluation. All model metadata, metrics, and configuration are stored in artifacts/{version}/models.json and loaded dynamically by the registry — there is no hardcoded model catalog.

Champion v1: Random Forest (R² = 0.957, MAE = 4.78) — cross-battery group split, 12 features. Champion v2: ExtraTrees (R² = 0.967, MAE = 1.17) — intra-battery chronological split, 12 features. Champion v3: XGBoost (R² = 0.987, MAE = 0.92, 99.5% within ±5%) — cross-battery grouped split, 18 features.


Model Versioning

Models are organized into three generations. Each version has its own models.json that defines the available models, their scores, feature set, scalers, and ensemble configuration.

Generation Version Family Features Split Champion
v1 1.0 Classical ML 12 Cross-battery group Random Forest
v2 2.0 Classical + Deep 12 Intra-battery chrono ExtraTrees
v3 3.0 Classical + Deep + Ensemble 18 Cross-battery grouped XGBoost

BestEnsemble (v3.0)

The weighted-average ensemble combines the top classical models (R²-proportional weights):

y^=iwiy^iiwi\hat{y} = \frac{\sum_{i} w_i \cdot \hat{y}_i}{\sum_{i} w_i}

Components and weights are defined in artifacts/v3/models.json and loaded dynamically. v3 ensemble components: XGBoost, RandomForest, ExtraTrees, VanillaLSTM, TFT.


v3 Results Summary (Production)

Rank Model MAE Within ±5% Family
1 XGBoost 0.9866 0.92 99.5% Classical
2 GradientBoosting 0.9860 0.94 99.4% Classical
3 LightGBM 0.9826 1.05 99.0% Classical
4 Random Forest 0.9814 1.10 98.8% Classical
5 Best Ensemble 0.9810 1.02 99.2% Ensemble
6 ExtraTrees 0.9701 1.38 97.8% Classical

v3 Classification Quality (Degradation Classes)

The v3 notebooks now also report degradation-state quality by binning SOH into 4 classes (<70, 70-80, 80-90, >=90) and computing macro/weighted F1.

Model F1 Macro F1 Weighted Notes
GradientBoosting ~0.89 ~0.94 Best classical class balance
XGBoost ~0.92 ~0.95 Strong boundary discrimination
Best Ensemble tracked in NB08/NB09 tracked in NB08/NB09 Mixed classical + deep

v2 Results Summary

Rank Model MAE Within ±5% Family
1 ExtraTrees 0.9673 1.17 99.1% Classical
2 LightGBM 0.9582 1.38 98.4% Classical
3 SVR 0.9474 1.67 95.1% Classical
4 TFT 0.881 3.93 Transformer
5 BatteryGPT 0.881 10.71 Transformer

v1 Results Summary (Legacy)

Rank Model MAE Family
1 Random Forest 0.957 4.78 Classical
2 LightGBM 0.928 5.53 Classical
3 XGBoost 0.847 8.06 Classical
4 SVR 0.805 7.56 Classical

1. Classical Machine Learning

1.1 Linear Models

Model Regularization Key Hyperparameters
Ridge L2 α (cross-validated)
Lasso L1 α (cross-validated)
ElasticNet L1 + L2 α, l1_ratio

1.2 Instance-Based

  • KNN (k=3, 5, 7): Distance-weighted, Minkowski metric

1.3 Kernel

  • SVR (RBF): C, γ, ε via grid search

1.4 Tree Ensembles

  • Random Forest: 500 trees, max_depth=None
  • XGBoost: 100 Optuna trials, objective=reg:squarederror
  • LightGBM: 100 Optuna trials, metric=MAE

All classical models use 5-fold battery-grouped CV for validation.


2. Deep Learning — LSTM/GRU Family

Built with PyTorch. Input: sliding windows of 32 cycles × 12 features.

2.1 Vanilla LSTM

  • 2 layers, hidden_dim=128, dropout=0.2
  • MAE loss, Adam optimizer

2.2 Bidirectional LSTM

  • Same as Vanilla but processes sequences in both directions
  • Doubles hidden representation

2.3 GRU

  • 2-layer GRU (fewer parameters than LSTM)
  • Simpler gating mechanism (reset + update gates)

2.4 Attention LSTM

  • 3-layer LSTM + Additive Attention mechanism
  • Learns to weight important time steps
  • Attention weights are interpretable

Training Protocol

  • Optimizer: Adam (lr=1e-3)
  • Scheduler: CosineAnnealingLR
  • Early stopping: patience=20
  • Gradient clipping: max_norm=1.0
  • Uncertainty: MC Dropout (50 forward passes, p=0.2)

3. Transformer Architectures

3.1 BatteryGPT

  • Nano GPT-style decoder-only Transformer
  • d_model=64, nhead=4, 2 layers
  • Positional encoding + causal mask
  • Lightweight (~50K parameters)

3.2 Temporal Fusion Transformer (TFT)

  • Variable Selection Network for feature importance
  • Gated Residual Networks for non-linear processing
  • Multi-head attention with interpretable weights
  • Originally designed for multi-horizon forecasting

3.3 iTransformer (Inverted)

  • Inverts the attention axis: attends across features, not time
  • Feature-wise multi-head attention + temporal convolution
  • Built with TensorFlow/Keras

3.4 Physics-Informed iTransformer

  • Dual-head: primary SOH head + auxiliary physics head (ΔQ prediction)
  • Joint loss: L = L_soh + λ × L_physics (λ=0.3)
  • Physics constraint regularizes learning

3.5 Dynamic-Graph iTransformer

  • Adds Dynamic Graph Convolution layer
  • Learns inter-feature adjacency matrix dynamically
  • Fuses local (graph) and global (attention) representations

4. VAE-LSTM

  • Encoder: 2-layer Bi-LSTM → μ, log σ² (latent_dim=16)
  • Reparameterization: z = μ + σ · ε
  • Decoder: 2-layer LSTM → reconstructed sequences
  • Health Head: MLP(z) → SOH
  • Loss: L_recon + β · KL + L_soh (β annealing over 30 epochs)
  • Anomaly Detection: 3σ threshold on reconstruction error

5. Ensemble Methods

5.1 Stacking Ensemble

  • Base models generate out-of-fold predictions
  • Ridge regression as meta-learner
  • Combines diverse model predictions

5.2 Weighted Average Ensemble (v2.6.0)

  • Optimizes weights via L-BFGS-B (minimize MAE)
  • Constraint: weights sum to 1, all ≥ 0
  • Usually achieves best overall performance
  • Registered as a v2 patch — no separate generation needed

Evaluation Metrics

Metric Formula Interpretation
MAE mean(|y - ŷ|) Average absolute error
MSE mean((y - ŷ)²) Penalizes large errors
RMSE √MSE Same units as target
1 - SS_res/SS_tot Explained variance (1.0 = perfect)
MAPE mean(|y - ŷ|/y) × 100 Percentage error
Tolerance Accuracy fraction within ±2% Practical precision

6. Vectorized Simulation (predict_array)

Overview

The ModelRegistry.predict_array(X: np.ndarray, model_name: str) -> np.ndarray method enables batch prediction for the simulation pipeline without Python-level loops.

  • Input: X — shape (N, n_features) where N is the number of simulation steps
  • Output: flat np.ndarray of shape (N,) — SOH predictions for each step
  • Automatically loads and applies the correct scaler via _load_scaler(model_name)
  • Dispatches to the correct backend (sklearn .predict(), XGBoost/LightGBM .predict(), PyTorch .forward() batch, Keras .predict())

Simulation Pipeline (api/routers/simulate.py)

Each simulated battery follows this vectorized path:

  1. Vectorized feature matrix assembled all at once using np.arange for cycle indices, scalar broadcasting for temperature/current/cutoff
  2. All engineered features (SOC, cycle_norm, temp_norm, Δfeatures) computed column-by-column using numpy — no step loop
  3. predict_array(X, model_name) called once per battery \u2192 entire SOH trajectory in one forward pass
  4. RUL computed via np.searchsorted on the reversed-SOH array with the EOL threshold \u2192 O(log N) rather than O(N)
  5. Degradation state classified by SOH thresholds using np.select([soh > 0.9, soh > 0.8, soh > 0.7], [...])

Physics Fallback (Arrhenius)

When no ML model is selected, pure physics degradation uses Arrhenius kinetics:

Qloss=Aexp ⁣(EaRT)NzQ_{\text{loss}} = A \cdot \exp\!\left(-\frac{E_a}{R \cdot T}\right) \cdot N^z

where $A = 31630$, $E_a = 17126\ \text{J/mol}$, $R = 8.314\ \text{J/(mol·K)}$, $z = 0.55$, and $T$ is temperature in Kelvin.

Performance

Vectorization replaces an O(N·k) Python loop (N steps × k overhead) with:

  • Feature assembly: one np.column_stack call
  • Prediction: single framework forward pass
  • RUL: np.searchsorted O(log N)

For a 1 000-cycle simulation of 10 batteries this is 10–50× faster than the loop-based equivalent.