ppo_main.py

import argparse
import gymnasium as gym
import sys
import matplotlib.pyplot as plt
import ale_py
import pandas as pd

from ppo_helpers_cnn import *
from gymnasium.spaces import Box
import cv2
import logging
import numpy as np

# Set up logging
logging.basicConfig(level=logging.INFO, format='%(asctime)s - %(levelname)s - %(message)s', datefmt='%Y-%m-%d %H:%M:%S')
logger = logging.getLogger(__name__)

# Preprocess environment
def preprocess(obs):
    # Convert to grayscale
    obs = cv2.cvtColor(obs, cv2.COLOR_RGB2GRAY)
    # Resize
    obs = cv2.resize(obs, (84, 84), interpolation=cv2.INTER_AREA)

    return np.expand_dims(obs, axis=0).astype(np.float32) / 255.0


import pandas as pd
import numpy as np


def df_ops(lst_df, seeds):
    for df in lst_df:
        seed_data = df[seeds]
        df['Avg'] = seed_data.mean(axis=1)
        df['High'] = seed_data.max(axis=1)
        df['Low'] = seed_data.min(axis=1)

    return lst_df


# Main loop
def main() -> int:
    # Initialize variables
    """

    batches = 5

    steps = 5

    clip_interval = 2

    seeds = [10, 20]

    ep_per_batch = 2

    """
    batches = 1000
    steps = 5
    clip_interval = 2
    seeds = [10, 20, 30, 40, 50]
    ep_per_batch = 5
    
    # Arguments - 'vanilla', 'reward_clip', 'rbs', 'grad_clip', 'obs_norm', 'adv_norm', 'return_norm', 'reward_norm' 
    """

    'vanilla', 'reward_clip', 'rbs', 'grad_clip', 'obs_norm', 'adv_norm', 'return_norm', 'reward_norm' 



    python Poster/ppo_main.py --method vanilla --env ALE/Pacman-v5

    

    usage examples:

    python3 ppo_main.py --method vanilla



    python3 ppo_main.py --method grad_clip



    python3 ppo_main.py --method rbs 

    """
    parser = argparse.ArgumentParser(description='PPO Training')

    parser.add_argument('--method', type=str, choices=['vanilla', 'reward_clip', 'rbs', 'grad_clip',
                                                       'obs_norm', 'adv_norm', 'return_norm', 'reward_norm'],
                        default='vanilla', help='PPO update method')
    parser.add_argument('--env', type=str, default='ALE/Pacman-v5',
                        help='Gym environment name (e.g., ALE/Pacman-v5, ALE/SpaceInvaders-v5, ALE/BattleZone-v5)')
    parser.add_argument('--render', action='store_true', help='Enable rendering')
    parser.add_argument('--clip_window', type=int, default=clip_interval,
                        help='Number of batches to collect rewards for clipping range update')

    args = parser.parse_args()

    # Set up environment
    if args.render:
        env = gym.make(args.env, render_mode='human')
    else:
        env = gym.make(args.env)

    logger.info(f"Observation space: {env.observation_space}")
    logger.info(f"Action space: {env.action_space}")
    logger.info(f'Method: {args.method}')

    # Initialize CNN with a dummy observation to get correct input shape
    obs, _ = env.reset()
    dummy_obs_space = Box(low=0.0, high=1.0, shape=preprocess(obs).shape)

    # Initialize PPO agent
    agent = Agent(obs_space=dummy_obs_space, action_space=env.action_space,
                  hidden=64, lr=0.00001, gamma=0.997, clip_coef=0.2,
                  entropy_coef=0.01, value_coef=0.5, seed=70,
                  batch_size=64, ppo_epochs=32, lam=0.95)

    # === Return-Based Scaling stats (for RBS method) ===
    r_mean, r_var = 0.0, 1e-8
    g2_mean = 1.0
    agent.r_var = r_var
    agent.g2_mean = g2_mean

    # Initialize data structure outside the loop
    all_reward_histories = pd.DataFrame(columns=[i for i in seeds], index=[i for i in range(1, batches + 1)])
    all_loss_histories = pd.DataFrame(columns=[i for i in seeds], index=[i for i in range(1, batches + 1)])
    all_policy_loss = pd.DataFrame(columns=[i for i in seeds])
    all_value_loss = pd.DataFrame(columns=[i for i in seeds])

    # Main update loop
    try:

        for seed in seeds:
            obs, info = env.reset(seed=seed)
            state = preprocess(obs)

            loss_history = []
            reward_history = []
            policy_loss_history = []
            value_loss_history = []

            episode = 0
            total_return = 0

            steps = [0]

            """ Update loop: Gradient, Reward Normalization """
            if args.method == 'reward_clip':
                alpha = np.random.uniform(1, 2)
                logger.info(f"α sampled = {alpha:.3f} seed = {seed}")

                clip_low, clip_high = None, None
                ep_reward_history = []

                obs, info = env.reset()
                state = preprocess(obs)

                for update in range(1, batches + 1):

                    batch_episode_returns = []  # used for μ, σ

                    for _ in range(ep_per_batch):
                        ep_rewards = []
                        done = False

                        while not done:
                            action, logp, value = agent.choose_action(state)
                            next_obs, reward, terminated, truncated, info = env.step(action)
                            done = terminated or truncated
                            next_state = preprocess(next_obs)

                            ep_rewards.append(reward)

                            agent.remember(state, action, reward, done, logp, value, next_state)

                            state = next_state

                            if done:
                                ep_return = sum(ep_rewards)
                                if clip_low is not None:
                                    clipped_return = np.clip(ep_return, clip_low, clip_high)
                                else:
                                    clipped_return = ep_return
                                ep_reward_history.append(clipped_return)
                                batch_episode_returns.append(clipped_return)

                                episode += 1
                                total_return += clipped_return

                                logger.info(f"Episode {episode} return: {clipped_return:.2f}")

                                obs, info = env.reset()
                                state = preprocess(obs)

                    # === Compute clipping bounds using Code 1 logic ===
                    mu = np.mean(batch_episode_returns)
                    sigma = np.std(batch_episode_returns) + 1e-8 if np.std(batch_episode_returns) != 0 else 1

                    clip_low = mu - alpha * sigma
                    clip_high = mu + alpha * sigma

                    logger.info(
                        f"[UPDATE {update}] New Reward Clip Range: "
                        f"[{clip_low:.4f}, {clip_high:.4f}]"
                    )

                    # === PPO UPDATE ===
                    avg_loss = agent.vanilla_ppo_update()
                    loss_history.append(avg_loss)

                    avg_ret = np.mean(batch_episode_returns)
                    reward_history.append(avg_ret)

                    logger.info(
                        f"Update {update}: batch_mean={avg_ret:.4f}, "
                        f"batch_std={np.std(batch_episode_returns):.4f}, "
                        f"episodes={episode}, avg_loss={avg_loss:.4f}"
                    )

                    current_steps = len(agent.value_loss_history)
                    steps.append(current_steps - 1 - steps[-1])
                    x = len(steps) - 1

                    value_loss_history.append(
                        sum(agent.value_loss_history[steps[x - 1]:steps[x]]) / (steps[x - 1] - steps[x]))
                    policy_loss_history.append(sum(agent.policy_loss_history[x - 1:x]) / (steps[x - 1] - steps[x]))

                """ Update loop: Other Normalization Methods """
            else:
                for update in range(1, batches + 1):
                    batch_episode_rewards = []
                    ep_per_batch = 5

                    for _ in range(ep_per_batch):
                        ep_rewards = []

                        done = False

                        while not done:
                            action, logp, value = agent.choose_action(state)
                            next_obs, reward, terminated, truncated, info = env.step(action)
                            done = terminated or truncated
                            next_state = preprocess(next_obs)

                            ep_rewards.append(reward)  # Add this line to collect rewards
                            agent.remember(state, action, reward, done, logp, value, next_state)

                            state = next_state

                            if done:
                                ep_return = sum(ep_rewards)
                                episode += 1
                                total_return += ep_return
                                batch_episode_rewards.append(ep_return)
                                logger.info(f"Episode {episode} return: {ep_return:.2f}")
                                obs, info = env.reset()
                                state = preprocess(obs)


                    # Choose normalization method
                    if args.method == 'vanilla':
                        avg_loss = agent.vanilla_ppo_update()
                    elif args.method == 'grad_clip':
                        avg_loss = agent.update_gradient_clipping()
                    elif args.method == 'obs_norm':
                        avg_loss = agent.update_obs_norm()
                    elif args.method == 'return_norm':
                        avg_loss = agent.update_return_norm()
                    elif args.method == 'reward_norm':
                        avg_loss = agent.update_reward_norm()
                    else:  # rbs
                        avg_loss = agent.update_rbs()

                    loss_history.append(avg_loss)

                    avg_ret = (total_return / episode) if episode else 0
                    reward_history.append(avg_ret)
                    logger.info(
                        f"Update {update}: episodes={episode}, avg_return={avg_ret:.2f}, avg_loss={avg_loss:.4f}")

                    current_steps = len(agent.value_loss_history)
                    steps.append(current_steps-1 - steps[-1])
                    x = len(steps)-1

                    value_loss_history.append(sum(agent.value_loss_history[steps[x-1]:steps[x]]) / (steps[x-1] - steps[x]))
                    policy_loss_history.append(sum(agent.policy_loss_history[x - 1:x]) / (steps[x - 1] - steps[x]))

            all_reward_histories[seed] = reward_history
            all_loss_histories[seed] = loss_history

            # print(agent.value_loss_history)
            all_value_loss[seed] = value_loss_history[1:]
            # print(len(agent.value_loss_history))
            # print(agent.policy_loss_history)
            all_policy_loss[seed] = policy_loss_history[1:]
            # print(len(agent.policy_loss_history))

        [all_reward_histories, all_loss_histories, all_value_loss, all_policy_loss] = df_ops([all_reward_histories,
                                                                                              all_loss_histories,
                                                                                              all_value_loss,
                                                                                              all_policy_loss], seeds)
        # [all_reward_histories, all_loss_histories] = df_ops([all_reward_histories,
        #                                                      all_loss_histories], seeds)

        all_policy_loss.to_csv(args.method + '_policy_loss.csv')
        all_reward_histories.to_csv(args.method + '_reward_history.csv')
        all_loss_histories.to_csv(args.method + '_loss_history.csv')
        all_value_loss.to_csv(args.method + '_value_loss.csv')

        fig = plt.figure(figsize=(15, 10))

        # --- Subplot 1: Average PPO Loss ---
        ax2 = plt.subplot(221)
        # Plot the shaded High-Low Range
        ax2.fill_between(
            all_loss_histories.index,
            all_loss_histories['Low'],
            all_loss_histories['High'],
            color='#A8DADC',  # Light blue for aesthetic shading
            alpha=0.5,
            label="High-Low Range"
        )
        # Plot the Average Line
        ax2.plot(all_loss_histories['Avg'], label="Avg Loss", color='#1D3557', linewidth=2)
        ax2.set_ylabel("Average PPO Loss")
        ax2.set_xlabel("PPO Update")
        ax2.legend()

        # --- Subplot 2: Reward ---
        ax3 = plt.subplot(222)
        # Plot the shaded High-Low Range
        ax3.fill_between(
            all_reward_histories.index,
            all_reward_histories['Low'],
            all_reward_histories['High'],
            color='#FEDCC8',  # Light orange/peach
            alpha=0.5,
            label="High-Low Range"
        )
        # Plot the Average Line
        ax3.plot(all_reward_histories['Avg'], label="Avg Reward", color='#E63946', linewidth=2)
        ax3.set_ylabel("Average Reward")
        ax3.set_xlabel("PPO Update")
        ax3.legend()

        # --- Subplot 3: Policy Loss ---
        ax4 = plt.subplot(223)
        # Plot the shaded High-Low Range
        ax4.fill_between(
            all_policy_loss.index,
            all_policy_loss['Low'],
            all_policy_loss['High'],
            color='#B0E0A0',  # Light green
            alpha=0.5,
            label="High-Low Range"
        )
        # Plot the Average Line
        ax4.plot(all_policy_loss['Avg'], label="Policy Loss", color='#38B000', linewidth=2)
        ax4.set_ylabel("Average Policy Loss")
        ax4.set_xlabel("PPO Update")
        ax4.legend()

        # --- Subplot 4: Value Loss ---
        ax5 = plt.subplot(224)
        # Plot the shaded High-Low Range
        ax5.fill_between(
            all_value_loss.index,
            all_value_loss['Low'],
            all_value_loss['High'],
            color='#D7BDE2',  # Light purple
            alpha=0.5,
            label="High-Low Range"
        )
        # Plot the Average Line
        ax5.plot(all_value_loss['Avg'], label="Value Loss", color='#8E44AD', linewidth=2)
        ax5.set_ylabel("Average Value Loss")
        ax5.set_xlabel("PPO Update")
        ax5.legend()

        # --- Figure Settings ---
        fig.suptitle(f"PPO Training Stability - {args.method}", fontsize=16, fontweight='bold')
        # fig.tight_layout()  # Adjust layout to make room for suptitle
        plt.show()

    except Exception as e:
        logger.error(f"Error: {e}", exc_info=True)
        return 1
    finally:
        avg = total_return / episode if episode else 0
        logger.info(f"\nEpisodes: {episode}, Avg return: {avg:.3f}")
        env.close()

    return 0


if __name__ == "__main__":
    raise SystemExit(main())