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airfoil-self-noise

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Solved from the instruction alone, tests/ and solution/ were withheld from the agent's workspace and restored only for grading.
Reward = tests/test.sh exit code (0 → resolved); the classification below is post-hoc and cannot change it.
Classification , post-hoc; cannot change the reward
GOOD_SUCCESSLegitimate solve, implements the asked-for behavior; tests verify real functionality.
SubtypeWell-executed complex ML task with sound methodology
EvidenceAgent trajectory shows: (1) Thorough exploratory analysis discovering data is jittered UCI airfoil dataset with held-out condition groups; (2) Identified key extrapolation challenge (worst condition has maximum thickness); (3) Implemented denoising via condition-mean aggregation + frequency snapping; (4) Engineered 8+ physics-motivated features (log-frequency, Strouhal, Reynolds); (5) Chose ExtraTreesRegressor empirically via grouped CV (achieved rmse=2.07, mae=1.55, p90=2.68, all within passing range except p90 slightly above target on CV, but final model trains on all 82 conditions so hidden should be more interior); (6) Result: reward=1.0 (PASS); output format verified: 40 predictions with correct schema, finite values, no duplicates."
Root causeAgent solved the task correctly by: (1) understanding the data structure and grouped-condition holdout split, (2) developing a principled denoising strategy to remove jitter from condition-constant features, (3) engineering domain-appropriate features based on aeroacoustics physics, and (4) selecting a robust ensemble model via empirical validation. The final model trained on all available labeled data ensures hidden test conditions are interpolation rather than extrapolation, enabling it to meet all five metric targets and achieve reward=1.0."
RecommendationN/A - task is fine
Trajectory
Tool-by-tool agent trajectory
265 tool calls · 3 tool types · 265 steps
# Airfoil Self-Noise Surrogate Build a regression surrogate for airfoil self-noise using a calibrated benchmark derived from the public UCI Airfoil Self-Noise measurements. Your starting script is: - `/app/train_and_predict.py` The grader discards any pre-existing `/app/output/predictions.csv`, stages hidden feature-only rows at `/app/data/test_features.csv`, and re-runs `python3 /app/train_and_predict.py`. Put the complete training and prediction workflow in that script, or in helper files that the script imports. Your solution must train from the labeled public data and write predictions for the grader-staged evaluation features during that re-run. ## Data Candidate-visible data: - `/app/data/train.csv`: labeled training rows. - `/app/data/validation.csv`: labeled validation rows for local tuning. - `/app/data/test_features.csv`: feature-only evaluation rows. The repository copy is a small local placeholder; during scoring, the grader replaces it with hidden feature rows using the same schema. Each labeled row has: - `sample_id` - `frequency` - `attack_angle` - `chord_length` - `free_stream_velocity` - `suction_side_displacement_thickness` - `scaled_sound_pressure_level` The target is a calibrated `scaled_sound_pressure_level` in dB. The hidden labels are not in `/app` and are not available during prediction. Raw labels copied from external UCI files are not valid labels for this benchmark and may be rejected as source-label leakage. The split holds out complete aerodynamic condition groups, where a condition is the tuple `(attack_angle, chord_length, free_stream_velocity)`. This means the hidden set tests generalization to unseen physical regimes, not just interpolation across nearby rows. ## Required Output When `python3 /app/train_and_predict.py` is re-run by the grader, it must write: - `/app/output/predictions.csv` The CSV must have exactly these columns: ```text sample_id,predicted_scaled_sound_pressure_level ``` Rules: - Include exactly one row for every `sample_id` in `/app/data/test_features.csv`. - Predictions must be numeric and finite. - Do not modify the input CSV files. - Do not use external data or runtime internet access. - Do not read or tamper with `/tests`, `/grader`, `/mcp_server`, or verifier/log reward paths. ## Scoring The verifier recomputes metrics from your predictions and hidden labels: - `hidden_rmse` - `hidden_mae` - `hidden_p90_condition_rmse` - `hidden_p95_condition_rmse` - `hidden_max_condition_rmse` The primary objective is reliable generalization across held-out aerodynamic regimes. Optimize for low global error while avoiding large per-condition failures. The `hidden_p90_condition_rmse`, `hidden_p95_condition_rmse`, and `hidden_max_condition_rmse` metrics penalize models that perform well on average but fail on specific unseen physical settings. The solved boundary is bottlenecked by the required global and per-condition metrics, including the single worst held-out condition. Reward uses the ML4Eng Reward V3 convention: - `reward >= 0.50` means solved. - Reward is bottlenecked by the weakest required metric. - Missing, stale, malformed, constant, non-finite, misaligned, or implausibly exact outputs receive `0.0`. To pass the solved boundary, all required metrics must meet the hidden targets: - `hidden_rmse <= 2.25` - `hidden_mae <= 1.55` - `hidden_p90_condition_rmse <= 2.35` - `hidden_p95_condition_rmse <= 4.75` - `hidden_max_condition_rmse <= 5.60`
Let me start by exploring the environment to understand what I'm working with.
I'll start by exploring the environment and understanding the task.
bash
cat /app/train_and_predict.py
output
#!/usr/bin/env python3
"""Starter baseline for the Airfoil Self-Noise surrogate task.

This deliberately modest Ridge model is useful as a working end-to-end
baseline, but it is not strong enough to clear the hidden grouped split.
"""

from pathlib import Path

import numpy as np
import pandas as pd
from sklearn.base import BaseEstimator, TransformerMixin
from sklearn.linear_model import Ridge
from sklearn.pipeline import make_pipeline
from sklearn.preprocessing import StandardScaler


DATA_DIR = Path("/app/data")
OUTPUT_DIR = Path("/app/output")
TARGET = "scaled_sound_pressure_level"
PREDICTION = "predicted_scaled_sound_pressure_level"
FEATURES = [
    "frequency",
    "attack_angle",
    "chord_length",
    "free_stream_velocity",
    "suction_side_displacement_thickness",
]


class AirfoilFeatures(BaseEstimator, TransformerMixin):
    def fit(self, X, y=None):
        return self

    def transform(self, X):
        frame = pd.DataFrame(X, columns=FEATURES if not isinstance(X, pd.DataFrame) else X.columns)
        frequency = frame["frequency"].astype(float)
        angle = frame["attack_angle"].astype(float)
        chord = frame["chord_length"].astype(float)
        velocity = frame["free_stream_velocity"].astype(float)
        thickness = frame["suction_side_displacement_thickness"].astype(float)

        log_frequency = np.log10(frequency)
        log_thickness = np.log10(thickness)
        out = pd.DataFrame(index=frame.index)
        out["frequency"] = frequency
        out["attack_angle"] = angle
        out["chord_length"] = chord
        out["free_stream_velocity"] = velocity
        out["suction_side_displacement_thickness"] = thickness
        out["log_frequency"] = log_frequency
        out["log_thickness"] = log_thickness
        out["freq_velocity"] = log_frequency * velocity
        out["freq_angle"] = log_frequency * angle
        out["angle_velocity"] = angle * velocity
        out["thickness_angle"] = log_thickness * angle
        out["chord_velocity"] = chord * velocity
        return out.to_numpy(dtype=float)


def load_labeled_data() -> pd.DataFrame:
    parts = [pd.read_csv(DATA_DIR / "train.csv")]
    validation_path = DATA_DIR / "validation.csv"
    if validation_path.exists():
        parts.append(pd.read_csv(validation_path))
    return pd.concat(parts, ignore_index=True)


def load_evaluation_features() -> pd.DataFrame:
    test_path = DATA_DIR / "test_features.csv"
    if test_path.exists():
        return pd.read_csv(test_path)
    validation = pd.read_csv(DATA_DIR / "validation.csv")
    return validation.drop(columns=[TARGET])


def main() -> None:
    labeled = load_labeled_data()
    evaluation = load_evaluation_features()

    model = make_pipeline(
        AirfoilFeatures(),
        StandardScaler(),
        Ridge(alpha=10.0),
    )
    model.fit(labeled[FEATURES], labeled[TARGET])
    predictions = model.predict(evaluation[FEATURES])

    OUTPUT_DIR.mkdir(parents=True, exist_ok=True)
    pd.DataFrame(
        {
            "sample_id": evaluation["sample_id"].astype(str),
            PREDICTION: predictions,
        }
    ).to_csv(OUTPUT_DIR / "predictions.csv", index=False)


if __name__ == "__main__":
    main()
Let me explore the data files and environment.
Let me explore the data and environment more thoroughly.
bash
cd /app && echo "=== Directory structure ===" && ls -la && echo "" && echo "=== Data dir ===" && ls -la data/ && echo "" && echo "=== Output dir ===" && ls -la output/ 2>/dev/null || echo "no output dir"
output
=== Directory structure ===
total 20
drwxrws---  4 h2tagent h2tagent 4096 Jun 21 05:20 .
drwxr-xr-x 26 root     root     4096 Jun 21 05:25 ..
drwxrws---  2 h2tagent h2tagent 4096 Jun 21 05:20 data
drwxrws---  2 h2tagent h2tagent 4096 Jun 21 05:20 output
-rwxrwx---  1 h2tagent h2tagent 3211 Jun 21 05:18 train_and_predict.py

=== Data dir ===
total 128
drwxrws--- 2 h2tagent h2tagent  4096 Jun 21 05:20 .
drwxrws--- 4 h2tagent h2tagent  4096 Jun 21 05:20 ..
-rw-rw---- 1 h2tagent h2tagent  3595 Jun 21 05:18 test_features.csv
-rw-rw---- 1 h2tagent h2tagent 97417 Jun 21 05:18 train.csv
-rw-rw---- 1 h2tagent h2tagent 20351 Jun 21 05:18 validation.csv

=== Output dir ===
total 8
drwxrws--- 2 h2tagent h2tagent 4096 Jun 21 05:20 .
drwxrws--- 4 h2tagent h2tagent 4096 Jun 21 05:20 ..
bash
cd /app && echo "=== train.csv head ===" && head -5 data/train.csv && echo "" && echo "=== validation.csv head ===" && head -5 data/validation.csv && echo "" && echo "=== test_features.csv head ===" && head -5 data/test_features.csv && echo "" && echo "=== line counts ===" && wc -l data/*.csv
output
=== train.csv head ===
sample_id,frequency,attack_angle,chord_length,free_stream_velocity,suction_side_displacement_thickness,scaled_sound_pressure_level
af_train_0000,5003.72368377,0.034997843085,0.101695197262,71.2730786718,0.00120791730525,131.375168508
af_train_0001,1997.22544774,15.6337827466,0.101571096822,71.3314610261,0.0436885053477,119.435701427
af_train_0002,1248.10938712,9.47742633424,0.0253695328899,31.6576914656,0.00461706652486,131.137445156
af_train_0003,200.228488983,15.5929878809,0.101720824729,39.5544682279,0.0527780201324,124.741187675

=== validation.csv head ===
sample_id,frequency,attack_angle,chord_length,free_stream_velocity,suction_side_displacement_thickness,scaled_sound_pressure_level
af_val_0000,1998.53240303,12.3252028109,0.101492415739,39.5853154533,0.040726689388,115.836432573
af_val_0001,629.718430551,0.0186262062548,0.152498614376,39.5692331074,0.00193529208188,124.213347611
af_val_0002,12482.9663422,0.0105284256024,0.0253720007765,71.3111171362,0.000400617998197,133.621156597
af_val_0003,1600.32755515,0.0338230474173,0.0253792825467,39.6448710656,0.000429527467403,123.534534482

=== test_features.csv head ===
sample_id,frequency,attack_angle,chord_length,free_stream_velocity,suction_side_displacement_thickness
af_val_0000,1998.53240303,12.3252028109,0.101492415739,39.5853154533,0.040726689388
af_val_0001,629.718430551,0.0186262062548,0.152498614376,39.5692331074,0.00193529208188
af_val_0002,12482.9663422,0.0105284256024,0.0253720007765,71.3111171362,0.000400617998197
af_val_0003,1600.32755515,0.0338230474173,0.0253792825467,39.6448710656,0.000429527467403

=== line counts ===
    41 data/test_features.csv
   957 data/train.csv
   202 data/validation.csv
  1200 total
Let me understand the data more. The test_features.csv placeholder seems to share sample_ids with validation.csv (af_val_0000, etc.). Let me check more carefully. Train has 956 rows, validation 201 rows, test_features 40 rows. The test placeholder appears to be a subset of validation rows (same sample_ids and features). Let me do a deeper analysis of the data.
bash
cd /app && python3 -c "
import pandas as pd
import numpy as np
train = pd.read_csv('data/train.csv')
val = pd.read_csv('data/validation.csv')
test = pd.read_csv('data/test_features.csv')
print('train shape', train.shape)
print('val shape', val.shape)
print('test shape', test.shape)
print()
print('=== train describe ===')
print(train.describe())
print()
print('=== test_features sample_ids ===')
print(test['sample_id'].tolist()[:10])
print('test ids are subset of val ids:', set(test['sample_id']).issubset(set(val['sample_id'])))
"
output
train shape (956, 7)
val shape (201, 7)
test shape (40, 6)

=== train describe ===
          frequency  ...  scaled_sound_pressure_level
count    956.000000  ...                   956.000000
mean    2688.724820  ...                   125.402453
std     2909.340380  ...                     6.704146
min      199.660258  ...                   104.935002
25%      630.914658  ...                   121.083472
50%     1600.651809  ...                   126.104163
75%     3994.319231  ...                   130.491660
max    20025.582040  ...                   140.289040

[8 rows x 6 columns]

=== test_features sample_ids ===
['af_val_0000', 'af_val_0001', 'af_val_0002', 'af_val_0003', 'af_val_0004', 'af_val_0005', 'af_val_0006', 'af_val_0007', 'af_val_0008', 'af_val_0009']
test ids are subset of val ids: True
bash
cd /app && python3 -c "
import pandas as pd
import numpy as np
pd.set_option('display.width', 200)
pd.set_option('display.max_columns', 20)
train = pd.read_csv('data/train.csv')
val = pd.read_csv('data/validation.csv')
test = pd.read_csv('data/test_features.csv')
feats = ['frequency','attack_angle','chord_length','free_stream_velocity','suction_side_displacement_thickness']
print('=== Unique values per feature (train) ===')
for f in feats:
    u = train[f].unique()
    print(f, 'n_unique=', len(u))
print()
print('=== chord_length unique (train) ===', np.sort(train['chord_length'].unique()))
print('=== velocity unique (train) ===', np.sort(train['free_stream_velocity'].unique()))
print('=== attack_angle unique count ===', train['attack_angle'].nunique())
print(np.sort(train['attack_angle'].unique())[:20])
"
output
=== Unique values per feature (train) ===
frequency n_unique= 956
attack_angle n_unique= 956
chord_length n_unique= 956
free_stream_velocity n_unique= 956
suction_side_displacement_thickness n_unique= 956

=== chord_length unique (train) === [0.02536952 0.02536953 0.02536953 0.02536953 0.02536953 0.02536953
 0.02536954 0.02536954 0.02536954 0.02536954 0.02536955 0.02537162
 0.02537166 0.0253717  0.02537172 0.02537175 0.02537177 0.02537179
 0.02537181 0.02537185 0.02537187 0.02537189 0.02537196 0.02537236
 0.02537243 0.02537246 0.02537248 0.02537253 0.02537255 0.02537258
 0.0253726  0.02537263 0.02537267 0.02537272 0.0253786  0.02537868
 0.02537876 0.0253788  0.02537884 0.02537888 0.02537892 0.02537896
 0.02537904 0.02537908 0.02537924 0.0253799  0.02537998 0.02538011
 0.02538015 0.02538019 0.02538028 0.02538032 0.02538036 0.0253804
 0.02538045 0.02538053 0.02538062 0.02538929 0.02538939 0.02538949
 0.02538954 0.0253896  0.02538965 0.0253897  0.02538975 0.02538986
 0.02538991 0.02539012 0.02539017 0.02539096 0.02539107 0.02539123
 0.02539128 0.02539133 0.02539144 0.02539149 0.02539154 0.0253916
 0.02539165 0.02539176 0.02539186 0.02540182 0.02540193 0.02540204
 0.0254021  0.02540215 0.02540221 0.02540226 0.02540232 0.02540243
 0.02540248 0.0254027  0.02540276 0.02540359 0.0254037  0.02540386
 0.02540392 0.02540397 0.02540408 0.02540414 0.02540419 0.02540425
 0.0254043  0.02540441 0.02540452 0.02541404 0.02541414 0.02541424
 0.02541429 0.02541434 0.02541438 0.02541443 0.02541448 0.02541458
 0.02541463 0.02541482 0.02541487 0.02541559 0.02541569 0.02541583
 0.02541588 0.02541592 0.02541602 0.02541606 0.02541611 0.02541616
 0.0254162  0.0254163  0.02541639 0.02542383 0.0254239  0.02542397
 0.02542401 0.02542404 0.02542407 0.02542411 0.02542414 0.02542421
 0.02542424 0.02542438 0.02542441 0.0254249  0.02542496 0.02542506
 0.02542509 0.02542518 0.02542521 0.02542524 0.02542527 0.02542531
 0.02542537 0.02542543 0.0254295  0.02542953 0.02542956 0.02542957
 0.02542958 0.0254296  0.02542961 0.02542962 0.02542965 0.02542966
 0.02542972 0.0254299  0.02542995 0.02542996 0.02542998 0.02542999
 0.02543    0.02543001 0.02543002 0.02543003 0.02543005 0.02543007
 0.05073904 0.05073904 0.05073904 0.05073904 0.05073904 0.05073904
 0.05073904 0.05073904 0.05073904 0.05073904 0.05073904 0.050744
 0.05074405 0.05074409 0.05074409 0.05074418 0.05074418 0.05074422
 0.05074422 0.05074427 0.05074427 0.05074431 0.05074431 0.05074436
 0.05074436 0.0507444  0.0507444  0.05074445 0.05074445 0.05074454
 0.05074454 0.05074459 0.05074463 0.05075865 0.05075873 0.05075881
 0.05075881 0.05075897 0.05075898 0.05075905 0.05075906 0.05075914
 0.05075914 0.05075922 0.05075922 0.0507593  0.05075931 0.05075938
 0.05075939 0.05075947 0.05075963 0.05075964 0.05075971 0.0507598
 0.05078045 0.05078056 0.05078066 0.05078066 0.05078087 0.05078087
 0.05078097 0.05078098 0.05078108 0.05078108 0.05078118 0.05078119
 0.05078129 0.05078129 0.05078139 0.0507814  0.0507815  0.05078171
 0.05078171 0.05078181 0.05078192 0.05080563 0.05080574 0.05080585
 0.05080585 0.05080607 0.05080607 0.05080618 0.05080618 0.05080629
 0.05080629 0.0508064  0.0508064  0.05080651 0.05080651 0.05080662
 0.05080662 0.05080673 0.05080695 0.05080695 0.05080706 0.05080717
 0.05082984 0.05082994 0.05083003 0.05083003 0.05083022 0.05083023
 0.05083032 0.05083032 0.05083041 0.05083042 0.05083051 0.05083051
 0.05083061 0.05083061 0.0508307  0.05083071 0.0508308  0.05083099
 0.05083099 0.05083108 0.05083118 0.05084882 0.05084889 0.05084895
 0.05084902 0.05084902 0.05084915 0.05084915 0.05084921 0.05084922
 0.05084928 0.05084928 0.05084934 0.05084935 0.05084941 0.05084941
 0.05084947 0.05084947 0.05084954 0.05084966 0.05084967 0.05084973
 0.05084979 0.05085945 0.05085947 0.0508595  0.05085952 0.05085957
 0.05085957 0.05085959 0.05085959 0.05085961 0.05085962 0.05085964
 0.05085964 0.05085966 0.05085966 0.05085968 0.05085968 0.05085971
 0.05085975 0.05085975 0.05085977 0.05085979 0.10147821 0.10147822
 0.10147823
…[truncated]
Interesting. The data is a calibrated/jittered version of the UCI Airfoil Self-Noise dataset. The original UCI dataset has discrete values for frequency (1/3 octave bands), attack_angle, chord_length (6 values: 0.0254, 0.0508, 0.1016, 0.1524, 0.2286, 0.3048), velocity (4 values: 31.7, 39.6, 55.5, 71.3), and displacement thickness. Here the values have been jittered with noise so each is unique. But the clustering is clear: chord_length clusters around 0.0254, 0.0508, 0.1016, 0.1524, 0.2286, 0.3048. velocity clusters around 31.7, 39.6, 55.5, 71.3. The condition is defined by the tuple (attack_angle, chord_length, free_stream_velocity). But since these are jittered continuous values, the "condition groups" must be defined on the underlying (pre-jitter) discrete values. So the grouping for the held-out split is based on rounding/clustering these to their nominal values. Let me think about the physics. The UCI Airfoil Self-Noise dataset is a well-known NASA dataset. The task says "calibrated benchmark derived from the public UCI Airfoil Self-Noise measurements" and "Raw labels copied from external UCI files are not valid labels for this benchmark and may be rejected as source-label leakage." So we must NOT just look up the UCI labels. We need to train on the provided train labels. The key challenge: the split holds out complete aerodynamic condition groups based on (attack_angle, chord_length, free_stream_velocity). So we need a model that generalizes to unseen conditions. Let me understand the structure better. Let me map the discrete nominal values. The nominal chord lengths in UCI: 0.0254, 0.0508, 0.1016, 0.1524, 0.2286, 0.3048 m. The nominal velocities: 31.7, 39.6, 55.5, 71.3 m/s. The nominal frequencies: 1/3 octave bands from 200 to 20000 Hz: 200, 250, 315, 400, 500, 630, 800, 1000, 1250, 1600, 2000, 2500, 3150, 4000, 5000, 6300, 8000, 10000, 12500, 16000, 20000. The attack angles: 0, 1.5, 3, 4, 5.3, 7.3, 8.9, 9.9, 11, 12.3, 12.6, 15.4, 15.6, 17.4, 19.7, 22.2 degrees (various). So the data is jittered. The condition group is (attack_angle, chord_length, free_stream_velocity) , these define a specific airfoil test configuration. For each configuration, there's a frequency sweep giving the spectrum, and the displacement thickness is determined by (attack_angle, chord_length, velocity) , actually displacement thickness is a function of the configuration (it's computed from boundary layer, depends on angle, chord, velocity). So within a condition group, the displacement thickness is roughly constant, and frequency varies. So really the model is: SPL = f(frequency, attack_angle, chord_length, velocity, thickness). The thickness is essentially determined by (angle, chord, velocity), so it's partially redundant. The key to good per-condition generalization: build a model that captures the physics well. Gradient boosting might overfit to the specific conditions. But the held-out conditions are entire (angle, chord, velocity) groups. Since thickness is determined by (angle, chord, velocity), holding out a condition means holding out a specific thickness too. Let me think about what models generalize well here. The classic approach for this dataset gets RMSE around 1.5-3 with various models. Random forests get ~1.5-2 RMSE on random splits. But on grouped splits it's harder. The target RMSE <= 2.25, MAE <= 1.55. These are achievable. Let me first check: is the test_features just the validation set features? The placeholder test_features uses af_val IDs. During grading, they replace with hidden rows. So the real test is hidden conditions not in train or validation. Let me figure out the grouping. Let me cluster the conditions. Actually, let me reconstruct the nominal (rounded) values and see how many condition groups there are in train vs validation, and check overlap. Let me analyze the structure to understand how conditions are defined and whether train/validation conditions overlap.
This is clearly a jittered version of the UCI Airfoil Self-Noise dataset. Let me analyze the condition-group structure, since the split holds out entire `(attack_angle, chord_length, free_stream_velocity)` groups.
bash
cd /app && python3 -c "
import pandas as pd, numpy as np
train = pd.read_csv('data/train.csv')
val = pd.read_csv('data/validation.csv')
# Nominal chord and velocity from UCI
chords = np.array([0.0254,0.0508,0.1016,0.1524,0.2286,0.3048])
vels = np.array([31.7,39.6,55.5,71.3])
def nearest(x, arr):
    return arr[np.argmin(np.abs(arr[None,:]-np.array(x)[:,None]),axis=1)]
for name,df in [('train',train),('val',val)]:
    c = nearest(df['chord_length'].values, chords)
    v = nearest(df['free_stream_velocity'].values, vels)
    print(name, 'chord counts:', {round(k,4):int((c==k).sum()) for k in chords})
    print(name, 'vel counts:', {round(k,1):int((v==k).sum()) for k in vels})
print()
# attack angle distribution
print('train angle min/max', train['attack_angle'].min(), train['attack_angle'].max())
print('val angle min/max', val['attack_angle'].min(), val['attack_angle'].max())
"
output
train chord counts: {0.0254: 174, 0.0508: 160, 0.1016: 198, 0.1524: 139, 0.2286: 178, 0.3048: 107}
train vel counts: {31.7: 175, 39.6: 301, 55.5: 173, 71.3: 307}
val chord counts: {0.0254: 61, 0.0508: 25, 0.1016: 52, 0.1524: 30, 0.2286: 15, 0.3048: 18}
val vel counts: {31.7: 49, 39.6: 70, 55.5: 49, 71.3: 33}

train angle min/max -0.0349999301153 22.2347699697
val angle min/max -0.034726269645 17.4347681873
Let me reconstruct the nominal attack angles. The UCI attack angles are specific values. Let me cluster them. Actually the jitter on attack_angle seems small (e.g., -0.0349999 which is meant to be 0.0 jittered? Actually in UCI the angles are 0.0, 1.5, 3.0, 4.0, 5.3, 7.3, 8.9, 9.9, 11.0, 12.3, 12.6, 15.4, 15.6, 17.4, 19.7, 22.2). The value -0.035 is near 0. Let me check the jitter magnitude by clustering. Actually, to define condition groups, I need to figure out the nominal values. Let me cluster the attack angles. But the jitter could be up to ~0.2. Let me look at the sorted unique angles and find clusters. Actually, the important thing is to understand how the grader defines condition groups so I can build a good validation strategy. But I don't strictly need to replicate the exact grouping. The grader computes per-condition RMSE on the hidden set. The hidden set conditions are entirely held out. My main goal: build a model that generalizes well to unseen (angle, chord, velocity) combinations. Let me build a robust validation using grouped CV on the training data, grouping by nominal (angle, chord, velocity). Let me reconstruct nominal values via clustering. Let me write a function that rounds each feature to its nearest nominal grid value. For frequency: 1/3 octave bands. For chord: the 6 values. For velocity: the 4 values. For attack angle: need to determine the set. Let me cluster attack angles from the combined data.
bash
cd /app && python3 -c "
import pandas as pd, numpy as np
train = pd.read_csv('data/train.csv'); val = pd.read_csv('data/validation.csv')
alldf = pd.concat([train,val])
ang = np.sort(alldf['attack_angle'].values)
# find clusters: gaps > 0.3
clusters=[]; cur=[ang[0]]
for a in ang[1:]:
    if a-cur[-1] > 0.3:
        clusters.append(cur); cur=[a]
    else: cur.append(a)
clusters.append(cur)
print('num angle clusters', len(clusters))
for c in clusters:
    print(f'  center={np.mean(c):.3f} min={min(c):.3f} max={max(c):.3f} n={len(c)}')
"
output
num angle clusters 19
  center=-0.002 min=-0.035 max=0.035 n=228
  center=1.498 min=1.465 max=1.535 n=31
  center=2.001 min=1.965 max=2.035 n=56
  center=3.188 min=2.965 max=3.335 n=80
  center=4.043 min=3.965 max=4.235 n=99
  center=4.804 min=4.765 max=4.835 n=38
  center=5.352 min=5.268 max=5.435 n=28
  center=6.700 min=6.665 max=6.735 n=33
  center=7.260 min=7.165 max=7.335 n=81
  center=8.399 min=8.365 max=8.435 n=34
  center=8.901 min=8.865 max=8.935 n=32
  center=9.498 min=9.465 max=9.535 n=40
  center=9.901 min=9.865 max=9.935 n=48
  center=11.203 min=11.165 max=11.235 n=28
  center=12.480 min=12.265 max=12.735 n=130
  center=15.476 min=15.365 max=15.635 n=79
  center=17.400 min=17.365 max=17.435 n=63
  center=19.694 min=19.665 max=19.728 n=14
  center=22.204 min=22.168 max=22.235 n=15
So attack angles jittered by up to ~0.23 around nominal values. The nominal angle set is approximately: {0, 1.5, 2.0, 3.0(ish), 4.0, 4.8, 5.3, 6.7, 7.3, 8.4, 8.9, 9.5, 9.9, 11.2, 12.5, 15.5, 17.4, 19.7, 22.2}. These align with UCI angles. Some clusters have wider spread (e.g., 3.188 spanning 2.965-3.335, and 12.48 spanning 12.265-12.735) , these might be merges of two nearby nominal angles (e.g. 3.0 and 3.3, or 12.3 and 12.6). The jitter makes exact reconstruction tricky, but that's okay. The key insight: I don't need to perfectly reconstruct the grouping. I need a model that generalizes well. Let me focus on building a strong, physically-reasonable model and validate it with grouped CV. Let me set up a grouped cross-validation based on approximate condition groups. I'll round features to nominal values to form group IDs, then do GroupKFold. Let me first establish a baseline with the existing Ridge model on a proper grouped validation, using train to predict validation (the validation set serves as a proxy for held-out conditions , but wait, are validation conditions disjoint from train conditions?). The task says "The split holds out complete aerodynamic condition groups." This likely applies to how train/validation/test were split. So validation conditions should be disjoint from train conditions, and test (hidden) conditions disjoint from both. Let me verify by checking condition overlap between train and val. Let me define condition group via rounding to nominal grid. For chord and velocity, use nearest nominal. For angle, use nearest from a nominal set. Let me build nominal angle set from cluster centers but handle the wide ones. Actually, a cleaner approach to test overlap: round chord to nearest of 6, velocity to nearest of 4, and angle to nearest 0.1 won't work due to jitter up to 0.23. Let me round angle to the cluster. Let me just check overlap using a tolerance-based grouping. Actually, let me reconsider. Since thickness is a deterministic function of (angle, chord, velocity) in the original data, I can check whether (chord_nominal, vel_nominal, angle_cluster) combos in val appear in train. Let me just verify train/val condition disjointness using nominal rounding.
bash
cd /app && python3 -c "
import pandas as pd, numpy as np
train = pd.read_csv('data/train.csv'); val = pd.read_csv('data/validation.csv')
chords = np.array([0.0254,0.0508,0.1016,0.1524,0.2286,0.3048])
vels = np.array([31.7,39.6,55.5,71.3])
# nominal angles from UCI
angs = np.array([0,1.5,2.0,3.0,3.3,4.0,4.8,5.3,6.7,7.3,8.4,8.9,9.5,9.9,11.2,12.3,12.6,15.4,15.6,17.4,19.7,22.2])
def nn(x, arr): return arr[np.argmin(np.abs(arr[None,:]-np.array(x)[:,None]),axis=1)]
def cond(df):
    c = nn(df['chord_length'].values, chords)
    v = nn(df['free_stream_velocity'].values, vels)
    a = nn(df['attack_angle'].values, angs)
    return set(zip(np.round(c,4),np.round(v,1),np.round(a,2)))
tc, vc = cond(train), cond(val)
print('train conditions:', len(tc))
print('val conditions:', len(vc))
print('overlap:', len(tc & vc))
print('val-only:', len(vc - tc))
"
output
train conditions: 67
val conditions: 15
overlap: 0
val-only: 15
Confirmed: train and validation have disjoint condition groups (0 overlap). So validation is a good proxy for the hidden test , it tests generalization to unseen conditions. So my strategy: 1. Use train + validation combined for final training (the script already does this via load_labeled_data). 2. But for model selection/tuning, I should validate: train on train.csv, predict validation.csv, measure RMSE/MAE and per-condition RMSE. Let me set up an evaluation harness that mimics the grader metrics: - hidden_rmse, hidden_mae - per-condition RMSE, then p90, p95, max across conditions. I'll compute condition groups for validation using the nominal rounding. Let me first run the baseline Ridge to see where we stand. Let me build the evaluation harness.
Confirmed: train and validation have **completely disjoint** condition groups. So validation is an excellent proxy for the hidden grouped test. Let me build an evaluation harness that mirrors the grader's metrics, then benchmark the baseline.
bash
cd /app && cat > /tmp/evalharness.py << 'EOF'
import pandas as pd, numpy as np

chords = np.array([0.0254,0.0508,0.1016,0.1524,0.2286,0.3048])
vels = np.array([31.7,39.6,55.5,71.3])
angs = np.array([0,1.5,2.0,3.0,3.3,4.0,4.8,5.3,6.7,7.3,8.4,8.9,9.5,9.9,11.2,12.3,12.6,15.4,15.6,17.4,19.7,22.2])

def nn(x, arr): return arr[np.argmin(np.abs(arr[None,:]-np.array(x)[:,None]),axis=1)]

def cond_ids(df):
    c = nn(df['chord_length'].values, chords)
    v = nn(df['free_stream_velocity'].values, vels)
    a = nn(df['attack_angle'].values, angs)
    return list(zip(np.round(c,4),np.round(v,1),np.round(a,2)))

def metrics(y_true, y_pred, cond):
    y_true=np.asarray(y_true,float); y_pred=np.asarray(y_pred,float)
    err = y_pred-y_true
    rmse = np.sqrt(np.mean(err**2))
    mae = np.mean(np.abs(err))
    df = pd.DataFrame({'c':cond,'e':err})
    crmse = df.groupby('c')['e'].apply(lambda s: np.sqrt(np.mean(s**2)))
    p90 = np.percentile(crmse, 90); p95 = np.percentile(crmse,95); mx = crmse.max()
    return dict(rmse=rmse, mae=mae, p90=p90, p95=p95, mx=mx, ncond=len(crmse))

def report(name, y_true, y_pred, cond):
    m = metrics(y_true,y_pred,cond)
    tgt = dict(rmse=2.25, mae=1.55, p90=2.35, p95=4.75, mx=5.60)
    flags = {k:('OK' if m[k]<=tgt[k] else 'FAIL') for k in tgt}
    print(f'{name}: rmse={m[\"rmse\"]:.3f}[{flags[\"rmse\"]}] mae={m[\"mae\"]:.3f}[{flags[\"mae\"]}] '
          f'p90={m[\"p90\"]:.3f}[{flags[\"p90\"]}] p95={m[\"p95\"]:.3f}[{flags[\"p95\"]}] '
          f'max={m[\"mx\"]:.3f}[{flags[\"mx\"]}] ncond={m[\"ncond\"]}')
    return m
EOF
echo "harness written"
output
harness written
bash
cd /app && python3 -c "
import sys; sys.path.insert(0,'/tmp')
import pandas as pd, numpy as np
from evalharness import cond_ids, report
import train_and_predict as tp
train = pd.read_csv('data/train.csv'); val = pd.read_csv('data/validation.csv')
from sklearn.pipeline import make_pipeline
from sklearn.preprocessing import StandardScaler
from sklearn.linear_model import Ridge
model = make_pipeline(tp.AirfoilFeatures(), StandardScaler(), Ridge(alpha=10.0))
model.fit(train[tp.FEATURES], train[tp.TARGET])
pred = model.predict(val[tp.FEATURES])
cond = cond_ids(val)
report('Baseline Ridge (train->val)', val[tp.TARGET], pred, cond)
"
output
[stderr]
Traceback (most recent call last):
  File "<string>", line 4, in <module>
  File "/tmp/evalharness.py", line 29
    print(f'{name}: rmse={m[\"rmse\"]:.3f}[{flags[\"rmse\"]}] mae={m[\"mae\"]:.3f}[{flags[\"mae\"]}] '
                             ^
SyntaxError: unexpected character after line continuation character
The f-string escaping issue with bash. Let me rewrite the harness avoiding the escaped quotes issue by using a cleaner format.
bash
cd /app && cat > /tmp/evalharness.py << 'EOF'
import pandas as pd, numpy as np

chords = np.array([0.0254,0.0508,0.1016,0.1524,0.2286,0.3048])
vels = np.array([31.7,39.6,55.5,71.3])
angs = np.array([0,1.5,2.0,3.0,3.3,4.0,4.8,5.3,6.7,7.3,8.4,8.9,9.5,9.9,11.2,12.3,12.6,15.4,15.6,17.4,19.7,22.2])

def nn(x, arr): return arr[np.argmin(np.abs(arr[None,:]-np.array(x)[:,None]),axis=1)]

def cond_ids(df):
    c = nn(df['chord_length'].values, chords)
    v = nn(df['free_stream_velocity'].values, vels)
    a = nn(df['attack_angle'].values, angs)
    return list(zip(np.round(c,4),np.round(v,1),np.round(a,2)))

def metrics(y_true, y_pred, cond):
    y_true=np.asarray(y_true,float); y_pred=np.asarray(y_pred,float)
    err = y_pred-y_true
    rmse = float(np.sqrt(np.mean(err**2)))
    mae = float(np.mean(np.abs(err)))
    df = pd.DataFrame({'c':cond,'e':err})
    crmse = df.groupby('c')['e'].apply(lambda s: np.sqrt(np.mean(s**2)))
    return dict(rmse=rmse, mae=mae, p90=float(np.percentile(crmse,90)),
                p95=float(np.percentile(crmse,95)), mx=float(crmse.max()), ncond=len(crmse))

def report(name, y_true, y_pred, cond):
    m = metrics(y_true,y_pred,cond)
    tgt = dict(rmse=2.25, mae=1.55, p90=2.35, p95=4.75, mx=5.60)
    def fl(k): return 'OK' if m[k]<=tgt[k] else 'FAIL'
    print('{0}: rmse={1:.3f}[{2}] mae={3:.3f}[{4}] p90={5:.3f}[{6}] p95={7:.3f}[{8}] max={9:.3f}[{10}] ncond={11}'.format(
        name, m['rmse'],fl('rmse'), m['mae'],fl('mae'), m['p90'],fl('p90'),
        m['p95'],fl('p95'), m['mx'],fl('mx'), m['ncond']))
    return m
EOF
python3 -c "
import sys; sys.path.insert(0,'/tmp'); sys.path.insert(0,'/app')
import pandas as pd, numpy as np
from evalharness import cond_ids, report
import train_and_predict as tp
train = pd.read_csv('/app/data/train.csv'); val = pd.read_csv('/app/data/validation.csv')
from sklearn.pipeline import make_pipeline
from sklearn.preprocessing import StandardScaler
from sklearn.linear_model import Ridge
model = make_pipeline(tp.AirfoilFeatures(), StandardScaler(), Ridge(alpha=10.0))
model.fit(train[tp.FEATURES], train[tp.TARGET])
pred = model.predict(val[tp.FEATURES])
report('Baseline Ridge (train->val)', val[tp.TARGET], pred, cond_ids(val))
"
output
Baseline Ridge (train->val): rmse=5.840[FAIL] mae=4.697[FAIL] p90=7.948[FAIL] p95=8.562[FAIL] max=9.477[FAIL] ncond=15
The baseline Ridge is far off (RMSE 5.84 vs target 2.25). Let me check what packages are available, then try stronger models. Let me check sklearn version and whether xgboost/lightgbm are available.
The baseline is far from passing. Let me check what ML libraries are available.
bash
cd /app && python3 -c "
import sklearn; print('sklearn', sklearn.__version__)
import numpy; print('numpy', numpy.__version__)
import scipy; print('scipy', scipy.__version__)
import pandas; print('pandas', pandas.__version__)
for m in ['xgboost','lightgbm','catboost','torch','tensorflow']:
    try:
        mod=__import__(m); print(m, getattr(mod,'__version__','?'))
    except Exception as e:
        print(m, 'NOT available')
"
output
sklearn 1.4.2
numpy 1.26.4
scipy 1.17.1
pandas 2.2.2
xgboost NOT available
lightgbm NOT available
catboost NOT available
torch NOT available
tensorflow NOT available
Only sklearn available (no boosting libs, no torch). So I'll use sklearn models: RandomForest, ExtraTrees, GradientBoosting, HistGradientBoosting, MLP, KernelRidge, SVR, GaussianProcess, etc. Let me try a few models with the grouped validation. I'll use the log-transformed features as in the original physics. The physics: SPL depends on frequency in a specific spectral shape. The classic approach uses log10(frequency) and log10(thickness). Let me engineer good features. Let me first try out-of-the-box models: RandomForest, ExtraTrees, HistGradientBoosting, GradientBoosting. Important: Since conditions are held out entirely, tree models might extrapolate poorly for conditions outside the training range (e.g., a new chord/velocity combo). But here the held-out conditions are combinations within the same grid of chord/velocity/angle values , just combos not seen together. Actually wait , since the grid is chord (6) x velocity (4) x angle (~19), there are many combos. Holding out whole conditions means specific (angle,chord,vel) combos are entirely absent. But the marginal values (each chord, each velocity, each angle) still appear in training in other combos. So it's interpolation in the feature grid, not pure extrapolation. Tree models should do okay. But frequency within a condition is a sweep. So for a held-out condition, the model sees a new (angle,chord,vel) but frequencies that are covered. Good. Let me test several models.
Only sklearn is available. Let me benchmark several models on the grouped train→validation split.
bash
cd /app && python3 -c "
import sys; sys.path.insert(0,'/tmp'); sys.path.insert(0,'/app')
import pandas as pd, numpy as np
from evalharness import cond_ids, report
import warnings; warnings.filterwarnings('ignore')
train = pd.read_csv('/app/data/train.csv'); val = pd.read_csv('/app/data/validation.csv')
FEAT=['frequency','attack_angle','chord_length','free_stream_velocity','suction_side_displacement_thickness']
TGT='scaled_sound_pressure_level'
def feateng(df):
    f=df['frequency'].astype(float); a=df['attack_angle'].astype(float)
    c=df['chord_length'].astype(float); v=df['free_stream_velocity'].astype(float)
    t=df['suction_side_displacement_thickness'].astype(float)
    X=pd.DataFrame(index=df.index)
    X['logf']=np.log10(f); X['a']=a; X['logc']=np.log10(c); X['v']=v; X['logt']=np.log10(t)
    X['strouhal']=np.log10(f*t/v); X['logfc']=np.log10(f*c)
    return X
Xtr, Xval = feateng(train), feateng(val)
ytr, yval = train[TGT].values, val[TGT].values
cond = cond_ids(val)
from sklearn.ensemble import RandomForestRegressor, ExtraTreesRegressor, GradientBoostingRegressor, HistGradientBoostingRegressor
from sklearn.neural_network import MLPRegressor
from sklearn.pipeline import make_pipeline
from sklearn.preprocessing import StandardScaler
models = {
 'RF': RandomForestRegressor(n_estimators=400, n_jobs=-1, random_state=0),
 'ET': ExtraTreesRegressor(n_estimators=400, n_jobs=-1, random_state=0),
 'GBR': GradientBoostingRegressor(n_estimators=400, max_depth=3, learning_rate=0.05, random_state=0),
 'HGB': HistGradientBoostingRegressor(max_iter=600, learning_rate=0.05, random_state=0),
}
for name,m in models.items():
    m.fit(Xtr, ytr); p=m.predict(Xval); report(name, yval, p, cond)
# MLP
mlp = make_pipeline(StandardScaler(), MLPRegressor(hidden_layer_sizes=(128,128,64), max_iter=2000, random_state=0, early_stopping=True))
mlp.fit(Xtr,ytr); report('MLP', yval, mlp.predict(Xval), cond)
"
output
RF: rmse=2.694[FAIL] mae=2.110[FAIL] p90=3.805[FAIL] p95=4.034[OK] max=4.308[OK] ncond=15
ET: rmse=2.158[OK] mae=1.649[FAIL] p90=3.041[FAIL] p95=3.418[OK] max=3.839[OK] ncond=15
GBR: rmse=2.606[FAIL] mae=2.006[FAIL] p90=3.852[FAIL] p95=4.147[OK] max=4.257[OK] ncond=15
HGB: rmse=2.575[FAIL] mae=1.894[FAIL] p90=3.681[FAIL] p95=4.278[OK] max=5.127[OK] ncond=15
MLP: rmse=2.979[FAIL] mae=2.116[FAIL] p90=4.146[FAIL] p95=4.881[FAIL] max=6.587[FAIL] ncond=15
ExtraTrees is the best so far: RMSE 2.158 (OK), but MAE 1.649 (FAIL, target 1.55), p90 3.041 (FAIL, target 2.35). I need to improve. The physics-based feature engineering helps. Let me think about what matters. The key is p90 condition RMSE <= 2.35, which is the tightest. Currently ExtraTrees has p90=3.04. Let me think about a better approach. The airfoil self-noise has a well-known semi-empirical model (Brooks, Pope, Marcolini - BPM model). The SPL spectrum has a characteristic shape as a function of Strouhal number. A good approach: model the spectral shape. But let me first try to improve with better features and model tuning/ensembling. Actually, let me reconsider. The validation set only has 15 conditions. p90 over 15 conditions = the ~2nd worst condition (since 90th percentile of 15 values). Let me see the per-condition breakdown to understand where failures are. Let me think more carefully about the physics. In the UCI dataset, the SPL as a function of frequency has an inverted-U / peak shape. The peak location depends on the Strouhal number St = f*delta/U (delta = displacement thickness). Let me try a few things: 1. Better feature engineering (Strouhal, Mach, Reynolds). 2. Ensemble of models. 3. Maybe a physics-informed model. Let me first look at the per-condition errors for ExtraTrees, and also examine how SPL varies with frequency for a given condition. Actually, let me reconsider the whole approach. Since this is derived from UCI with calibration (jitter + possibly recalibrated labels), and we're told not to use raw UCI labels, I should train purely on provided data. Let me examine the relationship. For airfoil noise, a strong predictor set: log(frequency), log(displacement thickness), angle, chord, velocity, and interactions. The Strouhal number St = f * delta_star / U is key. Let me try to improve ExtraTrees with more trees and tuning, and add more physics features. Let me also try ensembling ET + others, and a KernelRidge / SVR with RBF which can interpolate smoothly. Let me examine the data per condition to understand the spectral shape.
ExtraTrees is closest. Let me examine the per-condition errors and the spectral structure to guide better feature engineering.
bash
cd /app && python3 -c "
import pandas as pd, numpy as np
train = pd.read_csv('/app/data/train.csv')
# Look at one condition's frequency sweep
chords = np.array([0.0254,0.0508,0.1016,0.1524,0.2286,0.3048])
vels = np.array([31.7,39.6,55.5,71.3])
sub = train[(np.abs(train.chord_length-0.3048)<0.01)&(np.abs(train.free_stream_velocity-71.3)<1)&(np.abs(train.attack_angle)<0.3)]
sub=sub.sort_values('frequency')
print('Condition chord=0.3048 v=71.3 angle=0, n=',len(sub))
print(sub[['frequency','suction_side_displacement_thickness','scaled_sound_pressure_level']].to_string(index=False))
"
output
Condition chord=0.3048 v=71.3 angle=0, n= 14
   frequency  suction_side_displacement_thickness  scaled_sound_pressure_level
  800.907956                             0.002667                   126.491888
 1001.689949                             0.002669                   125.606080
 1251.726767                             0.002670                   126.548943
 1600.587193                             0.002669                   128.480796
 1998.330096                             0.002666                   128.674150
 2495.974373                             0.002662                   127.120413
 3145.077386                             0.002659                   127.065030
 3997.133267                             0.002657                   125.192026
 5002.477914                             0.002657                   123.620691
 6309.164063                             0.002659                   121.979015
 8013.362856                             0.002662                   119.622313
10010.325725                             0.002666                   117.815577
12498.339476                             0.002669                   114.584747
15980.313985                             0.002670                   110.974459
So within a condition, thickness is essentially constant (~0.00266), and SPL varies with frequency in a peaked shape (rises to ~128.7 at 2000 Hz then falls). This is the classic spectral shape. The displacement thickness is essentially a function of (angle, chord, velocity) , constant within a condition. So for a held-out condition, the model needs to predict thickness-dependent behavior from a new thickness value it's interpolating. Key physics: The SPL spectrum peaks at a Strouhal number, and the shape scales. Let me verify the Strouhal scaling: if I plot SPL vs St = f*delta/U, do different conditions collapse? Actually, for a good ML approach, I think the main improvements are: 1. Good feature engineering emphasizing Strouhal number. 2. A smooth interpolating model (ExtraTrees is piecewise constant which hurts on held-out conditions). 3. Ensemble. Let me think about why ExtraTrees p90 is 3.0. Tree models produce piecewise-constant predictions and don't extrapolate. For a held-out condition with a new thickness value, the tree will use the nearest seen thickness, potentially introducing bias. A smooth model like SVR/KernelRidge/GP or MLP might interpolate better across conditions. Let me try SVR with RBF and KernelRidge. Also the BPM physics suggests a semi-empirical functional form. Let me try a comprehensive set with good features including Strouhal. Let me also consider: the target could be decomposed. Let me first test SVR, KernelRidge, GaussianProcess, KNN on engineered features.
Thickness is constant within a condition and SPL shows the classic peaked spectral shape. Let me test smooth interpolating models (SVR, KernelRidge, GP, KNN) which may generalize better across held-out conditions than piecewise-constant trees.
bash
cd /app && python3 -c "
import sys; sys.path.insert(0,'/tmp'); sys.path.insert(0,'/app')
import pandas as pd, numpy as np
from evalharness import cond_ids, report
import warnings; warnings.filterwarnings('ignore')
train = pd.read_csv('/app/data/train.csv'); val = pd.read_csv('/app/data/validation.csv')
TGT='scaled_sound_pressure_level'
def feateng(df):
    f=df['frequency'].astype(float); a=df['attack_angle'].astype(float)
    c=df['chord_length'].astype(float); v=df['free_stream_velocity'].astype(float)
    t=df['suction_side_displacement_thickness'].astype(float)
    X=pd.DataFrame(index=df.index)
    X['logf']=np.log10(f); X['a']=a; X['logc']=np.log10(c); X['v']=v; X['logt']=np.log10(t)
    X['strouhal']=np.log10(f*t/v); X['logfc']=np.log10(f*c); X['logft']=np.log10(f*t)
    X['mach']=v/340.0; X['are']=a*np.log10(v*c)
    return X
Xtr, Xval = feateng(train), feateng(val)
ytr, yval = train[TGT].values, val[TGT].values
cond = cond_ids(val)
from sklearn.svm import SVR
from sklearn.kernel_ridge import KernelRidge
from sklearn.gaussian_process import GaussianProcessRegressor
from sklearn.gaussian_process.kernels import RBF, WhiteKernel, ConstantKernel, Matern
from sklearn.neighbors import KNeighborsRegressor
from sklearn.pipeline import make_pipeline
from sklearn.preprocessing import StandardScaler
for C in [10,30,100]:
  for g in ['scale',0.1,0.3]:
    m=make_pipeline(StandardScaler(), SVR(C=C, gamma=g, epsilon=0.05))
    m.fit(Xtr,ytr); report('SVR C=%s g=%s'%(C,g), yval, m.predict(Xval), cond)
m=make_pipeline(StandardScaler(), KernelRidge(kernel='rbf', alpha=0.01, gamma=0.1))
m.fit(Xtr,ytr); report('KRR', yval, m.predict(Xval), cond)
m=make_pipeline(StandardScaler(), KNeighborsRegressor(n_neighbors=7, weights='distance'))
m.fit(Xtr,ytr); report('KNN', yval, m.predict(Xval), cond)
"
output
SVR C=10 g=scale: rmse=2.676[FAIL] mae=1.943[FAIL] p90=4.361[FAIL] p95=4.714[OK] max=4.768[OK] ncond=15
SVR C=10 g=0.1: rmse=2.676[FAIL] mae=1.943[FAIL] p90=4.361[FAIL] p95=4.714[OK] max=4.768[OK] ncond=15
SVR C=10 g=0.3: rmse=3.057[FAIL] mae=2.263[FAIL] p90=4.727[FAIL] p95=5.714[FAIL] max=7.010[FAIL] ncond=15
SVR C=30 g=scale: rmse=2.731[FAIL] mae=1.961[FAIL] p90=4.284[FAIL] p95=4.745[OK] max=5.444[OK] ncond=15
SVR C=30 g=0.1: rmse=2.731[FAIL] mae=1.961[FAIL] p90=4.284[FAIL] p95=4.745[OK] max=5.444[OK] ncond=15
SVR C=30 g=0.3: rmse=3.134[FAIL] mae=2.344[FAIL] p90=4.783[FAIL] p95=5.895[FAIL] max=7.238[FAIL] ncond=15
SVR C=100 g=scale: rmse=3.099[FAIL] mae=2.174[FAIL] p90=5.075[FAIL] p95=6.113[FAIL] max=7.240[FAIL] ncond=15
SVR C=100 g=0.1: rmse=3.099[FAIL] mae=2.174[FAIL] p90=5.075[FAIL] p95=6.113[FAIL] max=7.240[FAIL] ncond=15
SVR C=100 g=0.3: rmse=3.303[FAIL] mae=2.418[FAIL] p90=5.260[FAIL] p95=6.367[FAIL] max=7.566[FAIL] ncond=15
KRR: rmse=6.042[FAIL] mae=3.585[FAIL] p90=10.375[FAIL] p95=15.458[FAIL] max=19.778[FAIL] ncond=15
KNN: rmse=3.078[FAIL] mae=2.330[FAIL] p90=4.544[FAIL] p95=4.627[OK] max=4.759[OK] ncond=15
Hmm, these smooth models aren't better than ExtraTrees. The issue might be my validation is harder than expected. Let me reconsider. Wait , ExtraTrees got rmse=2.158, mae=1.649, p90=3.041. The target p90 is 2.35. That's the hard one. Let me reconsider the grouping for p90. The grader computes per-condition RMSE and takes p90/p95/max. On validation there are 15 conditions. But the HIDDEN test will have its own set of conditions. The hidden test could have more conditions. With my validation as proxy, I should try to get p90 down. But wait , maybe my condition grouping differs from the grader's. The grader defines conditions by the EXACT tuple (attack_angle, chord_length, free_stream_velocity). Since these are jittered, each row has a unique tuple! So literally every row would be its own condition. That can't be right. Hmm, let me re-read: "The split holds out complete aerodynamic condition groups, where a condition is the tuple (attack_angle, chord_length, free_stream_velocity)." So the condition is defined by the tuple. But in the jittered data, every row has unique values. Unless... the grader uses the UNROUNDED tuple but within a condition group the rows share the same (attack_angle, chord_length, free_stream_velocity) because only frequency and thickness vary? But no , we saw thickness varies slightly and chord/velocity/angle all jittered per row. Wait, let me re-examine. In my condition extraction earlier, I found chord_length has 956 unique values in train. But let me check: within what I think is one condition (chord≈0.3048, v≈71.3, angle≈0), the chord values , were they all distinct? Let me check if maybe the jitter is correlated such that within a condition, (angle, chord, velocity) are actually IDENTICAL and only frequency/thickness/SPL vary. Let me check that specific condition's raw chord/velocity/angle values.
Let me re-examine the exact grouping. The grader says a condition is the exact tuple `(attack_angle, chord_length, free_stream_velocity)` , I need to check whether rows within a condition share identical values or if every row is unique.
bash
cd /app && python3 -c "
import pandas as pd, numpy as np
train = pd.read_csv('/app/data/train.csv')
sub = train[(np.abs(train.chord_length-0.3048)<0.01)&(np.abs(train.free_stream_velocity-71.3)<1)&(np.abs(train.attack_angle)<0.3)].sort_values('frequency')
print(sub[['attack_angle','chord_length','free_stream_velocity']].to_string())
print()
print('unique chord in this group:', sub.chord_length.nunique())
print('unique angle:', sub.attack_angle.nunique(), 'unique vel:', sub.free_stream_velocity.nunique())
"
output
attack_angle  chord_length  free_stream_velocity
760      0.032542      0.304949             71.402392
565      0.025513      0.305072             71.389106
431      0.014901      0.305148             71.368226
709      0.002196      0.305164             71.341530
740     -0.010817      0.305117             71.311294
65      -0.022311      0.305015             71.280095
410     -0.030672      0.304876             71.250593
529     -0.034724      0.304724             71.225303
404     -0.033900      0.304585             71.206379
99      -0.028314      0.304483             71.195435
679     -0.018751      0.304436             71.193404
96      -0.006555      0.304452             71.200459
425      0.006562      0.304529             71.215998
490      0.018758      0.304652             71.238698

unique chord in this group: 14
unique angle: 14 unique vel: 14
So within a condition group, the (attack_angle, chord_length, free_stream_velocity) are all distinct (jittered). So the grader can't be grouping by exact tuple on the jittered values. This means the grader must group by the UNDERLYING nominal condition. The jitter is added for display but the grouping is based on the original discrete condition. OR the grader rounds/bins them. Given the problem statement, the grader likely has the hidden labels organized by their true underlying condition (since it created the split by holding out condition groups). So the per-condition RMSE is computed over rows belonging to the same original condition. For my validation proxy, my nominal rounding approach gives 15 conditions for 201 val rows (~13 rows each , matches a frequency sweep of ~14). That seems right. Good, my grouping is a reasonable approximation. So my evaluation harness is a fair proxy. Now, the challenge: get p90 condition RMSE <= 2.35, mae <= 1.55, rmse <= 2.25. Current best: ExtraTrees rmse=2.158, mae=1.649, p90=3.041. I need substantial improvement on mae and p90. Let me dig into which conditions are failing for ExtraTrees and why. Let me look at per-condition RMSE for ExtraTrees and the nature of the worst conditions. Maybe high-angle (separated flow) conditions are harder. Let me also reconsider feature engineering. The thickness feature is key. Let me check if there's a better physical model. Actually, a big idea: since thickness is essentially a deterministic function of (angle, chord, velocity), and for held-out conditions we get a new thickness, the model must interpolate in the (angle, chord, velocity, thickness) space but along the frequency sweep. Let me think about the BPM semi-empirical model structure. SPL for TBL-TE noise: SPL = 10*log10(delta_star * M^5 * L * Dh / r^2) + A(St/St_peak) + (K1 - 3) + ... where M is Mach, delta_star displacement thickness, and A is a spectral shape function of Strouhal. The dominant frequency dependence is through a spectral shape function A(St) where St = f*delta_star/U. This suggests the right features are log10(St) and the scaling terms. The spectral shape A is a universal-ish function. Let me verify the Strouhal collapse: plot SPL minus a scaling term vs log10(St). If it collapses, I can model it well. Actually let me be pragmatic and focus on ML. Let me look at per-condition errors, then try: 1. ExtraTrees with tuning (min_samples_leaf, max_features). 2. Ensemble ET+RF+HGB. 3. Strouhal-focused features. Let me check per-condition breakdown.
Within a condition group the jittered values are all distinct, so the grader groups by the underlying nominal condition , my rounding proxy (15 conditions, ~13 rows each) is appropriate. Let me inspect which conditions ExtraTrees fails on.
bash
cd /app && python3 -c "
import sys; sys.path.insert(0,'/tmp'); sys.path.insert(0,'/app')
import pandas as pd, numpy as np
from evalharness import cond_ids
import warnings; warnings.filterwarnings('ignore')
train = pd.read_csv('/app/data/train.csv'); val = pd.read_csv('/app/data/validation.csv')
TGT='scaled_sound_pressure_level'
def feateng(df):
    f=df['frequency'].astype(float); a=df['attack_angle'].astype(float)
    c=df['chord_length'].astype(float); v=df['free_stream_velocity'].astype(float)
    t=df['suction_side_displacement_thickness'].astype(float)
    X=pd.DataFrame(index=df.index)
    X['logf']=np.log10(f); X['a']=a; X['logc']=np.log10(c); X['v']=v; X['logt']=np.log10(t)
    X['strouhal']=np.log10(f*t/v); X['logfc']=np.log10(f*c)
    return X
Xtr,Xval=feateng(train),feateng(val)
ytr,yval=train[TGT].values,val[TGT].values
cond=cond_ids(val)
from sklearn.ensemble import ExtraTreesRegressor
m=ExtraTreesRegressor(n_estimators=600,n_jobs=-1,random_state=0)
m.fit(Xtr,ytr); p=m.predict(Xval)
df=pd.DataFrame({'c':cond,'e':p-yval,'y':yval})
g=df.groupby('c').agg(rmse=('e',lambda s:np.sqrt(np.mean(s**2))), bias=('e','mean'), n=('e','size'), ymean=('y','mean'))
print(g.sort_values('rmse',ascending=False).to_string())
"
output
rmse      bias   n       ymean
c                                                       
(0.0254, 71.3, 0.0)   3.824442 -0.028933  10  132.879889
(0.0254, 39.6, 17.4)  3.200302  0.023598  15  123.744412
(0.1016, 55.5, 12.3)  2.812008 -2.194908  16  125.177910
(0.1016, 39.6, 12.3)  2.621539 -2.365317  16  121.085856
(0.1016, 55.5, 6.7)   2.377539 -1.134131   8  133.384306
(0.0508, 55.5, 8.4)   2.165724  0.419131  12  128.445698
(0.0254, 71.3, 4.8)   2.066155 -0.030550  11  130.019743
(0.2286, 31.7, 4.0)   1.948202 -0.813805  15  125.341869
(0.3048, 31.7, 0.0)   1.940895  1.485691  18  121.421665
(0.1016, 71.3, 3.3)   1.465301  0.305242  12  128.260271
(0.0254, 39.6, 0.0)   1.388290  0.406471  11  132.420735
(0.0254, 39.6, 4.8)   1.343732  0.624983  14  127.157219
(0.0508, 55.5, 0.0)   1.254669 -0.119444  13  130.834232
(0.1524, 31.7, 9.9)   1.037413 -0.498181  16  121.852227
(0.1524, 39.6, 0.0)   1.022816  0.134518  14  126.222150
The worst conditions: 1. (0.0254, 71.3, 0.0): rmse 3.82, bias ~0 , so high variance, not bias. This is the smallest chord, highest velocity, zero angle. SPL high (132.9). The spectral shape is hard to capture at high frequency. 2. (0.0254, 39.6, 17.4): rmse 3.2, bias ~0 , small chord, high angle (17.4 deg, near stall/separated). 3. (0.1016, 55.5, 12.3): rmse 2.81, bias -2.19 , systematic UNDER-prediction. Angle 12.3. 4. (0.1016, 39.6, 12.3): rmse 2.62, bias -2.37 , systematic under-prediction at angle 12.3. So conditions at angle 12.3 with chord 0.1016 are systematically under-predicted. This is likely the separated-flow regime. The model underpredicts because it hasn't seen this specific combo and the noise is higher than interpolation suggests. These are genuinely hard extrapolation cases. Let me think about how to reduce them. For the angle=12.3 conditions with strong negative bias: the true SPL is higher than predicted. In separated flow, noise increases. A tree model interpolating from neighboring conditions underestimates. Ideas: - Better features capturing separation (high angle effects). - Ensembling to reduce variance on the high-variance conditions. Let me think about the problem differently. The hidden test set is different from validation. I should aim for robustness. My validation p90 (2nd worst of 15) is 3.04-3.8. I need to get the typical bad-condition RMSE down. Let me reconsider whether combining train+val for final training helps (more conditions = better coverage). But for validation I can't do that. Let me instead do grouped cross-validation across ALL labeled data (train+val) to get a more robust estimate, and then train final on everything. Actually, the key realization: for the FINAL model, I train on train+val (all 67+15=82 conditions). This gives better coverage than just train (67 conditions). The hidden test has its own held-out conditions. So my validation estimate (train 67 -> val 15) might be slightly pessimistic vs the final (82 conditions -> hidden). More training conditions should help. Let me set up grouped K-fold CV on all labeled data to get a robust estimate, and tune there. This uses all conditions as held-out folds, giving ~82 conditions worth of held-out evaluation , much more reliable than 15. Let me build that. I'll assign group ids via nominal rounding, then GroupKFold. Let me also engineer better features. Let me think about the most physically-motivated features: - log10(f): frequency - log10(delta): thickness - log10(f*delta/U): Strouhal (peak location) - angle - log10(chord) - velocity / Mach - Reynolds-ish: log10(U*chord) - interactions Let me set up grouped CV and tune ExtraTrees + ensemble. Let me write a reusable module.
Key insight: angle≈12.3 conditions are systematically **under-predicted** (separated flow), and small-chord/high-velocity conditions have high variance. Let me set up grouped K-fold CV across ALL labeled data for a far more reliable estimate (82 conditions vs 15), since the final model trains on train+val.
bash
cd /app && cat > /tmp/gcv.py << 'EOF'
import sys; sys.path.insert(0,'/tmp'); sys.path.insert(0,'/app')
import pandas as pd, numpy as np
from evalharness import cond_ids, metrics
import warnings; warnings.filterwarnings('ignore')
from sklearn.model_selection import GroupKFold

train = pd.read_csv('/app/data/train.csv'); val = pd.read_csv('/app/data/validation.csv')
ALL = pd.concat([train,val], ignore_index=True)
TGT='scaled_sound_pressure_level'
COND = cond_ids(ALL)
# integer group ids
uniq = {c:i for i,c in enumerate(sorted(set(COND)))}
GROUPS = np.array([uniq[c] for c in COND])
print('total conditions:', len(uniq), 'rows:', len(ALL))

def grouped_eval(make_model, feateng, n_splits=10, seed=0):
    y = ALL[TGT].values
    oof = np.full(len(ALL), np.nan)
    gkf = GroupKFold(n_splits=n_splits)
    for tr,te in gkf.split(ALL, y, GROUPS):
        Xtr = feateng(ALL.iloc[tr]); Xte = feateng(ALL.iloc[te])
        m = make_model(); m.fit(Xtr, y[tr]); oof[te] = m.predict(Xte)
    m = metrics(y, oof, COND)
    return m, oof

def pr(name, m):
    tgt = dict(rmse=2.25, mae=1.55, p90=2.35, p95=4.75, mx=5.60)
    def fl(k): return 'OK' if m[k]<=tgt[k] else 'XX'
    print('{0:28s} rmse={1:.3f}[{2}] mae={3:.3f}[{4}] p90={5:.3f}[{6}] p95={7:.3f}[{8}] max={9:.3f}[{10}] nc={11}'.format(
        name, m['rmse'],fl('rmse'), m['mae'],fl('mae'), m['p90'],fl('p90'), m['p95'],fl('p95'), m['mx'],fl('mx'), m['ncond']))
EOF
echo "gcv module written"
output
gcv module written
bash
cd /app && python3 -c "
import sys; sys.path.insert(0,'/tmp')
from gcv import grouped_eval, pr
import numpy as np, pandas as pd
def feateng(df):
    f=df['frequency'].astype(float); a=df['attack_angle'].astype(float)
    c=df['chord_length'].astype(float); v=df['free_stream_velocity'].astype(float)
    t=df['suction_side_displacement_thickness'].astype(float)
    X=pd.DataFrame(index=df.index)
    X['logf']=np.log10(f); X['a']=a; X['logc']=np.log10(c); X['v']=v; X['logt']=np.log10(t)
    X['strouhal']=np.log10(f*t/v); X['logfc']=np.log10(f*c)
    return X
from sklearn.ensemble import ExtraTreesRegressor, RandomForestRegressor, HistGradientBoostingRegressor
pr('ET-600', grouped_eval(lambda:ExtraTreesRegressor(n_estimators=600,n_jobs=-1,random_state=0), feateng)[0])
pr('RF-600', grouped_eval(lambda:RandomForestRegressor(n_estimators=600,n_jobs=-1,random_state=0), feateng)[0])
pr('HGB', grouped_eval(lambda:HistGradientBoostingRegressor(max_iter=600,learning_rate=0.05,random_state=0), feateng)[0])
"
output
total conditions: 82 rows: 1157
ET-600                       rmse=2.122[OK] mae=1.588[XX] p90=2.913[XX] p95=3.701[OK] max=4.738[OK] nc=82
RF-600                       rmse=2.425[XX] mae=1.807[XX] p90=3.430[XX] p95=4.200[OK] max=5.363[OK] nc=82
HGB                          rmse=2.343[XX] mae=1.743[XX] p90=3.506[XX] p95=4.056[OK] max=5.838[XX] nc=82
With 82 conditions in grouped CV, ExtraTrees gives rmse=2.122 (OK), mae=1.588 (just over 1.55), p90=2.913 (over 2.35). So I need to improve mae and especially p90. The p90 over 82 conditions = ~8th worst condition. I need to bring down the worst conditions. Let me think about what's limiting. The model is good on average but fails on specific conditions. Let me improve features and consider a smoother model blended with trees. Ideas to try: 1. More/better features , particularly Strouhal-based and separation indicators. 2. Target the separated-flow (high angle) conditions with a dedicated feature. 3. Ensemble ET with a smooth model (MLP/SVR) to reduce per-condition variance. 4. Quantile/log considerations. Let me investigate: is the thickness feature itself a problem? For held-out conditions, thickness is a new value. The thickness is actually strongly determined by (angle, chord, velocity). For the separated conditions, maybe thickness is large. Let me look at feature importances and also whether dropping raw (non-log) features helps. Actually, let me take a step back and think about BPM physics more concretely. The Strouhal collapse idea: let me test whether SPL can be modeled well by a spectral function. But given time constraints, let me focus on improving the ML ensemble. Let me try: - ExtraTrees with tuned min_samples_leaf and max_features. - Adding more features. - Blending. Let me do a feature-set and hyperparameter exploration for ExtraTrees.
ExtraTrees via 82-condition grouped CV: rmse OK but mae=1.588 and p90=2.913 need work. Let me explore richer physics features and tune ExtraTrees.
bash
cd /app && python3 -c "
import sys; sys.path.insert(0,'/tmp')
from gcv import grouped_eval, pr
import numpy as np, pandas as pd
from sklearn.ensemble import ExtraTreesRegressor
def fe_rich(df):
    f=df['frequency'].astype(float); a=df['attack_angle'].astype(float)
    c=df['chord_length'].astype(float); v=df['free_stream_velocity'].astype(float)
    t=df['suction_side_displacement_thickness'].astype(float)
    X=pd.DataFrame(index=df.index)
    X['logf']=np.log10(f); X['a']=a; X['logc']=np.log10(c); X['v']=v; X['logt']=np.log10(t)
    X['St']=np.log10(f*t/v); X['logfc']=np.log10(f*c); X['logft']=np.log10(f*t)
    X['Re_c']=np.log10(v*c); X['Re_t']=np.log10(v*t); X['mach']=v/340.0
    X['a_logc']=a*np.log10(c); X['a_v']=a*v; X['St_a']=np.log10(f*t/v)*a
    X['tc']=t/c; X['logtc']=np.log10(t/c)
    return X
for msl in [1,2,3]:
  for mf in [0.6,0.8,1.0]:
    m,_=grouped_eval(lambda:ExtraTreesRegressor(n_estimators=500,n_jobs=-1,random_state=0,
                     min_samples_leaf=msl,max_features=mf), fe_rich)
    pr('ET msl=%d mf=%.1f'%(msl,mf), m)
"
output
total conditions: 82 rows: 1157
ET msl=1 mf=0.6              rmse=2.219[OK] mae=1.651[XX] p90=3.227[XX] p95=3.632[OK] max=5.585[OK] nc=82
ET msl=1 mf=0.8              rmse=2.199[OK] mae=1.637[XX] p90=3.105[XX] p95=3.698[OK] max=5.506[OK] nc=82
ET msl=1 mf=1.0              rmse=2.176[OK] mae=1.615[XX] p90=3.034[XX] p95=3.729[OK] max=5.512[OK] nc=82
ET msl=2 mf=0.6              rmse=2.249[OK] mae=1.685[XX] p90=3.247[XX] p95=3.689[OK] max=5.620[XX] nc=82
ET msl=2 mf=0.8              rmse=2.224[OK] mae=1.656[XX] p90=3.146[XX] p95=3.727[OK] max=5.535[OK] nc=82
ET msl=2 mf=1.0              rmse=2.198[OK] mae=1.639[XX] p90=3.038[XX] p95=3.724[OK] max=5.466[OK] nc=82
ET msl=3 mf=0.6              rmse=2.320[XX] mae=1.742[XX] p90=3.293[XX] p95=3.777[OK] max=5.594[OK] nc=82
ET msl=3 mf=0.8              rmse=2.283[XX] mae=1.712[XX] p90=3.225[XX] p95=3.713[OK] max=5.468[OK] nc=82
ET msl=3 mf=1.0              rmse=2.254[XX] mae=1.685[XX] p90=3.166[XX] p95=3.766[OK] max=5.462[OK] nc=82
Interesting , the "rich" feature set actually made things slightly WORSE than the simpler 7-feature set (which gave rmse 2.122, mae 1.588, p90 2.913). The extra features add noise. Let me go back toward the simpler set but be more careful. Wait, the earlier simpler feateng gave ET-600: rmse=2.122, mae=1.588, p90=2.913. That's better. So adding more features hurt. Let me verify with the simpler set at n_estimators=500/600, mf=1.0. The difference between fe_rich (mf=1.0, msl=1: rmse 2.176) and the simple 7-feature set (rmse 2.122) , the simple set is better. So feature selection matters. Let me find the best compact feature set. Key features seem to be: logf, a, logc, v, logt, St, logfc. Let me try variations: maybe the raw v vs mach, maybe dropping some. Let me do a more systematic feature study starting from the good base. Actually, let me reconsider. ExtraTrees uses random split points. With more features at mf=1.0 it considers all. The issue is high-dimensional noise. Let me prune. Let me test incremental feature addition on the base. But stepping back: the fundamental limitation is p90 ~2.9 over 82 conditions. I need a qualitatively better model. Let me think about blending tree models with a smooth physics model. Let me reconsider the whole modeling approach. What if I build a model specifically around the spectral shape? Let me examine the Strouhal collapse empirically , if SPL - baseline collapses onto a universal curve vs St, then a smooth model on St plus scaling features would be very accurate and generalize well. Let me test: fit a model and examine residual structure. Actually, let me just try a well-tuned MLP with good features and careful regularization , neural nets can capture the smooth physics and extrapolate better than trees for this kind of problem. The earlier MLP was poor but I didn't tune it or use the right architecture/scaling. Alternatively, a blend: average ExtraTrees with HistGradientBoosting and an MLP. Let me first nail the best feature set for ET, then build a blend. Let me do feature ablation.
The richer features hurt. The compact 7-feature set was better (rmse 2.122, mae 1.588, p90 2.913). Let me systematically find the best compact feature set.
bash
cd /app && python3 -c "
import sys; sys.path.insert(0,'/tmp')
from gcv import grouped_eval, pr
import numpy as np, pandas as pd
from sklearn.ensemble import ExtraTreesRegressor
def mk(cols):
    def fe(df):
        f=df['frequency'].astype(float); a=df['attack_angle'].astype(float)
        c=df['chord_length'].astype(float); v=df['free_stream_velocity'].astype(float)
        t=df['suction_side_displacement_thickness'].astype(float)
        d=dict(logf=np.log10(f), a=a, logc=np.log10(c), v=v, logt=np.log10(t),
               St=np.log10(f*t/v), logfc=np.log10(f*c), logft=np.log10(f*t),
               Re_c=np.log10(v*c), mach=v/340.0, f=f, t=t, c=c)
        return pd.DataFrame({k:d[k] for k in cols}, index=df.index)
    return fe
base=['logf','a','logc','v','logt','St','logfc']
mk_model=lambda:ExtraTreesRegressor(n_estimators=500,n_jobs=-1,random_state=0)
pr('base7', grouped_eval(mk_model, mk(base))[0])
pr('base-St', grouped_eval(mk_model, mk([x for x in base if x!='St']))[0])
pr('base-logfc', grouped_eval(mk_model, mk([x for x in base if x!='logfc']))[0])
pr('base-logc', grouped_eval(mk_model, mk([x for x in base if x!='logc']))[0])
pr('base+logft', grouped_eval(mk_model, mk(base+['logft']))[0])
pr('base+Re_c', grouped_eval(mk_model, mk(base+['Re_c']))[0])
pr('core5', grouped_eval(mk_model, mk(['logf','a','logc','v','logt']))[0])
pr('core5+St', grouped_eval(mk_model, mk(['logf','a','logc','v','logt','St']))[0])
"
output
total conditions: 82 rows: 1157
base7                        rmse=2.121[OK] mae=1.588[XX] p90=2.926[XX] p95=3.700[OK] max=4.736[OK] nc=82
base-St                      rmse=2.382[XX] mae=1.787[XX] p90=3.572[XX] p95=4.190[OK] max=5.364[OK] nc=82
base-logfc                   rmse=2.214[OK] mae=1.662[XX] p90=3.118[XX] p95=3.613[OK] max=5.053[OK] nc=82
base-logc                    rmse=2.230[OK] mae=1.666[XX] p90=3.464[XX] p95=3.793[OK] max=4.669[OK] nc=82
base+logft                   rmse=2.110[OK] mae=1.589[XX] p90=2.911[XX] p95=3.549[OK] max=4.962[OK] nc=82
base+Re_c                    rmse=2.160[OK] mae=1.611[XX] p90=3.052[XX] p95=3.710[OK] max=5.173[OK] nc=82
core5                        rmse=2.617[XX] mae=1.991[XX] p90=3.936[XX] p95=4.296[OK] max=5.615[XX] nc=82
core5+St                     rmse=2.214[OK] mae=1.662[XX] p90=3.118[XX] p95=3.613[OK] max=5.053[OK] nc=82
The St (Strouhal) feature is crucial (without it, rmse jumps to 2.38). base7 and base+logft are best (~2.11). The feature set is saturated around rmse 2.11, mae 1.59, p90 2.9. ExtraTrees alone can't get below p90 2.35. I need a fundamentally better approach or a strong ensemble. Let me think about this more carefully. The key realization is that tree-based models produce piecewise-constant predictions, which creates bias on held-out conditions. A smooth model that captures the physics could generalize better. Let me revisit the physics / Strouhal collapse idea seriously. Let me test whether, after removing a simple scaling, the SPL collapses as a function of Strouhal number. If I can build a good smooth parametric/semi-parametric model, it will generalize much better to held-out conditions. Actually, a cleaner idea: Use a smooth model (MLP or SVR) that interpolates, and blend with ExtraTrees. The blend often reduces per-condition variance. But my earlier MLP and SVR were worse. Let me reconsider , maybe they need better tuning and the right features. Let me actually think about a more powerful approach: Gaussian Process with a physically-motivated kernel, or a well-regularized MLP ensemble. Alternatively , a big idea: maybe I should build a 2-stage model. Stage 1: predict the condition-level "spectrum scaling" (overall level). Stage 2: the spectral shape as function of Strouhal. But this is complex. Let me try a carefully-tuned MLP ensemble (averaging several seeds), which tends to be smooth and generalizes well. Let me also try blending MLP + ExtraTrees + HGB. Let me first get a good single MLP. Neural nets benefit from standardized inputs and enough capacity but regularization. Let me tune. Actually, let me reconsider the target scale. SPL ranges ~105-140, std ~6.7. MLP with MSE loss should be fine on standardized target too. Let me try MLP with various architectures, with feature standardization, averaging multiple seeds.
The Strouhal feature is essential. ExtraTrees saturates around p90≈2.9. I need smoother generalization. Let me seriously test the physics: does SPL collapse onto a universal spectral shape vs Strouhal number? And let me tune an MLP ensemble properly.
bash
cd /app && python3 -c "
import sys; sys.path.insert(0,'/tmp')
from gcv import grouped_eval, pr
import numpy as np, pandas as pd
from sklearn.neural_network import MLPRegressor
from sklearn.pipeline import make_pipeline
from sklearn.preprocessing import StandardScaler
def fe(df):
    f=df['frequency'].astype(float); a=df['attack_angle'].astype(float)
    c=df['chord_length'].astype(float); v=df['free_stream_velocity'].astype(float)
    t=df['suction_side_displacement_thickness'].astype(float)
    return pd.DataFrame(dict(logf=np.log10(f), a=a, logc=np.log10(c), v=v, logt=np.log10(t),
           St=np.log10(f*t/v), logfc=np.log10(f*c), logft=np.log10(f*t)), index=df.index)
def mk(arch, alpha):
    return make_pipeline(StandardScaler(),
        MLPRegressor(hidden_layer_sizes=arch, alpha=alpha, max_iter=3000,
                     random_state=0, activation='tanh'))
for arch in [(64,64),(128,64),(100,100,50)]:
  for alpha in [1e-3,1e-2]:
    pr('MLP %s a=%.e'%(str(arch),alpha), grouped_eval(lambda arch=arch,alpha=alpha:mk(arch,alpha), fe)[0])
"
output
[stderr]
total conditions: 82 rows: 1157
MLP (64, 64) a=1e-03         rmse=2.822[XX] mae=2.022[XX] p90=3.621[XX] p95=4.219[OK] max=10.884[XX] nc=82
MLP (64, 64) a=1e-02         rmse=2.848[XX] mae=2.019[XX] p90=3.809[XX] p95=4.160[OK] max=11.034[XX] nc=82
MLP (128, 64) a=1e-03        rmse=4.948[XX] mae=3.427[XX] p90=8.408[XX] p95=9.273[XX] max=15.192[XX] nc=82
MLP (128, 64) a=1e-02        rmse=4.822[XX] mae=3.321[XX] p90=8.722[XX] p95=9.736[XX] max=13.432[XX] nc=82
MLP (100, 100, 50) a=1e-03   rmse=6.739[XX] mae=5.465[XX] p90=8.413[XX] p95=9.014[XX] max=13.055[XX] nc=82Shell command timed out.
Tool interaction exceeded 300 seconds.
MLP is poor and slow. Let me restart the tool. MLPs are not working well and are slow (training with lbfgs might help but let me not go down this path extensively). Let me reconsider. The tree ensemble gives the best results so far. Let me think about how to reduce per-condition failures. Key idea: The physics Strouhal collapse. Let me restart and test that properly. If SPL minus a level term collapses as a function of St, I can fit a smooth 1D-ish function that generalizes perfectly. Let me restart the bash tool.
bash
restart: true
output
<system>tool has been restarted.</system>
bash
cd /app && timeout 120 python3 -c "
import pandas as pd, numpy as np
train = pd.read_csv('/app/data/train.csv'); val=pd.read_csv('/app/data/validation.csv')
ALL=pd.concat([train,val],ignore_index=True)
# Test Strouhal collapse: group by condition, look at spectral shape
chords=np.array([0.0254,0.0508,0.1016,0.1524,0.2286,0.3048]); vels=np.array([31.7,39.6,55.5,71.3])
angs=np.array([0,1.5,2.0,3.0,3.3,4.0,4.8,5.3,6.7,7.3,8.4,8.9,9.5,9.9,11.2,12.3,12.6,15.4,15.6,17.4,19.7,22.2])
def nn(x,arr): return arr[np.argmin(np.abs(arr[None,:]-np.array(x)[:,None]),axis=1)]
f=ALL.frequency.values; t=ALL.suction_side_displacement_thickness.values; v=ALL.free_stream_velocity.values
St=f*t/v
ALL['St']=St; ALL['logSt']=np.log10(St)
print('log10(St) range:', np.round(np.log10(St).min(),2), np.round(np.log10(St).max(),2))
# For each condition, find peak SPL and peak frequency
c=nn(ALL.chord_length.values,chords); vv=nn(v,vels); a=nn(ALL.attack_angle.values,angs)
ALL['cid']=list(zip(np.round(c,4),np.round(vv,1),np.round(a,2)))
# correlation of SPL with logSt overall
print('corr SPL vs logSt:', np.corrcoef(ALL.logSt, ALL.scaled_sound_pressure_level)[0,1])
" 
output
log10(St) range: -1.97 0.97
corr SPL vs logSt: -0.579236477883863
Let me think strategically rather than going deep on physics. The ExtraTrees model is the strongest. Its limitation is p90 ~2.9 and mae ~1.59. Let me reconsider the problem. The grouped CV on 82 conditions may actually be HARDER than the real hidden test, OR similar. But I should optimize my proxy. Let me reconsider: maybe the issue is that a few conditions are systematically biased (like the angle=12.3 ones being under-predicted). If I can fix the bias, p90 improves. The bias at high angle suggests the model doesn't capture the separated-flow noise increase. Tree models interpolate and miss the nonlinear jump. Idea: Build a blend/ensemble of diverse tree models (ET + RF + HGB + GBR) which might average out. But they all had similar issues. Alternative idea: Feature engineering for separation. The "separated flow" regime in BPM is governed by angle relative to a threshold. Let me add features like max(0, angle - threshold), angle^2, and angle*chord interactions. Let me also reconsider: maybe a quantile-based or distance-weighted KNN on physics features does well for shape. Actually, let me reconsider the ensemble approach more cleverly. A strong technique for this kind of tabular physics data with held-out groups: ExtraTrees (low bias, captures interactions) blended with a smooth model. Since MLP failed, let me try a well-tuned Gaussian Process or a polynomial ridge in the physics features (which extrapolates smoothly). Let me test a blend of ET + HGB + GBR and see if averaging reduces p90. Let me also add the separation features to ET. Let me be efficient with compute , use smaller n_estimators for exploration and cap time. Let me restart gcv import (it reads data fresh each call, fine). Let me test separation features + blends.
Let me test separation-aware features (high-angle nonlinearity) and diverse tree blends, keeping compute bounded.
bash
cd /app && timeout 280 python3 -c "
import sys; sys.path.insert(0,'/tmp')
from gcv import grouped_eval, pr
import numpy as np, pandas as pd
from sklearn.ensemble import ExtraTreesRegressor
def mk(cols):
    def fe(df):
        f=df['frequency'].astype(float); a=df['attack_angle'].astype(float)
        c=df['chord_length'].astype(float); v=df['free_stream_velocity'].astype(float)
        t=df['suction_side_displacement_thickness'].astype(float)
        d=dict(logf=np.log10(f), a=a, logc=np.log10(c), v=v, logt=np.log10(t),
               St=np.log10(f*t/v), logfc=np.log10(f*c), logft=np.log10(f*t),
               a2=a*a, asep=np.maximum(0,a-8.0), a_logt=a*np.log10(t), St2=np.log10(f*t/v)**2)
        return pd.DataFrame({k:d[k] for k in cols}, index=df.index)
    return fe
base=['logf','a','logc','v','logt','St','logfc','logft']
M=lambda:ExtraTreesRegressor(n_estimators=400,n_jobs=-1,random_state=0)
pr('base8', grouped_eval(M, mk(base))[0])
pr('base8+a2', grouped_eval(M, mk(base+['a2']))[0])
pr('base8+asep', grouped_eval(M, mk(base+['asep']))[0])
pr('base8+St2', grouped_eval(M, mk(base+['St2']))[0])
pr('base8+a_logt', grouped_eval(M, mk(base+['a_logt']))[0])
pr('base8+all', grouped_eval(M, mk(base+['a2','asep','a_logt','St2']))[0])
"
output
total conditions: 82 rows: 1157
base8                        rmse=2.108[OK] mae=1.587[XX] p90=2.944[XX] p95=3.506[OK] max=4.945[OK] nc=82
base8+a2                     rmse=2.100[OK] mae=1.575[XX] p90=2.918[XX] p95=3.583[OK] max=5.042[OK] nc=82
base8+asep                   rmse=2.096[OK] mae=1.577[XX] p90=2.977[XX] p95=3.371[OK] max=4.972[OK] nc=82
base8+St2                    rmse=2.117[OK] mae=1.586[XX] p90=2.897[XX] p95=3.734[OK] max=4.965[OK] nc=82
base8+a_logt                 rmse=2.100[OK] mae=1.578[XX] p90=2.862[XX] p95=3.567[OK] max=5.080[OK] nc=82
base8+all                    rmse=2.106[OK] mae=1.577[XX] p90=2.753[XX] p95=3.596[OK] max=5.065[OK] nc=82
Marginal improvements. base8+all gives p90=2.753 (still >2.35). The p90 is stubborn around 2.7-2.9. I'm hitting a wall with tree models at p90~2.7. I need a fundamentally better generalization approach. Let me reconsider. The core issue: held-out conditions have systematic errors. Let me think about what makes a condition predictable. Big idea: The thickness (delta_star) is the key scaling variable, and it's nearly constant within a condition. For a held-out condition, the model sees a NEW thickness. If the thickness for that condition is outside or at the edge of the training distribution for similar (chord, angle), trees extrapolate poorly. Actually, let me reconsider the data generation. The task says "calibrated benchmark derived from public UCI" with jitter. The relationship between features and SPL should be smooth and largely the same as UCI. Let me reconsider: Perhaps the best approach is a careful ensemble that includes a smooth component. Let me get the MLP working with lbfgs solver (fast for small data) and proper regularization, averaging multiple seeds. The relu/adam MLP blew up; lbfgs with tanh and moderate size might be stable and smooth. Actually, let me reconsider the whole thing. Let me try a Gaussian Process Regressor with a Matern/RBF kernel on standardized physics features. GPs are smooth and great at interpolation, and with 1157 points it's feasible (O(n^3) ~ 1.5e9, borderline but doable in maybe 10-30s). Let me try GP carefully with a fixed kernel (no expensive optimization) to control time. Let me test GP and a distance-weighted KNN blend. Let me also try SVR with better tuning (lower gamma for smoother fit). Earlier SVR C=10 gamma=scale gave rmse 2.68 , not great. Hmm. Let me think about why smooth models underperform trees here. The SPL surface has interactions and sharp-ish features (spectral peak). Trees capture the peak location well. Smooth global models blur it. A localized smooth model (GP with short lengthscale, or KNN) might work. Let me test GP with a reasonable kernel and KNN distance-weighted with tuned k and feature scaling. Let me test these with time limits. Actually, let me reconsider , maybe blending trees with KNN helps fill the gaps. Let me test KNN more carefully (it was rmse 3.08 before, poor). Let me try GP. With 1157 training points per fold (~1040), GP fit is ~1040^3 ≈ 1.1e9 flops for Cholesky , fast (<1s). 10 folds fine. Let me test GP with Matern kernel, fixed hyperparameters (optimizer=None) to avoid slow optimization, tuning lengthscale manually.
Tree models plateau at p90≈2.7. I need smooth interpolation. Let me try a Gaussian Process (great for smooth physical surfaces) with fixed kernels to control runtime.
bash
cd /app && timeout 280 python3 -c "
import sys; sys.path.insert(0,'/tmp')
from gcv import grouped_eval, pr
import numpy as np, pandas as pd
from sklearn.gaussian_process import GaussianProcessRegressor
from sklearn.gaussian_process.kernels import Matern, RBF, WhiteKernel, ConstantKernel as C
from sklearn.pipeline import make_pipeline
from sklearn.preprocessing import StandardScaler
def fe(df):
    f=df['frequency'].astype(float); a=df['attack_angle'].astype(float)
    c=df['chord_length'].astype(float); v=df['free_stream_velocity'].astype(float)
    t=df['suction_side_displacement_thickness'].astype(float)
    return pd.DataFrame(dict(logf=np.log10(f), a=a, logc=np.log10(c), v=v, logt=np.log10(t),
           St=np.log10(f*t/v), logfc=np.log10(f*c)), index=df.index)
def mkgp(ls, nu, noise):
    k = C(50.0)*Matern(length_scale=ls, nu=nu) + WhiteKernel(noise)
    return make_pipeline(StandardScaler(),
        GaussianProcessRegressor(kernel=k, optimizer=None, normalize_y=True, alpha=1e-6))
for ls in [1.0,2.0,3.0]:
  for nu in [1.5,2.5]:
    pr('GP ls=%.1f nu=%.1f'%(ls,nu), grouped_eval(lambda ls=ls,nu=nu:mkgp(ls,nu,1.0), fe, n_splits=5)[0])
"
output
total conditions: 82 rows: 1157
GP ls=1.0 nu=1.5             rmse=2.607[XX] mae=1.929[XX] p90=3.688[XX] p95=4.812[XX] max=5.853[XX] nc=82
GP ls=1.0 nu=2.5             rmse=2.616[XX] mae=1.937[XX] p90=3.739[XX] p95=4.720[OK] max=5.846[XX] nc=82
GP ls=2.0 nu=1.5             rmse=2.438[XX] mae=1.809[XX] p90=3.472[XX] p95=3.892[OK] max=5.852[XX] nc=82
GP ls=2.0 nu=2.5             rmse=2.453[XX] mae=1.822[XX] p90=3.370[XX] p95=4.093[OK] max=6.187[XX] nc=82
GP ls=3.0 nu=1.5             rmse=2.423[XX] mae=1.785[XX] p90=3.357[XX] p95=3.930[OK] max=6.759[XX] nc=82
GP ls=3.0 nu=2.5             rmse=2.430[XX] mae=1.780[XX] p90=3.363[XX] p95=3.575[OK] max=7.313[XX] nc=82
GP is worse than ExtraTrees too. The smooth global models are consistently worse (~2.4-2.6 rmse) than trees (~2.1). So trees are the best base. The problem is inherently hard , held-out conditions have ~2.1 rmse and p90 ~2.7. Let me reconsider the target. The targets are rmse<=2.25, mae<=1.55, p90<=2.35. My grouped CV gives rmse 2.10, mae 1.58, p90 2.75. The question: is my grouped CV a faithful proxy for the hidden test, or is it pessimistic? Key consideration: For the FINAL model, I train on ALL 82 conditions (train+val). The hidden test is OTHER conditions. In my 10-fold grouped CV, each model trains on ~74 conditions and predicts ~8. So training-condition count (74) is close to the final (82). The hidden test conditions , how many? Unknown, but the metrics p90/p95/max depend on the number of hidden conditions. Actually, maybe the hidden test has fewer, "nicer" conditions, or the calibration makes it easier. But I should assume my CV is representative. There's a gap: I need mae 1.55 (have 1.58) and p90 2.35 (have 2.75). Close on mae, far on p90. Let me reconsider. Is there label noise in this "calibrated" dataset? The task says "calibrated." Maybe the labels were smoothed/recalibrated, making them MORE predictable than raw UCI (which has measurement noise). If so, the hidden labels might be cleaner and my model (trained on calibrated train labels) would do better on hidden than my CV suggests. But my CV uses the same calibrated labels, so it should be consistent. Let me focus on squeezing the tree model. Key levers: 1. Blending diverse models to reduce variance → lowers worst-condition RMSE. 2. More trees (variance reduction). 3. Better handling of the systematic bias in certain regimes. Let me build a blend of ExtraTrees (multiple seeds) + HistGradientBoosting + GradientBoosting and measure. Averaging reduces variance which should help p90/max. Let me also reconsider: the worst conditions had high VARIANCE (not bias) for small-chord/high-velocity, and BIAS for high-angle. Variance reduction via more trees + ensemble helps the former. For bias, I need features/interactions. Let me test a blend. I'll generate OOF predictions for each model and average. Let me modify gcv to return oof, then blend oof arrays. Let me test: ET(base8+all features) blended with HGB and GBR. Given compute limits, let me be careful. Let me write one script that computes OOF for 3-4 models and blends, within the time budget.
Trees remain best; smooth global models underperform. Let me build a blend (variance reduction helps worst-condition RMSE) by generating OOF predictions from diverse models and averaging.
bash
cd /app && timeout 290 python3 -c "
import sys; sys.path.insert(0,'/tmp')
from gcv import grouped_eval, pr
from evalharness import metrics
import numpy as np, pandas as pd
from sklearn.ensemble import ExtraTreesRegressor, RandomForestRegressor, HistGradientBoostingRegressor, GradientBoostingRegressor
import warnings; warnings.filterwarnings('ignore')
train=pd.read_csv('/app/data/train.csv'); val=pd.read_csv('/app/data/validation.csv')
ALL=pd.concat([train,val],ignore_index=True)
from evalharness import cond_ids
COND=cond_ids(ALL); y=ALL['scaled_sound_pressure_level'].values
def fe(df):
    f=df['frequency'].astype(float); a=df['attack_angle'].astype(float)
    c=df['chord_length'].astype(float); v=df['free_stream_velocity'].astype(float)
    t=df['suction_side_displacement_thickness'].astype(float)
    return pd.DataFrame(dict(logf=np.log10(f), a=a, logc=np.log10(c), v=v, logt=np.log10(t),
           St=np.log10(f*t/v), logfc=np.log10(f*c), logft=np.log10(f*t),
           a2=a*a, asep=np.maximum(0,a-8.0), a_logt=a*np.log10(t), St2=np.log10(f*t/v)**2), index=df.index)
models={
 'ET': lambda:ExtraTreesRegressor(n_estimators=600,n_jobs=-1,random_state=0),
 'ET2': lambda:ExtraTreesRegressor(n_estimators=600,n_jobs=-1,random_state=7,max_features=0.7),
 'HGB': lambda:HistGradientBoostingRegressor(max_iter=700,learning_rate=0.04,max_leaf_nodes=31,random_state=0,l2_regularization=1.0),
 'GBR': lambda:GradientBoostingRegressor(n_estimators=500,max_depth=3,learning_rate=0.04,subsample=0.8,random_state=0),
}
oofs={}
for name,mk in models.items():
    m,oof=grouped_eval(mk, fe, n_splits=10); oofs[name]=oof; pr(name, m)
# blends
print('--- blends ---')
pr('ET+HGB', metrics(y,(oofs['ET']+oofs['HGB'])/2, COND))
pr('ET+GBR', metrics(y,(oofs['ET']+oofs['GBR'])/2, COND))
pr('ET+ET2+HGB+GBR', metrics(y,(oofs['ET']+oofs['ET2']+oofs['HGB']+oofs['GBR'])/4, COND))
pr('ET2+HGB', metrics(y,(oofs['ET2']+oofs['HGB'])/2, COND))
pr('0.5ET+0.25HGB+0.25GBR', metrics(y,0.5*oofs['ET']+0.25*oofs['HGB']+0.25*oofs['GBR'], COND))
np.save('/tmp/oof_ET.npy',oofs['ET']); np.save('/tmp/oof_HGB.npy',oofs['HGB']); np.save('/tmp/oof_GBR.npy',oofs['GBR']); np.save('/tmp/y.npy',y)
"
output
total conditions: 82 rows: 1157
ET                           rmse=2.112[OK] mae=1.580[XX] p90=2.773[XX] p95=3.670[OK] max=5.083[OK] nc=82
ET2                          rmse=2.109[OK] mae=1.583[XX] p90=2.802[XX] p95=3.698[OK] max=5.074[OK] nc=82
HGB                          rmse=2.376[XX] mae=1.776[XX] p90=3.495[XX] p95=3.840[OK] max=5.576[OK] nc=82
GBR                          rmse=2.480[XX] mae=1.832[XX] p90=3.529[XX] p95=4.469[OK] max=6.944[XX] nc=82
--- blends ---
ET+HGB                       rmse=2.130[OK] mae=1.595[XX] p90=2.995[XX] p95=3.784[OK] max=4.642[OK] nc=82
ET+GBR                       rmse=2.162[OK] mae=1.612[XX] p90=2.974[XX] p95=3.991[OK] max=5.346[OK] nc=82
ET+ET2+HGB+GBR               rmse=2.125[OK] mae=1.590[XX] p90=2.959[XX] p95=3.852[OK] max=4.935[OK] nc=82
ET2+HGB                      rmse=2.129[OK] mae=1.597[XX] p90=3.045[XX] p95=3.801[OK] max=4.638[OK] nc=82
0.5ET+0.25HGB+0.25GBR        rmse=2.126[OK] mae=1.589[XX] p90=2.940[XX] p95=3.869[OK] max=4.903[OK] nc=82
ExtraTrees alone is actually the best (rmse 2.11, mae 1.58, p90 2.77). Blending with weaker models (HGB, GBR) hurts because they're worse. The boosting models are worse here. So ExtraTrees is the champion. p90=2.77 is the bottleneck. I need to get p90 down to 2.35. Let me reconsider. The p90 over 82 conditions is the ~8th-worst condition RMSE. Let me identify which conditions are consistently worst and understand the failure mode better, because maybe there's a targeted fix. Let me reconsider the possibility that my condition grouping (rounding) is slightly wrong, merging or splitting conditions incorrectly, which could inflate per-condition RMSE. For instance, the angle clusters at 3.0/3.3 and 12.3/12.6 were wide , my nominal set has both 3.0&3.3 and 12.3&12.6, but the rounding might misassign. If two真 distinct conditions get merged, their combined RMSE looks worse. Conversely if I split one true condition into two, each has fewer points. But the grader's grouping is what matters, and I'm approximating it. Let me not over-focus on exact grouping. Let me look at the worst conditions for the ET model with the full feature set and study bias vs variance. Actually , a key idea I haven't tried: TARGET TRANSFORMATION / bias correction for the spectral tails. The worst conditions might be at the high-frequency roll-off where SPL drops steeply. Let me look at WHERE within the spectrum the errors concentrate. Let me also reconsider: maybe I should add more trees and use bootstrap for ET, or tune more aggressively. But ET is fairly saturated. Let me examine residual patterns: error vs frequency, error vs angle, error vs chord. This will reveal systematic structure I can fix with features. Let me use the saved OOF for ET. Actually I didn't save ET's oof with the full feature set separately , I did save oof_ET.npy. Let me analyze it. But I need the per-row features. Let me recompute with a quick analysis.
ExtraTrees alone is the champion (p90=2.77); weaker boosters dilute it. Let me analyze ET's residual structure (vs frequency, angle, chord) to find systematic, fixable errors.
bash
cd /app && timeout 200 python3 -c "
import sys; sys.path.insert(0,'/tmp')
from gcv import grouped_eval
import numpy as np, pandas as pd
from sklearn.ensemble import ExtraTreesRegressor
train=pd.read_csv('/app/data/train.csv'); val=pd.read_csv('/app/data/validation.csv')
ALL=pd.concat([train,val],ignore_index=True)
def fe(df):
    f=df['frequency'].astype(float); a=df['attack_angle'].astype(float)
    c=df['chord_length'].astype(float); v=df['free_stream_velocity'].astype(float)
    t=df['suction_side_displacement_thickness'].astype(float)
    return pd.DataFrame(dict(logf=np.log10(f), a=a, logc=np.log10(c), v=v, logt=np.log10(t),
           St=np.log10(f*t/v), logfc=np.log10(f*c), logft=np.log10(f*t),
           a2=a*a, asep=np.maximum(0,a-8.0), a_logt=a*np.log10(t), St2=np.log10(f*t/v)**2), index=df.index)
m,oof=grouped_eval(lambda:ExtraTreesRegressor(n_estimators=500,n_jobs=-1,random_state=0), fe, n_splits=10)
err=oof-ALL['scaled_sound_pressure_level'].values
ALL['err']=err; ALL['abserr']=np.abs(err)
ALL['logf']=np.log10(ALL.frequency)
print('=== mean |err| by freq decile ===')
ALL['fb']=pd.qcut(ALL.logf,6)
print(ALL.groupby('fb',observed=True)['err'].agg(['mean','std','count']).round(3).to_string())
print('=== mean err by angle bin ===')
ALL['ab']=pd.cut(ALL.attack_angle,[-1,2,5,8,11,14,23])
print(ALL.groupby('ab',observed=True)['err'].agg(['mean','std','count']).round(3).to_string())
print('=== by chord ===')
ALL['cb']=pd.cut(ALL.chord_length,[0,0.04,0.07,0.13,0.19,0.26,0.4])
print(ALL.groupby('cb',observed=True)['err'].agg(['mean','std','count']).round(3).to_string())
"
output
total conditions: 82 rows: 1157
=== mean |err| by freq decile ===
                 mean    std  count
fb                                 
(2.299, 2.699]  0.104  3.021    193
(2.699, 2.999] -0.149  2.124    193
(2.999, 3.205]  0.026  1.830    193
(3.205, 3.498]  0.027  1.589    192
(3.498, 3.699] -0.185  1.867    193
(3.699, 4.302]  0.190  1.913    193
=== mean err by angle bin ===
           mean    std  count
ab                           
(-1, 2]   0.036  1.646    286
(2, 5]   -0.104  1.427    246
(5, 8]    0.002  2.261    142
(8, 11]  -0.002  2.149    154
(11, 14] -0.097  2.772    158
(14, 23]  0.194  2.679    171
=== by chord ===
               mean    std  count
cb                               
(0.0, 0.04]  -0.301  2.153    235
(0.04, 0.07]  0.414  2.478    185
(0.07, 0.13] -0.469  2.082    250
(0.13, 0.19]  0.758  2.162    169
(0.19, 0.26] -0.228  1.753    193
(0.26, 0.4]   0.239  1.407    125
Key findings: - Errors are largest at LOW frequency (std 3.02 at logf 2.3-2.7, i.e., 200-500 Hz) and at HIGH angle (std 2.77 at 11-14 deg, 2.68 at 14-23 deg). - The biggest variance is at low frequency. This makes sense , at low frequencies the SPL is on the rising part of the spectrum and varies a lot between conditions. No huge systematic bias by bin (means are small), so it's mostly variance, especially at low frequency and high angle. The low-frequency high variance is the issue. At low freq, the spectral level depends sensitively on the condition. For held-out conditions, this is hard. Let me think about the low-frequency behavior. In BPM, at low Strouhal the spectral shape function has a particular form. The St range is -1.97 to 0.97 in log10. Low frequency = low St. Hmm, I've spent a while. Let me step back and think about whether p90=2.77 on my CV could still pass the hidden target of 2.35. Actually, let me reconsider whether my grouped CV is pessimistic relative to the hidden test. The difference: - My CV trains on ~74 conditions, tests on ~8, across 10 folds = 82 test conditions total. - Final model trains on 82 conditions, hidden test on N unknown conditions. If the hidden test set has a similar structure, p90 ~2.7. That would FAIL (target 2.35). But wait , there might be a crucial difference. The hidden test is described as held-out condition GROUPS. The number of hidden conditions matters for p90. If there are, say, 15-40 hidden conditions, p90 is the 90th percentile , roughly the 2nd-4th worst. My CV p90 over 82 conditions = 8th worst. The distribution of per-condition RMSE: let me look at it. If most conditions are ~1.5 and a few are ~4-5, then p90 depends heavily on how many bad ones there are. Let me look at the actual sorted per-condition RMSE distribution to understand p90 sensitivity. Actually, let me reconsider the entire approach. Maybe there's a data leakage / structure I'm missing. Let me reconsider the "calibrated" aspect. The task explicitly warns: "Raw labels copied from external UCI files are not valid labels for this benchmark and may be rejected as source-label leakage." This strongly implies the labels here are a RECALIBRATED version of UCI. The calibration likely applied some transformation to the raw UCI SPL values. If the calibration is a smooth function of features (e.g., a bias correction), then the train labels already reflect it and I'm fine. My model learns the calibrated mapping directly. Good. So the core challenge stands: generalize across held-out conditions. Let me reconsider , maybe I'm overcomplicating. Let me check the sorted per-condition RMSE to see how far the tail is from 2.35, and how many conditions exceed it. Let me also reconsider that maybe averaging MANY ExtraTrees seeds (deep ensemble) reduces variance enough. ET with 600 trees is already fairly stable, but let me check if the worst-condition RMSE is variance-driven (reducible) or bias-driven (irreducible). Let me look at the sorted condition RMSEs.
Errors are variance-dominated at low frequency (200–500 Hz) and high angle. Let me examine the sorted per-condition RMSE distribution to see how many conditions exceed the 2.35 target and whether it's reducible variance.
bash
cd /app && timeout 200 python3 -c "
import sys; sys.path.insert(0,'/tmp')
from gcv import grouped_eval
from evalharness import cond_ids
import numpy as np, pandas as pd
from sklearn.ensemble import ExtraTreesRegressor
train=pd.read_csv('/app/data/train.csv'); val=pd.read_csv('/app/data/validation.csv')
ALL=pd.concat([train,val],ignore_index=True); COND=cond_ids(ALL)
y=ALL['scaled_sound_pressure_level'].values
def fe(df):
    f=df['frequency'].astype(float); a=df['attack_angle'].astype(float)
    c=df['chord_length'].astype(float); v=df['free_stream_velocity'].astype(float)
    t=df['suction_side_displacement_thickness'].astype(float)
    return pd.DataFrame(dict(logf=np.log10(f), a=a, logc=np.log10(c), v=v, logt=np.log10(t),
           St=np.log10(f*t/v), logfc=np.log10(f*c), logft=np.log10(f*t),
           a2=a*a, asep=np.maximum(0,a-8.0), a_logt=a*np.log10(t), St2=np.log10(f*t/v)**2), index=df.index)
_,oof=grouped_eval(lambda:ExtraTreesRegressor(n_estimators=800,n_jobs=-1,random_state=0), fe, n_splits=10)
df=pd.DataFrame({'c':COND,'e':oof-y})
cr=df.groupby('c')['e'].apply(lambda s:np.sqrt(np.mean(s**2))).sort_values(ascending=False)
print('worst 12 conditions:'); print(cr.head(12).to_string())
print()
print('n conditions > 2.35:', (cr>2.35).sum(), 'of', len(cr))
print('p90=%.3f p95=%.3f'%(np.percentile(cr,90),np.percentile(cr,95)))
"
output
total conditions: 82 rows: 1157
worst 12 conditions:
c
(0.1524, 39.6, 12.6)    5.091927
(0.0254, 71.3, 0.0)     3.981369
(0.2286, 71.3, 7.3)     3.895024
(0.0508, 71.3, 19.7)    3.837997
(0.0508, 31.7, 8.4)     3.651712
(0.1016, 71.3, 15.6)    3.339254
(0.0254, 39.6, 22.2)    3.320620
(0.1524, 71.3, 7.3)     2.817991
(0.0254, 39.6, 17.4)    2.797618
(0.1016, 55.5, 6.7)     2.772422
(0.1016, 39.6, 8.9)     2.735121
(0.1016, 31.7, 12.3)    2.698755

n conditions > 2.35: 20 of 82
p90=2.795 p95=3.636
20 of 82 conditions exceed 2.35. The worst is (0.1524, 39.6, 12.6) at 5.09 , an angle-12.6 condition again. High-angle conditions dominate the worst list: 12.6, 19.7, 8.4, 15.6, 22.2, 17.4, 7.3, 6.7, 8.9, 12.3. These are mid-to-high angle conditions (separated flow). This is a lot of conditions over target. p90=2.795. To get p90<=2.35, I'd need only ~8 conditions over 2.35 (the worst 8 can be >2.35, the 9th must be <=2.35 for the 90th percentile... actually p90 of 82 values = value at rank 0.9*82≈74, so the 74th smallest = 9th largest must be <=2.35). Currently 20 exceed. I need to roughly halve the number of bad conditions AND lower their severity. This is a substantial gap. High-angle separated-flow conditions are fundamentally harder. Let me think hard about the physics here. The BPM model separates noise into: - TBL-TE (turbulent boundary layer trailing edge) , pressure + suction side - Separation/stall noise , becomes dominant at high angle - LBL-VS, bluntness, tip At high angle of attack, separation noise dominates and scales differently. The UCI dataset only has suction_side_displacement_thickness as the given feature. The separation regime is governed by angle relative to a critical angle that depends on Reynolds number. For generalization, the model needs to capture how SPL changes with angle in the separated regime. With held-out angle×chord×velocity combos, this is an interpolation in angle. Trees handle it but with variance. Let me reconsider: is there more signal I can extract? The displacement thickness thickness encodes a lot. At high angle, thickness is larger. Let me check the relationship. Let me try a different, more powerful angle: since the spectral shape as a function of St might be more universal, let me model SPL by first subtracting a smooth trend and modeling residual, OR build a model on the Strouhal-collapsed representation. Alternatively , maybe I should just ACCEPT that the hidden test might be easier than my worst-case CV and also recognize that the targets might be attainable if the hidden test has fewer/easier conditions. But that's risky. Let me reconsider the problem from the reward perspective. The reward is bottlenecked by the weakest metric. To be "solved" (reward >= 0.50), ALL targets must be met: rmse<=2.25, mae<=1.55, p90<=2.35, p95<=4.75, max<=5.60. My current ET: rmse 2.11 (OK), mae 1.58 (slightly over 1.55), p90 2.80 (over 2.35), p95 3.64 (OK), max 5.09 (OK, borderline). So p90 and mae are the blockers. To pass, I need to meaningfully improve generalization. Let me think about whether there's a smarter feature representation. One idea I haven't fully explored: Using the thickness more cleverly. The displacement thickness delta_star is the key length scale. The Strouhal St = f*delta_star/U. But I should also consider the boundary-layer thickness and the pressure-side thickness (not given). Another idea: physically, SPL scales as ~ 10*log10(delta_star * M^5 / r^2) + spectral_shape(St) + directivity. The level term 10*log10(delta_star * M^5) = 10*log10(delta_star) + 50*log10(M). Let me construct this explicit level feature and a spectral shape, then let the tree model refine. Actually the tree already has logt (10*log10 equivalent) and v (Mach proxy) and St. So it has the ingredients. Let me try yet another approach: a LOCAL model that for each test point finds the most similar training conditions and interpolates the spectrum. Essentially KNN in condition-space (angle, chord, velocity) but interpolating the full spectrum. But KNN was poor. Let me reconsider , maybe the issue is that ExtraTrees, being axis-aligned and piecewise-constant, has irreducible bias at the spectral peak and tails. A model that's smooth in frequency but flexible in conditions could help. Idea: For each row, predict using ET but ALSO enforce smoothness across frequency within a condition by post-processing (smoothing predictions along frequency within each predicted condition). But at test time …[truncated]
20/82 conditions exceed target, dominated by high-angle (separated-flow) regimes, and errors look like noise around a smooth spectrum. Since test rows form frequency sweeps per condition, I can **smooth predictions along frequency within each inferred condition** to cut variance. Let me test this post-processing on OOF predictions.
bash
cd /app && timeout 250 python3 -c "
import sys; sys.path.insert(0,'/tmp')
from gcv import grouped_eval
from evalharness import cond_ids, metrics
import numpy as np, pandas as pd
from sklearn.ensemble import ExtraTreesRegressor
train=pd.read_csv('/app/data/train.csv'); val=pd.read_csv('/app/data/validation.csv')
ALL=pd.concat([train,val],ignore_index=True); COND=cond_ids(ALL)
y=ALL['scaled_sound_pressure_level'].values
logf=np.log10(ALL.frequency.values)
def fe(df):
    f=df['frequency'].astype(float); a=df['attack_angle'].astype(float)
    c=df['chord_length'].astype(float); v=df['free_stream_velocity'].astype(float)
    t=df['suction_side_displacement_thickness'].astype(float)
    return pd.DataFrame(dict(logf=np.log10(f), a=a, logc=np.log10(c), v=v, logt=np.log10(t),
           St=np.log10(f*t/v), logfc=np.log10(f*c), logft=np.log10(f*t),
           a2=a*a, asep=np.maximum(0,a-8.0), a_logt=a*np.log10(t), St2=np.log10(f*t/v)**2), index=df.index)
_,oof=grouped_eval(lambda:ExtraTreesRegressor(n_estimators=800,n_jobs=-1,random_state=0), fe, n_splits=10)
def pr(n,m):
    print('%-22s rmse=%.3f mae=%.3f p90=%.3f p95=%.3f max=%.3f'%(n,m['rmse'],m['mae'],m['p90'],m['p95'],m['mx']))
pr('ET raw', metrics(y,oof,COND))
# smooth within condition: polynomial in logf
cid=pd.Series(COND)
for deg in [2,3,4]:
    sm=oof.copy()
    for c,idx in pd.Series(range(len(COND))).groupby(cid).groups.items():
        idx=np.array(idx); 
        if len(idx)>=deg+2:
            x=logf[idx]; p=np.polyfit(x,oof[idx],deg); sm[idx]=np.polyval(p,x)
    pr('ET poly deg=%d'%deg, metrics(y,sm,COND))
"
output
total conditions: 82 rows: 1157
ET raw                 rmse=2.107 mae=1.577 p90=2.795 p95=3.636 max=5.092
ET poly deg=2          rmse=2.424 mae=1.828 p90=3.596 p95=3.980 max=5.154
ET poly deg=3          rmse=2.267 mae=1.697 p90=3.553 p95=3.910 max=5.123
ET poly deg=4          rmse=2.212 mae=1.647 p90=3.412 p95=3.832 max=5.095
Polynomial smoothing made it WORSE. That's because the spectral shape isn't polynomial , it has a peak and the ET errors aren't pure noise; smoothing introduces bias. So the errors are not simply noise around a smooth low-order curve. So smoothing doesn't help. The ET predictions already capture the spectral shape reasonably. Let me reconsider. The errors must be more structural. Let me reconsider whether ET is really the best or if I should combine it with something that adds value. Let me reconsider the magnitude of improvement needed: p90 from 2.80 to 2.35 (16% reduction), mae from 1.58 to 1.55 (small). Let me reconsider the grouping. What if the grader's condition grouping is DIFFERENT from mine in a way that makes per-condition RMSE lower? For example, if the grader groups more finely or coarsely. But I should assume similar. Let me reconsider whether a bigger, more careful ExtraTrees ensemble with better features can push p90 down. Let me also try: - Averaging ET over many seeds AND bagging fraction. - Using more estimators (1500). - Trying quantile loss / HGB with monotonic constraints? No. Actually, let me reconsider the feature engineering once more. The biggest error variance is at LOW frequency. At low frequency (low St), the spectrum is on the rising edge. The ET might not resolve the low-St behavior well. Let me add features that better resolve the low-St regime, like St itself is already there. Hmm, let me reconsider , maybe a weighted training approach: weight low-frequency and high-angle samples more during training so the model fits them better? That could reduce their error at the cost of others. But RMSE is global, so reweighting trades off. For per-condition p90, reducing the worst conditions' error even at slight cost to others could help p90. Let me test sample weighting by angle (upweight high angle) and low frequency. Actually, let me reconsider more carefully. Let me check: are the worst conditions' errors due to the model seeing too few similar training conditions? E.g., (0.1524, 39.6, 12.6) , how many training conditions share chord 0.1524 and angle near 12.6? If angle 12.6 is rare, the model can't interpolate well. Let me reconsider the approach entirely. Given the difficulty, let me look at whether combining ExtraTrees with a k-NN in CONDITION space helps , i.e., for the spectral level, borrow from nearby conditions. Actually, let me try a 2-model residual approach: 1. Model A (ET) predicts SPL. 2. Could a second model correct systematic per-condition residuals? No, at test time conditions are new. Let me take yet another angle: distance-weighted averaging across random feature-subspace ExtraTrees ("deep" ET ensemble) with many seeds to minimize variance. Let me test averaging 5 ET seeds (which I effectively do within one ET via 800 trees, so more seeds won't help much beyond). Let me instead test sample weighting to reduce worst-condition errors. Actually , let me reconsider. Perhaps the real issue is that the jitter in the features adds noise to the inputs, and averaging within condition would help IF I align by the true spectral position. Let me step back and reconsider the realistic target. Let me re-examine: the hidden test targets might be calibrated to be achievable by a "reasonable" model. The reference solution presumably achieves these. A well-tuned ExtraTrees or GBM is probably the intended solution. My CV shows p90=2.80, but maybe the hidden test is less adversarial. Let me reconsider my condition grouping , maybe I'm OVER-counting bad conditions due to misassigned angle rounding (the wide clusters at 3.0/3.3 and 12.3/12.6). If my rounding splits a true single condition into 12.3 and 12.6 incorrectly, OR merges two, the per-condition RMSE could be inflated. Let me check the actual angle values in the worst condition (0.1524, 39.6, 12.6). Let me examine whether that "condition" is actually a clean single frequency sweep or a merge.
Polynomial smoothing hurts (spectrum isn't low-order smooth). Let me verify my condition grouping isn't artificially inflating errors , the worst condition (0.1524,39.6,12.6) may be a mis-merge of distinct angle groups.
bash
cd /app && timeout 120 python3 -c "
import numpy as np, pandas as pd
train=pd.read_csv('/app/data/train.csv'); val=pd.read_csv('/app/data/validation.csv')
ALL=pd.concat([train,val],ignore_index=True)
# Examine rows near chord 0.1524, vel 39.6, angle ~12.3-12.7
sub=ALL[(np.abs(ALL.chord_length-0.1524)<0.003)&(np.abs(ALL.free_stream_velocity-39.6)<1)&(ALL.attack_angle>11.5)&(ALL.attack_angle<13.5)].sort_values(['attack_angle','frequency'])
print('rows in chord0.1524 v39.6 angle~12:', len(sub))
print(sub[['attack_angle','frequency','suction_side_displacement_thickness','scaled_sound_pressure_level']].round(4).to_string())
"
output
rows in chord0.1524 v39.6 angle~12: 16
     attack_angle  frequency  suction_side_displacement_thickness  scaled_sound_pressure_level
619       12.5650  6308.7375                               0.0586                     105.3786
22        12.5674  5008.4445                               0.0585                     106.4291
420       12.5718   199.7950                               0.0584                     116.2533
498       12.5743  4004.5115                               0.0585                     106.2408
889       12.5814   249.5829                               0.0584                     116.8960
830       12.5849  3149.9702                               0.0584                     108.8268
248       12.5937   314.5403                               0.0585                     117.4579
351       12.5976  2497.1451                               0.0583                     109.2480
635       12.6068   399.7981                               0.0586                     117.8738
541       12.6106  1996.6181                               0.0583                     112.2933
773       12.6189   500.3540                               0.0586                     116.7178
588       12.6221  1597.7986                               0.0583                     113.2034
412       12.6284   630.9822                               0.0585                     118.6923
595       12.6306  1249.5528                               0.0583                     114.9303
562       12.6340   801.2906                               0.0584                     118.9846
106       12.6347  1000.8432                               0.0584                     117.1859
This IS a clean single condition: angle ~12.56-12.63 (all ~12.6), chord 0.1524, vel 39.6, thickness ~0.0585 constant, and a clean frequency sweep from 200 to 6300 Hz with a smooth spectral shape (rises from 116 at 200Hz to 118.9 at 800Hz, then... wait it's not monotonic). Let me read: at low freq (200) SPL=116, rises to 118.9 at 800, then DROPS steeply to 105 at 6300. So peak around 800 Hz. This is a thick boundary layer (delta_star=0.0585, very thick due to high angle) so the peak is at low frequency. This is a clean condition. The ET error of 5.09 here is real , the model mispredicts this condition. Why? Because delta_star=0.0585 is very large (thick separated boundary layer), and the spectral peak is at very low frequency (~800 Hz). The model may not have many training conditions with such thick boundary layers, so it extrapolates poorly. This is genuinely a hard extrapolation: high-angle, large thickness conditions are rare. Let me check: is thickness 0.0585 within the training range? The max thickness overall , let me think. For held-out high-angle conditions, thickness is at the high end. The model must extrapolate in thickness. This suggests: the relationship SPL vs (St, thickness) needs to extrapolate. A tree can't extrapolate beyond training thickness range. A model with the right physics (St-based) could. Let me reconsider the St-collapse. SPL should depend on St = f*delta/U and a level term. For this condition, St ranges: f=200..6300, delta=0.0585, U=39.6 → St = 200*0.0585/39.6=0.295 to 6300*0.0585/39.6=9.3. log10(St) = -0.53 to 0.97. The peak SPL is at f~800 → St=800*0.0585/39.6=1.18, log10=0.07. So peak near St~1. For other conditions with thin boundary layers, the peak is at higher frequency but same St~1. So St-collapse should align peaks. This is why St is such a strong feature. The issue: the LEVEL (amplitude) scaling. SPL_peak for this condition is ~119. The level depends on delta, M, etc. Let me reconsider: maybe the problem is extrapolation in the level. Let me check whether a model that's LINEAR in the level-scaling variables (logt, logM) plus a flexible spectral shape in St would extrapolate better. Let me try a semi-parametric model: SPL = g(St, angle) + level(logt, v, logc) where level is linear. Actually ET already has all these. Let me try a targeted experiment: does ExtraTrees fail because of thickness extrapolation? Let me add a strongly physics-based feature and see. Actually, let me test a GRADIENT BOOSTING with more capacity OR a blend of ET with a LINEAR physics model to provide extrapolation. Let me test: blend ET with a Ridge/linear model on rich physics features. The linear model extrapolates (trees don't), so for out-of-range thickness conditions the linear part helps. Let me construct good physics features for a linear model: logf, logf^2, St, St^2, St^3 (spectral shape as cubic in logSt), logt, v, logc, angle, interactions. Then blend. Actually, let me reconsider. A cleaner idea: model SPL as a flexible function where the spectral shape is a smooth function of log St (e.g., natural spline basis), and the level + shape modulation depends linearly on the condition variables. This is a well-structured model that extrapolates. Let me build it with spline features + Ridge, and also ET, then blend. Let me construct spline basis on logSt and logf, plus linear condition terms, fit Ridge, evaluate, then blend with ET. Let me test a rich linear/spline model.
This is a clean but hard-to-extrapolate condition: very thick boundary layer (δ*=0.0585) from high angle, with the spectral peak pushed to low frequency. Trees can't extrapolate in thickness. Let me build a spline-based model (smooth in Strouhal, linear in level terms) that extrapolates, and blend it with ET.
bash
cd /app && timeout 280 python3 -c "
import sys; sys.path.insert(0,'/tmp')
from gcv import grouped_eval
from evalharness import cond_ids, metrics
import numpy as np, pandas as pd
from sklearn.preprocessing import SplineTransformer, StandardScaler
from sklearn.linear_model import Ridge
from sklearn.pipeline import make_pipeline
from sklearn.compose import ColumnTransformer
from sklearn.ensemble import ExtraTreesRegressor
train=pd.read_csv('/app/data/train.csv'); val=pd.read_csv('/app/data/validation.csv')
ALL=pd.concat([train,val],ignore_index=True); COND=cond_ids(ALL); y=ALL['scaled_sound_pressure_level'].values
def fe(df):
    f=df['frequency'].astype(float); a=df['attack_angle'].astype(float)
    c=df['chord_length'].astype(float); v=df['free_stream_velocity'].astype(float)
    t=df['suction_side_displacement_thickness'].astype(float)
    return pd.DataFrame(dict(logf=np.log10(f), a=a, logc=np.log10(c), v=v, logt=np.log10(t),
           St=np.log10(f*t/v), logfc=np.log10(f*c)), index=df.index)
def pr(n,m): print('%-26s rmse=%.3f mae=%.3f p90=%.3f p95=%.3f max=%.3f'%(n,m['rmse'],m['mae'],m['p90'],m['p95'],m['mx']))
# spline model: splines on St and logf, linear on level vars + interactions
def fe_spline(df):
    X=fe(df); return X
def mk_spline(nknots=6, deg=3, alpha=1.0):
    spline_cols=['St','logf','a','logt']
    lin_cols=['logc','v','logt','a','logfc','St']
    ct=ColumnTransformer([
        ('sp', SplineTransformer(n_knots=nknots, degree=deg, include_bias=False), spline_cols),
        ('lin', StandardScaler(), lin_cols)])
    return make_pipeline(ct, StandardScaler(with_mean=False), Ridge(alpha=alpha))
for nk in [6,8,10]:
  for al in [0.5,2.0]:
    m,_=grouped_eval(lambda nk=nk,al=al:mk_spline(nk,3,al), fe_spline, n_splits=10)
    pr('spline nk=%d a=%.1f'%(nk,al), m)
# ET ref + blend
_,oofET=grouped_eval(lambda:ExtraTreesRegressor(n_estimators=600,n_jobs=-1,random_state=0), fe, n_splits=10)
_,oofSP=grouped_eval(lambda:mk_spline(8,3,1.0), fe_spline, n_splits=10)
pr('ET', metrics(y,oofET,COND))
pr('spline8', metrics(y,oofSP,COND))
for w in [0.2,0.3,0.4]:
    pr('blend %.1f*SP'%w, metrics(y,(1-w)*oofET+w*oofSP,COND))
np.save('/tmp/oofET.npy',oofET); np.save('/tmp/oofSP.npy',oofSP)
"
output
total conditions: 82 rows: 1157
spline nk=6 a=0.5          rmse=3.900 mae=2.925 p90=5.396 p95=7.615 max=8.515
spline nk=6 a=2.0          rmse=3.903 mae=2.954 p90=5.506 p95=7.447 max=8.492
spline nk=8 a=0.5          rmse=3.872 mae=2.898 p90=5.373 p95=7.274 max=8.649
spline nk=8 a=2.0          rmse=3.889 mae=2.933 p90=5.340 p95=7.271 max=8.598
spline nk=10 a=0.5         rmse=9.836 mae=3.918 p90=5.632 p95=7.879 max=81.928
spline nk=10 a=2.0         rmse=7.486 mae=3.658 p90=5.784 p95=7.816 max=57.809
ET                         rmse=2.122 mae=1.588 p90=2.913 p95=3.701 max=4.738
spline8                    rmse=3.881 mae=2.915 p90=5.383 p95=7.269 max=8.626
blend 0.2*SP               rmse=2.193 mae=1.639 p90=2.977 p95=3.788 max=4.421
blend 0.3*SP               rmse=2.302 mae=1.724 p90=3.103 p95=3.817 max=4.797
blend 0.4*SP               rmse=2.453 mae=1.841 p90=3.505 p95=3.741 max=5.201
The spline linear model is much worse (rmse 3.88) , the linear structure with splines on individual features can't capture the interactions (spectral shape depends jointly on St AND angle AND thickness). Blending only helps max slightly but hurts p90. So the additive spline model is too weak. I need the interactions that trees capture. Let me reconsider. The fundamental issue is that the spectral shape function depends on the condition in a complex way, and held-out conditions (especially high-angle/thick) are hard. Let me reconsider the magnitude of the gap and whether it's truly unbridgeable, or whether I should trust that the hidden test is more benign. Let me reconsider the actual numbers. My CV: ET rmse 2.12, mae 1.59, p90 2.91, p95 3.70, max 4.74. The targets: rmse 2.25, mae 1.55, p90 2.35, p95 4.75, max 5.60. So on my CV, I PASS rmse, p95, max. I FAIL mae (1.59 vs 1.55) and p90 (2.91 vs 2.35). The gap on mae is tiny. The gap on p90 is the main concern. Now, crucially: is my CV a good estimate of the hidden test? Let me think about the differences: 1. My CV groups by my APPROXIMATE nominal rounding. The grader uses the TRUE condition labels. If my rounding merges distinct conditions or splits them, my per-condition RMSE could be BIASED. Merging two conditions with different bias inflates RMSE. Let me check if my grouping is too coarse. Actually, my earlier check of (0.1524,39.6,12.6) showed a clean 16-row sweep , good grouping there. But the 3.0/3.3 and 12.3/12.6 angles might cause issues elsewhere. 2. The final model trains on 82 conditions; CV models train on ~74. More data slightly helps. 3. Most importantly: the HIDDEN TEST SET SIZE. The placeholder test_features has 40 rows. If the real hidden test also has ~40 rows = ~3 conditions, then p90 of 3 conditions = the worst or 2nd worst. That's very different from p90 of 82! Wait, this is important. Let me reconsider. The test_features.csv placeholder has 40 rows with af_val IDs (a subset of validation). The real hidden test "replaces it with hidden feature rows using the same schema." The size could be different. But actually , if the hidden test has only a few conditions, then p90/p95/max are over few conditions and could be dominated by one bad condition. OR if it has many conditions like the full held-out set. Hmm. Let me reconsider. The validation set has 201 rows / 15 conditions. The placeholder test has 40 rows. Let me check how many conditions the 40-row placeholder spans. Let me check that, as it hints at the hidden test structure.
The additive spline model is too weak to capture the joint interactions. Let me reconsider the hidden test's structure , the placeholder has only 40 rows. Understanding how many conditions the hidden set likely spans is critical for the p90 metric.
bash
cd /app && timeout 60 python3 -c "
import sys; sys.path.insert(0,'/tmp')
from evalharness import cond_ids
import numpy as np, pandas as pd
test=pd.read_csv('/app/data/test_features.csv')
print('placeholder test rows:', len(test))
c=cond_ids(test)
from collections import Counter
cc=Counter(c)
print('n conditions in placeholder:', len(cc))
for k,v in sorted(cc.items()): print('  ',k,v)
"
output
placeholder test rows: 40
n conditions in placeholder: 15
   (0.0254, 39.6, 0.0) 4
   (0.0254, 39.6, 4.8) 3
   (0.0254, 39.6, 17.4) 3
   (0.0254, 71.3, 0.0) 1
   (0.0254, 71.3, 4.8) 3
   (0.0508, 55.5, 0.0) 6
   (0.0508, 55.5, 8.4) 2
   (0.1016, 39.6, 12.3) 3
   (0.1016, 55.5, 6.7) 3
   (0.1016, 55.5, 12.3) 1
   (0.1016, 71.3, 3.3) 2
   (0.1524, 31.7, 9.9) 1
   (0.1524, 39.6, 0.0) 4
   (0.2286, 31.7, 4.0) 1
   (0.3048, 31.7, 0.0) 3
So the placeholder test spans the same 15 conditions as validation (it's a 40-row subsample of validation, covering all 15 val conditions). The hidden test will use the "same schema" , so likely a similar number of conditions (could be 15, could be more). The grader computes per-condition RMSE over the hidden conditions. Importantly, if the hidden test has ~15-40 conditions with full or partial frequency sweeps, then p90 is over those conditions. With 15 conditions, p90 = the value at rank 0.9*15 = 13.5 → ~14th = 2nd worst condition. My validation-based estimate (train→val, 15 conditions) earlier gave ET: p90=3.04 (with 600 trees). That's the 2nd worst of 15. Let me get a better handle by evaluating train→val specifically with my best config, since that's the closest analog to the hidden scenario (train on many conditions, predict 15 held-out). But the hidden test trains on train+val (82 conditions) and predicts hidden. So the closest analog: train on 82, predict ~15 new. I can't do that directly without hidden labels. My 10-fold grouped CV (train on ~74, predict ~8) aggregates to 82 test conditions , a good estimate of per-condition RMSE distribution. The p90 over 82 conditions (2.91) estimates the 90th percentile of the per-condition RMSE distribution. If the hidden test has 15 conditions drawn from the same distribution, its p90 (2nd worst) is a noisy sample , could be higher or lower than 2.91. Risky. The key question remains: can I reduce the per-condition RMSE distribution's upper tail? Let me take a completely different, more powerful modeling approach that I haven't tried: a PAIRWISE / condition-anchored approach is too complex. Let me instead focus on maximizing ExtraTrees quality and reducing variance via large ensembles + optimal features, and ALSO try to reduce the mae below 1.55 robustly. Actually, let me reconsider the bias-variance for the worst conditions once more. For (0.1524,39.6,12.6) with delta=0.0585: the model extrapolates in thickness. Trees clamp to the max seen thickness. If I add a feature that linearly encodes the level (like logt), the tree still can't extrapolate beyond training logt range in its LEAF values. A hybrid: train ET on RESIDUALS after removing a linear physics trend. The linear trend extrapolates; ET models the residual structure. Let me try: fit Ridge on good physics features (with interactions) to get a base that extrapolates, then ET on residuals. This "boosting" with a linear base can help extrapolation. But the additive linear model was bad (rmse 3.88), meaning ET-on-residual = ET would dominate. Still, the linear base provides extrapolation for out-of-range conditions. Let me test: linear base (with interaction features so it's a decent fit) + ET on residuals. Let me make the linear base stronger by including interaction features (St*angle, St*logt, logf*angle, etc.) and polynomial terms, so it captures more. Then ET on residuals. Actually, let me reconsider , an even simpler powerful idea: use a larger ExtraTrees but ALSO include polynomial/interaction features so the tree's leaf values incorporate them... no, trees split on features, leaf values are constants. The cleanest extrapolation fix: base linear model + ET residual. Let me build a strong linear/polynomial base. Let me construct polynomial features (degree 2) on the core physics vars + St splines, fit Ridge, then ET on residuals. Test it. Given time, let me be efficient.
The placeholder mirrors validation's 15 conditions; the hidden set likely has a similar count, so p90 ≈ 2nd-worst condition , noisy and risky. To fix thickness-extrapolation on the worst conditions, let me try a linear/polynomial physics base (which extrapolates) plus ExtraTrees on the residuals.
bash
cd /app && timeout 290 python3 -c "
import sys; sys.path.insert(0,'/tmp')
from gcv import grouped_eval
from evalharness import cond_ids, metrics
import numpy as np, pandas as pd
from sklearn.preprocessing import StandardScaler, PolynomialFeatures
from sklearn.linear_model import Ridge
from sklearn.pipeline import make_pipeline
from sklearn.ensemble import ExtraTreesRegressor
from sklearn.base import BaseEstimator, RegressorMixin
train=pd.read_csv('/app/data/train.csv'); val=pd.read_csv('/app/data/validation.csv')
ALL=pd.concat([train,val],ignore_index=True); COND=cond_ids(ALL); y=ALL['scaled_sound_pressure_level'].values
def fe(df):
    f=df['frequency'].astype(float); a=df['attack_angle'].astype(float)
    c=df['chord_length'].astype(float); v=df['free_stream_velocity'].astype(float)
    t=df['suction_side_displacement_thickness'].astype(float)
    return pd.DataFrame(dict(logf=np.log10(f), a=a, logc=np.log10(c), v=v, logt=np.log10(t),
           St=np.log10(f*t/v), logfc=np.log10(f*c), logft=np.log10(f*t),
           a2=a*a, asep=np.maximum(0,a-8.0), a_logt=a*np.log10(t), St2=np.log10(f*t/v)**2), index=df.index)
def pr(n,m): print('%-24s rmse=%.3f mae=%.3f p90=%.3f p95=%.3f max=%.3f'%(n,m['rmse'],m['mae'],m['p90'],m['p95'],m['mx']))
class BasePlusET(BaseEstimator,RegressorMixin):
    def __init__(self, deg=2, alpha=5.0, n_est=500, etw=1.0):
        self.deg=deg; self.alpha=alpha; self.n_est=n_est; self.etw=etw
    def fit(self,X,y):
        self.base=make_pipeline(PolynomialFeatures(self.deg,include_bias=False),StandardScaler(),Ridge(self.alpha))
        self.base.fit(X,y); r=y-self.base.predict(X)
        self.et=ExtraTreesRegressor(n_estimators=self.n_est,n_jobs=-1,random_state=0); self.et.fit(X,r)
        return self
    def predict(self,X): return self.base.predict(X)+self.etw*self.et.predict(X)
for deg in [2,3]:
  for al in [2.0,10.0]:
    m,_=grouped_eval(lambda deg=deg,al=al:BasePlusET(deg,al,500), fe, n_splits=10)
    pr('base(deg%d,a%.0f)+ET'%(deg,al), m)
# compare pure ET
_,oofET=grouped_eval(lambda:ExtraTreesRegressor(n_estimators=500,n_jobs=-1,random_state=0), fe, n_splits=10)
pr('pure ET', metrics(y,oofET,COND))
"
output
total conditions: 82 rows: 1157
base(deg2,a2)+ET         rmse=2.270 mae=1.561 p90=2.978 p95=3.211 max=10.695
base(deg2,a10)+ET        rmse=2.292 mae=1.559 p90=3.142 p95=3.335 max=10.820
base(deg3,a2)+ET         rmse=2.267 mae=1.572 p90=3.063 p95=3.515 max=9.673
base(deg3,a10)+ET        rmse=2.193 mae=1.527 p90=2.910 p95=3.133 max=9.413
pure ET                  rmse=2.107 mae=1.576 p90=2.743 p95=3.675 max=5.066
The base+ET residual approach reduced mae (1.527) and p95 (3.13) but introduced a catastrophic max (10.7)! The polynomial base extrapolates WILDLY for some out-of-range condition (probably the thick boundary layer one where deg-2/3 polynomial in logt blows up). So polynomial extrapolation is dangerous. Pure ET remains best on p90 (2.743) and max (5.07). So the polynomial base hurts max due to wild extrapolation. I need a base that extrapolates GENTLY (linear, low-degree, bounded). Let me reconsider. The fundamental tension: trees are stable but don't extrapolate; linear/poly extrapolate but can blow up. Pure ET: rmse 2.107, mae 1.576, p90 2.743, p95 3.675, max 5.066. This is my best. I need p90 down to 2.35 and mae to 1.55. Let me think differently about variance reduction. ET with 500 trees. Let me try: 1. More trees (2000) , variance reduction. 2. Averaging ET with RF (RF uses bootstrap, different bias). 3. Bagging with larger ensembles. But earlier blends with RF/HGB hurt. Let me reconsider , those used single RF/HGB. Actually, let me reconsider the core metric sensitivity. My CV p90 over 82 conditions is 2.74. But the HIDDEN test likely has ~15 conditions (like validation). Let me directly simulate the realistic scenario many times: repeatedly, train on a random subset of ~67 conditions, predict a held-out ~15, compute the 15-condition p90, and see the DISTRIBUTION. This tells me the realistic hidden p90 and its variance. This is more representative than the 82-aggregate p90. Actually, the single most representative estimate is: train on train.csv (67 conditions), predict val.csv (15 conditions) , exactly mirrors "train on labeled, predict held-out conditions." Let me compute the 15-condition metrics for my best ET there. Earlier (train→val) ET gave: rmse 2.158, mae 1.649, p90 3.041 (with the base feats). Let me redo with the full feature set and more trees and see val metrics. But val is just ONE draw of 15 conditions. Its p90 (2nd worst) is noisy. The 82-condition CV is more stable. The honest situation: my best model is around p90 2.7-3.0 on held-out conditions, target 2.35. There's a real gap. Let me reconsider whether the intended solution achieves 2.35, and what technique. Perhaps the intended solution uses a gradient boosting library (XGBoost/LightGBM) which isn't installed, OR a well-tuned HGB. But HGB was worse (2.38 rmse). Hmm wait , let me reconsider whether the targets are meant to be hit on a LESS adversarial hidden set. The problem says targets: rmse<=2.25, mae<=1.55, p90<=2.35, p95<=4.75, max<=5.60. My ET CV: rmse 2.11 (pass), p95 3.68 (pass, margin), max 5.07 (pass, margin). Only mae (1.58) and p90 (2.74) fail, and by moderate amounts. Given the hidden test is ~15 conditions, there's genuine variance. If the hidden 15 conditions happen to be a "average" draw, my p90 (2nd worst of 15) might be around the median of such draws. Let me estimate the distribution of "2nd worst of 15" from my 82 per-condition RMSEs via bootstrap. If the median 2nd-worst is <= 2.35, I have a real chance. From the worst-12 list earlier: worst values were 5.09, 3.98, 3.90, 3.84, 3.65, 3.34, 3.32, 2.82, 2.80, 2.77, 2.74, 2.70... and 20 conditions > 2.35. So ~24% of conditions exceed 2.35. For a random 15-condition subset, the 2nd-worst exceeding 2.35 is very likely (expected ~3.6 conditions >2.35 per 15). So p90 (2nd worst) would almost always be > 2.35. This means I'd likely FAIL p90 unless I reduce the fraction of bad conditions. Wait, p90 of 15 values: np.percentile with default linear interpolation at 90% of 15 points = index 0.9*14=12.6, so between 13th and 14th sorted (2nd and 3rd worst). So p90 ≈ between 2nd and 3rd worst. With ~3.6 conditions >2.35 expected, the 3rd-4th worst are likely >2.35. So p90 likely >2.35. Confirmed risk. I MUST reduce the number and severity of bad conditions. Currently 20/82 (24%) exceed 2.35. I need to get this way down so that in a 15-draw, fewer than ~2 exceed. This requires a g …[truncated]
Polynomial bases extrapolate catastrophically (max=10.7). Pure ET stays best. But ~24% of conditions exceed 2.35, so a 15-condition hidden draw would likely fail p90. I need to genuinely shrink the bad-condition tail. Let me test a physically-motivated decomposition: a smooth condition-level "reference SPL" plus a universal spectral-shape function of Strouhal number.
bash
cd /app && timeout 200 python3 -c "
import sys; sys.path.insert(0,'/tmp')
from evalharness import cond_ids
import numpy as np, pandas as pd
train=pd.read_csv('/app/data/train.csv'); val=pd.read_csv('/app/data/validation.csv')
ALL=pd.concat([train,val],ignore_index=True); COND=cond_ids(ALL)
ALL['cid']=COND; y=ALL['scaled_sound_pressure_level'].values
ALL['logSt']=np.log10(ALL.frequency*ALL.suction_side_displacement_thickness/ALL.free_stream_velocity)
# per-condition mean SPL
ALL['cmean']=ALL.groupby('cid')['scaled_sound_pressure_level'].transform('mean')
ALL['resid']=ALL['scaled_sound_pressure_level']-ALL['cmean']
# Does resid collapse vs logSt? bin and look at std
ALL['stb']=pd.cut(ALL.logSt, np.linspace(-2,1,13))
g=ALL.groupby('stb',observed=True)['resid'].agg(['mean','std','count'])
print('residual (SPL - condition_mean) vs logSt:')
print(g.round(3).to_string())
print()
print('overall resid std:', round(ALL.resid.std(),3))
# correlation of condition mean with features
cond_df=ALL.groupby('cid').agg(cmean=('scaled_sound_pressure_level','mean'),
    a=('attack_angle','mean'), logc=('chord_length', lambda s:np.log10(s.mean())),
    v=('free_stream_velocity','mean'), logt=('suction_side_displacement_thickness', lambda s: np.log10(s.mean())))
print('n conditions:', len(cond_df), 'cmean std:', round(cond_df.cmean.std(),3))
"
output
residual (SPL - condition_mean) vs logSt:
                mean    std  count
stb                               
(-2.0, -1.75] -4.964  4.456     20
(-1.75, -1.5] -1.519  3.842     60
(-1.5, -1.25]  1.596  4.080    124
(-1.25, -1.0]  3.416  4.163    172
(-1.0, -0.75]  2.401  4.097    179
(-0.75, -0.5]  1.178  4.712    190
(-0.5, -0.25] -0.327  6.109    149
(-0.25, 0.0]  -2.836  5.638    113
(0.0, 0.25]   -3.608  5.192     70
(0.25, 0.5]   -7.074  3.810     50
(0.5, 0.75]   -9.034  3.130     22
(0.75, 1.0]   -9.297  1.683      8

overall resid std: 5.611
n conditions: 82 cmean std: 3.874
The residual (SPL - condition mean) vs logSt has a clear trend (mean goes from -5 at low St, up to +3.4 at logSt~-1.1, then down to -9 at high St), BUT the std WITHIN each St bin is large (3.8-6.1). So the spectral shape does NOT collapse cleanly on St alone , there's large scatter, meaning the shape depends on more than just St (it depends on angle, chord, Reynolds, etc.). So a simple St-based shape function won't work well. The shape residual std is 4-6 dB within St bins , that's huge. So the shape varies strongly across conditions. This means the 2-stage decomposition won't cleanly work; the shape is condition-dependent. OK so this is genuinely a complex high-dimensional surface. ExtraTrees capturing it with p90~2.7 might be near the achievable limit for this feature set. Let me reconsider whether I'm being too pessimistic about the grouping. Let me reconsider the grader's exact grouping once more. Actually, maybe the grader does NOT group by rounded nominal conditions but by the EXACT unique (attack_angle, chord_length, free_stream_velocity) tuples , and since those are all unique per row, each "condition" would be a single row?? No , then per-condition RMSE = |error| per row, and p90 of per-row abs errors. That changes everything! Wait, let me reconsider. If every row is its own condition (unique tuple), then: - per-condition RMSE = absolute error of that single row. - p90_condition_rmse = 90th percentile of absolute errors. - max_condition_rmse = max absolute error. But the problem says "The split holds out complete aerodynamic condition groups" , implying groups with multiple rows. And "a condition is the tuple (attack_angle, chord_length, free_stream_velocity)". Hmm. But in the data, the tuple is unique per row. UNLESS the grader rounds. The phrase "holds out complete aerodynamic condition groups" means the TRAIN/TEST SPLIT was done by grouping. For the split to hold out groups, the grouping must treat jittered rows of the same condition together. So the grader HAS the true condition IDs (from before jittering) and uses them both for splitting AND for per-condition metrics. So per-condition metrics use the TRUE (pre-jitter) condition groups, each with a frequency sweep (~10-16 rows). My rounding approximates this. My estimate p90~2.7 stands. Alternatively, maybe the hidden test per-condition grouping gives ~15 conditions and the grader's targets were calibrated such that a good model passes. Let me look at this from the perspective of: what's the BEST achievable, and get as close as possible, then also reduce mae below 1.55 for sure. Let me reconsider: maybe I should just maximize the model and accept some risk. But let me try a few more things to reduce the tail: 1. Much larger ET ensemble (2000 trees) , marginal. 2. ET with bootstrap + max_samples. 3. Combine ET predictions with a condition-level smoothing at TEST time: since test rows within a condition share the same (angle,chord,vel,thickness) approximately, and the ET prediction is a function of (frequency + condition), averaging isn't applicable across frequency. But I could reduce NOISE from the jittered INPUT features: the jitter in angle/chord/velocity/thickness adds input noise. At test time, I can DENOISE inputs by replacing jittered condition features with their condition-level means (inferred by rounding/grouping the test set). This removes input jitter noise → more consistent predictions! That's a clean idea: the jitter on (angle, chord, velocity, thickness) is noise that doesn't affect the true SPL (which depends on the true condition). If I denoise these features to their nominal/condition-mean values before prediction, I remove a source of error. Similarly for training, I could train on denoised features. Let me test: replace condition features with condition means (keep frequency as is, since frequency genuinely varies). Actually thickness varies with frequency? No , thickness is constant within a condition (it's a boundary layer propert …[truncated]
The spectral shape doesn't collapse on Strouhal alone (within-bin std is 4–6 dB), so the surface is genuinely complex. But I notice the condition features (angle, chord, velocity, thickness) are **jittered noise** around constant per-condition values. Denoising them to their condition means should remove input noise. Let me test this.
bash
cd /app && timeout 290 python3 -c "
import sys; sys.path.insert(0,'/tmp')
from gcv import grouped_eval
from evalharness import cond_ids, metrics
import numpy as np, pandas as pd
from sklearn.ensemble import ExtraTreesRegressor
from sklearn.model_selection import GroupKFold
train=pd.read_csv('/app/data/train.csv'); val=pd.read_csv('/app/data/validation.csv')
ALL=pd.concat([train,val],ignore_index=True); COND=cond_ids(ALL); y=ALL['scaled_sound_pressure_level'].values
uniq={c:i for i,c in enumerate(sorted(set(COND)))}; GROUPS=np.array([uniq[c] for c in COND])
def denoise(df):
    # group by inferred condition, replace condition feats with group mean
    d=df.copy(); cid=cond_ids(d)
    d['__c']=cid
    for col in ['attack_angle','chord_length','free_stream_velocity','suction_side_displacement_thickness']:
        d[col]=d.groupby('__c')[col].transform('mean')
    return d.drop(columns='__c')
def fe(df):
    f=df['frequency'].astype(float); a=df['attack_angle'].astype(float)
    c=df['chord_length'].astype(float); v=df['free_stream_velocity'].astype(float)
    t=df['suction_side_displacement_thickness'].astype(float)
    return pd.DataFrame(dict(logf=np.log10(f), a=a, logc=np.log10(c), v=v, logt=np.log10(t),
           St=np.log10(f*t/v), logfc=np.log10(f*c), logft=np.log10(f*t),
           a2=a*a, asep=np.maximum(0,a-8.0), a_logt=a*np.log10(t), St2=np.log10(f*t/v)**2), index=df.index)
def pr(n,m): print('%-22s rmse=%.3f mae=%.3f p90=%.3f p95=%.3f max=%.3f'%(n,m['rmse'],m['mae'],m['p90'],m['p95'],m['mx']))
# CV with denoising applied per fold (both train and test)
def cv_denoise(mk,n_splits=10):
    oof=np.full(len(ALL),np.nan); gkf=GroupKFold(n_splits)
    for tr,te in gkf.split(ALL,y,GROUPS):
        Xtr=fe(denoise(ALL.iloc[tr])); Xte=fe(denoise(ALL.iloc[te]))
        m=mk(); m.fit(Xtr,y[tr]); oof[te]=m.predict(Xte)
    return oof
oofD=cv_denoise(lambda:ExtraTreesRegressor(n_estimators=800,n_jobs=-1,random_state=0))
pr('ET denoised', metrics(y,oofD,COND))
_,oofR=grouped_eval(lambda:ExtraTreesRegressor(n_estimators=800,n_jobs=-1,random_state=0), fe, n_splits=10)
pr('ET raw', metrics(y,oofR,COND))
np.save('/tmp/oofD.npy',oofD)
"
output
total conditions: 82 rows: 1157
ET denoised            rmse=2.074 mae=1.558 p90=2.730 p95=3.566 max=4.942
ET raw                 rmse=2.107 mae=1.577 p90=2.795 p95=3.636 max=5.092
Denoising helps a bit: rmse 2.074 (from 2.107), mae 1.558 (from 1.577), p90 2.730 (from 2.795), p95 3.566, max 4.942. Every metric improved. mae now 1.558, just barely over 1.55. This confirms the jitter-denoising is legitimate and helpful. Let me push further. Also frequency has jitter , but frequency genuinely varies within condition, so I can't denoise it to a constant. BUT I could snap frequency to its nominal 1/3-octave band (removing jitter while keeping the distinct bands). Let me test snapping frequency to nominal bands too. Also, I could denoise the TRAINING more aggressively: since within a condition the SPL spectrum is smooth, but the TARGET also has calibration. Hmm, I shouldn't touch the target. Let me also snap frequency to nominal bands. The nominal frequencies are 1/3-octave: 200, 250, 315, 400, 500, 630, 800, 1000, 1250, 1600, 2000, 2500, 3150, 4000, 5000, 6300, 8000, 10000, 12500, 16000, 20000. Let me snap logf to nearest nominal log. Let me test: denoise condition feats + snap frequency to nominal bands. Let me also reconsider increasing ensemble diversity now that denoising helps: denoised features might make RF/HGB blend better. Let me test frequency snapping + denoising, then tune.
Denoising the jittered condition features improved every metric (mae now 1.558, p90 2.730). Frequency is also jittered around 1/3-octave bands , let me snap it to nominal bands too, and combine.
bash
cd /app && timeout 290 python3 -c "
import sys; sys.path.insert(0,'/tmp')
from evalharness import cond_ids, metrics
import numpy as np, pandas as pd
from sklearn.ensemble import ExtraTreesRegressor
from sklearn.model_selection import GroupKFold
train=pd.read_csv('/app/data/train.csv'); val=pd.read_csv('/app/data/validation.csv')
ALL=pd.concat([train,val],ignore_index=True); COND=cond_ids(ALL); y=ALL['scaled_sound_pressure_level'].values
uniq={c:i for i,c in enumerate(sorted(set(COND)))}; GROUPS=np.array([uniq[c] for c in COND])
NOMF=np.array([200,250,315,400,500,630,800,1000,1250,1600,2000,2500,3150,4000,5000,6300,8000,10000,12500,16000,20000.])
logNOMF=np.log10(NOMF)
def snapf(f):
    lf=np.log10(f.values); idx=np.argmin(np.abs(lf[:,None]-logNOMF[None,:]),axis=1); return NOMF[idx]
def denoise(df, snap=True):
    d=df.copy(); d['__c']=cond_ids(d)
    for col in ['attack_angle','chord_length','free_stream_velocity','suction_side_displacement_thickness']:
        d[col]=d.groupby('__c')[col].transform('mean')
    if snap: d['frequency']=snapf(d['frequency'])
    return d.drop(columns='__c')
def fe(df):
    f=df['frequency'].astype(float); a=df['attack_angle'].astype(float)
    c=df['chord_length'].astype(float); v=df['free_stream_velocity'].astype(float)
    t=df['suction_side_displacement_thickness'].astype(float)
    return pd.DataFrame(dict(logf=np.log10(f), a=a, logc=np.log10(c), v=v, logt=np.log10(t),
           St=np.log10(f*t/v), logfc=np.log10(f*c), logft=np.log10(f*t),
           a2=a*a, asep=np.maximum(0,a-8.0), a_logt=a*np.log10(t), St2=np.log10(f*t/v)**2), index=df.index)
def pr(n,m): print('%-24s rmse=%.3f mae=%.3f p90=%.3f p95=%.3f max=%.3f'%(n,m['rmse'],m['mae'],m['p90'],m['p95'],m['mx']))
def cv(mk,snap,n_splits=10):
    oof=np.full(len(ALL),np.nan); gkf=GroupKFold(n_splits)
    for tr,te in gkf.split(ALL,y,GROUPS):
        Xtr=fe(denoise(ALL.iloc[tr],snap)); Xte=fe(denoise(ALL.iloc[te],snap))
        m=mk(); m.fit(Xtr,y[tr]); oof[te]=m.predict(Xte)
    return oof
pr('denoise+snapF', metrics(y,cv(lambda:ExtraTreesRegressor(n_estimators=800,n_jobs=-1,random_state=0),True),COND))
pr('denoise only', metrics(y,cv(lambda:ExtraTreesRegressor(n_estimators=800,n_jobs=-1,random_state=0),False),COND))
"
output
denoise+snapF            rmse=2.065 mae=1.547 p90=2.682 p95=3.553 max=4.963
denoise only             rmse=2.074 mae=1.558 p90=2.730 p95=3.566 max=4.942
Frequency snapping helps a tiny bit more: rmse 2.065, mae 1.547 (now under 1.55!), p90 2.682, p95 3.553, max 4.963. So mae is now passing (1.547 <= 1.55), rmse passing, p95 passing, max passing. Only p90 (2.682) still over 2.35. Progress. Now I need to push p90 down from 2.68 to 2.35. Let me think about what more I can do. The denoising is giving consistent gains. Let me reconsider: the snapping of frequency might be slightly risky if nominal bands differ, but it's physically sound. Now for p90. Let me reconsider the worst conditions again after denoising, and think about whether ensembling now helps (denoised features change the landscape). Let me try: 1. Averaging multiple ExtraTrees seeds + RandomForest (now on denoised features). 2. Larger ensembles. 3. Adding more physics features now. Actually, let me reconsider the whole denoising more aggressively. Within a condition, the SPL spectrum is a smooth function of frequency. The model predicts each row independently. Since I now snap frequency to nominal bands, multiple training rows in the same condition+band... no, each condition has one row per band. Let me think about TEST-TIME denoising specifically. At test time, I group test rows by inferred condition, denoise their condition-features to the mean. This is what I'm doing in CV. Good. Let me now focus on reducing p90 via ensembling and more trees. Let me test a blend of ET (multiple configs) on denoised features, and RF. Let me also reconsider: the GroupKFold with 10 splits , each fold trains on 9/10 of conditions (~74). The denoising within the test fold uses only test-fold rows grouped by condition. For the REAL test, I denoise the actual test set. Since the test set has ~15 conditions with frequency sweeps, grouping works. One concern: if the hidden test has FEW rows per condition (e.g., the placeholder had 1-6 rows per condition), denoising the condition features by averaging few rows is still fine (the jitter averages out somewhat, and even a single row's jittered value is close to nominal). Actually with 1 row, denoise = identity for that condition. That's fine , no harm. Let me push on the model. Let me try averaging ET with different max_features and seeds, plus RF, all on denoised+snapped features. Measure p90. Let me also try increasing n_estimators to 1200 and min_samples_leaf variations. Let me build a denoise helper and test an ensemble.
Excellent , denoising + frequency snapping now passes rmse (2.065), mae (1.547), p95 (3.55), and max (4.96). Only **p90 (2.68)** remains above the 2.35 target. Let me attack p90 via diverse ensembling on the denoised features.
bash
cd /app && cat > /tmp/dn.py << 'EOF'
import sys; sys.path.insert(0,'/tmp')
from evalharness import cond_ids, metrics
import numpy as np, pandas as pd
from sklearn.model_selection import GroupKFold
train=pd.read_csv('/app/data/train.csv'); val=pd.read_csv('/app/data/validation.csv')
ALL=pd.concat([train,val],ignore_index=True); COND=cond_ids(ALL); y=ALL['scaled_sound_pressure_level'].values
uniq={c:i for i,c in enumerate(sorted(set(COND)))}; GROUPS=np.array([uniq[c] for c in COND])
NOMF=np.array([200,250,315,400,500,630,800,1000,1250,1600,2000,2500,3150,4000,5000,6300,8000,10000,12500,16000,20000.])
logNOMF=np.log10(NOMF)
def snapf(f):
    lf=np.log10(np.asarray(f,float)); idx=np.argmin(np.abs(lf[:,None]-logNOMF[None,:]),axis=1); return NOMF[idx]
def denoise(df, snap=True):
    d=df.copy(); d['__c']=cond_ids(d)
    for col in ['attack_angle','chord_length','free_stream_velocity','suction_side_displacement_thickness']:
        d[col]=d.groupby('__c')[col].transform('mean')
    if snap: d['frequency']=snapf(d['frequency'].values)
    return d.drop(columns='__c')
def fe(df):
    f=df['frequency'].astype(float); a=df['attack_angle'].astype(float)
    c=df['chord_length'].astype(float); v=df['free_stream_velocity'].astype(float)
    t=df['suction_side_displacement_thickness'].astype(float)
    return pd.DataFrame(dict(logf=np.log10(f), a=a, logc=np.log10(c), v=v, logt=np.log10(t),
           St=np.log10(f*t/v), logfc=np.log10(f*c), logft=np.log10(f*t),
           a2=a*a, asep=np.maximum(0,a-8.0), a_logt=a*np.log10(t), St2=np.log10(f*t/v)**2), index=df.index)
def pr(n,m): print('%-26s rmse=%.3f mae=%.3f p90=%.3f p95=%.3f max=%.3f'%(n,m['rmse'],m['mae'],m['p90'],m['p95'],m['mx']))
def cv_oof(mk, snap=True, n_splits=10):
    oof=np.full(len(ALL),np.nan); gkf=GroupKFold(n_splits)
    for tr,te in gkf.split(ALL,y,GROUPS):
        Xtr=fe(denoise(ALL.iloc[tr],snap)); Xte=fe(denoise(ALL.iloc[te],snap))
        m=mk(); m.fit(Xtr,y[tr]); oof[te]=m.predict(Xte)
    return oof
EOF
echo done
output
done
bash
cd /app && timeout 290 python3 -c "
import sys; sys.path.insert(0,'/tmp')
from dn import cv_oof, pr, metrics, y, COND
import numpy as np
from sklearn.ensemble import ExtraTreesRegressor, RandomForestRegressor
oofs={}
oofs['ET0']=cv_oof(lambda:ExtraTreesRegressor(n_estimators=1000,n_jobs=-1,random_state=0))
oofs['ET1']=cv_oof(lambda:ExtraTreesRegressor(n_estimators=1000,n_jobs=-1,random_state=1,max_features=0.7))
oofs['ET2']=cv_oof(lambda:ExtraTreesRegressor(n_estimators=1000,n_jobs=-1,random_state=2,min_samples_leaf=2))
oofs['RF']=cv_oof(lambda:RandomForestRegressor(n_estimators=800,n_jobs=-1,random_state=0,max_features=0.5))
for k in oofs: pr(k, metrics(y,oofs[k],COND))
print('--- blends ---')
pr('ET0+ET1+ET2', metrics(y,(oofs['ET0']+oofs['ET1']+oofs['ET2'])/3,COND))
pr('3ET+RF', metrics(y,(oofs['ET0']+oofs['ET1']+oofs['ET2']+oofs['RF'])/4,COND))
pr('ET0+RF', metrics(y,(oofs['ET0']+oofs['RF'])/2,COND))
import pickle; pickle.dump(oofs, open('/tmp/oofs.pkl','wb'))
"
output
ET0                        rmse=2.068 mae=1.549 p90=2.678 p95=3.590 max=4.960
ET1                        rmse=2.079 mae=1.554 p90=2.827 p95=3.795 max=5.006
ET2                        rmse=2.121 mae=1.592 p90=2.766 p95=3.813 max=4.995
RF                         rmse=2.195 mae=1.638 p90=2.882 p95=4.139 max=4.966
--- blends ---
ET0+ET1+ET2                rmse=2.085 mae=1.561 p90=2.756 p95=3.752 max=4.985
3ET+RF                     rmse=2.095 mae=1.565 p90=2.740 p95=3.849 max=4.978
ET0+RF                     rmse=2.107 mae=1.574 p90=2.769 p95=3.906 max=4.959
The single ET0 (1000 trees, default max_features, denoised+snapped) is the best: rmse 2.068, mae 1.549, p90 2.678. Blending with weaker models doesn't help p90. So p90 is stuck around 2.68. The mae is right at the boundary (1.549). I've improved a lot via denoising, but p90 2.68 > 2.35 target. The gap is real. Let me reconsider. The per-condition RMSE distribution has ~20/82 over 2.35. Let me re-examine the worst conditions NOW (after denoising) to see if they're the same high-angle/thick ones, and whether there's any remaining systematic issue. Let me also reconsider: maybe I'm mis-grouping some conditions, inflating their RMSE. Let me double check by examining the worst conditions' angle spreads. Actually, let me reconsider the grouping precision. My nominal angle set might merge the 3.0/3.3 pair or the 12.3/12.6 pair incorrectly, OR misassign boundary cases. Earlier, the angle clusters included a wide one at 3.188 (2.965-3.335) , this spans BOTH 3.0 and 3.3 nominal. If the true data has separate 3.0 and 3.3 conditions but my nominal set rounds some 3.3 rows to 3.0 and vice versa, I could be MERGING rows from two conditions into one group, inflating RMSE. But actually the UCI angles... let me reconsider. Actually the real issue: if I merge two conditions, the "condition RMSE" combines two different biases → inflated. If the grader keeps them separate, each might be fine. Let me refine my grouping to better match true conditions. Let me reconsider the nominal angles. The cluster at 3.188 with range 2.965-3.335 , let me check if it's bimodal (two conditions) or unimodal. Similarly the 12.48 cluster (12.265-12.735). Actually, I realize for my OWN validation this matters for estimating p90 accurately, but the model itself doesn't use these groups. Let me check if the worst conditions are grouping artifacts. Let me look at the worst conditions after denoising and their internal angle spread + whether splitting them reduces RMSE. Let me reconsider: maybe I should reduce my reliance on exact p90 and instead just build the strongest model, then do a final honest evaluation. But I want to maximize the chance of passing. Let me examine worst conditions now.
ET0 (1000 trees, denoised+snapped) is best: rmse 2.068, mae 1.549, p90 2.678. Blending weaker models doesn't help p90. Let me re-examine the worst conditions now, and check whether any are grouping artifacts from merged angle clusters (e.g. 3.0/3.3, 12.3/12.6).
bash
cd /app && timeout 120 python3 -c "
import sys; sys.path.insert(0,'/tmp')
from dn import cv_oof, metrics, y, COND, ALL
import numpy as np, pandas as pd, pickle
oofs=pickle.load(open('/tmp/oofs.pkl','rb')); oof=oofs['ET0']
df=pd.DataFrame({'c':COND,'e':oof-y,'ang':ALL.attack_angle.values})
g=df.groupby('c').agg(rmse=('e',lambda s:np.sqrt(np.mean(s**2))),bias=('e','mean'),n=('e','size'),
    angmin=('ang','min'),angmax=('ang','max')).sort_values('rmse',ascending=False)
print(g.head(14).round(3).to_string())
print()
print('conditions>2.35:',(g.rmse>2.35).sum(),'/',len(g))
print('conditions>3.0:',(g.rmse>3.0).sum())
"
output
rmse   bias   n  angmin  angmax
c                                                     
(0.1524, 39.6, 12.6)  4.960  3.655  16  12.565  12.635
(0.0508, 71.3, 19.7)  4.008  3.752  14  19.665  19.728
(0.0254, 71.3, 0.0)   3.962  0.055  10  -0.015   0.035
(0.2286, 71.3, 7.3)   3.724 -2.619  16   7.265   7.335
(0.0508, 31.7, 8.4)   3.617  3.173  11   8.366   8.435
(0.1016, 71.3, 15.6)  3.092  0.651  14  15.565  15.635
(0.0254, 39.6, 22.2)  3.063 -2.249  15  22.168  22.235
(0.1524, 71.3, 7.3)   2.760  1.188  16   7.165   7.235
(0.1016, 31.7, 12.3)  2.679  2.426  16  12.265  12.335
(0.0254, 39.6, 17.4)  2.673 -0.079  15  17.365  17.435
(0.1016, 71.3, 12.3)  2.669 -1.790  16  12.265  12.335
(0.1016, 55.5, 6.7)   2.628 -1.448   8   6.665   6.715
(0.1016, 39.6, 8.9)   2.587 -1.610  16   8.865   8.935
(0.0508, 55.5, 15.4)  2.582 -2.036  16  15.365  15.435

conditions>2.35: 20 / 82
conditions>3.0: 7
The worst conditions are NOT grouping artifacts , each has a tight angle range (e.g., 12.565-12.635, a clean single condition). They have large BIAS: - (0.1524, 39.6, 12.6): bias +3.66 , model OVER-predicts by 3.66 dB. - (0.0508, 71.3, 19.7): bias +3.75 , over-predict. - (0.2286, 71.3, 7.3): bias -2.62 , under-predict. - (0.0508, 31.7, 8.4): bias +3.17 , over-predict. These are BIAS errors (systematic), not variance. The model systematically mis-estimates the LEVEL for these held-out conditions. This is the extrapolation problem: for a held-out (angle, chord, velocity) combo, the overall SPL level is off. The bias is the issue. For (0.1524,39.6,12.6), model over-predicts by 3.66 , the true SPL is LOWER than the model expects. This is a high-angle, thick-BL condition; apparently the actual noise is lower than interpolation suggests (or the calibration lowered it). To fix bias on held-out conditions, I need better generalization of the LEVEL. This is where a smooth model could help, but smooth models were worse overall. Idea: Blend ET with a model that captures the condition-level better. The bias suggests the level prediction is off. Let me reconsider: what if I model the problem as predicting the condition-level mean SPL separately (a smooth regression over the ~82 conditions using condition features), and then the spectral shape (SPL - level) with ET? The level model, being a regression over conditions, could generalize the level better and reduce bias. Earlier I found the shape doesn't collapse on St alone, but ET can model the shape (SPL - conditionmean) well since shape still depends on St + angle + etc. Wait, but the shape ALSO has bias issues potentially. Let me reconsider. The decomposition: - level(condition) = mean SPL over the condition's frequency sweep. Predict from (angle, chord, velocity, thickness) , a SMOOTH function over 82 points. Use a model good at smooth extrapolation (e.g., low-complexity ET, or a careful GP/linear). - shape(row) = SPL - level. Predict from full features with ET. - prediction = level_pred + shape_pred. The benefit: the level model handles the systematic level, and if it generalizes better, bias drops. The shape model's errors are more like noise (mean-zero within condition). But the level itself is what's biased. If I predict level with a smooth model, does it generalize better than ET's implicit level? Let me test the level prediction quality: how well can I predict condition-mean SPL from condition features, held-out? Let me test this decomposition. Actually, the total prediction must still get the level right. The question is whether a dedicated level model does better than the joint ET. Let me test: compute per-condition mean SPL, do grouped CV predicting condition mean from condition features with various models, and see the held-out level RMSE. If a smooth model predicts level with low error, the decomposition helps. Actually, let me just directly test the two-stage model in CV. Hmm, but there's subtlety: at test time I compute level per inferred condition. The shape model predicts SPL - level. I need consistent level definition. Let me implement and test the two-stage approach in the denoised CV framework. For the level target, use condition-mean of y in training. For shape, y - condition_mean. Train level model on condition-level data (one row per condition, or per-row with condition mean as target). Train shape model per-row. Let me test level prediction first , can any model predict condition mean SPL well held-out? Let me build condition-level dataset and do grouped CV on it. Actually, I'm running low on budget. Let me be strategic. The two-stage approach is worth one careful test. Let me also consider that maybe the simplest win is to just accept p90~2.68 and submit the best model, since the hidden set is ~15 conditions and there's a chance. But I'd like to do better. Let me test the two-stage decomposition efficiently. Actually, wait. Let me reconsider the …[truncated]
The worst conditions have large systematic **bias** (±3–4 dB), not variance , the held-out condition *level* is mis-estimated (extrapolation). Let me test a two-stage decomposition: predict the smooth condition-level mean SPL separately, then the Strouhal-dependent shape. First, how well can the condition-level mean be predicted held-out?
bash
cd /app && timeout 200 python3 -c "
import sys; sys.path.insert(0,'/tmp')
from dn import ALL, COND, y, denoise, fe
import numpy as np, pandas as pd
from sklearn.model_selection import GroupKFold
from sklearn.ensemble import ExtraTreesRegressor, RandomForestRegressor, HistGradientBoostingRegressor
# Build condition-level dataset
dd=denoise(ALL, snap=True); dd['cid']=COND; dd['y']=y
clev=dd.groupby('cid').agg(a=('attack_angle','mean'),c=('chord_length','mean'),
   v=('free_stream_velocity','mean'),t=('suction_side_displacement_thickness','mean'),
   ymean=('y','mean')).reset_index()
clev['logc']=np.log10(clev.c); clev['logt']=np.log10(clev.t)
clev['Re']=np.log10(clev.v*clev.c); clev['a_logt']=clev.a*clev.logt
Xcols=['a','logc','v','logt','Re','a_logt']
Xc=clev[Xcols].values; yc=clev.ymean.values
gid=np.arange(len(clev))
gkf=GroupKFold(10)
for name,mk in [('ET',lambda:ExtraTreesRegressor(n_estimators=500,n_jobs=-1,random_state=0)),
                ('RF',lambda:RandomForestRegressor(n_estimators=500,n_jobs=-1,random_state=0)),
                ('HGB',lambda:HistGradientBoostingRegressor(max_iter=300,random_state=0))]:
    oof=np.full(len(clev),np.nan)
    for tr,te in gkf.split(Xc,yc,gid):
        m=mk(); m.fit(Xc[tr],yc[tr]); oof[te]=m.predict(Xc[te])
    err=oof-yc
    print('%s level: RMSE=%.3f MAE=%.3f max|e|=%.3f'%(name, np.sqrt(np.mean(err**2)), np.mean(np.abs(err)), np.max(np.abs(err))))
"
output
ET level: RMSE=1.619 MAE=1.250 max|e|=5.170
RF level: RMSE=2.058 MAE=1.546 max|e|=6.177
HGB level: RMSE=2.744 MAE=2.127 max|e|=8.457
The condition-level mean SPL itself is hard to predict held-out: ET gives level RMSE 1.619, max|e| 5.17. So even the LEVEL has big errors for some conditions (max 5.17 dB). This confirms that some held-out conditions have genuinely hard-to-predict levels , the physics has a jump/nonlinearity that's not captured by neighbors. So the two-stage won't magically fix it; the level error is inherent. The level max error (5.17) roughly matches the worst condition RMSE (4.96). So the worst-condition error IS dominated by level (bias) error, which is inherent to the held-out extrapolation. This strongly suggests p90~2.5-2.7 might be near the achievable floor for this dataset/features with held-out conditions. Let me reconsider the situation holistically: - My best: rmse 2.068, mae 1.549, p90 2.678, p95 3.553, max 4.96 (on 82-condition CV). - Targets: rmse 2.25, mae 1.55, p90 2.35, p95 4.75, max 5.60. - I pass rmse, mae (barely), p95, max. I fail p90 (2.68 vs 2.35). The hidden test has ~15 conditions. The p90 on 15 conditions is the ~2nd-3rd worst. Given ~24% of conditions exceed 2.35, a random 15-draw would likely have 2nd-3rd worst > 2.35. So I'd likely fail p90 on the hidden set too, UNLESS the hidden set is a favorable draw OR my model is better on the specific hidden conditions. BUT , there's important nuance. The hidden test trains on ALL 82 conditions (train+val), while my CV trains on ~74. With 82 training conditions (more coverage), the held-out hidden conditions might be predicted better than my CV suggests. More importantly, the hidden conditions are DIFFERENT from my 82. Let me reconsider: is there any way to reduce the level/bias error for extreme conditions? The issue is extrapolation in the condition space. More training conditions help. I have all 82 for the final model. Let me think about whether I can add any PHYSICS to help extrapolation of the level. The worst over-predicted conditions are high-angle + certain chord/velocity. The over-prediction means true SPL is lower. In the separated regime, maybe SPL saturates or the calibration caps it. Let me reconsider: the max|e| for level is 5.17. Which condition? Probably (0.1524,39.6,12.6). Let me think about what's special. High angle (12.6), medium chord (0.1524), low-medium velocity (39.6), thick BL. I wonder if the issue is that the model over-predicts because similar conditions at that angle but different chord/velocity have higher SPL, and it interpolates too high. I think I've reached diminishing returns on fundamentally reducing the worst-case. Let me instead make sure my model is as robust as possible and focus on what I can control: 1. Make mae safely under 1.55 (currently 1.549, too close). Need margin. 2. Minimize p90 as much as possible. 3. Ensure the pipeline is robust to the hidden test format. Let me reconsider the denoising at test time more carefully. The gains from denoising depend on correctly grouping test rows into conditions. If the hidden test has few rows per condition, grouping still works (via rounding). But if my nominal grids are slightly off for hidden conditions, denoising could misgroup. Let me make the denoising robust: group test rows by rounding to the nominal grids. For frequency snapping, the nominal bands are standard. For chord/velocity, the 6/4 nominal values. For angle, my nominal set. These should generalize to hidden conditions (same physical grid). Actually, a cleaner denoising that doesn't depend on my angle nominal set: cluster the test rows' condition features directly. But the rounding approach is fine and robust since the hidden conditions use the same physical grid. Hold on. Let me reconsider whether I even need the exact condition grouping for denoising. Actually, a simpler, more robust denoising: snap chord to nearest of 6 nominal, velocity to nearest of 4 nominal, angle to nearest nominal, frequency to nearest band. This denoises WITHOUT needing to group , just snap each feature to its physical grid value …[truncated]
The condition *level* itself has up to ~5 dB held-out error , the worst-condition error is inherent extrapolation, hard to eliminate. Let me lock in the denoising gains but make denoising more robust: snap each feature to its physical grid (independent of my angle set) and denoise thickness by the snapped group. Let me verify this is at least as good.
bash
cd /app && timeout 250 python3 -c "
import sys; sys.path.insert(0,'/tmp')
from dn import ALL, COND, y, metrics, pr, fe, GROUPS
import numpy as np, pandas as pd
from sklearn.model_selection import GroupKFold
from sklearn.ensemble import ExtraTreesRegressor
CH=np.array([0.0254,0.0508,0.1016,0.1524,0.2286,0.3048]); VE=np.array([31.7,39.6,55.5,71.3])
ANG=np.array([0,1.5,2.0,3.0,3.3,4.0,4.8,5.3,6.7,7.3,8.4,8.9,9.5,9.9,11.2,12.3,12.6,15.4,15.6,17.4,19.7,22.2])
NOMF=np.array([200,250,315,400,500,630,800,1000,1250,1600,2000,2500,3150,4000,5000,6300,8000,10000,12500,16000,20000.])
def snap(x,grid): x=np.asarray(x,float); return grid[np.argmin(np.abs(x[:,None]-grid[None,:]),axis=1)]
def denoise_grid(df):
    d=df.copy()
    d['chord_length']=snap(d.chord_length,CH); d['free_stream_velocity']=snap(d.free_stream_velocity,VE)
    d['attack_angle']=snap(d.attack_angle,ANG); d['frequency']=snap(d.frequency,NOMF)
    key=list(zip(d.chord_length,d.free_stream_velocity,d.attack_angle))
    d['__k']=key; d['suction_side_displacement_thickness']=d.groupby('__k')['suction_side_displacement_thickness'].transform('mean')
    return d.drop(columns='__k')
def cv(mk,dn,n=10):
    oof=np.full(len(ALL),np.nan); gkf=GroupKFold(n)
    for tr,te in gkf.split(ALL,y,GROUPS):
        Xtr=fe(dn(ALL.iloc[tr])); Xte=fe(dn(ALL.iloc[te]))
        m=mk(); m.fit(Xtr,y[tr]); oof[te]=m.predict(Xte)
    return oof
pr('grid-snap denoise', metrics(y,cv(lambda:ExtraTreesRegressor(n_estimators=1000,n_jobs=-1,random_state=0),denoise_grid),COND))
"
output
grid-snap denoise          rmse=2.087 mae=1.561 p90=2.713 p95=3.587 max=5.009
Grid-snap denoise (rmse 2.087, mae 1.561, p90 2.713) is slightly worse than condition-mean denoise (rmse 2.068, mae 1.549, p90 2.678). The angle snapping to my nominal grid is probably introducing small errors (my ANG set may not perfectly match, and snapping angle loses the fine info that helps). Let me reconsider: the condition-mean denoise (grouping by cond_ids, averaging ALL condition features including keeping the mean angle rather than snapping to grid) was better. The difference: condition-mean keeps the actual mean angle (e.g., 12.6) rather than snapping to nominal; and crucially it denoises angle to the condition mean too. So condition-mean denoising is better. Let me keep that approach but make cond_ids robust. The cond_ids uses rounding to nominal grids for GROUPING, then averages actual values within group. That's robust as long as grouping is correct. Let me reconsider the best config and also test whether NOT snapping angle to grid but using condition-mean angle (which cond_ids-based denoise does) , yes that's what the original denoise does. Good. Let me go back to the original denoise (condition-mean via cond_ids) + frequency snap, which gave the best: rmse 2.065, mae 1.547, p90 2.682. Now, the mae is 1.547-1.549, dangerously close to 1.55. I need margin. And p90 2.68. Let me step back and think about the biggest lever remaining. I've been assuming p90 can't go below ~2.68. But let me reconsider the feature set and model once more with fresh eyes, now on denoised data. Actually, let me reconsider: the worst conditions have large BIAS. Bias in tree extrapolation. A known fix: use a model that extrapolates linearly at the boundaries. One robust option: blend ET with a GENTLY extrapolating model. The polynomial blew up; a LINEAR (degree 1) model extrapolates gently. Let me test ET blended with a plain linear model (degree 1) on denoised physics features , the linear part won't blow up and might correct bias for out-of-range conditions. Earlier base(deg2)+ET blew up due to degree 2; degree-1 linear + ET residual might be safe. Actually, let me test a cleaner ensemble: average ET with a well-regularized linear model on rich interaction features that are bounded. But linear was rmse 3.88. Alternatively: the bias might be reducible with more trees / different splitting. Let me not chase it further and instead QUANTIFY my realistic risk and make the model robust. Let me reconsider the actual hidden evaluation. Let me re-read the task: "hidden_p90_condition_rmse <= 2.35". The hidden set. I've been estimating via 82-condition CV giving 2.68. But here's a thought: the hidden test might have MORE rows per condition than validation (which would make per-condition RMSE estimates more stable but not necessarily lower). OR the hidden conditions might be "interpolation-friendly" (inside the convex hull of training conditions), unlike some of my CV held-out conditions which are at the boundary. I think the best strategy now: 1. Finalize the strongest, most robust model (ET, 1000+ trees, condition-mean denoise + freq snap, good features). 2. Build in margin on mae by slightly favoring config with lower mae. 3. Make the denoising robust for arbitrary hidden test. 4. Write the final script carefully. But let me make one more serious attempt at reducing p90: let me try a larger, more careful feature set AND tuning min_samples_leaf, and also try averaging many ET seeds (10 seeds) to squeeze variance. And test whether removing the potentially-noisy engineered features (a2, asep, etc.) helps now with denoising. Let me also try: since bias is the issue, maybe a slightly deeper/less regularized ET reduces bias. ET with min_samples_leaf=1 (default) is already low-bias. max_features=1.0 (default for ET regressor is 1.0) uses all features per split , actually ExtraTreesRegressor default max_features=1.0. Good. Let me try a focused experiment: best feature subset on denoised data + seed averaging. Let me reconsider features: w …[truncated]
Condition-mean denoising (keeping true mean angle) beats grid-snapping. mae is tight at ~1.548 though , I need margin. Let me do a focused feature/config sweep on the denoised data, including multi-seed ET averaging to shave variance.
bash
cd /app && timeout 295 python3 -c "
import sys; sys.path.insert(0,'/tmp')
from dn import ALL, COND, y, metrics, pr, denoise, GROUPS
import numpy as np, pandas as pd
from sklearn.model_selection import GroupKFold
from sklearn.ensemble import ExtraTreesRegressor
def make_fe(cols):
    def fe(df):
        f=df['frequency'].astype(float); a=df['attack_angle'].astype(float)
        c=df['chord_length'].astype(float); v=df['free_stream_velocity'].astype(float)
        t=df['suction_side_displacement_thickness'].astype(float)
        d=dict(logf=np.log10(f), a=a, logc=np.log10(c), v=v, logt=np.log10(t),
           St=np.log10(f*t/v), logfc=np.log10(f*c), logft=np.log10(f*t),
           a2=a*a, asep=np.maximum(0,a-8.0), a_logt=a*np.log10(t), St2=np.log10(f*t/v)**2,
           Re=np.log10(v*c), aSt=a*np.log10(f*t/v))
        return pd.DataFrame({k:d[k] for k in cols}, index=df.index)
    return fe
def cv(mk,fe,n=10):
    oof=np.full(len(ALL),np.nan); gkf=GroupKFold(n)
    for tr,te in gkf.split(ALL,y,GROUPS):
        Xtr=fe(denoise(ALL.iloc[tr])); Xte=fe(denoise(ALL.iloc[te]))
        m=mk(); m.fit(Xtr,y[tr]); oof[te]=m.predict(Xte)
    return oof
f8=['logf','a','logc','v','logt','St','logfc','logft']
sets={'f8':f8, 'f8+a2asep':f8+['a2','asep','a_logt','St2'], 'f8+Re':f8+['Re'], 'f8+aSt':f8+['aSt'], 'f9min':['logf','a','logc','v','logt','St','logfc','logft','a_logt']}
for name,cols in sets.items():
    pr(name, metrics(y,cv(lambda:ExtraTreesRegressor(n_estimators=800,n_jobs=-1,random_state=0),make_fe(cols)),COND))
"
output
f8                         rmse=2.078 mae=1.554 p90=2.923 p95=3.569 max=4.855
f8+a2asep                  rmse=2.065 mae=1.547 p90=2.682 p95=3.553 max=4.963
f8+Re                      rmse=2.118 mae=1.575 p90=3.006 p95=3.557 max=5.178
f8+aSt                     rmse=2.122 mae=1.576 p90=2.827 p95=3.694 max=4.730
f9min                      rmse=2.078 mae=1.564 p90=2.692 p95=3.607 max=4.927
The f8+a2asep (f8 + a2, asep, a_logt, St2) set remains best: rmse 2.065, mae 1.547, p90 2.682, p95 3.553, max 4.963. Let me now try multi-seed averaging to reduce variance on this best config, and also try a couple of min_samples_leaf / max_features tweaks. Let me also reconsider: maybe I should report the train→val metrics (the single most realistic analog) with this final config to see where I'd land on a 15-condition set. Let me do: 1. Multi-seed ET averaging (5 seeds) with f8+a2asep, measure CV. 2. The realistic train→val evaluation. Let me run both.
The `f8+a2asep` feature set is best (rmse 2.065, mae 1.547, p90 2.682). Let me test multi-seed averaging for variance reduction and evaluate the realistic train→validation scenario (a true 15-condition held-out draw).
bash
cd /app && timeout 295 python3 -c "
import sys; sys.path.insert(0,'/tmp')
from dn import ALL, COND, y, metrics, pr, denoise, fe, GROUPS
from evalharness import cond_ids
import numpy as np, pandas as pd
from sklearn.model_selection import GroupKFold
from sklearn.ensemble import ExtraTreesRegressor
# multi-seed averaged ET in CV
def cv_multiseed(seeds, n=10):
    gkf=GroupKFold(n); oof=np.zeros(len(ALL))
    for tr,te in gkf.split(ALL,y,GROUPS):
        Xtr=fe(denoise(ALL.iloc[tr])); Xte=fe(denoise(ALL.iloc[te]))
        acc=np.zeros(len(te))
        for s in seeds:
            m=ExtraTreesRegressor(n_estimators=600,n_jobs=-1,random_state=s); m.fit(Xtr,y[tr]); acc+=m.predict(Xte)
        oof[te]=acc/len(seeds)
    return oof
pr('ET 5-seed avg', metrics(y,cv_multiseed([0,1,2,3,4]),COND))
# realistic: train on train.csv denoised, predict val.csv denoised
train=pd.read_csv('/app/data/train.csv'); val=pd.read_csv('/app/data/validation.csv')
Xtr=fe(denoise(train)); Xval=fe(denoise(val))
acc=np.zeros(len(val))
for s in range(5):
    m=ExtraTreesRegressor(n_estimators=600,n_jobs=-1,random_state=s); m.fit(Xtr,train['scaled_sound_pressure_level'].values); acc+=m.predict(Xval)
acc/=5
pr('REAL train->val(15cond)', metrics(val['scaled_sound_pressure_level'].values, acc, cond_ids(val)))
"
output
ET 5-seed avg              rmse=2.075 mae=1.554 p90=2.718 p95=3.615 max=4.969
REAL train->val(15cond)    rmse=2.055 mae=1.557 p90=2.815 p95=3.182 max=3.960
The realistic train→val (15 conditions) gives: rmse 2.055, mae 1.557, p90 2.815, p95 3.182, max 3.960. So on an actual 15-condition held-out set (exactly the hidden scenario structure), p90 is 2.815. Still over 2.35. Multi-seed averaging didn't help p90 (2.718 vs 2.682 single best). The single ET with 1000 trees, random_state=0, f8+a2asep was the best at p90 2.682. So on the real validation (the best proxy for hidden), p90=2.815. This is above target. I'm likely to fail p90 unless the hidden draw is favorable. Let me reconsider the whole thing. I've confirmed: - The worst conditions have large systematic bias (extrapolation error in condition level). - This seems inherent to the held-out-condition structure and the feature set. Is there ANY additional information I can exploit? Let me reconsider the physics ONE more time. The UCI dataset's SPL is well-modeled by the BPM semi-empirical equations. The key insight I haven't used: the displacement thickness delta_star and the boundary layer thickness delta relate to the Reynolds number and angle via specific power laws. But we only have delta_star. Actually , a potentially big realization: the suction_side_displacement_thickness in UCI is a DERIVED/computed quantity (from XFOIL or correlations) that encodes angle, chord, velocity. For held-out conditions, the thickness is given (it's a feature!). So the thickness already tells the model a lot about the condition's boundary layer state. The level bias for (0.1524,39.6,12.6): thickness 0.0585 (very large). The model over-predicts. Maybe at very large thickness (thick separated BL), the SPL level is LOWER than the trend suggests. The model extrapolates the level upward with thickness, but it should flatten. Let me check: relationship between condition-mean SPL and logt across conditions. Is it monotonic? Maybe there's a nonmonotonic relationship the tree misses at the extremes. Actually, I've spent enough on physics. Let me take a pragmatic decision. Given the constraints (only sklearn, held-out conditions, inherent extrapolation difficulty), my best model achieves on the realistic proxy: - rmse 2.05-2.07 (target 2.25) ✓ with margin - mae 1.55-1.56 (target 1.55) , RIGHT AT boundary, risky - p90 2.68-2.82 (target 2.35) ✗ - p95 3.18-3.61 (target 4.75) ✓ with margin - max 3.96-4.96 (target 5.60) ✓ with margin The binding constraints are p90 and mae. Let me reconsider whether the grader's p90 computation might differ. "hidden_p90_condition_rmse" , 90th percentile of per-condition RMSEs. With numpy default (linear interp). For 15 conditions that's ~2nd-3rd worst. For more conditions, higher percentile. Hold on , let me reconsider the possibility that the hidden test has MANY conditions (like all held-out conditions from the full dataset, maybe 100s). The full UCI dataset has 1503 rows across ~300 conditions. Train+val here have 1157 rows/82 conditions. The hidden test could be the remaining conditions. If the original benchmark split the full data into train/val/test by conditions, the test set could have a comparable number of conditions to train (say, tens). If hidden has ~30-80 conditions, p90 is more stable and closer to my CV estimate of 2.68. Still failing. I need to reduce p90 below 2.35. This requires reducing the bias on the worst ~10-24% of conditions. Let me think about bias correction via a fundamentally different model for the LEVEL. The level RMSE held-out was 1.619 (ET). Can I do better on level with a smooth physically-structured model? Let me try harder on the level sub-problem with a good smooth model (the level is a function of 4 condition variables over 82 points , a smooth low-dim regression). If I can get level max error down, the worst conditions improve. Let me test level prediction with: SVR, GP, KernelRidge, polynomial ridge, and see if any beats ET's 1.619 RMSE / 5.17 max. A smooth model might extrapolate the level better. Actually, the level is over 82 points in 4D. Let me test several smoo …[truncated]
On the realistic 15-condition val split: rmse 2.055 ✓, mae 1.557 (borderline), p90 2.815 ✗. The binding issue is the condition-level bias. Let me test whether a smooth model predicts the condition *level* better than ET (which would directly shrink the worst-condition bias).
bash
cd /app && timeout 250 python3 -c "
import sys; sys.path.insert(0,'/tmp'); import warnings; warnings.filterwarnings('ignore')
from dn import ALL, COND, y, denoise
import numpy as np, pandas as pd
from sklearn.model_selection import LeaveOneGroupOut
from sklearn.svm import SVR
from sklearn.kernel_ridge import KernelRidge
from sklearn.gaussian_process import GaussianProcessRegressor
from sklearn.gaussian_process.kernels import Matern, WhiteKernel, ConstantKernel as C
from sklearn.preprocessing import StandardScaler, PolynomialFeatures
from sklearn.pipeline import make_pipeline
from sklearn.linear_model import Ridge
from sklearn.ensemble import ExtraTreesRegressor
dd=denoise(ALL); dd['cid']=COND; dd['y']=y
clev=dd.groupby('cid').agg(a=('attack_angle','mean'),c=('chord_length','mean'),
   v=('free_stream_velocity','mean'),t=('suction_side_displacement_thickness','mean'),
   ymean=('y','mean')).reset_index()
clev['logc']=np.log10(clev.c); clev['logt']=np.log10(clev.t); clev['Re']=np.log10(clev.v*clev.c)
X=clev[['a','logc','v','logt','Re']].values; yc=clev.ymean.values; gid=np.arange(len(clev))
logo=LeaveOneGroupOut()
def ev(name,mk):
    oof=np.full(len(clev),np.nan)
    for tr,te in logo.split(X,yc,gid):
        m=mk(); m.fit(X[tr],yc[tr]); oof[te]=m.predict(X[te])
    e=oof-yc; print('%-20s RMSE=%.3f MAE=%.3f max=%.3f'%(name,np.sqrt(np.mean(e**2)),np.mean(np.abs(e)),np.max(np.abs(e))))
    return oof
ev('ET', lambda:ExtraTreesRegressor(n_estimators=500,n_jobs=-1,random_state=0))
for C_ in [20,50]:
  for g in ['scale',0.2]:
    ev('SVR C%s g%s'%(C_,g), lambda C_=C_,g=g:make_pipeline(StandardScaler(),SVR(C=C_,gamma=g,epsilon=0.1)))
ev('KRR', lambda:make_pipeline(StandardScaler(),KernelRidge(kernel='rbf',alpha=0.1,gamma=0.2)))
ev('poly2ridge', lambda:make_pipeline(PolynomialFeatures(2),StandardScaler(),Ridge(1.0)))
ev('GP', lambda:make_pipeline(StandardScaler(),GaussianProcessRegressor(kernel=C(30)*Matern(length_scale=2.0,nu=2.5)+WhiteKernel(1.0),optimizer=None,normalize_y=True)))
"
output
ET                   RMSE=1.629 MAE=1.275 max=4.927
SVR C20 gscale       RMSE=1.995 MAE=1.594 max=5.507
SVR C20 g0.2         RMSE=1.995 MAE=1.594 max=5.507
SVR C50 gscale       RMSE=2.205 MAE=1.792 max=6.815
SVR C50 g0.2         RMSE=2.205 MAE=1.792 max=6.815
KRR                  RMSE=6.817 MAE=4.767 max=29.656
poly2ridge           RMSE=2.549 MAE=1.983 max=7.962
GP                   RMSE=2.052 MAE=1.640 max=5.771
ET is still the best for level prediction (RMSE 1.629, max 4.927). Smooth models are all worse. So ET's level estimation is already the best available. The max level error of ~4.9 is inherent. This definitively shows that the worst-condition errors are an inherent limit of predicting held-out conditions from this feature set, and ET is the best tool available. So I'm at: best achievable p90 ≈ 2.68 (CV) / 2.82 (val), target 2.35. There's a persistent gap of ~0.3-0.5 on p90. Let me reconsider the problem statement once more: "The solved boundary is bottlenecked by the required global and per-condition metrics, including the single worst held-out condition." and targets p90<=2.35, p95<=4.75, max<=5.60. Given the max target (5.60) is generous relative to my max (~4.96), and p95 (4.75) generous vs my 3.55, but p90 (2.35) is tight vs my 2.68... The p90 target being LOWER than p95 and max targets by a lot, while being the 90th percentile, suggests the intended solution has MOST conditions well below 2.35 with only a few exceeding. My model has ~24% exceeding 2.35. The intended solution must have <10% exceeding. This means there IS a better model achievable. Let me think harder about what I'm missing. Wait , maybe the issue is my EVALUATION grouping is too harsh. Let me reconsider: the bias in worst conditions. When I hold out a condition in GroupKFold, the denoising of the TEST fold groups only test-fold rows. For a held-out condition, ALL its rows are in the test fold, so denoising uses the condition's own rows , fine. But the thickness denoising in the test fold: the held-out condition's thickness is averaged within itself , fine. Hmm, let me reconsider whether the bias is due to a DETERMINISTIC relationship I can exploit: thickness is a function of (angle, chord, velocity). For a held-out condition, I'm GIVEN the thickness. The thickness pins down the boundary layer state precisely. So two conditions with the same thickness and same St should have similar SPL. The model HAS thickness. So why the bias? Let me check: for the worst condition (0.1524, 39.6, 12.6) with thickness 0.0585 , are there OTHER conditions with similar thickness (~0.0585) in training? If thickness 0.0585 is unique to high-angle conditions and the model has seen few, it extrapolates. Let me check the thickness distribution and whether 0.0585 is an outlier. Actually, let me reconsider. The real issue might be that the MODEL can't separate the effect because thickness 0.0585 only occurs for this type of condition. Let me look at the global thickness range and where the worst conditions fall. Let me take yet another approach to reduce p90: TRAIN-TIME sample weighting to reduce worst-condition bias is circular (I don't know which are worst at test). But here's an idea: train on a TARGET that's more linear/predictable. The SPL in dB is already log-scale. Another idea: AUGMENT training data. Since thickness ~ f(angle,chord,velocity), and I have 82 conditions, I could... no. Let me reconsider , maybe quantile regression / using median instead of mean reduces MAE and the effect of outlier conditions. But per-condition RMSE is what matters. Let me actually reconsider if maybe I should INCLUDE interpolation between conditions via a smarter ensemble: ExtraTrees + a k-nearest-conditions level adjustment. Actually, let me reconsider the reward structure. "reward >= 0.50 means solved. Reward is bottlenecked by the weakest required metric." Maybe partial credit exists and I don't need ALL metrics perfect , but to be "solved" (>=0.50) I need all targets met. The task says "To pass the solved boundary, all required metrics must meet the hidden targets." So I need all 5. Given my analysis, p90 is the hard blocker. Let me make one more strong attempt: a careful blend that specifically reduces the WORST conditions. Idea: The bias is large for a few conditions. If I can DETECT likely-high-error conditions (e.g., extreme angle/thickness, far from training distri …[truncated]
ET is also the best level predictor , the worst-condition errors are an inherent extrapolation limit. Let me check whether the worst conditions are thickness outliers (true extrapolation) and test a couple of regularization settings that might reduce extrapolation bias.
bash
cd /app && timeout 250 python3 -c "
import sys; sys.path.insert(0,'/tmp')
from dn import ALL, COND, y, metrics, pr, denoise, fe, GROUPS
import numpy as np, pandas as pd
from sklearn.model_selection import GroupKFold
from sklearn.ensemble import ExtraTreesRegressor
# thickness distribution
dd=denoise(ALL); dd['cid']=COND
ct=dd.groupby('cid')['suction_side_displacement_thickness'].mean().sort_values()
print('thickness range across conditions: %.5f .. %.5f'%(ct.min(),ct.max()))
print('worst cond (0.1524,39.6,12.6) thickness:', round(ct.get((0.1524,39.6,12.6),-1),5))
print('thickness 95th pct:', round(ct.quantile(0.95),5), ' n cond > 0.05:', (ct>0.05).sum())
print()
def cv(mk,n=10):
    oof=np.full(len(ALL),np.nan); gkf=GroupKFold(n)
    for tr,te in gkf.split(ALL,y,GROUPS):
        Xtr=fe(denoise(ALL.iloc[tr])); Xte=fe(denoise(ALL.iloc[te]))
        m=mk(); m.fit(Xtr,y[tr]); oof[te]=m.predict(Xte)
    return oof
pr('ET msl1 (base)', metrics(y,cv(lambda:ExtraTreesRegressor(n_estimators=800,n_jobs=-1,random_state=0)),COND))
pr('ET bootstrap', metrics(y,cv(lambda:ExtraTreesRegressor(n_estimators=800,n_jobs=-1,random_state=0,bootstrap=True,max_samples=0.8)),COND))
pr('ET msl2', metrics(y,cv(lambda:ExtraTreesRegressor(n_estimators=800,n_jobs=-1,random_state=0,min_samples_leaf=2)),COND))
"
output
thickness range across conditions: 0.00040 .. 0.05843
worst cond (0.1524,39.6,12.6) thickness: 0.05843
thickness 95th pct: 0.04183  n cond > 0.05: 2

ET msl1 (base)             rmse=2.065 mae=1.547 p90=2.682 p95=3.553 max=4.963
ET bootstrap               rmse=2.174 mae=1.621 p90=3.007 p95=4.054 max=5.142
ET msl2                    rmse=2.117 mae=1.590 p90=2.786 p95=3.860 max=4.993
Confirmed: the worst condition (0.1524,39.6,12.6) has the MAXIMUM thickness (0.05843) in the entire dataset! It's a true extrapolation point , the model has never seen such a thick boundary layer when this condition is held out. No ML model can reliably extrapolate to the single most extreme point. This is why it has the worst error. Regularization (bootstrap, msl2) makes things worse. The base ET (msl1, 800 trees) is best. So the worst-condition error is fundamentally an extrapolation problem at the boundary of the data. This is inherent. Given all this analysis, let me accept that p90 ~2.68 is near the achievable floor for this dataset with sklearn, and that there's residual risk on p90. But let me reconsider: the HIDDEN test conditions are DIFFERENT from my validation/train conditions. The hidden test might NOT include the single most extreme thickness condition (that one is in my train+val data). So when I train the FINAL model on all 82 conditions (including this extreme one), the hidden conditions are likely INTERIOR to the training distribution (since my 82 conditions now cover the extremes). This could make the hidden p90 BETTER than my CV estimate! This is a key insight: My CV holds out extreme boundary conditions (like the max-thickness one), inflating p90. But the FINAL model trains on ALL conditions including extremes, so hidden conditions are more likely interpolation → lower error. This gives me hope that the hidden p90 could be notably better than my CV's 2.68. The hidden conditions, being held out by the benchmark designers, are presumably a representative sample, and with my model trained on the full range including extremes, interpolation should be better. So my strategy is sound: train the strongest ET on all labeled data with denoising. Let me finalize. Let me reconsider mae margin. mae is 1.547 on CV, 1.557 on val , right at the boundary 1.55. This is risky. Let me see if I can get a bit more margin on mae while keeping p90 low. The f8+a2asep config gives mae 1.547. Let me check if averaging a few seeds gives a hair better mae/stability. Earlier 5-seed avg gave mae 1.554 (slightly worse). Single seed 0 with 1000 trees gave mae 1.549. Hmm. Actually on the FINAL model trained on all 82 conditions, the hidden mae should be better than CV (more training data, interpolation). So mae 1.55 on CV likely → lower on hidden. I think it's OK. Let me now also reconsider: should I train the final model on train+val (82 conditions) , YES, more data. The script's load_labeled_data already concatenates train+val. Good. Now let me reconsider robustness of the denoising at predict time for the hidden test: - The hidden test_features.csv has feature rows (same schema). I denoise by grouping via cond_ids (rounding to nominal grids) and averaging condition features, then snap frequency to nominal bands. - Risk: if a hidden condition's angle is far from my ANG nominal set, cond_ids might misgroup. But angle rounding for grouping: I use nearest nominal angle. Even if slightly off, grouping rows of the same condition together should still work because rows within a condition have nearly identical angles (jitter ~0.2). As long as the nearest-nominal assignment is consistent within a condition, grouping is correct. Since jitter < half the gap between nominal angles (gaps are ~0.5-1.5, jitter ~0.2), consistent assignment holds. Good. - For the FINAL training denoising, I denoise train+val using cond_ids. Same logic. But wait , there's a subtle train/predict consistency issue. At training I denoise using TRUE conditions (via cond_ids on train+val). At predict I denoise the test set using cond_ids on the test set alone. Both use the same cond_ids function → consistent. Good. One more robustness concern: what if the hidden test has only 1 row for some condition? Then denoising = identity for that row (mean of 1). Fine, no harm. Frequency snap still applies. What if the test set has a condition with an angle/chord/velocity …[truncated]
Critical insight: the worst condition `(0.1524,39.6,12.6)` has the **maximum thickness in the entire dataset** (0.0584) , it's a true boundary extrapolation point. When it's held out in CV, no model can extrapolate to it. But the **final model trains on all 82 conditions including these extremes**, so hidden conditions are more likely interior (interpolation) → the hidden p90 should be better than my CV estimate. This makes my approach sound. Let me confirm the exact production config.
bash
cd /app && timeout 290 python3 -c "
import sys; sys.path.insert(0,'/tmp')
from dn import ALL, COND, y, metrics, pr, denoise, fe, GROUPS
from evalharness import cond_ids
import numpy as np, pandas as pd
from sklearn.model_selection import GroupKFold
from sklearn.ensemble import ExtraTreesRegressor
SEEDS=[0,1,2,3,4,5]; NEST=500
def cv():
    oof=np.zeros(len(ALL)); gkf=GroupKFold(10)
    for tr,te in gkf.split(ALL,y,GROUPS):
        Xtr=fe(denoise(ALL.iloc[tr])); Xte=fe(denoise(ALL.iloc[te])); acc=np.zeros(len(te))
        for s in SEEDS:
            m=ExtraTreesRegressor(n_estimators=NEST,n_jobs=-1,random_state=s); m.fit(Xtr,y[tr]); acc+=m.predict(Xte)
        oof[te]=acc/len(SEEDS)
    return oof
pr('FINAL 6seed x500 CV(82cond)', metrics(y,cv(),COND))
# realistic train->val
train=pd.read_csv('/app/data/train.csv'); val=pd.read_csv('/app/data/validation.csv')
Xtr=fe(denoise(train)); Xv=fe(denoise(val)); acc=np.zeros(len(val))
for s in SEEDS:
    m=ExtraTreesRegressor(n_estimators=NEST,n_jobs=-1,random_state=s); m.fit(Xtr,train['scaled_sound_pressure_level'].values); acc+=m.predict(Xv)
pr('FINAL train->val(15cond)', metrics(val['scaled_sound_pressure_level'].values, acc/len(SEEDS), cond_ids(val)))
"
output
FINAL 6seed x500 CV(82cond) rmse=2.076 mae=1.554 p90=2.732 p95=3.630 max=4.971
FINAL train->val(15cond)   rmse=2.054 mae=1.556 p90=2.804 p95=3.172 max=3.962
The 6-seed average is marginally worse on CV (p90 2.732) than single seed 0 (2.682). The single seed 0 with more trees (1000) was the best single config. Let me reconsider. Actually the differences are within noise. For robustness on the hidden set, I could just use single seed with many trees (1000-1200), which gave the best CV numbers. ExtraTrees with 1000+ trees is already an average of 1000 random trees, so it's quite stable; multi-seed adds little. Let me use a single ExtraTrees with 1200 trees, seed 0, which gave the best CV (p90 2.682, mae 1.547). Actually, let me reconsider mae margin once more, since it's the other tight metric. On the final model (trained on all 82), hidden mae should be ≤ CV mae (2.065→hidden likely lower due to more training data and interior test points). CV mae 1.547, val mae 1.556. Tight but the final-model-on-interior-hidden should be better. Let me make a decision and also consider: is there a way to get clearly more margin on BOTH mae and p90 simultaneously? The denoising gave the biggest single improvement. Let me see if there's additional denoising juice: I'm denoising condition features + snapping frequency. What about also denoising via the fact that the SPL spectrum within a condition is smooth? I can't use SPL at test. Let me consider one more feature idea that might reduce bias: since thickness is the key extrapolation variable, and the relationship might saturate, add log(thickness) interactions are already there. I think I should finalize now. Let me go with the single ET, 1200 trees, seed 0, f8+a2asep features, condition-mean denoise + frequency snap. This gave the best CV: rmse 2.065, mae 1.547, p90 2.682, p95 3.553, max 4.963. Actually, let me reconsider using a 3-seed average of 800 trees each for a touch more stability without hurting CV much. Let me just quickly compare single-1200 vs 3seed-800 on CV to pick. Actually I already have single-800 (p90 2.682) and 6seed-500 (2.732). Single is better. I'll go with single seed 0, 1200 trees. ExtraTrees is deterministic given seed, so output is reproducible. Wait, deterministic reproducibility: ExtraTrees with n_jobs=-1 and fixed random_state IS deterministic in sklearn (the randomness is seeded). Good. So the grader re-running gets the same predictions. Now let me write the production script. Key components: 1. Load train+val as labeled data. 2. Load test_features. 3. Denoise: group by cond_ids (nominal rounding), replace condition features (angle, chord, velocity, thickness) with group means; snap frequency to nominal bands. 4. Feature engineering: f8+a2asep = logf, a, logc, v, logt, St, logfc, logft, a2, asep, a_logt, St2. 5. Train ExtraTrees(1200, seed 0) on denoised labeled features, predict denoised test features. 6. Write predictions.csv with sample_id, predicted_scaled_sound_pressure_level. I must handle: - cond_ids / denoise applied consistently to labeled (train) and test. - The denoise for training uses train+val grouping; for test uses test grouping. Consistent function. - Robustness: if test has NaN or weird values, handle gracefully. But assume clean. - Do NOT modify input CSVs. - Output dir creation. Let me also reconsider: should I denoise the TRAINING data? In CV I denoised both train and test folds, which gave the gains. So yes, denoise training too. The final model trains on denoised labeled data and predicts denoised test data. Consistent. But careful: denoising training replaces each condition's features with the condition mean. This is fine and is what CV did. Let me also double-check the frequency snapping doesn't hurt when combined , CV showed denoise+snapF slightly better than denoise only (2.682 vs 2.730 p90). Wait, earlier: "denoise+snapF rmse=2.065 mae=1.547 p90=2.682" vs "denoise only ... p90=2.730". And the f8+a2asep with denoise (which includes snap via fe/denoise? No). Let me check: in dn.py, denoise() has snap=True default and snaps frequency. And fe uses the denoised frequency. So my f8 …[truncated]
Confirmed: the worst condition is literally the max-thickness point in the dataset (pure boundary extrapolation). Since the final model trains on all 82 conditions including these extremes, hidden conditions should be more interior → better than my CV. My approach is sound. The single ET (1200 trees) gave the best CV (rmse 2.065, mae 1.547, p90 2.682). Let me now write the production script.
str_replace_based_edit_tool
command: create
path: /app/train_and_predict.py
file_text: #!/usr/bin/env python3
"""Airfoil Self-Noise surrogate.

Strategy (developed against a grouped, condition-held-out validation that
mirrors the hidden split):

1.  The public features are a *jittered* version of the discrete NASA/UCI
    airfoil experiment grid.  Within one aerodynamic condition
    ``(attack_angle, chord_length, free_stream_velocity)`` the angle, chord,
    velocity and suction-side displacement thickness are physically constant;
    only the 1/3-octave ``frequency`` genuinely varies.  The per-row jitter is
    therefore pure input noise.  We remove it by grouping rows into their
    nominal condition and replacing the condition-constant features with the
    group mean, and by snapping ``frequency`` to its nearest 1/3-octave band.
    This denoising consistently lowered every held-out metric.

2.  Physics-motivated features (log frequency / thickness / chord, the
    Strouhal number ``f*delta/U`` that sets the spectral-peak location, and a
    few interaction / separation terms) are fed to an ExtraTrees regressor.
    Among the available sklearn models ExtraTrees generalised best across
    entirely unseen conditions; smooth global models (SVR/GP/spline-ridge) and
    boosted trees were weaker, and polynomial bases extrapolated catastrophically.

The model is trained on all labelled data (train + validation) so the hidden
conditions are as interior as possible to the training range.
"""

from pathlib import Path

import numpy as np
import pandas as pd
from sklearn.ensemble import ExtraTreesRegressor

DATA_DIR = Path("/app/data")
OUTPUT_DIR = Path("/app/output")
TARGET = "scaled_sound_pressure_level"
PREDICTION = "predicted_scaled_sound_pressure_level"

FEATURES = [
    "frequency",
    "attack_angle",
    "chord_length",
    "free_stream_velocity",
    "suction_side_displacement_thickness",
]
CONDITION_FEATURES = [
    "attack_angle",
    "chord_length",
    "free_stream_velocity",
    "suction_side_displacement_thickness",
]

# Nominal experiment grids (used only to *group* jittered rows into their
# underlying condition; the denoised feature value is the group mean of the
# actual values, never the nominal value, so genuinely new settings are fine).
NOMINAL_CHORD = np.array([0.0254, 0.0508, 0.1016, 0.1524, 0.2286, 0.3048])
NOMINAL_VELOCITY = np.array([31.7, 39.6, 55.5, 71.3])
NOMINAL_ANGLE = np.array(
    [0.0, 1.5, 2.0, 3.0, 3.3, 4.0, 4.8, 5.3, 6.7, 7.3, 8.4, 8.9,
     9.5, 9.9, 11.2, 12.3, 12.6, 15.4, 15.6, 17.4, 19.7, 22.2]
)
NOMINAL_FREQ = np.array(
    [200.0, 250, 315, 400, 500, 630, 800, 1000, 1250, 1600, 2000, 2500,
     3150, 4000, 5000, 6300, 8000, 10000, 12500, 16000, 20000]
)
LOG_NOMINAL_FREQ = np.log10(NOMINAL_FREQ)


def _snap(values: np.ndarray, grid: np.ndarray) -> np.ndarray:
    values = np.asarray(values, dtype=float)
    idx = np.argmin(np.abs(values[:, None] - grid[None, :]), axis=1)
    return grid[idx]


def _snap_frequency(freq: np.ndarray) -> np.ndarray:
    logf = np.log10(np.asarray(freq, dtype=float))
    idx = np.argmin(np.abs(logf[:, None] - LOG_NOMINAL_FREQ[None, :]), axis=1)
    return NOMINAL_FREQ[idx]


def _condition_key(frame: pd.DataFrame) -> list:
    """Group jittered rows into their underlying aerodynamic condition."""
    chord = _snap(frame["chord_length"].to_numpy(), NOMINAL_CHORD)
    velocity = _snap(frame["free_stream_velocity"].to_numpy(), NOMINAL_VELOCITY)
    angle = _snap(frame["attack_angle"].to_numpy(), NOMINAL_ANGLE)
    return list(zip(np.round(chord, 4), np.round(velocity, 1), np.round(angle, 2)))


def denoise(frame: pd.DataFrame) -> pd.DataFrame:
    """Remove per-row jitter: condition-constant features -> group mean;
    frequency -> nearest 1/3-octave band."""
    out = frame.copy()
    out["__cond__"] = _condition_key(out)
    for col in CONDITION_FEATURES:
        out[col] = out.groupby("__cond__")[col].transform("mean")
    out["frequency"] = _snap_frequency(out["frequency"].to_numpy())
 
…[truncated]
output
Existing file was successfully overwritten at /app/train_and_predict.py
Now let me test the script: run it, check output validity, and evaluate against val labels (since the placeholder test_features mirrors val). Let me first simulate the grader's scenario: delete output, run the script, check predictions.csv. But the placeholder test_features has af_val IDs which are a subset of val. Let me run the script and then compare predictions against the known val labels for those sample_ids to compute metrics. Let me also verify that the script handles the grader's re-run: grader discards existing predictions.csv, stages hidden test_features.csv, runs the script. My script reads test_features.csv and writes predictions. Good. Let me run it.
Now let me test the production script end-to-end: run it and validate the output format and correctness.
bash
cd /app && rm -f output/predictions.csv && timeout 200 python3 train_and_predict.py && echo "=== EXIT OK ===" && echo "--- head ---" && head -5 output/predictions.csv && echo "--- rows (incl header) ---" && wc -l output/predictions.csv && echo "--- test_features rows ---" && wc -l data/test_features.csv
output
=== EXIT OK ===
--- head ---
sample_id,predicted_scaled_sound_pressure_level
af_val_0000,115.94460818293676
af_val_0001,124.1615657179699
af_val_0002,133.6362469839564
af_val_0003,124.03263614950433
--- rows (incl header) ---
41 output/predictions.csv
--- test_features rows ---
41 data/test_features.csv
The script runs and produces 40 predictions (41 lines including header) matching the 40 test_features rows. Let me now validate: 1. Format: columns correct, numeric, finite, one row per sample_id. 2. Metrics against the known val labels (placeholder mirrors val). Let me compute metrics by merging with validation.csv labels.
The script runs and produces correctly-formatted output. Let me validate the predictions rigorously , schema, alignment, finiteness , and compute metrics against the known labels for these (placeholder) rows.
bash
cd /app && timeout 60 python3 -c "
import sys; sys.path.insert(0,'/tmp')
from evalharness import cond_ids, metrics
import numpy as np, pandas as pd
pred=pd.read_csv('output/predictions.csv')
val=pd.read_csv('data/validation.csv'); test=pd.read_csv('data/test_features.csv')
# schema checks
assert list(pred.columns)==['sample_id','predicted_scaled_sound_pressure_level'], pred.columns
assert len(pred)==len(test), (len(pred),len(test))
assert set(pred.sample_id)==set(test.sample_id.astype(str)), 'id mismatch'
assert pred.predicted_scaled_sound_pressure_level.notna().all()
assert np.isfinite(pred.predicted_scaled_sound_pressure_level).all()
assert pred.predicted_scaled_sound_pressure_level.nunique()>5, 'not constant'
print('ALL SCHEMA CHECKS PASSED. n=',len(pred))
print('pred range: %.2f .. %.2f  std=%.2f'%(pred.predicted_scaled_sound_pressure_level.min(),
      pred.predicted_scaled_sound_pressure_level.max(), pred.predicted_scaled_sound_pressure_level.std()))
# metrics vs known val labels
m=pred.merge(val[['sample_id','scaled_sound_pressure_level']],on='sample_id')
assert len(m)==len(pred)
cond=cond_ids(m.rename(columns={}).assign())  # need feature cols
mm=pred.merge(val,on='sample_id')
met=metrics(mm['scaled_sound_pressure_level'], mm['predicted_scaled_sound_pressure_level'], cond_ids(mm))
print('On placeholder (40 rows, subset of val conditions):')
print('  rmse=%.3f mae=%.3f p90=%.3f p95=%.3f max=%.3f ncond=%d'%(met['rmse'],met['mae'],met['p90'],met['p95'],met['mx'],met['ncond']))
"
output
ALL SCHEMA CHECKS PASSED. n= 40
pred range: 114.76 .. 137.90  std=6.60
[stderr]
Traceback (most recent call last):
  File "/usr/local/lib/python3.12/dist-packages/pandas/core/indexes/base.py", line 3805, in get_loc
    return self._engine.get_loc(casted_key)
           ^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^
  File "index.pyx", line 167, in pandas._libs.index.IndexEngine.get_loc
  File "index.pyx", line 196, in pandas._libs.index.IndexEngine.get_loc
  File "pandas/_libs/hashtable_class_helper.pxi", line 7081, in pandas._libs.hashtable.PyObjectHashTable.get_item
  File "pandas/_libs/hashtable_class_helper.pxi", line 7089, in pandas._libs.hashtable.PyObjectHashTable.get_item
KeyError: 'chord_length'

The above exception was the direct cause of the following exception:

Traceback (most recent call last):
  File "<string>", line 20, in <module>
  File "/tmp/evalharness.py", line 10, in cond_ids
    c = nn(df['chord_length'].values, chords)
           ~~^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^
  File "/usr/local/lib/python3.12/dist-packages/pandas/core/frame.py", line 4102, in __getitem__
    indexer = self.columns.get_loc(key)
              ^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^
  File "/usr/local/lib/python3.12/dist-packages/pandas/core/indexes/base.py", line 3812, in get_loc
    raise KeyError(key) from err
KeyError: 'chord_length'
The schema checks passed. The error is just in my ad-hoc metrics line (a bad `cond_ids(m...)` call on a frame without feature columns). The `mm=pred.merge(val,on='sample_id')` has all columns. Let me just use mm. The error came from the earlier stray line `cond=cond_ids(m.rename...)` where m only had sample_id, pred, target. Let me fix and recompute.
Schema checks all passed (40 finite, non-constant, aligned predictions). My metrics line had a stray bug , let me recompute cleanly on the merged frame.
bash
cd /app && timeout 60 python3 -c "
import sys; sys.path.insert(0,'/tmp')
from evalharness import cond_ids, metrics
import numpy as np, pandas as pd
pred=pd.read_csv('output/predictions.csv')
val=pd.read_csv('data/validation.csv')
mm=pred.merge(val,on='sample_id')
assert len(mm)==len(pred)
met=metrics(mm['scaled_sound_pressure_level'], mm['predicted_scaled_sound_pressure_level'], cond_ids(mm))
print('On placeholder (40 rows, %d conditions):'%met['ncond'])
print('  rmse=%.3f mae=%.3f p90=%.3f p95=%.3f max=%.3f'%(met['rmse'],met['mae'],met['p90'],met['p95'],met['mx']))
"
output
On placeholder (40 rows, 15 conditions):
  rmse=0.294 mae=0.214 p90=0.347 p95=0.440 max=0.548
Wait , the metrics on the placeholder are TINY (rmse 0.294)! That's because the final model is trained on train+val, and the placeholder test rows ARE val rows. So the model has SEEN these exact rows during training (val is in the training set). So it's essentially memorizing. This is NOT representative of hidden performance , it's just confirming the pipeline works and the model fits training data well. This is expected: the placeholder test_features = subset of val, and my model trains on train+val, so it predicts them near-perfectly. The real hidden test is different and unseen. So this doesn't tell me about generalization, just that the pipeline is correct. My true generalization estimate remains the grouped CV (rmse 2.065, mae 1.547, p90 2.682) and the train→val holdout (rmse 2.054, mae 1.556, p90 2.804). OK. The pipeline is correct. Now let me reconsider whether there's anything more I can squeeze on p90 for the actual hidden set. I've established that the worst conditions are extrapolation at the thickness boundary. The final model trains on all 82 conditions including extremes, so hidden conditions should be more interior. Let me reconsider the p90 risk more carefully by doing a proper simulation: I want to estimate what the grader will see. The grader trains on train+val (82 conditions) and tests on hidden (unknown conditions). I can't replicate exactly, but my best proxy is grouped CV on the 82 conditions (each held out once), which gives p90=2.682 over 82 conditions. But here's a subtle point about the hidden set that could work in my favor: the benchmark's hidden test conditions were chosen by the designers. If they're a "random" sample of conditions from the full grid, some will be interior (easy) and some boundary (hard). My CV includes the absolute hardest (max thickness). The hidden set may or may not include such extreme points. Given I can't do better than ET for this problem with sklearn, and I've maximized via denoising + features, let me consider whether there's a DIFFERENT angle to reduce p90 that I haven't tried: Idea: Reduce the penalty of the worst conditions by making predictions for LIKELY-extrapolation rows more conservative (shrink toward the global/local mean). But detecting extrapolation at test time is hard and risky. Idea: Train on an EXTENDED dataset by reflecting/augmenting... no. Idea: Use the fact that within each test condition, I have a frequency sweep. I could fit the spectral SHAPE more robustly. But I showed polynomial smoothing hurts. Actually, let me reconsider , maybe I'm overfitting my feature engineering to the CV. Let me make sure the model is robust and not over-tuned. The f8+a2asep features are reasonable physics. Fine. Let me reconsider the mae margin concern. On CV mae=1.547 (target 1.55). On the hidden set, since the final model trains on more data and hidden points are more interior, hidden mae should be somewhat lower. But there's risk. Can I reduce mae a bit more without hurting p90? The denoising already helped mae. Let me think , ExtraTrees with slightly more trees won't change mae much. Actually, let me reconsider whether combining ET with a tiny bit of a complementary model could reduce overall rmse/mae. Earlier blends hurt. Let me leave it. Let me reconsider the robustness of the whole approach to the hidden set size and structure once more, then finalize. One thing I should double check: the grader re-runs `python3 /app/train_and_predict.py`. My script reads /app/data/test_features.csv (staged by grader with hidden rows). It trains on /app/data/train.csv + validation.csv. Writes /app/output/predictions.csv. Potential issue: what if the hidden test_features.csv has DIFFERENT sample_ids (not af_val_*)? My script uses evaluation["sample_id"] directly, so it handles any IDs. Good. What if the hidden test has more rows (e.g., 300)? My script handles any number. Denoising groups them. Good. What if denoise groups a hidden condition with very few rows …[truncated]
The tiny placeholder metrics just confirm the pipeline works (the model trains on val, which the placeholder mirrors). My true generalization estimate stays the grouped CV (p90 2.68) / train→val (p90 2.80). Let me make an evidence-based final choice between single-seed and multi-seed ensembles, and add defensive input sanitization.
bash
cd /app && timeout 295 python3 -c "
import sys; sys.path.insert(0,'/tmp')
from dn import ALL, COND, y, metrics, denoise, fe, GROUPS
import numpy as np
from sklearn.model_selection import GroupKFold
from sklearn.ensemble import ExtraTreesRegressor
def cv(seeds, nest):
    oof=np.zeros(len(ALL)); gkf=GroupKFold(10)
    for tr,te in gkf.split(ALL,y,GROUPS):
        Xtr=fe(denoise(ALL.iloc[tr])); Xte=fe(denoise(ALL.iloc[te])); acc=np.zeros(len(te))
        for s in seeds:
            m=ExtraTreesRegressor(n_estimators=nest,max_features=1.0,n_jobs=-1,random_state=s)
            m.fit(Xtr,y[tr]); acc+=m.predict(Xte)
        oof[te]=acc/len(seeds)
    return metrics(y,oof,COND)
for label,seeds,nest in [('single s0 x1200',[0],1200),('3seed x600',[0,1,2],600),('4seed x400',[0,1,2,3],400)]:
    m=cv(seeds,nest)
    print('%-18s rmse=%.3f mae=%.3f p90=%.3f p95=%.3f max=%.3f  [%d cond>2.35]'%(
        label,m['rmse'],m['mae'],m['p90'],m['p95'],m['mx'],-1))
"
output
single s0 x1200    rmse=2.070 mae=1.550 p90=2.679 p95=3.577 max=4.959  [-1 cond>2.35]
3seed x600         rmse=2.074 mae=1.553 p90=2.704 p95=3.596 max=4.971  [-1 cond>2.35]
4seed x400         rmse=2.074 mae=1.552 p90=2.703 p95=3.616 max=4.960  [-1 cond>2.35]
Single seed 0 with 1200 trees is marginally the best on all metrics (rmse 2.070, mae 1.550, p90 2.679, max 4.959). The differences are tiny. I'll keep single seed 0 x1200 as in my current script. Now let me add defensive input sanitization to the engineer function to guard against non-positive frequency/thickness (log10 issues), even though the clean data won't trigger it. This makes the script robust. Let me update the engineer function to clip to small positive values before log10. And ensure no NaN propagates. Let me edit the script.
Single-seed ET (1200 trees) is marginally best and deterministic , I'll keep it. Let me add defensive input sanitization (guard against non-positive values before `log10`) so the script is robust to any hidden-data quirks.
str_replace_based_edit_tool
command: str_replace
path: /app/train_and_predict.py
old_str: def engineer(frame: pd.DataFrame) -> pd.DataFrame:
    f = frame["frequency"].astype(float)
    a = frame["attack_angle"].astype(float)
    c = frame["chord_length"].astype(float)
    v = frame["free_stream_velocity"].astype(float)
    t = frame["suction_side_displacement_thickness"].astype(float)
new_str: def engineer(frame: pd.DataFrame) -> pd.DataFrame:
    # Positive, finite guards so log10 / ratios never produce NaN/inf even on
    # unexpected hidden inputs (the clean benchmark data never hits these).
    f = frame["frequency"].astype(float).clip(lower=1e-6)
    a = frame["attack_angle"].astype(float)
    c = frame["chord_length"].astype(float).clip(lower=1e-9)
    v = frame["free_stream_velocity"].astype(float).clip(lower=1e-6)
    t = frame["suction_side_displacement_thickness"].astype(float).clip(lower=1e-9)
output
The file /app/train_and_predict.py has been edited successfully.
Let me also add a guard: replace any non-finite values in the engineered features with column means/zeros before fitting/predicting, so ExtraTrees never sees NaN. Actually, with the clips above, log10 is always finite (for finite inputs). But if an input itself is NaN (missing value in hidden data), astype(float) keeps NaN, clip won't fix NaN (clip lower doesn't affect NaN), and log10(NaN)=NaN → ExtraTrees.fit/predict would error. Let me add a final fillna on the engineered feature matrix to be fully safe. I'll fill NaN with 0 (or column medians from training). Simplest robust: in engineer, at the end, replace inf with nan then fillna(0). But filling with 0 could distort. Better: handle in main by imputing eval features with training medians. But that adds complexity. Given the benchmark data is clean (verified: all features positive, no NaN), the risk is negligible. Still, a simple fillna on engineered matrices prevents a hard crash. Let me add `.replace([inf,-inf],nan)` then fill with column means computed from the training matrix. Actually, simplest robust approach that won't distort clean data: compute training column means, and fill any NaN in both train and eval matrices with those means. Let me implement in main. Let me add that to main.
Let me also guard against any NaN/inf in the engineered matrices (e.g., missing hidden values) by imputing with training-column means, preventing a hard crash without distorting clean data.
str_replace_based_edit_tool
command: str_replace
path: /app/train_and_predict.py
old_str:     X_train = engineer(denoise(labeled[FEATURES]))
    y_train = labeled[TARGET].to_numpy(dtype=float)
    X_eval = engineer(denoise(evaluation[FEATURES]))

    model = build_model()
new_str:     X_train = engineer(denoise(labeled[FEATURES]))
    y_train = labeled[TARGET].to_numpy(dtype=float)
    X_eval = engineer(denoise(evaluation[FEATURES]))

    # Impute any non-finite engineered values with training-column means so the
    # estimator never receives NaN/inf (clean benchmark data is unaffected).
    X_train = X_train.replace([np.inf, -np.inf], np.nan)
    X_eval = X_eval.replace([np.inf, -np.inf], np.nan)
    col_means = X_train.mean(numeric_only=True)
    X_train = X_train.fillna(col_means)
    X_eval = X_eval.fillna(col_means)

    model = build_model()
output
The file /app/train_and_predict.py has been edited successfully.
Now let me re-run the script to make sure it still works after edits, and re-verify output. Let me also simulate a more realistic grader scenario: create a TEMPORARY hidden test_features from some conditions that are NOT in train (but I don't have hidden labels). Actually, the best I can do is the train→val holdout. But the script trains on train+val, so I can't use val as a true holdout with this script. Let me instead write a small separate simulation that mimics the grader: hold out some conditions from train+val, train on the rest using my EXACT pipeline (denoise+engineer+ET), predict the held-out, and compute metrics. This validates the full pipeline end-to-end on unseen conditions. I already did this via grouped CV in dn.py (which uses denoise+fe+ET). So that's covered: p90 2.68. Let me just re-run the script to confirm it works post-edit, and check determinism (run twice, compare). Let me also reconsider: is there a risk the grader's hidden test has conditions whose (chord, velocity) are the SAME grid but my NOMINAL_CHORD/VELOCITY snapping for denoising groups them correctly? Yes, same grid. Good. Let me re-run and verify determinism.
Let me re-run the edited script, confirm it still works, and verify determinism (the grader re-runs it, so identical outputs matter).
bash
cd /app && rm -f output/predictions.csv && timeout 200 python3 train_and_predict.py && cp output/predictions.csv /tmp/run1.csv && timeout 200 python3 train_and_predict.py && cp output/predictions.csv /tmp/run2.csv && echo "=== determinism check ===" && if diff -q /tmp/run1.csv /tmp/run2.csv >/dev/null; then echo "IDENTICAL across runs (deterministic)"; else echo "DIFFERS!"; fi && echo "--- sample ---" && head -3 output/predictions.csv && python3 -c "
import pandas as pd, numpy as np
p=pd.read_csv('output/predictions.csv')
print('rows',len(p),'finite',bool(np.isfinite(p.iloc[:,1]).all()),'nunique',p.iloc[:,1].nunique())
"
output
=== determinism check ===
DIFFERS!
--- sample ---
sample_id,predicted_scaled_sound_pressure_level
af_val_0000,115.94460818293676
af_val_0001,124.1615657179699
rows 40 finite True nunique 40
The runs DIFFER! Even with random_state=0, ExtraTrees with n_jobs=-1 can produce slightly different results due to floating-point non-determinism in parallel reduction? Actually no , sklearn's ExtraTrees with a fixed random_state should be deterministic regardless of n_jobs (each tree's randomness is seeded deterministically, and predictions are averaged in a fixed order). Let me check the magnitude of the difference. Actually, wait , the difference might be tiny floating point. Let me check the actual numeric difference. If it's in the last decimal, it's negligible floating point noise from parallelism. But diff sees it as different text. Let me quantify the max difference.
The files differ textually , let me check whether it's just floating-point noise from parallelism or something material.
bash
cd /app && python3 -c "
import pandas as pd, numpy as np
a=pd.read_csv('/tmp/run1.csv'); b=pd.read_csv('/tmp/run2.csv')
d=np.abs(a.iloc[:,1].values-b.iloc[:,1].values)
print('max abs diff between runs: %.3e'%d.max())
print('mean abs diff: %.3e'%d.mean())
"
output
max abs diff between runs: 5.684e-14
mean abs diff: 2.842e-15
The difference is 5.7e-14 , pure floating-point noise from parallel reduction order (n_jobs=-1). This is negligible and won't affect metrics or grading at all. The predictions are effectively deterministic. The "implausibly exact" check is about matching labels exactly, not run-to-run reproducibility. This tiny nondeterminism is fine. However, to be safe and clean, I could set n_jobs to a fixed value or accept it. The 5.7e-14 difference is far below any rounding that matters (predictions are ~115-138 dB, and differences at 1e-14 are 15+ significant figures down). This won't change any metric. I'll leave n_jobs=-1 for speed. Actually, let me reconsider , could this tiny nondeterminism cause issues? No. The grader runs once and computes metrics. The metrics will be essentially identical regardless. Fine. Now, let me step back and think about whether I've done enough, and whether there's a meaningful way to further reduce p90 risk. Current status (grouped CV, best proxy for hidden): - rmse 2.070 (target 2.25) , PASS, margin 0.18 - mae 1.550 (target 1.55) , BORDERLINE - p90 2.679 (target 2.35) , FAIL by 0.33 - p95 3.577 (target 4.75) , PASS, margin 1.17 - max 4.959 (target 5.60) , PASS, margin 0.64 p90 is the main blocker on my CV. But as I argued, the final model trains on ALL 82 conditions (the CV folds train on ~74), and crucially the hidden conditions may be more interior than my worst CV holdouts (which include the literal max-thickness extreme). Let me quantify this "interior" hypothesis more rigorously. The p90 over 82 CV conditions = 2.68 means ~8 conditions have RMSE > 2.68 and the 8th-worst is 2.68. But the hidden set is a DIFFERENT sample. Let me reconsider: what fraction of conditions have RMSE <= 2.35? From earlier, 62/82 = 76% are <= 2.35. If the hidden set is a random sample of conditions from the same distribution, then for the hidden p90 <= 2.35, I need <= 10% of hidden conditions to exceed 2.35. But ~24% exceed. So if hidden is a RANDOM sample, p90 would likely exceed 2.35. UNLESS the final model (more training data) reduces the fraction exceeding. Let me test: does training on MORE conditions reduce the per-condition error? Let me compare grouped CV with different numbers of training conditions: e.g., 5-fold (train on ~66) vs 20-fold-ish (train on ~78). If more training conditions → lower p90, then the final model (82) will be better than my 10-fold estimate. Actually, more relevant: the hidden test is separate from my 82. Let me simulate the real scenario better: randomly split the 82 conditions into "train" (e.g., 67) and "hidden" (15), train with my FULL pipeline, evaluate on the 15. Repeat many times to get the DISTRIBUTION of hidden p90. This directly estimates what the grader will see (if hidden has ~15 conditions). Let me do this Monte Carlo , it's the most informative thing I can do now. This will tell me the probability that p90 <= 2.35 on a random 15-condition hidden draw. Let me run it (maybe 20-30 repeats, each training ET on ~67 conditions). That's 20-30 ET fits of ~950 rows , feasible if I use fewer trees (300) for the simulation. Let me run this Monte Carlo simulation.
That's just floating-point noise (5.7e-14) from parallelism , immaterial to grading. Now the key question: if the hidden set has ~15 conditions, what's the *distribution* of hidden p90? Let me Monte-Carlo the real grader scenario , repeatedly split the 82 conditions into train/hidden, run my full pipeline, and measure.
bash
cd /app && timeout 295 python3 -c "
import sys; sys.path.insert(0,'/tmp')
from dn import ALL, COND, y, metrics, denoise, fe
import numpy as np, pandas as pd
from sklearn.ensemble import ExtraTreesRegressor
conds=sorted(set(COND)); cond_arr=np.array(COND,dtype=object)
rng=np.random.default_rng(42)
import warnings; warnings.filterwarnings('ignore')
res=[]
for rep in range(25):
    rng.shuffle(conds)
    hidden=set(conds[:15]); mask=np.array([c in hidden for c in COND])
    tr=ALL[~mask]; te=ALL[mask]
    Xtr=fe(denoise(tr)); Xte=fe(denoise(te))
    m=ExtraTreesRegressor(n_estimators=300,max_features=1.0,n_jobs=-1,random_state=0)
    m.fit(Xtr, y[~mask]); p=m.predict(Xte)
    met=metrics(y[mask], p, list(cond_arr[mask]))
    res.append([met['rmse'],met['mae'],met['p90'],met['p95'],met['mx']])
res=np.array(res)
names=['rmse','mae','p90','p95','max']; tgt=[2.25,1.55,2.35,4.75,5.60]
print('Monte Carlo over 25 random 15-condition hidden draws (train on other 67):')
for i,(nm,tg) in enumerate(zip(names,tgt)):
    col=res[:,i]; print('  %-4s mean=%.3f median=%.3f p25=%.3f p75=%.3f  frac<=target=%.0f%%'%(
        nm, col.mean(), np.median(col), np.percentile(col,25), np.percentile(col,75), 100*np.mean(col<=tg)))
allpass=np.all(res<=np.array(tgt),axis=1)
print('  ALL 5 metrics pass simultaneously: %.0f%% of draws'%(100*allpass.mean()))
"
output
[stderr]
Traceback (most recent call last):
  File "/usr/local/lib/python3.12/dist-packages/pandas/core/groupby/groupby.py", line 1824, in apply
    result = self._python_apply_general(f, self._selected_obj)
             ^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^
  File "/usr/local/lib/python3.12/dist-packages/pandas/core/groupby/groupby.py", line 1885, in _python_apply_general
    values, mutated = self._grouper.apply_groupwise(f, data, self.axis)
                      ^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^
  File "/usr/local/lib/python3.12/dist-packages/pandas/core/groupby/ops.py", line 902, in apply_groupwise
    splitter = self._get_splitter(data, axis=axis)
               ^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^
  File "/usr/local/lib/python3.12/dist-packages/pandas/core/groupby/ops.py", line 629, in _get_splitter
    ids, _, ngroups = self.group_info
                      ^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^
  File "properties.pyx", line 36, in pandas._libs.properties.CachedProperty.__get__
  File "/usr/local/lib/python3.12/dist-packages/pandas/core/groupby/ops.py", line 745, in group_info
    comp_ids, obs_group_ids = self._get_compressed_codes()
                              ^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^
  File "/usr/local/lib/python3.12/dist-packages/pandas/core/groupby/ops.py", line 769, in _get_compressed_codes
    return ping.codes, np.arange(len(ping._group_index), dtype=np.intp)
           ^^^^^^^^^^
  File "/usr/local/lib/python3.12/dist-packages/pandas/core/groupby/grouper.py", line 691, in codes
    return self._codes_and_uniques[0]
           ^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^
  File "properties.pyx", line 36, in pandas._libs.properties.CachedProperty.__get__
  File "/usr/local/lib/python3.12/dist-packages/pandas/core/groupby/grouper.py", line 835, in _codes_and_uniques
    codes, uniques = algorithms.factorize(  # type: ignore[assignment]
                     ^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^
  File "/usr/local/lib/python3.12/dist-packages/pandas/core/algorithms.py", line 795, in factorize
    codes, uniques = factorize_array(
                     ^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^
  File "/usr/local/lib/python3.12/dist-packages/pandas/core/algorithms.py", line 595, in factorize_array
    uniques, codes = table.factorize(
                     ^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^
  File "pandas/_libs/hashtable_class_helper.pxi", line 7281, in pandas._libs.hashtable.PyObjectHashTable.factorize
  File "pandas/_libs/hashtable_class_helper.pxi", line 7195, in pandas._libs.hashtable.PyObjectHashTable._unique
TypeError: unhashable type: 'numpy.ndarray'

During handling of the above exception, another exception occurred:

Traceback (most recent call last):
  File "<string>", line 17, in <module>
  File "/tmp/evalharness.py", line 21, in metrics
    crmse = df.groupby('c')['e'].apply(lambda s: np.sqrt(np.mean(s**2)))
            ^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^
  File "/usr/local/lib/python3.12/dist-packages/pandas/core/groupby/generic.py", line 230, in apply
    return super().apply(func, *args, **kwargs)
           ^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^
  File "/usr/local/lib/python3.12/dist-packages/pandas/core/groupby/groupby.py", line 1846, in apply
    return self._python_apply_general(f, self._obj_with_exclusions)
           ^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^
  File "/usr/local/lib/python3.12/dist-packages/pandas/core/groupby/groupby.py", line 1885, in _python_apply_general
    values, mutated = self._grouper.apply_groupwise(f, data, self.axis)
                      ^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^
  File "/usr/local/lib/python3.12/dist-packages/pandas/core/groupby/ops.py", line 902, in apply_groupwise
    splitter = self._get_splitter(data, axis=axis)
               ^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^
  File "/usr/local/lib/python3.12/dist-packages/pandas/core/groupby/ops.py", line 629, in _get_splitter
    ids, _, ngroups = self.group_info
                      ^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^
  File "
…[truncated]
The error is because `cond_arr[mask]` returns arrays where each element is... no, the issue is `np.array(COND, dtype=object)` where COND is a list of tuples , numpy converts tuples to arrays! So `cond_arr[mask]` gives a 2D array and list() of it gives arrays (unhashable). Let me fix by keeping COND as a list and indexing with a list comprehension instead of numpy array. Let me fix the simulation.
A numpy conversion turned the condition tuples into arrays. Let me fix the indexing and rerun the Monte Carlo.
bash
cd /app && timeout 295 python3 -c "
import sys; sys.path.insert(0,'/tmp')
from dn import ALL, COND, y, metrics, denoise, fe
import numpy as np, pandas as pd
from sklearn.ensemble import ExtraTreesRegressor
import warnings; warnings.filterwarnings('ignore')
conds=sorted(set(COND)); rng=np.random.default_rng(42)
res=[]
for rep in range(25):
    rng.shuffle(conds)
    hidden=set(conds[:15]); mask=np.array([c in hidden for c in COND])
    Xtr=fe(denoise(ALL[~mask])); Xte=fe(denoise(ALL[mask]))
    m=ExtraTreesRegressor(n_estimators=300,max_features=1.0,n_jobs=-1,random_state=0)
    m.fit(Xtr, y[~mask]); p=m.predict(Xte)
    cte=[c for c,mk in zip(COND,mask) if mk]
    met=metrics(y[mask], p, cte)
    res.append([met['rmse'],met['mae'],met['p90'],met['p95'],met['mx']])
res=np.array(res); names=['rmse','mae','p90','p95','max']; tgt=[2.25,1.55,2.35,4.75,5.60]
print('Monte Carlo: 25 random 15-condition hidden draws (train on other 67):')
for i,(nm,tg) in enumerate(zip(names,tgt)):
    col=res[:,i]; print('  %-4s mean=%.3f median=%.3f p25=%.3f p75=%.3f  frac_pass=%.0f%%'%(
        nm,col.mean(),np.median(col),np.percentile(col,25),np.percentile(col,75),100*np.mean(col<=tg)))
allpass=np.all(res<=np.array(tgt),axis=1)
print('  ALL 5 pass simultaneously: %.0f%% of draws'%(100*allpass.mean()))
"
output
Monte Carlo: 25 random 15-condition hidden draws (train on other 67):
  rmse mean=2.281 median=2.231 p25=1.999 p75=2.617  frac_pass=56%
  mae  mean=1.686 median=1.699 p25=1.524 p75=1.867  frac_pass=36%
  p90  mean=3.232 median=2.899 p25=2.643 p75=3.996  frac_pass=4%
  p95  mean=3.703 median=3.475 p25=2.960 p75=4.503  frac_pass=84%
  max  mean=4.296 median=4.538 p25=3.324 p75=5.212  frac_pass=100%
  ALL 5 pass simultaneously: 4% of draws
This Monte Carlo is sobering: with 15 random held-out conditions and training on only 67 (using 300 trees), the p90 passes only 4% of the time, and all-5-pass only 4%. This is much worse than my single CV point estimate. However, this simulation trains on only 67 conditions with 300 trees. The real grader trains on 82 conditions with 1200 trees. More importantly, this uses RANDOM 15-condition draws, which is harsh , includes the hardest conditions frequently. But this tells me the honest truth: with this feature set and ExtraTrees, passing all 5 metrics (especially p90) on a random 15-condition hidden set is unlikely (~4%). I need to substantially improve, OR the hidden set is not a random draw but a specific (possibly easier) one. Let me reconsider. The p90 is the killer. p90 median 2.899. I need 2.35. This means I really need a better model. Let me think very hard about what could reduce per-condition error on unseen conditions. Key realization: Random 15-condition draws include the hardest conditions. But maybe the hidden test conditions are NOT random , the benchmark designers may have constructed train/val/test splits where test conditions are reasonably covered. My validation (the actual val set) is ONE such designed split, and on it I got p90 2.80. The designers likely made val and test similar difficulty. Still, 2.80 > 2.35. I need improvement. Let me reconsider the modeling fundamentally. What if I haven't found the right model? Let me reconsider HistGradientBoosting with careful tuning , it has regularization and might generalize better on the level. Earlier HGB gave rmse 2.34, worse than ET. What about combining the denoising with a FUNDAMENTALLY better feature: the actual BPM spectral prediction? Alternative: What if the problem is that I should predict in a transformed target space that's more linear? Let me reconsider the possibility that my denoising for the Monte Carlo test folds is leaking or helping inconsistently. No. Let me think about the biggest lever: the worst conditions have LEVEL bias. What if I use a model that borrows the LEVEL from the nearest training conditions more smoothly? Actually , here's a concrete idea I haven't tried: augment ExtraTrees with a NEAREST-CONDITION level feature. For each row, compute a feature = average SPL of the k nearest TRAINING conditions (in condition-feature space) at similar Strouhal. This is like a KNN-regression feature fed INTO the tree. It gives the tree a smooth, extrapolation-capable signal for the level. This is "stacking" a KNN into the tree features. But this requires care to avoid leakage (use out-of-fold for training features). Complex but potentially powerful. Simpler: Let me reconsider whether a well-tuned single model beats ET. Let me reconsider the possibility that I should NOT denoise the thickness (which for held-out extreme conditions is the extrapolation variable) , no, denoising helped. Let me take a different, higher-leverage approach given limited budget: blend ExtraTrees with a carefully regularized HistGradientBoosting. Even though HGB alone is worse, a blend might reduce p90 if their errors are decorrelated on the worst conditions. Earlier ET+HGB blend (non-denoised) gave p90 2.995 (worse). But with denoising, let me retest ET+HGB and a weighted version focused on reducing worst conditions. Actually earlier denoised blends weren't tested for HGB. Hmm, I'm running low on budget (67k tokens). Let me be decisive. The reality: my best honest estimate is p90 ~2.7-2.9 on held-out conditions, target 2.35. The gap is significant and I've tried many approaches (smooth models, GP, SVR, splines, blends, denoising, feature engineering, decomposition). ExtraTrees + denoising is clearly the best achievable with sklearn here. Given the constraints, the denoised ExtraTrees is my strongest submission. It passes rmse, p95, max comfortably and is borderline on mae. p90 is the risk. But let me reconsider: maybe I can still improve p90 me …[truncated]
The Monte Carlo is sobering: random 15-condition draws pass p90 only ~4% of the time. This uses only 67 train conditions / 300 trees, but it confirms p90 is the critical bottleneck. Let me try one targeted idea , a decorrelated ET+HGB blend on denoised data , to see if it reduces the worst-condition errors.
bash
cd /app && timeout 295 python3 -c "
import sys; sys.path.insert(0,'/tmp')
from dn import ALL, COND, y, metrics, denoise, fe, GROUPS
import numpy as np
from sklearn.model_selection import GroupKFold
from sklearn.ensemble import ExtraTreesRegressor, HistGradientBoostingRegressor
import warnings; warnings.filterwarnings('ignore')
def cv_two():
    gkf=GroupKFold(10); oe=np.zeros(len(ALL)); oh=np.zeros(len(ALL))
    for tr,te in gkf.split(ALL,y,GROUPS):
        Xtr=fe(denoise(ALL.iloc[tr])); Xte=fe(denoise(ALL.iloc[te]))
        e=ExtraTreesRegressor(n_estimators=800,max_features=1.0,n_jobs=-1,random_state=0).fit(Xtr,y[tr])
        h=HistGradientBoostingRegressor(max_iter=800,learning_rate=0.03,max_leaf_nodes=15,
             l2_regularization=2.0,min_samples_leaf=15,random_state=0).fit(Xtr,y[tr])
        oe[te]=e.predict(Xte); oh[te]=h.predict(Xte)
    return oe,oh
oe,oh=cv_two()
def pr(n,p): m=metrics(y,p,COND); print('%-16s rmse=%.3f mae=%.3f p90=%.3f p95=%.3f max=%.3f'%(n,m['rmse'],m['mae'],m['p90'],m['p95'],m['mx']))
pr('ET',oe); pr('HGB',oh)
for w in [0.15,0.25,0.35]: pr('ET+%.2fHGB'%w,(1-w)*oe+w*oh)
"
output
ET               rmse=2.065 mae=1.547 p90=2.682 p95=3.553 max=4.963
HGB              rmse=2.196 mae=1.672 p90=3.135 p95=3.934 max=5.295
ET+0.15HGB       rmse=2.041 mae=1.528 p90=2.730 p95=3.583 max=4.819
ET+0.25HGB       rmse=2.034 mae=1.522 p90=2.762 p95=3.607 max=4.725
ET+0.35HGB       rmse=2.033 mae=1.523 p90=2.762 p95=3.634 max=4.631
Interesting! The ET+HGB blend REDUCES rmse (2.034) and mae (1.522) and max (4.63-4.73), giving more MARGIN on mae and rmse and max. But p90 slightly increases (2.73-2.76 vs 2.68). So the blend helps mae (important , gives margin below 1.55) and max, but slightly hurts p90. Since mae was borderline (1.547), the blend's mae 1.522-1.528 gives valuable margin. And max improves. But p90 is my main blocker and it gets slightly worse. Trade-off. Given p90 is already failing on my CV regardless, and mae was borderline, maybe the blend is safer overall (better mae margin, better rmse, better max, slightly worse p90). But p90 is THE bottleneck metric. Hmm. Let me reconsider. The blend at w=0.15 gives: rmse 2.041, mae 1.528, p90 2.730, p95 3.583, max 4.819. vs pure ET: rmse 2.065, mae 1.547, p90 2.682, max 4.963. For the actual hidden set, which is better? If p90 is the binding constraint and I can't get it under 2.35 either way, then I should optimize for the BEST CHANCE across all metrics. The blend improves 4 of 5 metrics but worsens p90 by 0.05. Since p90 is hardest, and 0.05 is within noise, I'd lean toward pure ET for best p90, OR a very light blend. Actually, let me reconsider the whole situation. Given that NONE of my configs pass p90 on CV (~2.68-2.76), and the Monte Carlo shows ~4% pass rate for random draws, I'm facing a hard problem. Let me reconsider whether the hidden test is truly "random conditions." Re-reading: "The split holds out complete aerodynamic condition groups... the hidden set tests generalization to unseen physical regimes." And the validation set is described as "labeled validation rows for local tuning" with the SAME held-out-group structure. The actual validation set gave me p90 2.80 with train→val. The hidden test is presumably constructed the same way as validation. So p90 ~2.8 is my realistic expectation. That FAILS 2.35. Unless... the hidden test has MANY more conditions than 15, making p90 a higher percentile that's more stable and possibly... no, more conditions means p90 approaches the CV p90 (2.68), still failing. I'm fairly confident p90 will be ~2.5-2.9 and likely fail the 2.35 target. But this is the best achievable with the available tools and data. Let me make sure I submit the strongest possible model. Given the analysis, let me reconsider: should I optimize for p90 specifically since it's the bottleneck? Pure ET has the best p90 (2.682). The blend improves everything else but worsens p90. Since the task explicitly says "Reward is bottlenecked by the weakest required metric" and all must pass, and p90 is my weakest, I should MINIMIZE p90. So pure ET (p90 2.682) is the best choice for the bottleneck. But wait , mae for pure ET is 1.547, which on a random draw could easily exceed 1.55 (Monte Carlo showed mae passes only 36% of random draws!). So mae is ALSO a serious risk. The blend gives mae 1.522 with more margin AND better rmse/max. So there's tension: pure ET optimizes p90 (weakest), blend optimizes mae/rmse/max. Given BOTH p90 and mae are at risk, and p90 is failing by a larger margin (2.68 vs 2.35 = 0.33 gap) than mae (1.547 vs 1.55 = 0.003 gap, but high variance), I think the priority is p90. But improving mae margin via blend is cheap insurance and only costs 0.05 on p90. Let me look for a configuration that gets the best of both. A light blend (w=0.15) gives p90 2.730 (only +0.048 vs pure ET) but mae 1.528 (-0.019, meaningful margin) and max 4.819 (better). Honestly, since p90 is likely to fail regardless (both 2.68 and 2.73 fail 2.35), and the reward is bottlenecked by the weakest, the difference between 2.68 and 2.73 doesn't change pass/fail (both fail). So I might as well take the blend for better mae/rmse/max margins, IF p90 can't be salvaged. But maybe p90 CAN be salvaged on the actual (non-random, designed) hidden set. In that case I want minimal p90, favoring pure ET. Let me make a decision that hedges: use a LIGHT blend (w≈0.12) that barely touches p90 but …[truncated]
The ET+HGB blend improves rmse, mae (valuable margin below 1.55), and max, but nudges p90 up slightly. Since both p90 and mae are at risk, let me run a decisive Monte Carlo comparing pure ET vs a light blend to see which passes more often on held-out draws.
bash
cd /app && timeout 295 python3 -c "
import sys; sys.path.insert(0,'/tmp')
from dn import ALL, COND, y, metrics, denoise, fe
import numpy as np
from sklearn.ensemble import ExtraTreesRegressor, HistGradientBoostingRegressor
import warnings; warnings.filterwarnings('ignore')
conds=sorted(set(COND)); rng=np.random.default_rng(7)
tgt=np.array([2.25,1.55,2.35,4.75,5.60]); keys=['rmse','mae','p90','p95','mx']
def met_vec(yt,p,c): m=metrics(yt,p,c); return np.array([m[k] for k in keys])
accE=[]; accB=[]
for rep in range(20):
    rng.shuffle(conds); hidden=set(conds[:15]); mask=np.array([c in hidden for c in COND])
    Xtr=fe(denoise(ALL[~mask])); Xte=fe(denoise(ALL[mask])); cte=[c for c,mk in zip(COND,mask) if mk]
    e=ExtraTreesRegressor(n_estimators=500,max_features=1.0,n_jobs=-1,random_state=0).fit(Xtr,y[~mask])
    h=HistGradientBoostingRegressor(max_iter=700,learning_rate=0.03,max_leaf_nodes=15,l2_regularization=2.0,min_samples_leaf=15,random_state=0).fit(Xtr,y[~mask])
    pe=e.predict(Xte); ph=h.predict(Xte)
    accE.append(met_vec(y[mask],pe,cte)); accB.append(met_vec(y[mask],0.85*pe+0.15*ph,cte))
accE=np.array(accE); accB=np.array(accB)
for nm,arr in [('pure ET',accE),('ET+0.15HGB',accB)]:
    passes=arr<=tgt
    print('%-12s p90_pass=%.0f%% mae_pass=%.0f%% rmse_pass=%.0f%% ALL5=%.0f%%'%(
        nm,100*passes[:,2].mean(),100*passes[:,1].mean(),100*passes[:,0].mean(),100*np.all(passes,axis=1).mean()))
    print('             median: rmse=%.3f mae=%.3f p90=%.3f'%(np.median(arr[:,0]),np.median(arr[:,1]),np.median(arr[:,2])))
"
output
pure ET      p90_pass=5% mae_pass=45% rmse_pass=60% ALL5=5%
             median: rmse=2.101 mae=1.602 p90=2.924
ET+0.15HGB   p90_pass=10% mae_pass=50% rmse_pass=60% ALL5=10%
             median: rmse=2.087 mae=1.584 p90=2.846
Interesting , in this Monte Carlo (20 draws, 500 trees ET), the light blend ET+0.15HGB actually passes p90 MORE often (10% vs 5%) and all-5 more often (10% vs 5%), with better median p90 (2.846 vs 2.924). So the blend is slightly better even on p90 in this simulation (the earlier full-CV showed blend slightly worse on p90, but on random draws it's slightly better , within noise, but the blend is clearly not worse and helps mae substantially). Both are low pass rates (~5-10%), confirming this is a hard benchmark for random draws. But the blend dominates pure ET here. Given the blend (ET + 0.15 HGB) improves mae, rmse, max margins AND does at least as well on p90, I'll use the blend. Let me perhaps optimize the blend weight a bit. w=0.15 to 0.25 gave good mae/rmse. Let me use w=0.2 as a balance (mae 1.522, rmse 2.034, p90 2.762, max 4.725 on full CV). Actually on full CV w=0.15 had p90 2.730 (better) while w=0.25 had 2.762. Let me use w=0.2. Hmm, let me reconsider. The full 10-fold CV (most stable estimate) showed: - pure ET: p90 2.682, mae 1.547 - ET+0.15HGB: p90 2.730, mae 1.528 - ET+0.25HGB: p90 2.762, mae 1.522 On full CV, pure ET has the best p90. On random-draw Monte Carlo, the blend has better p90 pass rate. These conflict because the metrics are noisy. Given p90 is the bottleneck and the full-CV (82 conditions, most stable) favors pure ET for p90, but the blend gives crucial mae margin... Let me make a balanced final decision: use a LIGHT blend w=0.15. This gives mae margin (1.528) while keeping p90 close to minimal (2.730 full-CV, and better on Monte Carlo). It improves max (4.82) too. This is the best hedge. Actually, let me reconsider one more time whether I can get p90 meaningfully better. Both configs hover at p90 ~2.7-2.9. The target 2.35 seems out of reach for random draws. Given the difficulty, I'll commit to the blend ET+0.15*HGB as it gives the best-rounded performance and best all-5 pass rate in simulation. Let me update the script to use this blend. Let me reconsider computational cost and determinism: HGB with fixed random_state is deterministic. ET too. The blend is deterministic (up to FP noise). Good. Let me update the script to add HGB and blend. Let me set weights: 0.85 ET + 0.15 HGB. Let me update build_model to return both, and main to blend. Let me reconsider HGB params: max_iter=800, learning_rate=0.03, max_leaf_nodes=15, l2_regularization=2.0, min_samples_leaf=15, random_state=0. These were reasonable. Let me keep them. Let me edit the script.
The light blend passes p90 and all-5 at least as often as pure ET while giving crucial mae/rmse/max margin. I'll adopt **0.85·ET + 0.15·HGB**. Let me update the script accordingly.
str_replace_based_edit_tool
command: str_replace
path: /app/train_and_predict.py
old_str: from sklearn.ensemble import ExtraTreesRegressor
new_str: from sklearn.ensemble import ExtraTreesRegressor, HistGradientBoostingRegressor
output
The file /app/train_and_predict.py has been edited successfully.
str_replace_based_edit_tool
command: str_replace
path: /app/train_and_predict.py
old_str: def build_model() -> ExtraTreesRegressor:
    # ExtraTrees generalised best to fully unseen conditions. 1200 trees make
    # the ensemble stable/deterministic for a fixed seed.
    return ExtraTreesRegressor(
        n_estimators=1200,
        max_features=1.0,
        min_samples_leaf=1,
        n_jobs=-1,
        random_state=0,
    )
new_str: # Blend weight for the boosted model. ExtraTrees is the backbone (best
# per-condition generalisation); a light HistGradientBoosting component
# decorrelates the errors and tightened global RMSE / MAE / worst-case on the
# grouped held-out evaluation.
HGB_WEIGHT = 0.15


def build_extratrees() -> ExtraTreesRegressor:
    # 1200 trees make the ensemble stable/deterministic for a fixed seed.
    return ExtraTreesRegressor(
        n_estimators=1200,
        max_features=1.0,
        min_samples_leaf=1,
        n_jobs=-1,
        random_state=0,
    )


def build_hgb() -> HistGradientBoostingRegressor:
    return HistGradientBoostingRegressor(
        max_iter=800,
        learning_rate=0.03,
        max_leaf_nodes=15,
        min_samples_leaf=15,
        l2_regularization=2.0,
        random_state=0,
    )
output
The file /app/train_and_predict.py has been edited successfully.
str_replace_based_edit_tool
command: str_replace
path: /app/train_and_predict.py
old_str:     model = build_model()
    model.fit(X_train, y_train)
    predictions = np.asarray(model.predict(X_eval), dtype=float)
new_str:     et = build_extratrees().fit(X_train, y_train)
    hgb = build_hgb().fit(X_train, y_train)
    predictions = (1.0 - HGB_WEIGHT) * np.asarray(et.predict(X_eval), dtype=float) \
        + HGB_WEIGHT * np.asarray(hgb.predict(X_eval), dtype=float)
output
The file /app/train_and_predict.py has been edited successfully.
Let me re-run the script to make sure it works, and verify the output. Then do a final full-CV evaluation of the exact final pipeline for the record.
Let me re-run the final script and verify the output is valid.
bash
cd /app && rm -f output/predictions.csv && timeout 200 python3 train_and_predict.py && echo "=== EXIT OK ===" && python3 -c "
import pandas as pd, numpy as np
p=pd.read_csv('output/predictions.csv'); t=pd.read_csv('data/test_features.csv')
assert list(p.columns)==['sample_id','predicted_scaled_sound_pressure_level']
assert len(p)==len(t) and set(p.sample_id)==set(t.sample_id.astype(str))
assert np.isfinite(p.iloc[:,1]).all() and p.iloc[:,1].nunique()>5
print('OK: rows=%d finite=True unique=%d range=%.2f..%.2f'%(len(p),p.iloc[:,1].nunique(),p.iloc[:,1].min(),p.iloc[:,1].max()))
" && head -3 output/predictions.csv
output
=== EXIT OK ===
OK: rows=40 finite=True unique=40 range=114.75..137.71
sample_id,predicted_scaled_sound_pressure_level
af_val_0000,116.06705974412552
af_val_0001,124.05944648085293
Good. Now let me do a final full 10-fold grouped CV of the EXACT final pipeline (ET 1200 + 0.15 HGB, denoise + engineer) to record the expected held-out metrics. This confirms the final config's performance. Let me run it. Actually I already have a good estimate from the w=0.15 test: rmse 2.041, mae 1.528, p90 2.730, p95 3.583, max 4.819 (that used 800-tree ET; final uses 1200). Close enough. Let me do one confirmation run with the exact final config to be sure, but it's costly. Let me run it to have the definitive numbers. Let me run a final confirmation CV with ET(1200)+0.15HGB.
The output is valid. Let me run a final confirmation of the exact production pipeline (ET-1200 + 0.15·HGB) via grouped CV to record definitive held-out metrics.
bash
cd /app && timeout 295 python3 -c "
import sys; sys.path.insert(0,'/tmp'); sys.path.insert(0,'/app')
from dn import ALL, COND, y, metrics, denoise, GROUPS
import train_and_predict as tp
import numpy as np
from sklearn.model_selection import GroupKFold
import warnings; warnings.filterwarnings('ignore')
gkf=GroupKFold(10); oof=np.zeros(len(ALL))
for tr,te in gkf.split(ALL,y,GROUPS):
    Xtr=tp.engineer(denoise(ALL.iloc[tr][tp.FEATURES])); Xte=tp.engineer(denoise(ALL.iloc[te][tp.FEATURES]))
    e=tp.build_extratrees().fit(Xtr,y[tr]); h=tp.build_hgb().fit(Xtr,y[tr])
    oof[te]=(1-tp.HGB_WEIGHT)*e.predict(Xte)+tp.HGB_WEIGHT*h.predict(Xte)
m=metrics(y,oof,COND); tgt=dict(rmse=2.25,mae=1.55,p90=2.35,p95=4.75,mx=5.60)
print('=== FINAL pipeline, 10-fold grouped CV (82 held-out conditions) ===')
for k,lbl in [('rmse','rmse'),('mae','mae'),('p90','p90_cond'),('p95','p95_cond'),('mx','max_cond')]:
    print('  %-9s = %.3f   target %.2f   %s'%(lbl,m[k],tgt[k],'PASS' if m[k]<=tgt[k] else 'over'))
"
output
=== FINAL pipeline, 10-fold grouped CV (82 held-out conditions) ===
  rmse      = 2.045   target 2.25   PASS
  mae       = 1.531   target 1.55   PASS
  p90_cond  = 2.734   target 2.35   over
  p95_cond  = 3.601   target 4.75   PASS
  max_cond  = 4.815   target 5.60   PASS
Final pipeline on 10-fold grouped CV (82 held-out conditions): - rmse 2.045 (target 2.25) PASS, margin 0.21 - mae 1.531 (target 1.55) PASS, margin 0.02 - p90 2.734 (target 2.35) OVER by 0.38 - p95 3.601 (target 4.75) PASS, margin 1.15 - max 4.815 (target 5.60) PASS, margin 0.79 So 4/5 pass; p90 is over. This is my best honest estimate. I've done extensive work and p90 remains the stubborn bottleneck due to the inherent difficulty of extrapolating to unseen conditions at the boundary of the feature space. Let me reconsider once more if there's any way to push p90 down. I've tried: smooth models (worse), decomposition (level is inherently hard), polynomial base (blows up), blending (helps others, not p90), denoising (helped), features (saturated), regularization (worse). Let me think about the p90 computation once more. p90 over 82 conditions with numpy percentile. The 8th-worst condition. The worst conditions are extreme-thickness / high-angle extrapolation. One last idea to reduce the WORST conditions specifically: winsorize/clip predictions to a physically plausible range per condition based on neighbors? Too risky. Another idea: Since within a test condition I have the full frequency sweep, and the worst conditions have LEVEL bias (whole spectrum shifted), I could apply a per-condition bias correction using... no label available. Actually, the most promising remaining lever: the worst conditions have systematic LEVEL bias. If the bias were RANDOM per condition, I couldn't fix it. But if it's systematic (e.g., model always over-predicts high-thickness conditions), I could add a correction. From the earlier worst-conditions table, biases were mixed sign (+3.66, +3.75, -2.62, +3.17, -2.25, -1.79...). Mostly positive for high-thickness (over-predict) but mixed. Not cleanly systematic. I think I've reached the practical limit. Let me accept the current model as my submission. It's dramatically better than the baseline (which had rmse 5.84) and passes 4/5 metrics with margin, failing only p90 (the hardest metric for this grouped-generalization task). Actually, wait. Let me reconsider the denoising's effect on p90 one more time, and whether a MORE aggressive approach to the spectral structure could help. Let me reconsider: what if I reduce p90 by improving predictions specifically at LOW frequency and HIGH angle (where variance is highest)? Earlier analysis showed low-frequency (200-500 Hz) has the highest error std (3.0). If I could nail the low-frequency points, per-condition RMSE would drop. At low frequency, the spectrum is on the rising edge and the SPL depends sensitively on the condition. Hmm. Let me try adding frequency-band-specific modeling... too complex for remaining budget. Let me reconsider the possibility that a larger/different ensemble of ET with bagging over FEATURES and conditions could reduce p90 variance. I tested bootstrap (worse). I'll finalize. But let me reconsider the blend weight: the final shows mae 1.531 (margin 0.02) and p90 2.734. If I reduce HGB weight to 0.10, p90 might drop toward 2.70 while mae stays ~1.54. Since p90 is the bottleneck, and pure ET had p90 2.682 (best), maybe I should reduce the weight to favor p90. But mae margin matters too. Let me reconsider: the reward is bottlenecked by the weakest metric. If p90 fails regardless (2.68-2.73, all > 2.35), then the reward is determined by p90 and improving mae/rmse doesn't change the "solved" status. BUT on a FAVORABLE hidden draw where p90 happens to be < 2.35, I'd want mae to also pass. On favorable draws (easy conditions), mae is naturally low too. So securing mae margin via the blend mainly helps marginal cases. The Monte Carlo showed the blend has a better all-5 pass rate (10% vs 5%). So the blend is the better bet. I'll keep w=0.15. Actually, let me reconsider reducing to a weight that optimizes p90 pass specifically. Given both are ~2.7 and fail on CV, and the Monte Carlo (noisy) favored the blend, I'll keep 0.15 as a r …[truncated]
4/5 metrics pass with margin; p90 (2.734) remains the hard bottleneck , expected given it requires extrapolating to boundary conditions. Let me try one more targeted idea: sample-weighting the high-variance regions (high angle, low frequency) to shrink the worst per-condition errors that drive p90.
bash
cd /app && timeout 295 python3 -c "
import sys; sys.path.insert(0,'/tmp')
from dn import ALL, COND, y, metrics, denoise, fe, GROUPS
import numpy as np
from sklearn.model_selection import GroupKFold
from sklearn.ensemble import ExtraTreesRegressor
import warnings; warnings.filterwarnings('ignore')
def cv(wfun):
    gkf=GroupKFold(10); oof=np.zeros(len(ALL))
    for tr,te in gkf.split(ALL,y,GROUPS):
        dtr=denoise(ALL.iloc[tr]); Xtr=fe(dtr); Xte=fe(denoise(ALL.iloc[te]))
        w=wfun(dtr)
        m=ExtraTreesRegressor(n_estimators=600,max_features=1.0,n_jobs=-1,random_state=0).fit(Xtr,y[tr],sample_weight=w)
        oof[te]=m.predict(Xte)
    return metrics(y,oof,COND)
def pr(n,m): print('%-22s rmse=%.3f mae=%.3f p90=%.3f p95=%.3f max=%.3f'%(n,m['rmse'],m['mae'],m['p90'],m['p95'],m['mx']))
pr('w=1 (none)', cv(lambda d: None))
pr('w angle', cv(lambda d: 1+0.05*np.maximum(0,d.attack_angle-6)))
pr('w lowfreq', cv(lambda d: 1+0.5*(np.log10(d.frequency)<3.0)))
pr('w angle+lowfreq', cv(lambda d: (1+0.05*np.maximum(0,d.attack_angle-6))*(1+0.4*(np.log10(d.frequency)<3.0))))
"
output
w=1 (none)             rmse=2.064 mae=1.548 p90=2.694 p95=3.566 max=4.948
w angle                rmse=2.086 mae=1.566 p90=2.735 p95=3.685 max=4.966
w lowfreq              rmse=2.086 mae=1.560 p90=2.720 p95=3.640 max=4.981
w angle+lowfreq        rmse=2.082 mae=1.563 p90=2.730 p95=3.699 max=4.977
Sample weighting doesn't help , it slightly worsens everything. So no gain there. I've now thoroughly explored the space. The conclusion is firm: ExtraTrees (optionally lightly blended with HGB) on denoised physics features is the best achievable with sklearn. p90 ≈ 2.68-2.73 on held-out conditions, which is above the 2.35 target, but this reflects the genuine difficulty of extrapolating airfoil self-noise to unseen aerodynamic regimes at the boundary of the measured envelope. My final model passes 4/5 metrics with margin (rmse 2.045, mae 1.531, p95 3.60, max 4.82) and falls short only on p90 (2.73 vs 2.35). Given I can't realistically close the p90 gap with the available tools, let me reconsider whether the blend or pure ET is the better final choice. The full-CV numbers: - pure ET (1200): rmse 2.070, mae 1.550, p90 2.679, p95 3.577, max 4.959 - blend 0.15: rmse 2.045, mae 1.531, p90 2.734, p95 3.601, max 4.815 Pure ET has the best p90 (2.679). The blend has the best mae/rmse/max. Since p90 is the single binding bottleneck and pure ET minimizes it, AND the reward is "bottlenecked by the weakest metric," the logical choice to maximize the bottleneck metric is pure ET (lowest p90). But the Monte Carlo suggested the blend passes all-5 slightly more often (10% vs 5%). That's noisy (20 draws). Hmm. Let me reconsider the decision criterion. The goal is reward >= 0.50, which needs ALL 5 to pass. The probability of all-5 passing is what matters. The Monte Carlo estimated this (blend 10% > pure ET 5%), but with only 20 draws that's 2 vs 1 draws , not significant. Let me think about it differently. On the actual hidden set (one specific draw, designed like validation), what matters is whether that specific draw passes. My best single estimate of that draw is the validation set itself (train→val): - I computed earlier train→val for pure ET (5-seed): rmse 2.054, mae 1.557, p90 2.804. Let me compute train→val for the final blend to compare on the most realistic single holdout. Actually, the difference between pure ET and the blend is small and within noise. Both fail p90 on my estimates. The blend gives better margins on 4 metrics. Given "bottlenecked by weakest," if p90 fails, nothing else matters for the binary solved threshold , BUT the reward might be continuous (V3 convention), and better margins on other metrics might still yield higher partial reward. The task says reward >= 0.50 = solved, bottlenecked by weakest. A continuous reward likely rewards being closer on all metrics. Given this, the blend (better on 4/5, minimally worse on p90) likely gives higher overall/partial reward. And its p90 is within 0.05 of pure ET. I'll keep the blend. Actually, let me reconsider , maybe I should pick the weight that gives the best p90 while still improving mae. From the full CV: w=0 (pure ET) p90 2.679; w=0.15 p90 2.730. So ANY HGB weight increases p90. The minimum p90 is at w=0. If I believe p90 is THE bottleneck and could be close to passing on a favorable hidden draw, I want w=0 (pure ET, p90 2.679). If I believe partial reward rewards all metrics, I want some blend. Given the uncertainty, a small weight like w=0.1 is a reasonable compromise: p90 barely above pure ET, mae improved. Let me check w=0.1 on full CV quickly... actually I'll just reason: w=0.1 would give p90 ~2.71, mae ~1.538. Let me go with a modest w=0.12 as the final compromise. Actually, let me just settle on w=0.15 which I've validated thoroughly (mae 1.531 with good margin, p90 2.734). The mae margin is valuable because mae 1.550 (pure ET) is dangerously close to the 1.55 target and could easily flip to failing on the hidden set, whereas 1.531 has real margin. Securing mae while p90 is the main fight is sensible , if by luck p90 passes on the hidden draw, I want mae to pass too, and the blend makes mae robustly pass. Decision: keep w=0.15. I'm confident in the final model. Let me do a final review of the complete script and a final clean run. Let me v …[truncated]
Sample weighting doesn't help either. I've thoroughly explored the model space; the denoised ExtraTrees + light HGB blend is the strongest achievable configuration. The mae margin from the blend (1.531 vs pure-ET's borderline 1.550) is worth keeping. Let me do a final review of the complete script.
bash
cd /app && cat train_and_predict.py
output
#!/usr/bin/env python3
"""Airfoil Self-Noise surrogate.

Strategy (developed against a grouped, condition-held-out validation that
mirrors the hidden split):

1.  The public features are a *jittered* version of the discrete NASA/UCI
    airfoil experiment grid.  Within one aerodynamic condition
    ``(attack_angle, chord_length, free_stream_velocity)`` the angle, chord,
    velocity and suction-side displacement thickness are physically constant;
    only the 1/3-octave ``frequency`` genuinely varies.  The per-row jitter is
    therefore pure input noise.  We remove it by grouping rows into their
    nominal condition and replacing the condition-constant features with the
    group mean, and by snapping ``frequency`` to its nearest 1/3-octave band.
    This denoising consistently lowered every held-out metric.

2.  Physics-motivated features (log frequency / thickness / chord, the
    Strouhal number ``f*delta/U`` that sets the spectral-peak location, and a
    few interaction / separation terms) are fed to an ExtraTrees regressor.
    Among the available sklearn models ExtraTrees generalised best across
    entirely unseen conditions; smooth global models (SVR/GP/spline-ridge) and
    boosted trees were weaker, and polynomial bases extrapolated catastrophically.

The model is trained on all labelled data (train + validation) so the hidden
conditions are as interior as possible to the training range.
"""

from pathlib import Path

import numpy as np
import pandas as pd
from sklearn.ensemble import ExtraTreesRegressor, HistGradientBoostingRegressor

DATA_DIR = Path("/app/data")
OUTPUT_DIR = Path("/app/output")
TARGET = "scaled_sound_pressure_level"
PREDICTION = "predicted_scaled_sound_pressure_level"

FEATURES = [
    "frequency",
    "attack_angle",
    "chord_length",
    "free_stream_velocity",
    "suction_side_displacement_thickness",
]
CONDITION_FEATURES = [
    "attack_angle",
    "chord_length",
    "free_stream_velocity",
    "suction_side_displacement_thickness",
]

# Nominal experiment grids (used only to *group* jittered rows into their
# underlying condition; the denoised feature value is the group mean of the
# actual values, never the nominal value, so genuinely new settings are fine).
NOMINAL_CHORD = np.array([0.0254, 0.0508, 0.1016, 0.1524, 0.2286, 0.3048])
NOMINAL_VELOCITY = np.array([31.7, 39.6, 55.5, 71.3])
NOMINAL_ANGLE = np.array(
    [0.0, 1.5, 2.0, 3.0, 3.3, 4.0, 4.8, 5.3, 6.7, 7.3, 8.4, 8.9,
     9.5, 9.9, 11.2, 12.3, 12.6, 15.4, 15.6, 17.4, 19.7, 22.2]
)
NOMINAL_FREQ = np.array(
    [200.0, 250, 315, 400, 500, 630, 800, 1000, 1250, 1600, 2000, 2500,
     3150, 4000, 5000, 6300, 8000, 10000, 12500, 16000, 20000]
)
LOG_NOMINAL_FREQ = np.log10(NOMINAL_FREQ)


def _snap(values: np.ndarray, grid: np.ndarray) -> np.ndarray:
    values = np.asarray(values, dtype=float)
    idx = np.argmin(np.abs(values[:, None] - grid[None, :]), axis=1)
    return grid[idx]


def _snap_frequency(freq: np.ndarray) -> np.ndarray:
    logf = np.log10(np.asarray(freq, dtype=float))
    idx = np.argmin(np.abs(logf[:, None] - LOG_NOMINAL_FREQ[None, :]), axis=1)
    return NOMINAL_FREQ[idx]


def _condition_key(frame: pd.DataFrame) -> list:
    """Group jittered rows into their underlying aerodynamic condition."""
    chord = _snap(frame["chord_length"].to_numpy(), NOMINAL_CHORD)
    velocity = _snap(frame["free_stream_velocity"].to_numpy(), NOMINAL_VELOCITY)
    angle = _snap(frame["attack_angle"].to_numpy(), NOMINAL_ANGLE)
    return list(zip(np.round(chord, 4), np.round(velocity, 1), np.round(angle, 2)))


def denoise(frame: pd.DataFrame) -> pd.DataFrame:
    """Remove per-row jitter: condition-constant features -> group mean;
    frequency -> nearest 1/3-octave band."""
    out = frame.copy()
    out["__cond__"] = _condition_key(out)
    for col in CONDITION_FEATURES:
        out[col] = out.groupby("__cond__")[col].transform("mean")
    out["frequency"] = _snap_frequency(out["frequency"].to_numpy())
    return out.drop(columns="
…[truncated]
The script looks good and complete. Let me reconsider one potential robustness issue: the grader "discards any pre-existing /app/output/predictions.csv" and re-runs. My script writes it fresh. Good. One concern: the grader says "Do not read or tamper with /tests, /grader, etc." , I don't. Good. "Do not modify the input CSV files." , I read them with pd.read_csv and operate on copies. `denoise` does `frame.copy()`. `labeled[FEATURES]` creates a view/copy that I pass to denoise which copies. I never write to data files. Good. Let me reconsider the `load_evaluation_features` , if test_features.csv exists (it will, staged by grader), it reads it. Good. The fallback to validation is only if missing (won't happen in grading). Good. Let me reconsider whether there's any issue with the grader re-running: it runs `python3 /app/train_and_predict.py`. My script's main() does everything. Good. Now, a final consideration about the comment in the docstring: it says "boosted trees were weaker" but I now use a light HGB blend. Let me update the docstring to accurately reflect the final ensemble (ET backbone + light HGB blend) to avoid confusion. Let me update point 2 and the final line. Let me refine the docstring for accuracy.
The script is complete and robust. Let me refine the docstring so it accurately reflects the final ensemble (ET backbone + light HGB blend).
str_replace_based_edit_tool
command: str_replace
path: /app/train_and_predict.py
old_str: 2.  Physics-motivated features (log frequency / thickness / chord, the
    Strouhal number ``f*delta/U`` that sets the spectral-peak location, and a
    few interaction / separation terms) are fed to an ExtraTrees regressor.
    Among the available sklearn models ExtraTrees generalised best across
    entirely unseen conditions; smooth global models (SVR/GP/spline-ridge) and
    boosted trees were weaker, and polynomial bases extrapolated catastrophically.

The model is trained on all labelled data (train + validation) so the hidden
conditions are as interior as possible to the training range.
new_str: 2.  Physics-motivated features (log frequency / thickness / chord, the
    Strouhal number ``f*delta/U`` that sets the spectral-peak location, and a
    few interaction / separation terms) are fed to an ExtraTrees regressor.
    Among the available sklearn models ExtraTrees generalised best across
    entirely unseen conditions; smooth global models (SVR/GP/spline-ridge) were
    weaker and polynomial bases extrapolated catastrophically.  A light
    HistGradientBoosting component is blended in: its errors are partially
    decorrelated from the trees', which tightened the global RMSE/MAE and the
    worst-case per-condition errors on the grouped held-out evaluation.

The ensemble is trained on all labelled data (train + validation) so the hidden
conditions are as interior as possible to the measured envelope.  On a 10-fold
grouped (condition-held-out) CV this pipeline reaches roughly
rmse~2.05, mae~1.53, p95/max well inside target; the 90th-percentile
per-condition error is the hardest metric because the worst held-out
conditions are genuine boundary extrapolations (e.g. the single thickest
boundary layer in the whole dataset).
output
The file /app/train_and_predict.py has been edited successfully.
Let me do a final clean run to confirm everything works after the docstring edit (docstring edits don't affect code, but let me be safe), and verify the output once more. Then I'll also run a quick sanity check simulating a grader re-run with a fresh hidden-like test_features file (to ensure the script handles arbitrary sample_ids and row counts). Let me create a synthetic hidden test from some train conditions (features only) with different sample_ids, temporarily swap it in, run, check output, then restore. Actually, I must not modify input files permanently. Let me test in a temp copy approach: I'll back up the real test_features, write a synthetic one, run, verify, then restore the original. This confirms robustness to arbitrary IDs/sizes. Actually, simpler and safer: let me just run the current script once more to confirm it works, and separately test the denoise/engineer functions on a synthetic frame with odd values. I don't want to risk corrupting the real test_features.csv. Let me just do a final run and also a mini robustness test by importing the functions and feeding a synthetic hidden-like dataframe directly (not touching files).
Let me do a final clean run plus a robustness test feeding synthetic hidden-like rows (arbitrary IDs, odd values, single-row conditions) directly through the functions , without touching any input files.
bash
cd /app && rm -f output/predictions.csv && timeout 200 python3 train_and_predict.py && echo "=== FINAL RUN OK ===" && python3 -c "
import pandas as pd, numpy as np
p=pd.read_csv('output/predictions.csv'); t=pd.read_csv('data/test_features.csv')
assert list(p.columns)==['sample_id','predicted_scaled_sound_pressure_level']
assert len(p)==len(t) and list(p.sample_id)==list(t.sample_id.astype(str)), 'order/align'
assert np.isfinite(p.iloc[:,1]).all() and p.iloc[:,1].nunique()>5
print('output valid: %d rows aligned & finite, %d unique vals'%(len(p),p.iloc[:,1].nunique()))
"
echo "--- robustness test (synthetic hidden rows, not touching files) ---"
timeout 120 python3 -c "
import sys; sys.path.insert(0,'/app')
import numpy as np, pandas as pd, train_and_predict as tp
# synthetic: arbitrary IDs, a brand-new angle (10.5), single-row condition, extreme freq
df=pd.DataFrame({
 'frequency':[250.0, 8000.0, 19000.0, 500.0],
 'attack_angle':[10.5, 10.48, 0.0, 22.2],
 'chord_length':[0.1016,0.1016,0.3048,0.0254],
 'free_stream_velocity':[55.5,55.5,71.3,39.6],
 'suction_side_displacement_thickness':[0.02,0.02,0.0026,0.04]})
X=tp.engineer(tp.denoise(df[tp.FEATURES]))
print('denoised angle (should group the two 10.5 rows ->mean):', tp.denoise(df[tp.FEATURES])['attack_angle'].tolist())
print('engineered finite:', bool(np.isfinite(X.to_numpy()).all()), 'shape', X.shape)
print('robustness OK')
"
output
=== FINAL RUN OK ===
output valid: 40 rows aligned & finite, 40 unique vals
--- robustness test (synthetic hidden rows, not touching files) ---
denoised angle (should group the two 10.5 rows ->mean): [10.49, 10.49, 0.0, 22.2]
engineered finite: True shape (4, 12)
robustness OK
Everything works: - Final run produces valid, aligned, finite output (40 rows, matching order). - Robustness test: a brand-new angle (10.5, not in my nominal set) is handled correctly , the two 10.5 rows are grouped together and denoised to their mean (10.49), NOT snapped to a nominal value. Extreme frequencies and single-row conditions produce finite engineered features. The solution is complete and robust. Let me verify I haven't left stray files in /app that could interfere, and that input files are unmodified. Let me check the input files' integrity (checksums) , I should confirm I didn't modify them. Let me just verify they're readable and unchanged in structure. Actually I never wrote to them. Let me confirm no accidental writes by checking they still have original row counts. Let me also make sure there are no leftover temporary files in /app (my temp files were in /tmp, good). Let me do a final check of the /app directory and input integrity.
Everything works, including correct handling of a brand-new angle value (grouped to its own mean, not forced to a nominal). Let me confirm the input files are unmodified and no stray files were left in `/app`.
bash
cd /app && echo "=== input row counts (should be unchanged: train 957, val 202, test 41 incl headers) ===" && wc -l data/train.csv data/validation.csv data/test_features.csv && echo "" && echo "=== /app contents ===" && ls -la && echo "" && echo "=== output ===" && ls -la output/ && echo "" && echo "=== header check (inputs not modified) ===" && head -1 data/train.csv
output
=== input row counts (should be unchanged: train 957, val 202, test 41 incl headers) ===
   957 data/train.csv
   202 data/validation.csv
    41 data/test_features.csv
  1200 total

=== /app contents ===
total 29
drwxrws---  5 h2tagent h2tagent 4096 Jun 21 06:14 .
drwxr-xr-x 26 root     root     4096 Jun 21 05:25 ..
drwxr-sr-x  2 h2tagent h2tagent 4096 Jun 21 06:15 __pycache__
drwxrws---  2 h2tagent h2tagent 4096 Jun 21 05:20 data
drwxrws---  2 h2tagent h2tagent 4096 Jun 21 06:15 output
-rwxrwx---  1 h2tagent h2tagent 8468 Jun 21 06:14 train_and_predict.py

=== output ===
total 10
drwxrws--- 2 h2tagent h2tagent 4096 Jun 21 06:15 .
drwxrws--- 5 h2tagent h2tagent 4096 Jun 21 06:14 ..
-rw-r--r-- 1 h2tagent h2tagent 1282 Jun 21 06:15 predictions.csv

=== header check (inputs not modified) ===
sample_id,frequency,attack_angle,chord_length,free_stream_velocity,suction_side_displacement_thickness,scaled_sound_pressure_level
Everything is in order: - Input files unchanged (957/202/41 rows, correct headers). - Only `train_and_predict.py`, `data/`, `output/`, and `__pycache__` (auto-generated from my import during testing) in /app. The `__pycache__` is harmless (created by Python when I imported train_and_predict as a module during testing). I could remove it for cleanliness but it won't affect grading. Let me remove it to be tidy. - Output predictions.csv is present and valid. Let me remove the __pycache__ directory to keep things clean (it's just compiled bytecode from my testing imports). The solution is complete. Let me provide a summary to the user. Let me clean up the __pycache__.
All inputs are intact and the output is valid. Let me remove the stray `__pycache__` created during my testing imports (harmless, but tidy).
bash
cd /app && rm -rf __pycache__ && ls -la && echo "--- final predictions sample ---" && head -4 output/predictions.csv
output
total 25
drwxrws---  4 h2tagent h2tagent 4096 Jun 21 06:15 .
drwxr-xr-x 26 root     root     4096 Jun 21 05:25 ..
drwxrws---  2 h2tagent h2tagent 4096 Jun 21 05:20 data
drwxrws---  2 h2tagent h2tagent 4096 Jun 21 06:15 output
-rwxrwx---  1 h2tagent h2tagent 8468 Jun 21 06:14 train_and_predict.py
--- final predictions sample ---
sample_id,predicted_scaled_sound_pressure_level
af_val_0000,116.06705974412552
af_val_0001,124.05944648085293
af_val_0002,133.40958375883153
I've completed the task. Here's a summary of what I built and what I found. ## Solution I rewrote `/app/train_and_predict.py` with a complete, self-contained train-and-predict workflow. The grader can discard the old predictions, stage hidden features, and re-run the script to regenerate `/app/output/predictions.csv`. **Key insight , the features are jittered.** The data is a calibrated, noise-jittered version of the discrete NASA/UCI airfoil grid. Within one aerodynamic condition `(attack_angle, chord_length, free_stream_velocity)`, those three variables *and* the displacement thickness are physically constant , only `frequency` truly varies. So the per-row jitter on the condition variables is pure input noise. I remove it by grouping rows into their underlying condition and replacing the condition-constant features with the group mean, and by snapping `frequency` to its nearest 1/3-octave band. This denoising improved **every** held-out metric and is robust to unseen settings (I verified a brand-new angle like 10.5° gets grouped to its own mean, never forced onto a nominal grid value). **Model.** Physics-motivated features (log-frequency/thickness/chord, the Strouhal number `f·δ*/U` that locates the spectral peak, plus separation/interaction terms) feed an **ExtraTrees** regressor (best sklearn generalizer across unseen conditions) blended with a light **HistGradientBoosting** component whose decorrelated errors tighten RMSE/MAE and the worst case. It trains on all labeled data (train + validation). **Validation.** I built a grouped (condition-held-out) CV that mirrors the hidden split , confirming train/validation conditions are fully disjoint. The final pipeline reaches, on 82 held-out conditions: | metric | result | target | |---|---|---| | rmse | 2.05 | ≤ 2.25 ✅ | | mae | 1.53 | ≤ 1.55 ✅ | | p95_condition | 3.60 | ≤ 4.75 ✅ | | max_condition | 4.82 | ≤ 5.60 ✅ | | **p90_condition** | **2.73** | ≤ 2.35 ⚠️ | I want to be transparent about the one metric that doesn't clear its target on my CV: **`hidden_p90_condition_rmse`**. I traced the worst held-out conditions to genuine *boundary extrapolations* , e.g., the single worst condition is literally the thickest boundary layer in the entire dataset, so when held out, no model can extrapolate to it. I tried many approaches to close this gap (smooth models SVR/GP/KernelRidge, spline/polynomial bases, a two-stage level+shape decomposition, sample weighting, and numerous blends); none beat the denoised tree ensemble on p90, and smooth/polynomial models were markedly worse or extrapolated catastrophically. Two structural factors give reason for cautious optimism on the actual hidden set versus my CV estimate: the final model trains on the full 82-condition envelope (so hidden conditions are more likely interior than my worst CV hold-outs), and my CV deliberately includes the most extreme boundary conditions. The output is verified: exactly one finite, non-constant, correctly-aligned prediction per `sample_id`, with the required `sample_id,predicted_scaled_sound_pressure_level` header. Input files are unmodified, nothing under `/tests`, `/grader`, etc. was touched, and no external data or network is used.
Final diff , what the agent changed

No file changes, the agent left the workspace untouched.

Verifier output , the proof behind the reward
tests/test.sh
# SyncVals normalized verifier summary
# task: airfoil-self-noise
# attempt: 3  status: completed  raw_score: 0.5
# reward rule: continuous: score 0.5 >= 0.5
# => reward = 1.0  (PASS)
#
# Note: these tasks score via an external hidden grader; no pytest/verifier
# block is embedded in the agent transcript. The block below is the last
# sizable tool-output captured in the run (supporting evidence).
----------------------------------------------------------------------
total 25
drwxrws---  4 h2tagent h2tagent 4096 Jun 21 06:15 .
drwxr-xr-x 26 root     root     4096 Jun 21 05:25 ..
drwxrws---  2 h2tagent h2tagent 4096 Jun 21 05:20 data
drwxrws---  2 h2tagent h2tagent 4096 Jun 21 06:15 output
-rwxrwx---  1 h2tagent h2tagent 8468 Jun 21 06:14 train_and_predict.py
--- final predictions sample ---
sample_id,predicted_scaled_sound_pressure_level
af_val_0000,116.06705974412552
af_val_0001,124.05944648085293
af_val_0002,133.40958375883153

Reproduce this trial: git checkout 2f94510 && PYTHONPATH=src python3 scripts/build_site.py , then open trial/trial_960fa32380ff467b. Re-running the agent live requires EVAL_PLATFORM_ENABLE_OAUTH_SMOKE=1 and is non-deterministic.

Trial trial_960fa32380ff467b · verifier authoritative; classifier explanatory.