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airfoil-self-noise

claude-code claude-opus-4-8 ✗ failed GOOD_FAILURE ↑ View task
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_FAILUREHonest miss, the agent ran correctly but couldn't solve it. Expected for a hard task; the task is sound.
SubtypeInsufficient Exploration / Optimization Ceiling
EvidenceAgent's final grouped CV metrics: rmse 1.99 (passes 2.25), mae 1.46 (passes 1.55), p90 2.75 (fails 2.35 target), p95 3.61 (passes 4.75), max 5.16 (passes 5.60). Only p90 fails. Agent systematically explored: feature engineering (physics ratios, polynomial features, normalized Strouhal), model families (ET, RF, HGB, GBR, MLP, SVR, KNN), ensembling, feature snapping for denoising, angle-dependent blending, high-angle specialists. Agent discovered at end that blending 0.6 ET + 0.4 bagged-MLP on snapped features achieved val p90 2.28 (passing), but did not have time to fully validate on grouped CV before finalizing with the ET+poly config (p90 2.7).
Root causeThe p90_condition_rmse target (2.35) is genuinely challenging given the within-condition noise floor (0.6–1.4 dB measured) and requires ~90% of held-out conditions to achieve <2.35 error. The agent's models reached a robust p90 floor of ~2.7 across many configurations, likely hitting the practical ceiling of sklearn tools without the full ET+MLP blend explored late. The failure is due to incomplete optimization/exploration, not task specification issues.
RecommendationN/A - task is fine. The test correctly verified that the agent's final model (snapped ET+poly) achieves only p90≈2.7, which fails the target. The agent could have succeeded with: (1) discovering the ET+MLP blend earlier and validating it on grouped CV, (2) more aggressive hyperparameter search, (3) longer exploration budget. The task, instruction, and tests are all well-specified and fair.
Trajectory
Tool-by-tool agent trajectory
248 tool calls · 3 tool types · 248 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 we're working with. Let me look at the starting script, the data files, and understand the structure.
I'll start by exploring the environment to understand the data and the starting script.
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.
Let me explore the data files and the environment.
bash
cd /app && ls -la data/ && echo "---TRAIN---" && head -5 data/train.csv && echo "..." && wc -l data/train.csv && echo "---VALIDATION---" && head -5 data/validation.csv && wc -l data/validation.csv && echo "---TEST---" && head -5 data/test_features.csv && wc -l data/test_features.csv
output
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
---TRAIN---
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
...
957 data/train.csv
---VALIDATION---
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
202 data/validation.csv
---TEST---
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
41 data/test_features.csv
The test_features.csv placeholder currently contains validation rows (without the target). The grader will replace it with hidden feature rows. Note the local placeholder's sample_ids are `af_val_*`, which are the same as the validation set. During grading, they'll be replaced with hidden features. Let me understand the data better. Let me look at the structure, the distributions, the "conditions" (attack_angle, chord_length, free_stream_velocity). Let me think about this. The original UCI Airfoil Self-Noise dataset has 1503 instances with these features: 1. Frequency (Hz) 2. Angle of attack (degrees) 3. Chord length (m) 4. Free-stream velocity (m/s) 5. Suction side displacement thickness (m) And the output: - Scaled sound pressure level (dB) The original dataset has discrete values for frequency (1/3 octave band: 200, 250, 315, 400, 500, 630, 800, 1000, 1250, 1600, 2000, 2500, 3150, 4000, 5000, 6300, 8000, 10000, 12500, 16000, 20000), angle of attack (0, 1.5, 3.0, 4.0, 5.3, 7.3, 8.9, 9.9, 12.3, 12.6, 15.4, 15.6, 17.4, 19.7, 22.2), chord length (0.0254, 0.0508, 0.1016, 0.1524, 0.2286, 0.3048), free-stream velocity (31.7, 39.6, 55.5, 71.3), and suction side displacement thickness (various). But here, the data has been "calibrated" - the values are perturbed/noisy versions. For instance frequency is 5003.72 instead of 5000, attack_angle 0.034 instead of 0, chord_length 0.1016 perturbed, etc. And the target is a "calibrated" scaled_sound_pressure_level. The note says "Raw labels copied from external UCI files are not valid labels for this benchmark and may be rejected as source-label leakage." So we cannot just look up the UCI values. We must train from the provided labeled data. The key challenge: the split holds out complete aerodynamic condition groups (attack_angle, chord_length, free_stream_velocity). So the hidden test set has conditions not seen in training. We need to generalize to unseen physical regimes. Let me analyze the data more thoroughly. Let me load it in Python. Let me think about what a strong model would be. The classic approach to airfoil self-noise is to use gradient boosting (e.g., XGBoost, LightGBM, GradientBoostingRegressor) or a neural network. But since the split is by condition groups, we need to be careful about overfitting to specific conditions. Let me check what libraries are available.
The local `test_features.csv` is a placeholder containing the validation rows without labels. Let me check available libraries and analyze the data.
bash
cd /app && python3 -c "
import sys
print('python', sys.version)
for m in ['numpy','pandas','sklearn','scipy','xgboost','lightgbm','catboost','torch']:
    try:
        mod=__import__(m)
        print(m, getattr(mod,'__version__','?'))
    except Exception as e:
        print(m, 'NOT AVAILABLE')
"
output
python 3.12.3 (main, Mar 23 2026, 19:04:32) [GCC 13.3.0]
numpy 1.26.4
pandas 2.2.2
sklearn 1.4.2
scipy 1.17.1
xgboost NOT AVAILABLE
lightgbm NOT AVAILABLE
catboost NOT AVAILABLE
torch NOT AVAILABLE
So we only have numpy, pandas, sklearn, scipy. No XGBoost, LightGBM, CatBoost, or torch. We can check if we have internet to install - no, we don't have internet access. So we'll use sklearn's GradientBoostingRegressor, RandomForestRegressor, HistGradientBoostingRegressor, or neural networks (MLPRegressor), or a combination. Let me analyze the data thoroughly first.
Only numpy, pandas, sklearn, and scipy are available (no boosting libs or torch). Let me analyze the data in depth.
bash
cd /app && python3 -c "
import pandas as pd, numpy as np
tr=pd.read_csv('data/train.csv'); va=pd.read_csv('data/validation.csv')
print('train shape', tr.shape, 'val shape', va.shape)
print()
print('TRAIN describe:')
print(tr.describe().T)
print()
print('target stats train:', tr['scaled_sound_pressure_level'].min(), tr['scaled_sound_pressure_level'].max(), tr['scaled_sound_pressure_level'].mean(), tr['scaled_sound_pressure_level'].std())
print('target stats val:  ', va['scaled_sound_pressure_level'].min(), va['scaled_sound_pressure_level'].max(), va['scaled_sound_pressure_level'].mean(), va['scaled_sound_pressure_level'].std())
"
output
train shape (956, 7) val shape (201, 7)

TRAIN describe:
                                     count  ...           max
frequency                            956.0  ...  20025.582040
attack_angle                         956.0  ...     22.234770
chord_length                         956.0  ...      0.305164
free_stream_velocity                 956.0  ...     71.406950
suction_side_displacement_thickness  956.0  ...      0.058556
scaled_sound_pressure_level          956.0  ...    140.289040

[6 rows x 8 columns]

target stats train: 104.935001617 140.289040194 125.40245300891945 6.70414571717735
target stats val:   109.788714074 138.661406742 126.48301733910945 6.979769251741283
bash
cd /app && python3 -c "
import pandas as pd, numpy as np
pd.set_option('display.width',200)
tr=pd.read_csv('data/train.csv'); va=pd.read_csv('data/validation.csv')
feats=['frequency','attack_angle','chord_length','free_stream_velocity','suction_side_displacement_thickness']
for c in feats:
    print(c, 'n_unique train', tr[c].nunique(), 'val', va[c].nunique())
print()
# Condition = (attack_angle, chord_length, free_stream_velocity)
def cond(df):
    return set(zip(np.round(df['attack_angle'],3), np.round(df['chord_length'],5), np.round(df['free_stream_velocity'],2)))
ctr=cond(tr); cva=cond(va)
print('n conditions train (rounded)', len(ctr))
print('n conditions val (rounded)', len(cva))
print('overlap', len(ctr & cva))
"
output
frequency n_unique train 956 val 201
attack_angle n_unique train 956 val 201
chord_length n_unique train 956 val 201
free_stream_velocity n_unique train 956 val 201
suction_side_displacement_thickness n_unique train 956 val 201

n conditions train (rounded) 956
n conditions val (rounded) 201
overlap 0
Interesting - every value is unique (continuous perturbation). So the "condition" tuple is continuous and every row is its own condition after perturbation. But the underlying true conditions (before perturbation/calibration) are discrete. The split holds out complete aerodynamic condition groups based on the *underlying* discrete conditions. So I need to recover the underlying discrete conditions. The original UCI data has discrete levels. The perturbation is small noise. Let me cluster the values to find the underlying grid. Let me look at the raw values to understand the perturbation magnitude. Let me look at the discrete levels. The original UCI: - chord_length: 0.0254, 0.0508, 0.1016, 0.1524, 0.2286, 0.3048 (6 values) - free_stream_velocity: 31.7, 39.6, 55.5, 71.3 (4 values) - attack_angle: 0.0, 1.5, 2.0, 3.0, 4.0, 5.3, 6.7, 7.3, 8.9, 9.5, 9.9, 11.2, 12.3, 12.6, 15.4, 15.6, 17.4, 19.7, 22.2 etc. Let me cluster each feature to find underlying discrete levels. Let me look at how tight the clusters are.
Every row has unique perturbed values, so the underlying discrete UCI grid has been jittered. Let me recover the latent discrete levels by clustering each feature.
bash
cd /app && python3 -c "
import pandas as pd, numpy as np
tr=pd.read_csv('data/train.csv'); va=pd.read_csv('data/validation.csv')
alld=pd.concat([tr,va],ignore_index=True)
for c in ['chord_length','free_stream_velocity']:
    v=np.sort(alld[c].values)
    print('===',c,'===')
    # find gaps
    d=np.diff(v)
    # cluster by gap threshold
    thr=(v.max()-v.min())*0.02
    groups=[]; cur=[v[0]]
    for i in range(1,len(v)):
        if v[i]-v[i-1]>thr:
            groups.append(cur); cur=[v[i]]
        else:
            cur.append(v[i])
    groups.append(cur)
    print('n clusters', len(groups))
    for g in groups:
        print(f'  center={np.mean(g):.5f} n={len(g)} min={min(g):.5f} max={max(g):.5f} spread={max(g)-min(g):.6f}')
"
output
=== chord_length ===
n clusters 6
  center=0.02540 n=235 min=0.02537 max=0.02543 spread=0.000061
  center=0.05080 n=185 min=0.05074 max=0.05086 spread=0.000121
  center=0.10160 n=250 min=0.10148 max=0.10172 spread=0.000243
  center=0.15240 n=169 min=0.15222 max=0.15258 spread=0.000363
  center=0.22860 n=193 min=0.22833 max=0.22887 spread=0.000546
  center=0.30481 n=125 min=0.30444 max=0.30516 spread=0.000728
=== free_stream_velocity ===
n clusters 4
  center=31.70228 n=224 min=31.65246 max=31.74755 spread=0.095093
  center=39.59638 n=371 min=39.54061 max=39.65940 spread=0.118794
  center=55.49930 n=222 min=55.41676 max=55.58321 spread=0.166454
  center=71.29478 n=340 min=71.19306 max=71.40695 spread=0.213888
The chord_length and free_stream_velocity cluster cleanly into the 6 and 4 canonical UCI levels, with small relative jitter (about 0.2-0.3% relative spread). Now attack_angle is trickier because there are many levels and some are close. Let me examine attack_angle clustering.
Chord length (6 levels) and velocity (4 levels) recover the canonical UCI grid cleanly. Now the attack angle:
bash
cd /app && python3 -c "
import pandas as pd, numpy as np
tr=pd.read_csv('data/train.csv'); va=pd.read_csv('data/validation.csv')
alld=pd.concat([tr,va],ignore_index=True)
c='attack_angle'
v=np.sort(alld[c].values)
thr=0.2
groups=[]; cur=[v[0]]
for i in range(1,len(v)):
    if v[i]-v[i-1]>thr:
        groups.append(cur); cur=[v[i]]
    else:
        cur.append(v[i])
groups.append(cur)
print('n clusters', len(groups))
for g in groups:
    print(f'  center={np.mean(g):.4f} n={len(g)} spread={max(g)-min(g):.4f}')
"
output
n clusters 21
  center=-0.0015 n=228 spread=0.0700
  center=1.4978 n=31 spread=0.0697
  center=2.0008 n=56 spread=0.0700
  center=3.0021 n=30 spread=0.0697
  center=3.3000 n=50 spread=0.0700
  center=4.0426 n=99 spread=0.2698
  center=4.8037 n=38 spread=0.0698
  center=5.3516 n=28 spread=0.1675
  center=6.7002 n=33 spread=0.0700
  center=7.2597 n=81 spread=0.1700
  center=8.3993 n=34 spread=0.0698
  center=8.9011 n=32 spread=0.0698
  center=9.4975 n=40 spread=0.0700
  center=9.9007 n=48 spread=0.0700
  center=11.2028 n=28 spread=0.0698
  center=12.3014 n=64 spread=0.0700
  center=12.6523 n=66 spread=0.1698
  center=15.4762 n=79 spread=0.2700
  center=17.4001 n=63 spread=0.0700
  center=19.6936 n=14 spread=0.0628
  center=22.2038 n=15 spread=0.0672
The attack angle clusters well (spread ~0.07-0.27). With threshold 0.2, some close clusters may merge (e.g., 4.0426 merges 4.0 and something, 5.3516 has spread 0.167, 7.2597 spread 0.17, 12.6523 spread 0.17, 15.4762 spread 0.27). These larger spreads are probably two nearby UCI angles merging. Let me check the UCI canonical angles: UCI canonical angles: 0.0, 1.5, 2.0, 3.0, 4.0, 5.3, 6.7, 7.3, 8.9, 9.5, 9.9, 11.2, 12.3, 12.6, 15.4, 15.6, 17.4, 19.7, 22.2 Hmm wait, these include 15.4 and 15.6 which are close. And 12.3 and 12.6. And 5.3... Let me recall. The actual unique AoA in UCI: 0, 1.5, 3, 4, 5.3, 6.7, 7.3, 8.9, 9.5, 9.9, 11.2, 12.3, 12.6, 15.4, 15.6, 17.4, 19.7, 22.2. Also 2.0? Hmm. Actually the issue of recovering exact discrete conditions isn't strictly necessary for building the model. What matters is: 1. Building a strong regression model that generalizes to unseen conditions. 2. Evaluating per-condition RMSE to make sure no condition fails badly. The key insight: the grouping for the hidden split is by underlying discrete condition (attack_angle, chord_length, free_stream_velocity). My validation set is already a held-out group split (the val sample_ids are af_val_*). So I can use the validation set to estimate generalization to unseen conditions. Actually, wait. Let me reconsider. The task says the split holds out complete condition groups. So train and validation don't share conditions, and the hidden test has yet other conditions. Let me verify train/val conditions don't overlap at the discrete level. Let me first build a robust "snapping" of each feature to its discrete level, then define conditions, and confirm train/val separation. Actually, the main goal is the model. Let me think about the modeling approach given constraints. The physics: Airfoil self-noise (Brooks, Pope, Marcolini 1989). SPL depends on frequency (spectral shape), and the other parameters. The relationship is smooth but non-linear. Given only sklearn, good options: - HistGradientBoostingRegressor (strong, handles non-linearity) - RandomForestRegressor / ExtraTrees - GradientBoostingRegressor - MLPRegressor (neural net) - Ensemble of these Since the test is extrapolation to unseen condition groups, tree-based models can struggle with extrapolation beyond the training range, but conditions are within the same overall grid (interpolation in feature space mostly). Actually held-out conditions are combos within the same ranges, so it's interpolation in the 5D feature space, not extrapolation beyond bounds (except possibly some edge conditions). A good strategy: ensemble of diverse models. Let me establish a validation protocol. Since the real hidden split is grouped by condition, I should do GroupKFold cross-validation on train+val using the recovered condition groups, to get honest estimates and tune hyperparameters. Then train final model on all labeled data (train+val). But I also have a clean held-out validation set already. I can use that as the primary gauge, plus grouped CV. Let me first build the condition-recovery (snapping) function robustly, compute per-condition RMSE on validation, and set up the evaluation. Let me write a helper to snap features to discrete levels via 1D clustering, and assign condition IDs. Actually, for model features, I might NOT want to snap , I want to use the raw continuous (slightly jittered) values as features, since the jitter is small and the test features are also jittered. Snapping is mainly for defining condition groups for CV evaluation. But snapping could also help denoise features. Given jitter is tiny (~0.2%), it won't matter much. I'll keep raw features for the model but maybe add snapped versions. Let me keep it simpler: use raw features + engineered transforms. Let me set up the evaluation harness first. I'll compute the metrics the grader uses: - hidden_rmse: global RMSE - hidden_mae: global MAE - hidden_p90_condition_rmse: 90th percentile of per-condition RMSE - hidden_p95_conditi …[truncated]
Both chord length and velocity recover cleanly to the canonical UCI grid; attack angle recovers to ~19-21 levels. The jitter is tiny. Let me verify train/validation are truly separated by condition group, which lets me use validation as an honest proxy for the hidden grouped split.
bash
cd /app && python3 -c "
import pandas as pd, numpy as np
tr=pd.read_csv('data/train.csv'); va=pd.read_csv('data/validation.csv')

def snap1d(values, thr_rel=0.01, thr_abs=0.15):
    # cluster sorted values, return mapping array of cluster centers
    order=np.argsort(values); v=values[order]
    centers=np.empty_len=len(v)
    labels=np.empty(len(v),dtype=int)
    cur=0; start=0
    rng=v.max()-v.min()
    thr=max(rng*thr_rel, thr_abs)
    for i in range(1,len(v)):
        if v[i]-v[i-1]>thr:
            cur+=1
        labels[i]=cur
    out=np.empty(len(v))
    res=np.empty(len(values))
    for lab in range(cur+1):
        mask=labels==lab
        c=v[mask].mean()
        res[order[mask]]=c
    return res

alld=pd.concat([tr,va],ignore_index=True)
for c,thr in [('attack_angle',0.12),('chord_length',0.005),('free_stream_velocity',0.5)]:
    alld[c+'_s']=snap1d(alld[c].values, thr_rel=0.0, thr_abs=thr)
alld['cond']=list(zip(np.round(alld['attack_angle_s'],3),np.round(alld['chord_length_s'],5),np.round(alld['free_stream_velocity_s'],2)))
ntr=len(tr)
ctr=set(alld['cond'][:ntr]); cva=set(alld['cond'][ntr:])
print('n cond train', len(ctr), 'n cond val', len(cva), 'overlap', len(ctr&cva))
print('total distinct conditions', len(ctr|cva))
# rows per condition in val
from collections import Counter
cc=Counter(alld['cond'][ntr:])
print('val rows per condition: min',min(cc.values()),'max',max(cc.values()),'mean',np.mean(list(cc.values())))
print('n val conditions', len(cc))
"
output
n cond train 69 n cond val 16 overlap 0
total distinct conditions 85
val rows per condition: min 1 max 18 mean 12.5625
n val conditions 16
Train has 69 conditions, val has 16 conditions, zero overlap. So the validation set is a genuine held-out grouped split. Good. The hidden test will similarly be new conditions. Now 16 conditions in validation, each with ~12.5 rows (except min 1). The per-condition RMSE metrics (p90, p95, max) on 16 conditions: p90 would be ~the 2nd worst, p95 ~worst-ish, max = worst. On the hidden set there might be more conditions. Now let me set up a proper evaluation harness and test candidate models. Let me write a reusable module. Let me think about the metrics computation precisely. The grader computes per-condition RMSE. For percentiles, need to define method. I'll use numpy percentile default (linear). Let me compute metrics for candidate models on validation. Let me create a script `eval_harness.py` for experimentation (not part of final necessarily). Key modeling ideas: 1. Feature engineering: log10(frequency), log10(thickness), interactions. The physics (Brooks-Pope-Marcolini) suggests SPL scales with log of Strouhal number and Mach number etc. log-transforms of frequency and thickness are important. 2. Models: HistGradientBoosting, RandomForest, ExtraTrees, GradientBoosting, MLP, Ridge/SVR on engineered features. Ensemble. Let me test a range. Let me write the harness. Actually, a crucial consideration: because conditions are held out, and within a condition only frequency varies (and thickness is determined by condition? Let me check , thickness is a function of (angle, chord, velocity), i.e., determined by condition). So within a condition group, the only varying feature is frequency. The target is SPL as a function of frequency (a spectral curve) for that condition. So essentially, each condition defines a spectrum SPL(frequency), and we have ~ up to 20+ frequencies per condition. The task: given a new condition (angle, chord, velocity) -> thickness is fixed, predict SPL across frequencies. Wait is thickness determined by (angle, chord, velocity)? In UCI, displacement thickness is computed from angle, chord, velocity (boundary layer). So yes, within a condition, thickness is constant. Let me verify.
Validation is a genuinely held-out grouped split (69 train conditions vs 16 val conditions, zero overlap). Let me verify the physical structure: within a condition, only frequency varies while thickness is fixed.
bash
cd /app && python3 -c "
import pandas as pd, numpy as np
tr=pd.read_csv('data/train.csv'); va=pd.read_csv('data/validation.csv')
def snap1d(values, thr):
    order=np.argsort(values); v=values[order]; labels=np.zeros(len(v),dtype=int); cur=0
    for i in range(1,len(v)):
        if v[i]-v[i-1]>thr: cur+=1
        labels[i]=cur
    res=np.empty(len(values))
    for lab in range(cur+1):
        m=labels==lab; res[order[m]]=v[m].mean()
    return res
alld=pd.concat([tr,va],ignore_index=True)
for c,thr in [('attack_angle',0.12),('chord_length',0.005),('free_stream_velocity',0.5)]:
    alld[c+'_s']=snap1d(alld[c].values,thr)
alld['cond']=list(zip(np.round(alld['attack_angle_s'],3),np.round(alld['chord_length_s'],5),np.round(alld['free_stream_velocity_s'],2)))
# within condition, how much does thickness vary relative to mean?
g=alld.groupby('cond')['suction_side_displacement_thickness']
rel=(g.std()/g.mean()).dropna()
print('within-condition thickness rel-std: median',rel.median(),'max',rel.max())
# how many freq per condition
print('freqs per cond: mean', alld.groupby('cond').size().mean())
# Does thickness map 1:1 to condition? check unique thickness snapped per cond
print()
# range of freq
print('freq range', alld['frequency'].min(), alld['frequency'].max())
"
output
within-condition thickness rel-std: median 0.0017892622970018947 max 0.002060770659878632
freqs per cond: mean 14.109756097560975

freq range 199.660257517 20025.5820397
Confirmed: within a condition, thickness is essentially constant (rel-std ~0.2%, just jitter). So thickness is a deterministic function of (angle, chord, velocity). This means thickness provides extra information that's derived from the condition. So the problem structure: predict SPL(frequency; angle, chord, velocity, thickness). For held-out conditions, we must interpolate/extrapolate in the (angle, chord, velocity, thickness) space, and the frequency spectral shape. Now let me build the evaluation harness and test models. Let me create a helper module with: - feature engineering - condition recovery - metric computation Then evaluate candidate models via (a) train->val, and (b) GroupKFold CV over all labeled data. Let me write the harness.
Confirmed: thickness is essentially a deterministic function of the condition (0.2% jitter), and within a condition only frequency varies. Now let me build a reusable evaluation harness with metric computation and condition recovery.
bash
cd /app && cat > /app/harness.py << 'PY'
import numpy as np, pandas as pd
from pathlib import Path

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

def snap1d(values, thr):
    order=np.argsort(values); v=values[order]; labels=np.zeros(len(v),dtype=int); cur=0
    for i in range(1,len(v)):
        if v[i]-v[i-1]>thr: cur+=1
        labels[i]=cur
    res=np.empty(len(values))
    for lab in range(cur+1):
        m=labels==lab; res[order[m]]=v[m].mean()
    return res

def add_conditions(df):
    df=df.copy()
    a=snap1d(df['attack_angle'].values,0.12)
    c=snap1d(df['chord_length'].values,0.005)
    v=snap1d(df['free_stream_velocity'].values,0.5)
    df['cond']=list(zip(np.round(a,3),np.round(c,5),np.round(v,2)))
    return df

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))
    dfc=pd.DataFrame({'e':err,'c':cond})
    per=dfc.groupby('c')['e'].apply(lambda s: np.sqrt(np.mean(s.values**2)))
    return {
        'rmse':rmse,'mae':mae,
        'p90':np.percentile(per.values,90),
        'p95':np.percentile(per.values,95),
        'max':per.max(),
        'n_cond':len(per),
    }

TARGETS={'rmse':2.25,'mae':1.55,'p90':2.35,'p95':4.75,'max':5.60}

def report(name, m):
    flags=''.join('OK ' if m[k]<=TARGETS[k] else 'XX ' for k in ['rmse','mae','p90','p95','max'])
    print(f"{name:28s} rmse={m['rmse']:.3f} mae={m['mae']:.3f} p90={m['p90']:.3f} p95={m['p95']:.3f} max={m['max']:.3f} | {flags}")

def load():
    tr=pd.read_csv(DATA_DIR/'train.csv'); va=pd.read_csv(DATA_DIR/'validation.csv')
    return tr,va
PY
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output
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Now let me build a feature engineering function and test candidate models. Let me start with a baseline evaluation of the starter Ridge, then stronger models. Let me write an experiment script.
Now let me create a feature-engineering function and benchmark a range of candidate models, training on train and evaluating on the held-out validation conditions.
bash
cd /app && cat > /app/exp.py << 'PY'
import numpy as np, pandas as pd
from harness import *
from sklearn.ensemble import RandomForestRegressor, ExtraTreesRegressor, HistGradientBoostingRegressor, GradientBoostingRegressor
from sklearn.neural_network import MLPRegressor
from sklearn.pipeline import make_pipeline
from sklearn.preprocessing import StandardScaler
from sklearn.linear_model import Ridge
from sklearn.svm import SVR

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)
    lf=np.log10(f); lt=np.log10(t); lc=np.log10(c)
    out=pd.DataFrame(index=df.index)
    out['lf']=lf; out['a']=a; out['lc']=lc; out['v']=v; out['lt']=lt
    out['c']=c; out['f']=f; out['t']=t
    # strouhal-like
    out['st']=lf+lt  # log(f*delta)
    out['st2']=lf+lt-np.log10(v)
    out['lf2']=lf**2; out['lf3']=lf**3
    out['a_lf']=a*lf; out['a2']=a**2
    out['lc_lf']=lc*lf; out['lt_lf']=lt*lf
    out['v_lf']=v*lf
    out['mach']=v/340.0
    return out.values

tr,va=load()
va=add_conditions(va)
Xtr=fe(tr); ytr=tr[TARGET].values
Xva=fe(va); yva=va[TARGET].values

models={
 'Ridge': make_pipeline(StandardScaler(),Ridge(alpha=10.0)),
 'RF': RandomForestRegressor(n_estimators=400,min_samples_leaf=2,n_jobs=-1,random_state=0),
 'ExtraTrees': ExtraTreesRegressor(n_estimators=500,min_samples_leaf=1,n_jobs=-1,random_state=0),
 'HGB': HistGradientBoostingRegressor(max_iter=500,learning_rate=0.05,max_leaf_nodes=31,l2_regularization=1.0,random_state=0),
 'GBR': GradientBoostingRegressor(n_estimators=500,learning_rate=0.05,max_depth=3,subsample=0.8,random_state=0),
 'MLP': make_pipeline(StandardScaler(),MLPRegressor(hidden_layer_sizes=(128,128,64),activation='relu',alpha=1e-3,max_iter=2000,random_state=0)),
 'SVR': make_pipeline(StandardScaler(),SVR(C=30,gamma='scale',epsilon=0.1)),
}
for name,mdl in models.items():
    mdl.fit(Xtr,ytr)
    p=mdl.predict(Xva)
    report(name, metrics(yva,p,va['cond'].values))
PY
python3 /app/exp.py
output
Ridge                        rmse=4.559 mae=3.541 p90=6.448 p95=7.103 max=7.202 | XX XX XX XX XX 
RF                           rmse=2.597 mae=2.044 p90=3.579 p95=3.718 max=3.775 | XX XX XX OK OK 
ExtraTrees                   rmse=2.070 mae=1.589 p90=3.072 p95=3.371 max=3.402 | OK XX XX OK OK 
HGB                          rmse=2.397 mae=1.896 p90=3.493 p95=3.607 max=3.784 | XX XX XX OK OK 
GBR                          rmse=2.594 mae=2.013 p90=3.816 p95=3.945 max=3.984 | XX XX XX OK OK 
MLP                          rmse=2.732 mae=2.031 p90=4.019 p95=4.909 max=6.131 | XX XX XX XX XX 
SVR                          rmse=2.743 mae=1.934 p90=4.057 p95=4.606 max=5.695 | XX XX XX OK XX
ExtraTrees is the best single model so far: rmse=2.070 (OK), mae=1.589 (just over 1.55), p90=3.072 (XX, need <=2.35), p95=3.371 (OK), max=3.402 (OK). The hardest target is p90 <= 2.35. Currently p90 is ~3.07 for ExtraTrees. That means the 90th percentile of per-condition RMSE must be <= 2.35. With only 16 conditions in validation, p90 is essentially the ~2nd worst condition. So we need most conditions to have RMSE well below 2.35, with only the very worst allowed up to 5.6. Wait, let me reconsider the percentile. With 16 conditions, np.percentile at 90 gives interpolation between the 14th and 15th sorted values (index 0.9*15=13.5). So p90 ≈ between 14th and 15th worst. p95 = 0.95*15=14.25, between 15th and 16th. max = 16th. So to hit p90 <= 2.35, at least ~14-15 of the 16 conditions need RMSE <= ~2.35. That's demanding. The mae target 1.55 is also demanding. Let me focus on improving the model. The per-condition RMSE being high suggests systematic errors for certain conditions. Because held-out conditions require interpolation in (angle, chord, velocity) space. Let me think about better feature engineering grounded in physics. The Brooks-Pope-Marcolini (BPM) model: the scaled sound pressure level is a function of Strouhal number St = f*delta/U (or delta_star), plus terms. Actually the UCI "scaled sound pressure level" already has scaling. Alternatively, a key trick: the spectral shape as a function of frequency per condition is a smooth curve that peaks and decays. Models that can represent this well per condition and interpolate across conditions. Let me think about the mae and p90. We need: - mae <= 1.55 (ExtraTrees 1.589, close) - p90 <= 2.35 (ExtraTrees 3.07, far) The p90 is the bottleneck. Let me try to improve by: 1. Better features (physics-based log Strouhal). 2. Ensembling/averaging multiple models (reduces variance). 3. Target transformation. 4. Possibly a smooth model that interpolates well (e.g., Gaussian Process, kernel methods, or a carefully regularized MLP ensemble). Let me think about what causes large per-condition errors. Held-out conditions: a new (angle, chord, velocity). Tree models predict piecewise-constant; for a new condition they use nearest training conditions. If a condition is "between" training conditions, trees interpolate poorly (step functions). Smooth models (MLP, SVR, GP, polynomial) might interpolate better but extrapolate worse. Given the structure, maybe a smooth physics-informed model does better for interpolation. But ExtraTrees already gives best global rmse. Let me try ensembling ExtraTrees + HGB + others, and also try a GP. Actually, let me reconsider. The biggest lever for p90 (worst conditions) might be a model that captures the frequency spectrum shape well and generalizes the condition effect smoothly. Let me try an ensemble averaging of several good models, and also try KNN on engineered features (since interpolation). Let me also examine: maybe averaging many randomized models (ExtraTrees with different seeds + HGB + GBR) smooths predictions. Let me also consider the possibility that the relationship benefits from a two-stage approach: a smooth global trend (physics regression) + residual tree model. Let me first just try a broad ensemble and GP, KNN. Let me also tune ExtraTrees (it's best). Try more trees, different min_samples_leaf. Let me also think: the biggest issue might be a few specific held-out conditions at the extremes (e.g., highest angle 22.2, or specific chord). Let me look at per-condition errors for ExtraTrees to understand where it fails.
ExtraTrees is the strongest single model. The binding constraints are `mae <= 1.55` and especially `p90 <= 2.35`. Let me inspect where per-condition errors concentrate for ExtraTrees.
bash
cd /app && python3 -c "
import numpy as np, pandas as pd
from harness import *
from exp import fe
from sklearn.ensemble import ExtraTreesRegressor
tr,va=load(); va=add_conditions(va)
Xtr=fe(tr); ytr=tr[TARGET].values; Xva=fe(va); yva=va[TARGET].values
m=ExtraTreesRegressor(n_estimators=500,min_samples_leaf=1,n_jobs=-1,random_state=0).fit(Xtr,ytr)
p=m.predict(Xva)
va=va.copy(); va['e']=p-yva
per=va.groupby('cond').apply(lambda d: pd.Series({'rmse':np.sqrt(np.mean(d['e']**2)),'n':len(d),'mean_spl':d[TARGET].mean(),'ang':d['attack_angle'].mean(),'chord':d['chord_length'].mean(),'vel':d['free_stream_velocity'].mean()}))
per=per.sort_values('rmse',ascending=False)
pd.set_option('display.width',200)
print(per)
"
output
Ridge                        rmse=4.559 mae=3.541 p90=6.448 p95=7.103 max=7.202 | XX XX XX XX XX 
RF                           rmse=2.597 mae=2.044 p90=3.579 p95=3.718 max=3.775 | XX XX XX OK OK 
ExtraTrees                   rmse=2.070 mae=1.589 p90=3.072 p95=3.371 max=3.402 | OK XX XX OK OK 
HGB                          rmse=2.397 mae=1.896 p90=3.493 p95=3.607 max=3.784 | XX XX XX OK OK 
GBR                          rmse=2.594 mae=2.013 p90=3.816 p95=3.945 max=3.984 | XX XX XX OK OK 
MLP                          rmse=2.732 mae=2.031 p90=4.019 p95=4.909 max=6.131 | XX XX XX XX XX 
SVR                          rmse=2.743 mae=1.934 p90=4.057 p95=4.606 max=5.695 | XX XX XX OK XX 
                             rmse     n  ...     chord        vel
cond                                     ...                     
(17.399, 0.0254, 39.6)   3.401998  15.0  ...  0.025400  39.582282
(-0.0, 0.0254, 71.3)     3.358273  10.0  ...  0.025399  71.354087
(12.301, 0.1016, 55.51)  2.641714  16.0  ...  0.101604  55.514674
(12.301, 0.1016, 39.6)   2.445574  16.0  ...  0.101606  39.584861
(-0.0, 0.30485, 31.7)    2.076861  18.0  ...  0.304850  31.696343
(6.682, 0.1016, 55.51)   2.027149   8.0  ...  0.101618  55.497174
(4.801, 0.0254, 39.6)    1.978967  14.0  ...  0.025402  39.581086
(8.404, 0.0508, 55.51)   1.947643  12.0  ...  0.050814  55.542907
(4.002, 0.2286, 31.7)    1.774858  15.0  ...  0.228600  31.682930
(4.801, 0.0254, 71.3)    1.365986  11.0  ...  0.025397  71.304755
(-0.0, 0.0254, 39.6)     1.330480  11.0  ...  0.025397  39.627032
(3.312, 0.1016, 71.3)    1.210592  12.0  ...  0.101572  71.263363
(-0.0, 0.0508, 55.51)    1.142106  13.0  ...  0.050792  55.497693
(9.901, 0.1524, 31.7)    1.077247  16.0  ...  0.152411  31.714249
(-0.0, 0.1524, 39.6)     1.073233  14.0  ...  0.152387  39.622576

[15 rows x 6 columns]
[stderr]
<string>:11: DeprecationWarning: DataFrameGroupBy.apply operated on the grouping columns. This behavior is deprecated, and in a future version of pandas the grouping columns will be excluded from the operation. Either pass `include_groups=False` to exclude the groupings or explicitly select the grouping columns after groupby to silence this warning.
The worst conditions: - (17.4, 0.0254, 39.6): rmse 3.40 , high angle, small chord. High angle of attack -> separation noise, harder. - (0, 0.0254, 71.3): rmse 3.36 , zero angle, small chord, high velocity. - (12.3, 0.1016, 55.5): 2.64 - (12.3, 0.1016, 39.6): 2.45 These are extreme-ish conditions (high angle, small chord). The small chord (0.0254) with high angle is a known tricky regime. The issue: with grouped held-out conditions, the model struggles at conditions near the boundary of the training distribution or where behavior is extreme. Since this is only 15-16 conditions, and p90/p95 reflect the 2nd-worst and worst, I need to reduce the worst-condition errors. But note the hidden test set might have a different number of conditions and different specific ones. I should build a robust general model rather than overfit to these specific val conditions. Strategy: The validation set only has 16 conditions , a noisy estimate. I should also do GroupKFold CV across ALL labeled data (train+val, 85 conditions) to get a more robust estimate of the metrics, especially the tail (p90/p95/max across many conditions). Let me set up GroupKFold CV. With 85 conditions, I can do e.g. 5-fold grouped CV, aggregate all out-of-fold predictions, and compute per-condition RMSE across all 85 conditions. That gives ~85 per-condition RMSE values , a much better estimate of p90/p95/max. Actually the metrics should be computed per-fold or pooled? The hidden test computes over the hidden set's conditions. Pooling OOF predictions across folds and computing per-condition RMSE over all 85 conditions gives a distribution of per-condition RMSE. p90 over 85 conditions is more stable. That's a good proxy. Let me use that as primary metric. Let me build the CV harness. I'll assign conditions to folds (GroupKFold) so each condition is fully held out in one fold. Then train on other folds, predict. Pool all OOF preds. Compute metrics. Let me implement and evaluate ExtraTrees and ensembles with this.
The worst conditions are extreme regimes (high angle + small chord). With only 16 validation conditions, the tail estimate is noisy. Let me build a more robust **GroupKFold** cross-validation over all 85 conditions to estimate the tail metrics reliably.
bash
cd /app && cat > /app/cv.py << 'PY'
import numpy as np, pandas as pd
from harness import *
from exp import fe
from sklearn.model_selection import GroupKFold

def get_all():
    tr,va=load()
    alld=pd.concat([tr,va],ignore_index=True)
    alld=add_conditions(alld)
    return alld

def cv_eval(make_model, n_splits=10, seed=0, transform=fe, verbose=True):
    alld=get_all()
    X=transform(alld); y=alld[TARGET].values
    groups=alld['cond'].values
    uniq=pd.unique(groups)
    # map conditions to folds
    rng=np.random.RandomState(seed)
    perm=rng.permutation(len(uniq))
    fold_of={c:(i%n_splits) for i,c in enumerate(uniq[perm])}
    folds=np.array([fold_of[c] for c in groups])
    oof=np.zeros(len(y))
    for f in range(n_splits):
        trm=folds!=f; tem=folds==f
        m=make_model()
        m.fit(X[trm],y[trm])
        oof[tem]=m.predict(X[tem])
    mt=metrics(y,oof,groups)
    return mt, oof, alld

if __name__=='__main__':
    from sklearn.ensemble import ExtraTreesRegressor, HistGradientBoostingRegressor, RandomForestRegressor
    mk={
      'ExtraTrees': lambda: ExtraTreesRegressor(n_estimators=500,min_samples_leaf=1,n_jobs=-1,random_state=0),
      'ET_leaf2': lambda: ExtraTreesRegressor(n_estimators=500,min_samples_leaf=2,n_jobs=-1,random_state=0),
      'HGB': lambda: HistGradientBoostingRegressor(max_iter=500,learning_rate=0.05,max_leaf_nodes=31,l2_regularization=1.0,random_state=0),
      'RF': lambda: RandomForestRegressor(n_estimators=400,min_samples_leaf=2,n_jobs=-1,random_state=0),
    }
    for name,f in mk.items():
        mt,_,_=cv_eval(f)
        report(name+' [CV]', mt)
PY
python3 /app/cv.py
output
Ridge                        rmse=4.559 mae=3.541 p90=6.448 p95=7.103 max=7.202 | XX XX XX XX XX 
RF                           rmse=2.597 mae=2.044 p90=3.579 p95=3.718 max=3.775 | XX XX XX OK OK 
ExtraTrees                   rmse=2.070 mae=1.589 p90=3.072 p95=3.371 max=3.402 | OK XX XX OK OK 
HGB                          rmse=2.397 mae=1.896 p90=3.493 p95=3.607 max=3.784 | XX XX XX OK OK 
GBR                          rmse=2.594 mae=2.013 p90=3.816 p95=3.945 max=3.984 | XX XX XX OK OK 
MLP                          rmse=2.732 mae=2.031 p90=4.019 p95=4.909 max=6.131 | XX XX XX XX XX 
SVR                          rmse=2.743 mae=1.934 p90=4.057 p95=4.606 max=5.695 | XX XX XX OK XX 
ExtraTrees [CV]              rmse=2.131 mae=1.569 p90=3.077 p95=3.401 max=5.807 | OK XX XX OK XX 
ET_leaf2 [CV]                rmse=2.172 mae=1.607 p90=3.194 p95=3.465 max=5.904 | OK XX XX OK XX 
HGB [CV]                     rmse=2.287 mae=1.675 p90=3.776 p95=4.136 max=5.054 | XX XX XX OK OK 
RF [CV]                      rmse=2.371 mae=1.794 p90=3.414 p95=3.730 max=4.776 | XX XX XX OK OK
Now I have a robust CV over 85 conditions. The `exp.py` import runs the exp models again (prints the first block). I should suppress that. Let me refactor fe into harness to avoid re-running exp. Actually `from exp import fe` triggers exp.py's top-level code. Let me move `fe` into harness.py to avoid the side effects. Now, CV ExtraTrees: rmse=2.131 (OK), mae=1.569 (XX, just over), p90=3.077 (XX), p95=3.401 (OK), max=5.807 (XX just over 5.60). So over 85 conditions the targets: - rmse <= 2.25: OK (2.131) - mae <= 1.55: slightly over (1.569) - p90 <= 2.35: FAR over (3.077) , main bottleneck - p95 <= 4.75: OK (3.401) - max <= 5.60: slightly over (5.807) The p90 is the key bottleneck: need to go from 3.08 to <=2.35. That's a big improvement in the bulk of per-condition RMSEs. Essentially, I need most conditions to have RMSE around or below 2.0. This is fundamentally about model accuracy. Let me think harder about feature engineering and model choice to reduce per-condition error broadly. Let me reconsider. The within-condition signal is SPL vs frequency (spectrum). Across conditions, the spectrum shifts. The physics (BPM) says noise spectra collapse when plotted against Strouhal number St = f δ*/U. So a great feature is log10(f * δ* / U) or log10(f*δ*). Let me emphasize Strouhal scaling. Also, the peak Strouhal and amplitude depend on Reynolds number, Mach number, angle. Let me engineer features more carefully based on BPM: - Strouhal: St1 = f * δ* / U. log10(St). - Reynolds: Re = U * c / ν (ν ~ 1.5e-5). log10(Re). - Mach: M = U/c_sound. - angle terms. And then let the model (ExtraTrees/HGB) use these. But tree models are invariant to monotonic transforms of single features, so log10 of a single feature doesn't change a tree split. However, *combinations* like f*δ*/U (a ratio) DO help trees, because trees can't easily compute ratios. So providing Strouhal as an explicit feature helps a lot. Let me add these physics ratios as features and re-test trees. Also, for the smooth interpolation and reducing worst-condition errors, an ensemble of trees + a smooth model (MLP/SVR/GP) might help. But the smooth models did worse globally. Let me focus on improving features first, which helps all models. Let me add: - log_f, log_t, log_c, log_v - St = log10(f) + log10(t) (= log10(f*δ*)) [already had st] - St_U = log10(f*δ*/U) - Re_c = log10(c*v) [~ Reynolds up to constant] - Re_delta = log10(t*v) - mach = v/340 - angle, angle^2, sin/cos? angle in degrees up to 22. - interactions Let me test trees with expanded ratio features. Let me also try target transformation (none needed, SPL is already ~linear scale). Let me refactor: put fe in harness, make it richer, re-run CV. Let me think about ratios for trees. Key ratio features: - f*δ* (Strouhal numerator) - f*δ*/U (Strouhal) - f*c (chord-based Strouhal) - f*c/U - δ*/c (boundary layer relative thickness) - c*U (Reynolds chord) - δ**U (Reynolds delta) Let me add logs of these. Let me test.
Let me move feature engineering into the harness, expand it with physics-based ratio features (Strouhal, Reynolds, Mach) that tree models cannot derive on their own, and re-test.
bash
cd /app && cat >> /app/harness.py << 'PY'

def fe2(df):
    f=df['frequency'].astype(float).values; a=df['attack_angle'].astype(float).values
    c=df['chord_length'].astype(float).values; v=df['free_stream_velocity'].astype(float).values
    t=df['suction_side_displacement_thickness'].astype(float).values
    lf=np.log10(f); lt=np.log10(t); lc=np.log10(c); lv=np.log10(v)
    out={}
    out['lf']=lf; out['a']=a; out['lc']=lc; out['v']=v; out['lt']=lt
    out['c']=c; out['t']=t
    # physics ratios (logs) -- help tree models that cannot form ratios
    out['st_delta']=lf+lt           # log(f*delta)
    out['st_delta_U']=lf+lt-lv      # log(f*delta/U)  Strouhal
    out['st_chord']=lf+lc           # log(f*c)
    out['st_chord_U']=lf+lc-lv      # log(f*c/U)
    out['delta_c']=lt-lc            # log(delta/c)
    out['Re_c']=lc+lv               # log(c*U)  ~ Reynolds_chord
    out['Re_delta']=lt+lv           # log(delta*U)
    out['mach']=v/340.0
    # nonlinearity in freq & angle
    out['lf2']=lf**2; out['lf3']=lf**3
    out['a2']=a**2; out['a_lf']=a*lf
    out['st_delta_U2']=out['st_delta_U']**2
    out['a_st']=a*out['st_delta_U']
    return np.column_stack([out[k] for k in out])
PY
cat > /app/cv2.py << 'PY'
import numpy as np, pandas as pd
from harness import *
from sklearn.model_selection import GroupKFold
from sklearn.ensemble import ExtraTreesRegressor, HistGradientBoostingRegressor, RandomForestRegressor

def get_all():
    tr,va=load(); alld=pd.concat([tr,va],ignore_index=True); return add_conditions(alld)

def cv_eval(make_model, transform, n_splits=10, seed=0):
    alld=get_all(); X=transform(alld); y=alld[TARGET].values; groups=alld['cond'].values
    uniq=pd.unique(groups); rng=np.random.RandomState(seed); perm=rng.permutation(len(uniq))
    fold_of={c:(i%n_splits) for i,c in enumerate(uniq[perm])}
    folds=np.array([fold_of[c] for c in groups]); oof=np.zeros(len(y))
    for f in range(n_splits):
        trm=folds!=f; tem=folds==f
        m=make_model(); m.fit(X[trm],y[trm]); oof[tem]=m.predict(X[tem])
    return metrics(y,oof,groups), oof, alld

if __name__=='__main__':
    for tname,tf in [('fe2',fe2)]:
        for name,f in {
          'ExtraTrees': lambda: ExtraTreesRegressor(n_estimators=600,min_samples_leaf=1,n_jobs=-1,random_state=0),
          'HGB': lambda: HistGradientBoostingRegressor(max_iter=600,learning_rate=0.05,max_leaf_nodes=31,l2_regularization=1.0,random_state=0),
          'RF': lambda: RandomForestRegressor(n_estimators=500,min_samples_leaf=2,n_jobs=-1,random_state=0),
        }.items():
            mt,_,_=cv_eval(f,tf); report(f'{name} [{tname}]',mt)
PY
python3 /app/cv2.py
output
ExtraTrees [fe2]             rmse=2.037 mae=1.496 p90=2.727 p95=3.634 max=5.117 | OK OK XX OK OK 
HGB [fe2]                    rmse=2.157 mae=1.594 p90=3.539 p95=3.742 max=4.234 | OK XX XX OK OK 
RF [fe2]                     rmse=2.358 mae=1.757 p90=3.257 p95=4.244 max=5.530 | XX XX XX OK OK
The physics-based ratio features helped ExtraTrees a lot: - ExtraTrees [fe2]: rmse=2.037 (OK), mae=1.496 (OK!), p90=2.727 (XX but improved from 3.077), p95=3.634 (OK), max=5.117 (OK!). Now only p90 remains above target (2.727 vs 2.35). Good progress. mae and max are now passing. So the remaining bottleneck is p90 <= 2.35. I need to reduce the bulk of per-condition RMSEs further. Let me push feature engineering and model tuning, and ensembling. Ideas to reduce p90: 1. Ensemble ExtraTrees with HGB and others (averaging reduces variance, often reduces per-condition errors). 2. Tune ExtraTrees (more trees, max_features). 3. Better features. 4. Target: predict residual from a smooth physics baseline. Let me try ensembling and tuning. Let me build an ensemble CV evaluation. Let me also add more physics features and test. Let me look at which conditions are worst now with fe2 ExtraTrees to understand. Let me build an ensemble: average of ExtraTrees + HGB + GBR + maybe MLP. Let me make the CV harness accept a list of models to average. Let me generalize cv_eval to accept an ensemble predictor function. Let me write a flexible version.
Physics ratio features gave a big jump: ExtraTrees now passes rmse, mae, p95, and max. Only **p90 = 2.73** remains above the 2.35 target. Let me generalize the CV harness to evaluate ensembles, which typically reduce per-condition variance.
bash
cd /app && cat > /app/cv3.py << 'PY'
import numpy as np, pandas as pd
from harness import *
from sklearn.ensemble import ExtraTreesRegressor, HistGradientBoostingRegressor, RandomForestRegressor, GradientBoostingRegressor
from sklearn.neural_network import MLPRegressor
from sklearn.pipeline import make_pipeline
from sklearn.preprocessing import StandardScaler
from sklearn.svm import SVR
from sklearn.neighbors import KNeighborsRegressor

def get_all():
    tr,va=load(); alld=pd.concat([tr,va],ignore_index=True); return add_conditions(alld)

ALL=get_all()
GROUPS=ALL['cond'].values
Y=ALL[TARGET].values

def make_folds(n_splits,seed):
    uniq=pd.unique(GROUPS); rng=np.random.RandomState(seed); perm=rng.permutation(len(uniq))
    fold_of={c:(i%n_splits) for i,c in enumerate(uniq[perm])}
    return np.array([fold_of[c] for c in GROUPS])

def cv_oof(builders, transform, n_splits=10, seed=0, weights=None):
    # builders: list of (callable->model, transform) OR use shared transform
    X=transform(ALL); y=Y; folds=make_folds(n_splits,seed)
    preds=np.zeros((len(y),len(builders)))
    for f in range(n_splits):
        trm=folds!=f; tem=folds==f
        for j,b in enumerate(builders):
            m=b(); m.fit(X[trm],y[trm]); preds[tem,j]=m.predict(X[tem])
    if weights is None: weights=np.ones(len(builders))
    weights=np.array(weights,float); weights/=weights.sum()
    oof=preds@weights
    return metrics(y,oof,GROUPS), oof, preds

def et(seed=0,**k): return ExtraTreesRegressor(n_estimators=600,min_samples_leaf=1,n_jobs=-1,random_state=seed,**k)
def hgb(seed=0,**k): return HistGradientBoostingRegressor(max_iter=600,learning_rate=0.05,max_leaf_nodes=31,l2_regularization=1.0,random_state=seed,**k)
def gbr(seed=0,**k): return GradientBoostingRegressor(n_estimators=500,learning_rate=0.05,max_depth=3,subsample=0.8,random_state=seed,**k)
def mlp(seed=0): return make_pipeline(StandardScaler(),MLPRegressor(hidden_layer_sizes=(128,128,64),alpha=1e-3,max_iter=3000,random_state=seed))
def svr(): return make_pipeline(StandardScaler(),SVR(C=30,gamma='scale',epsilon=0.1))
def knn(): return make_pipeline(StandardScaler(),KNeighborsRegressor(n_neighbors=7,weights='distance'))

if __name__=='__main__':
    # single ET baseline
    report('ET', cv_oof([lambda:et(0)], fe2)[0])
    # ET + HGB
    report('ET+HGB', cv_oof([lambda:et(0), lambda:hgb(0)], fe2, weights=[2,1])[0])
    # ET + HGB + GBR
    report('ET+HGB+GBR', cv_oof([lambda:et(0), lambda:hgb(0), lambda:gbr(0)], fe2, weights=[2,1,1])[0])
    # ET + HGB + MLP
    report('ET+HGB+MLP', cv_oof([lambda:et(0), lambda:hgb(0), lambda:mlp(0)], fe2, weights=[2,1,1])[0])
    # ET + HGB + SVR + KNN
    report('ET+HGB+SVR+KNN', cv_oof([lambda:et(0), lambda:hgb(0), svr, knn], fe2, weights=[3,1,1,1])[0])
PY
python3 /app/cv3.py
output
[stderr]
ET                           rmse=2.037 mae=1.496 p90=2.727 p95=3.634 max=5.117 | OK OK XX OK OK 
ET+HGB                       rmse=1.988 mae=1.461 p90=2.756 p95=3.653 max=4.511 | OK OK XX OK OK 
ET+HGB+GBR                   rmse=2.016 mae=1.489 p90=2.706 p95=3.678 max=4.865 | OK OK XX OK OK 
ET+HGB+MLP                   rmse=2.001 mae=1.470 p90=2.699 p95=3.739 max=5.202 | OK OK XX OK OK Shell command timed out.
Tool interaction exceeded 300 seconds.
The SVR+KNN ensemble timed out (SVR with 10-fold on ~1157 rows should be fast though; maybe MLP with max_iter 3000 in the previous ensemble was slow, and the last one too). Actually the whole script ran sequentially and the cumulative time exceeded 300s because MLP trains 10 folds x 3000 iters multiple times. Let me restart and be more careful , run fewer things per command, and reduce MLP iterations. Key finding: ensembling ET+HGB helps rmse/mae/max but p90 stays ~2.7. The p90 is stubbornly around 2.7. Ensembles don't fix it much. I need a different approach to reduce p90. Let me think. p90 over 85 conditions ≈ the 8th-9th worst condition RMSE. To get p90 <= 2.35, I need ~76+ of 85 conditions to have RMSE <= 2.35. Currently many conditions are in the 2.3-2.8 range. Let me reconsider the fundamental approach. The issue is held-out conditions. Within a held-out condition, we predict the SPL spectrum. The error comes from: 1. Getting the overall level wrong for that condition (bias). 2. Getting the spectral shape wrong. Maybe I can exploit the structure: within a condition, frequency varies and produces a smooth spectrum. If predictions are noisy across frequency within a condition, that adds RMSE. A smoother model across frequency could help. Alternatively, maybe there's systematic structure I can exploit with a better physics model. Let me think about the BPM scaling more. Actually, let me reconsider whether snapping features (denoising) helps. The model currently uses jittered features. If I snap the angle/chord/velocity to their cluster centers, the training data for each condition becomes cleaner, and the model learns condition-level effects more cleanly. The test features would also be snapped. But wait , during grading, the test_features are hidden and I snap them using their own clustering. But if the hidden test has few rows, clustering might be unreliable. Better: snap based on the canonical grid learned from training data (nearest canonical level). Since chord and velocity have fixed canonical grids (6 and 4 values), snapping test to nearest is safe. Angle has ~19-21 canonical values; snap to nearest. But does snapping help accuracy? The jitter is tiny (0.2% for chord/velocity, angle spread 0.07). Probably marginal. The real signal: within a condition, frequency is the main variable, and the jitter in angle/chord/velocity is tiny. Snapping won't change trees much. Let me think differently. The p90 bottleneck suggests I need a genuinely more accurate model. Let me look at what the theoretical best is. Actually, let me reconsider: maybe I should test on the actual validation split (16 conditions) too, because the hidden set might resemble it. But CV over 85 conditions is more robust. The target p90<=2.35 over the hidden conditions. The hidden set has some number of conditions. Let me not overfit to the 85-condition CV p90 exactly but aim to get it comfortably down. Let me think about what drives per-condition error. Let me examine: is the error mostly a constant offset per condition (bias) or spread? If it's bias (whole spectrum shifted), then the model is mispredicting the condition's level. If spread, the shape is wrong. Let me restart the tool and investigate error decomposition.
The SVR/MLP ensembles ran long and the batch timed out. Key takeaway: ensembling lowers rmse/mae/max but **p90 stays ~2.7**. I need to understand the error structure. Let me restart and decompose per-condition error into bias vs. shape.
bash
restart: true
output
<system>tool has been restarted.</system>
bash
cd /app && timeout 200 python3 -c "
import numpy as np, pandas as pd
from harness import *
from cv3 import cv_oof, et, hgb, ALL, GROUPS, Y
mt,oof,_=cv_oof([lambda:et(0), lambda:hgb(0)], fe2, weights=[2,1])
report('ET+HGB',mt)
df=ALL.copy(); df['e']=oof-Y
per=df.groupby('cond')['e'].agg(['mean','std','count'])
per['rmse']=np.sqrt(per['mean']**2+per['std']**2)
per['bias2']=per['mean']**2; per['var']=per['std']**2
per=per.sort_values('rmse',ascending=False)
pd.set_option('display.width',200)
print(per.head(12))
# overall: how much of MSE is bias vs variance across worst conditions
top=per.head(12)
print('among worst 12: mean bias^2', top['bias2'].mean(), 'mean var', top['var'].mean())
print('fraction of RMSE^2 from bias (worst12):', top['bias2'].sum()/(top['bias2'].sum()+top['var'].sum()))
"
output
ET+HGB                       rmse=1.988 mae=1.461 p90=2.756 p95=3.653 max=4.511 | OK OK XX OK OK 
                             mean       std  ...      bias2        var
cond                                         ...                      
(12.652, 0.1524, 39.6)   3.350654  3.119680  ...  11.226879   9.732402
(19.694, 0.0508, 71.29)  3.711052  2.176121  ...  13.771909   4.735502
(-0.002, 0.0254, 71.29) -0.238403  4.182954  ...   0.056836  17.497107
(22.204, 0.0254, 39.6)  -2.399480  3.148312  ...   5.757503   9.911868
(7.26, 0.2286, 71.29)   -2.405515  2.881558  ...   5.786503   8.303377
(12.652, 0.0254, 39.6)  -1.983277  2.419456  ...   3.933389   5.853767
(17.4, 0.0254, 39.6)     0.116969  3.081340  ...   0.013682   9.494658
(12.301, 0.1016, 71.29) -1.946189  2.278424  ...   3.787652   5.191216
(11.203, 0.0508, 71.29) -2.407142  1.431135  ...   5.794334   2.048148
(4.201, 0.0508, 71.29)   1.637140  2.122622  ...   2.680228   4.505525
(8.901, 0.1016, 39.6)   -1.580477  2.126715  ...   2.497906   4.522916
(17.4, 0.0254, 55.5)     2.276308  1.278477  ...   5.181579   1.634503

[12 rows x 6 columns]
among worst 12: mean bias^2 5.0406999392688565 mean var 6.9525825118030395
fraction of RMSE^2 from bias (worst12): 0.4202936068447504
So per-condition error is a mix of bias (~42%) and variance (~58%) among the worst conditions. The variance (spread within condition) is substantial , meaning the model's predictions wiggle across frequency within a condition, not matching the smooth spectrum. The worst conditions are the extremes again: high angle (12.65, 19.69, 22.2, 17.4), small chord (0.0254), high velocity (71.29), large chord (0.2286). These are boundary regions of the parameter space. Key insight: The spread (variance) within a condition across frequencies is large for these. This suggests the frequency-response shape is not captured well. Ideas: 1. Reduce within-condition variance by using a model that's smoother in frequency. 2. The high-angle conditions (>12.6) have "separation" noise which behaves differently , BPM has separate terms for separated flow. Maybe the model needs more capacity or better features for high angle. Let me think about the physics more. In BPM, there are 5 noise mechanisms. At low angle: TBL-TE (trailing edge) noise, with suction and pressure side contributions + a separation term. At high angle (past stall), there's a big separation noise that dominates with a different spectral shape. The transition is around a critical angle. The "scaled sound pressure level" in the UCI dataset is the total. For a data-driven model, the key is enough data coverage. Since we hold out conditions, the high-angle conditions may be poorly covered. Let me reconsider. The validation conditions that are held out: we need the model to interpolate. For high angles like 22.2 and 19.7, these are at the edge , extrapolation. Tree models extrapolate poorly (flat). A smooth parametric model might do better at edges. Let me consider a hybrid: fit a smooth physics-informed global model (capturing the main trends via the Strouhal scaling and polynomial/spline in the physics features), then let trees fit residuals. Or blend. Actually, let me reconsider the whole approach with a focus on getting p90 down. The p90 is the 90th percentile , we need the bulk of conditions accurate. Let me look at the distribution of per-condition RMSE. Let me check: currently with ET+HGB, how many conditions are below various thresholds?
Per-condition error is ~40% bias / ~60% within-condition variance, concentrated at extreme regimes (high angle, edge chords/velocities). Let me look at the full distribution of per-condition RMSE to see how far the bulk is from 2.35.
bash
cd /app && timeout 200 python3 -c "
import numpy as np, pandas as pd
from harness import *
from cv3 import cv_oof, et, hgb, ALL, GROUPS, Y
mt,oof,_=cv_oof([lambda:et(0), lambda:hgb(0)], fe2, weights=[2,1])
df=ALL.copy(); df['e']=oof-Y
per=df.groupby('cond')['e'].apply(lambda s:np.sqrt(np.mean(s.values**2))).sort_values()
print('n conditions', len(per))
for thr in [1.0,1.5,2.0,2.35,3.0,4.0]:
    print(f'  frac RMSE<= {thr}: {(per<=thr).mean():.3f}  count {(per<=thr).sum()}')
print('percentiles: p50 %.3f p75 %.3f p90 %.3f p95 %.3f'%(np.percentile(per,50),np.percentile(per,75),np.percentile(per,90),np.percentile(per,95)))
# Are the worst conditions the high-angle / edge ones? tabulate by angle bin
df2=ALL.drop_duplicates('cond')[['cond','attack_angle','chord_length','free_stream_velocity']].set_index('cond')
per=per.to_frame('rmse').join(df2)
print()
print('corr rmse vs |angle|:', np.corrcoef(per['rmse'], per['attack_angle'])[0,1])
print('mean rmse angle>12:', per[per['attack_angle']>12]['rmse'].mean(), 'n', (per['attack_angle']>12).sum())
print('mean rmse angle<=12:', per[per['attack_angle']<=12]['rmse'].mean(), 'n', (per['attack_angle']<=12).sum())
"
output
n conditions 82
  frac RMSE<= 1.0: 0.110  count 9
  frac RMSE<= 1.5: 0.463  count 38
  frac RMSE<= 2.0: 0.671  count 55
  frac RMSE<= 2.35: 0.756  count 62
  frac RMSE<= 3.0: 0.927  count 76
  frac RMSE<= 4.0: 0.976  count 80
percentiles: p50 1.582 p75 2.240 p90 2.756 p95 3.653

corr rmse vs |angle|: 0.5354621659812655
mean rmse angle>12: 2.558023440592634 n 19
mean rmse angle<=12: 1.533604133121049 n 63
Clear finding: per-condition RMSE correlates with attack angle (0.54). High-angle conditions (>12°) have mean RMSE 2.56 vs 1.53 for low angle. 19 of 82 conditions are high-angle. These high-angle conditions dominate the p90/p95/max tail. So the model struggles at high angles (stall/separation regime). This is physically where the noise mechanism changes. To improve p90, I need to improve high-angle predictions. Options: 1. More/better features for the high-angle regime (e.g., interactions with angle, a "stall indicator", angle^2, angle^3). 2. Separate modeling for high vs low angle. 3. The displacement thickness δ* itself encodes angle effects (it grows with angle). Maybe better to use δ* based features. Actually the separation noise in BPM depends on the angle relative to a reference. Let me add more angle-related features and nonlinear transforms. But also, the within-condition variance is large for these , meaning the spectral shape prediction is off. Let me think: for high angle, the spectrum peaks at lower Strouhal and has a broader shape. Let me try: - Adding more Strouhal-based interaction features with angle. - Using a model with more capacity for the interactions. Actually, let me reconsider feature engineering. The most physically meaningful predictor is the Strouhal number St = f·δ*/U. At high angle, δ* is large, shifting the spectrum. Let me check if St scaling collapses the data. Let me consider a more powerful approach: Since trees handle this decently but have variance, and the issue is specific regimes, let me try: 1. A well-tuned ExtraTrees/RandomForest with more trees and bootstrap + a larger ensemble across seeds to reduce variance. 2. Add angle-focused features. Actually, a cleaner idea: the within-condition variance (prediction wiggling across frequency) can be reduced by making the model smoother in the frequency dimension. Trees produce step functions in frequency. An ensemble of many randomized trees smooths this. Or I could post-process: within each predicted condition, smooth the predictions across frequency. But at test time, a condition may have many frequencies; smoothing across frequency (sorting by freq and applying a smoother) could reduce noise. But that's risky and the grader just has features. Hmm, but actually we CAN exploit structure at prediction time: group test rows by their (snapped) condition, and within each condition, fit a smooth curve of prediction vs log-frequency. This would reduce within-condition variance. But it assumes the test has multiple frequencies per condition (likely, given the structure). This is a legitimate post-processing step. However it could also smooth away real features. Let me keep this idea in reserve. Let me first improve features and model for high angle. Let me add angle features and test. Let me also try MLP again but with fewer iterations to avoid timeout, and a GP on a subset. Let me focus: add richer features, test ExtraTrees. Let me add: - sin(angle), angle in rad - interactions: angle with Strouhal, angle^2, angle^3 - delta/c, delta*U - a "high angle" smooth indicator Let me add to fe and test quickly with ExtraTrees only (fast). Actually, let me reconsider the feature set. Trees are invariant to monotonic transforms of individual features but benefit from cross-feature combinations. I already have a_lf, a_st, a2. Let me add a3, a_lc (angle*log chord), a_lv, st_delta*a, etc. Let me be systematic: create fe3 with many interactions, test ExtraTrees CV.
The error is strongly concentrated at high attack angles (>12°: mean RMSE 2.56 vs 1.53). That's the stall/separation regime where the noise physics changes. Let me engineer richer angle-interaction features targeting that regime.
bash
cd /app && cat >> /app/harness.py << 'PY'

def fe3(df):
    f=df['frequency'].astype(float).values; a=df['attack_angle'].astype(float).values
    c=df['chord_length'].astype(float).values; v=df['free_stream_velocity'].astype(float).values
    t=df['suction_side_displacement_thickness'].astype(float).values
    lf=np.log10(f); lt=np.log10(t); lc=np.log10(c); lv=np.log10(v)
    st=lf+lt-lv     # strouhal (delta)
    stc=lf+lc-lv    # strouhal (chord)
    o={}
    o['lf']=lf; o['a']=a; o['lc']=lc; o['v']=v; o['lt']=lt; o['c']=c; o['t']=t
    o['st_delta']=lf+lt; o['st']=st; o['st_chord']=stc; o['st_chord_abs']=lf+lc
    o['delta_c']=lt-lc; o['Re_c']=lc+lv; o['Re_delta']=lt+lv; o['mach']=v/340.0
    o['lf2']=lf**2; o['lf3']=lf**3
    o['a2']=a**2; o['a3']=a**3
    o['a_lf']=a*lf; o['a_st']=a*st; o['a_stc']=a*stc
    o['a_lc']=a*lc; o['a_lv']=a*lv; o['a_lt']=a*lt
    o['st2']=st**2; o['st3']=st**3
    o['a2_st']=a**2*st
    o['delta_a']=lt*a
    return np.column_stack([o[k] for k in o])
PY
timeout 250 python3 -c "
from harness import *
from cv3 import cv_oof, et, hgb
for nm,tf in [('fe2',fe2),('fe3',fe3)]:
    report('ET '+nm, cv_oof([lambda:et(0)], tf)[0])
    report('ET+HGB '+nm, cv_oof([lambda:et(0),lambda:hgb(0)], tf, weights=[2,1])[0])
"
output
ET fe2                       rmse=2.037 mae=1.496 p90=2.727 p95=3.634 max=5.117 | OK OK XX OK OK 
ET+HGB fe2                   rmse=1.988 mae=1.461 p90=2.756 p95=3.653 max=4.511 | OK OK XX OK OK 
ET fe3                       rmse=2.085 mae=1.511 p90=2.721 p95=3.779 max=5.155 | OK OK XX OK OK 
ET+HGB fe3                   rmse=2.067 mae=1.483 p90=2.799 p95=3.764 max=5.429 | OK OK XX OK OK
The extra angle features (fe3) didn't help , slightly worse. Trees already capture the angle effect from the raw features. The issue isn't feature availability; it's that held-out high-angle conditions require interpolation/extrapolation that trees do poorly. Let me reconsider. The within-condition variance is a big chunk. Let me test the post-processing idea: smoothing predictions across frequency within each condition. This directly targets the variance component. But first, let me think about whether a fundamentally smoother model helps. Let me revisit: the spectrum SPL vs log(frequency) for a fixed condition is a smooth curve (rises then falls). Trees produce jagged predictions. If I smooth within-condition across frequency, I reduce variance. At prediction time, I can: 1. Predict with the model. 2. Group by snapped condition. 3. Within each condition, sort by frequency and fit a low-order polynomial (e.g., quadratic/cubic in log-frequency) or LOWESS to smooth predictions. This is legitimate and uses the known structure (within a condition, SPL is smooth in frequency). Let me test this as a post-processor on the OOF predictions. Actually even better: instead of smoothing the model's raw predictions, I could make the model predict well and then smooth. Let me test the smoothing effect on OOF. Let me implement: for OOF predictions, group by true condition, fit polynomial of degree d in log10(freq), replace predictions with fitted values. Then recompute metrics. This tells me the potential gain. (In production I'll group by snapped condition from test features.) Note: this smoothing is applied per condition using only that condition's frequencies and predictions , no label leakage. It's a denoiser. Let me test degrees 2,3,4 and also a combination (blend raw and smoothed). Let me do this.
Extra angle features don't help, trees already capture that. The within-condition **variance** (jagged predictions across frequency) is a big error component. Since SPL is physically smooth in log-frequency within a condition, let me test post-hoc smoothing of predictions across frequency per condition.
bash
cd /app && timeout 250 python3 -c "
import numpy as np, pandas as pd
from harness import *
from cv3 import cv_oof, et, hgb, ALL, GROUPS, Y
mt,oof,_=cv_oof([lambda:et(0),lambda:hgb(0)], fe2, weights=[2,1])
report('raw ET+HGB',mt)
lf=np.log10(ALL['frequency'].values)

def smooth(oof, deg, blend=1.0):
    out=oof.copy()
    for c in pd.unique(GROUPS):
        m=GROUPS==c
        x=lf[m]; yv=oof[m]
        if m.sum()>=deg+2 and x.max()-x.min()>1e-6:
            d=min(deg, m.sum()-1)
            coef=np.polyfit(x,yv,d)
            fit=np.polyval(coef,x)
            out[m]=blend*fit+(1-blend)*yv
    return out

for deg in [2,3,4,5]:
    s=smooth(oof,deg,1.0)
    report(f'smooth deg{deg}', metrics(Y,s,GROUPS))
for bl in [0.5,0.7]:
    s=smooth(oof,3,bl)
    report(f'smooth deg3 blend{bl}', metrics(Y,s,GROUPS))
"
output
raw ET+HGB                   rmse=1.988 mae=1.461 p90=2.756 p95=3.653 max=4.511 | OK OK XX OK OK 
[stderr]
Traceback (most recent call last):
  File "<string>", line 22, in <module>
  File "<string>", line 12, in smooth
ValueError: operands could not be broadcast together with shapes (1157,) (3,)
Bug: `coef=np.polyfit(x,yv,d)` where x and yv are the masked arrays of length m.sum(), but I wrote `out[m]=...` with fit of length m.sum(). The error shows shapes (1157,) and (3,) , meaning `GROUPS==c` returned... wait GROUPS length 1157? ALL has 1157 rows. The issue: `x=lf[m]` where m is boolean of length 1157 , fine. But the error mentions (3,) , maybe a condition has few points and polyfit with d returned something odd. Actually the broadcast error is in `out[m]=blend*fit+(1-blend)*yv` , fit has length m.sum(), yv has length m.sum(). Hmm (1157,) vs (3,)... Oh wait, the error is at line 12 which is `coef=np.polyfit(x,yv,d)`? No line 12 is inside smooth. Let me recount. Actually the real issue: some conditions might have only 1 unique frequency but multiple rows? No. Let me just guard better and debug. Actually the shapes (1157,) and (3,) suggests `out[m]` on left where m.sum() gave mismatch. Let me not overthink; rewrite cleanly with explicit indices.
Minor indexing bug, let me fix the smoothing routine with explicit indices.
bash
cd /app && timeout 250 python3 -c "
import numpy as np, pandas as pd
from harness import *
from cv3 import cv_oof, et, hgb, ALL, GROUPS, Y
mt,oof,_=cv_oof([lambda:et(0),lambda:hgb(0)], fe2, weights=[2,1])
report('raw ET+HGB',mt)
lf=np.log10(ALL['frequency'].values)

def smooth(oof, deg, blend=1.0):
    out=oof.copy()
    for c in pd.unique(GROUPS):
        idx=np.where(GROUPS==c)[0]
        x=lf[idx]; yv=oof[idx]
        if len(idx)>=deg+2 and x.max()-x.min()>1e-6:
            coef=np.polyfit(x,yv,deg)
            fit=np.polyval(coef,x)
            out[idx]=blend*fit+(1-blend)*yv
    return out

for deg in [2,3,4,5]:
    report(f'smooth deg{deg}', metrics(Y,smooth(oof,deg,1.0),GROUPS))
for bl in [0.5,0.6,0.75]:
    report(f'smooth deg4 blend{bl}', metrics(Y,smooth(oof,4,bl),GROUPS))
"
output
raw ET+HGB                   rmse=1.988 mae=1.461 p90=2.756 p95=3.653 max=4.511 | OK OK XX OK OK 
[stderr]
Traceback (most recent call last):
  File "<string>", line 21, in <module>
  File "<string>", line 12, in smooth
ValueError: operands could not be broadcast together with shapes (1157,) (3,)
Still failing at line 12 which is `coef=np.polyfit(x,yv,deg)`. The error "(1157,) (3,)" is strange for polyfit. Wait , `GROUPS` might be an object array of tuples, and `GROUPS==c` where c is a tuple might do elementwise comparison producing a weird result! Comparing a numpy object array to a tuple can broadcast the tuple. That's the bug: `GROUPS==c` with c being a 3-tuple broadcasts to compare each element → shape mismatch or wrong. In cv3, GROUPS=ALL['cond'].values , cond is a column of tuples, so it's an object ndarray of tuples. `GROUPS==c` where c is a tuple: numpy tries to broadcast the tuple (length 3) against the array → error (1157,) vs (3,). That's exactly the earlier metrics grouping though... but metrics uses pandas groupby, not ==. In my earlier per-condition analysis I used pandas groupby which works. Here I use GROUPS==c which fails. Fix: use pandas groupby to get indices, or compare via a helper. Let me build a dict of condition->indices using pandas.
The bug is comparing a NumPy object-array of tuples with `==`. Let me use pandas to build condition→indices groups.
bash
cd /app && timeout 250 python3 -c "
import numpy as np, pandas as pd
from harness import *
from cv3 import cv_oof, et, hgb, ALL, GROUPS, Y
mt,oof,_=cv_oof([lambda:et(0),lambda:hgb(0)], fe2, weights=[2,1])
report('raw ET+HGB',mt)
lf=np.log10(ALL['frequency'].values)
groups_idx=list(pd.Series(range(len(GROUPS))).groupby(ALL['cond'].values).apply(list))

def smooth(oof, deg, blend=1.0):
    out=oof.copy()
    for idx in groups_idx:
        idx=np.array(idx); x=lf[idx]; yv=oof[idx]
        if len(idx)>=deg+2 and x.max()-x.min()>1e-6:
            coef=np.polyfit(x,yv,deg); fit=np.polyval(coef,x)
            out[idx]=blend*fit+(1-blend)*yv
    return out

for deg in [2,3,4,5,6]:
    report(f'smooth deg{deg}', metrics(Y,smooth(oof,deg,1.0),GROUPS))
for bl in [0.5,0.7]:
    report(f'smooth deg4 bl{bl}', metrics(Y,smooth(oof,4,bl),GROUPS))
" 2>&1 | grep -v Warning
output
raw ET+HGB                   rmse=1.988 mae=1.461 p90=2.756 p95=3.653 max=4.511 | OK OK XX OK OK 
smooth deg2                  rmse=2.327 mae=1.746 p90=3.305 p95=4.003 max=5.065 | XX XX XX OK OK 
smooth deg3                  rmse=2.152 mae=1.587 p90=2.882 p95=3.938 max=4.785 | OK XX XX OK OK 
smooth deg4                  rmse=2.092 mae=1.535 p90=2.927 p95=3.644 max=4.562 | OK OK XX OK OK 
smooth deg5                  rmse=2.049 mae=1.503 p90=2.838 p95=3.697 max=4.512 | OK OK XX OK OK 
smooth deg6                  rmse=2.028 mae=1.490 p90=2.770 p95=3.693 max=4.512 | OK OK XX OK OK 
smooth deg4 bl0.5            rmse=2.016 mae=1.478 p90=2.765 p95=3.631 max=4.494 | OK OK XX OK OK 
smooth deg4 bl0.7            rmse=2.041 mae=1.496 p90=2.916 p95=3.633 max=4.498 | OK OK XX OK OK
Global polynomial smoothing across the whole frequency range doesn't help , it actually hurts because the spectrum isn't well-approximated by a low-degree global polynomial (and high degree overfits). The within-condition "variance" isn't just noise; it's real spectral structure that a global polynomial can't capture, and smoothing removes signal. So smoothing is not the answer. Let me abandon that. Let me step back and think about the core problem: held-out conditions, high-angle regime errors. The fundamental limit: with tree models at ~2.0 rmse and p90 ~2.73, I need p90 <= 2.35. Let me reconsider model choices. Maybe a well-tuned MLP ensemble (neural net) generalizes better across conditions because it learns a smooth global function. Earlier single MLP gave rmse 2.73 on val but that was with fe (not fe2) and a single net. Let me try MLP with fe2 features and an ensemble of several nets (bagging), which is smoother and might reduce the tail. Also, Gaussian Process Regression could be excellent for smooth interpolation but may be slow on 1157 points (GP is O(n^3) ~ 1.5e9, feasible once but with 10-fold CV it's 10x , maybe OK). Let me consider GP with a good kernel on a subset of features. Actually, let me reconsider the approach entirely. Let me reconsider what determines SPL. Let me think about the "scaled sound pressure level" , in UCI it's already the measured SPL. The BPM semi-empirical model predicts it from the parameters. A physics-informed functional form could generalize better than pure ML to held-out conditions. But building full BPM is complex. Let me instead try to get a strong smooth ML model. Let me try: 1. MLP ensemble (5-10 nets, different seeds, moderate size) on fe2 (scaled). 2. A blend of MLP ensemble + ExtraTrees. The idea: MLP captures smooth global trends (good for interpolation/extrapolation to new conditions), ExtraTrees captures local detail. Blending may reduce the high-angle tail. Let me test MLP ensemble with fewer iterations but early stopping to be fast. Let me use hidden layers (128,64) and train ~5 nets. To keep CV fast, I'll reduce to maybe test on the holdout validation split directly (train->val) first, which is 1 fit instead of 10. Let me use the train->val evaluation for quick MLP iteration, then confirm with CV. Actually train->val uses only 16 conditions for the tail , noisy. But for quick model comparison it's fine. Let me do a hybrid: quick train->val to pick architectures, then CV to confirm. Let me set up a quick MLP test on train->val. Actually, let me reconsider timings. 10-fold CV with an MLP ensemble of 5 nets = 50 MLP fits. Each MLP on ~1040 rows with (128,64) and max_iter~500 early stopping ~ maybe 1-2s. 50-100s total. Feasible within 250s. Let me just do CV directly but keep nets modest. Let me write a flexible MLP ensemble builder and test via CV. Let me think about MLP hyperparameters for smoothness and generalization: - StandardScaler on fe2. - hidden (64,32) or (128,64). - alpha (L2) moderate ~1e-3 to 1e-2 for smoothness. - activation tanh (smoother) vs relu. - early_stopping to avoid overfit. Let me test a few. I'll build an sklearn VotingRegressor-like average manually, but within cv_oof each "builder" is one model; to make an MLP *ensemble* as a single builder, I'll wrap multiple MLPs. Let me create a BaggedMLP class. Let me write it.
Global polynomial smoothing removes real spectral signal, not viable. Let me pivot to a **smooth MLP ensemble**, which should interpolate across held-out conditions better than trees. I'll build a bagged-MLP estimator and test it via grouped CV.
bash
cd /app && cat > /app/mlp_test.py << 'PY'
import numpy as np, pandas as pd
from harness import *
from sklearn.base import BaseEstimator, RegressorMixin, clone
from sklearn.neural_network import MLPRegressor
from sklearn.pipeline import make_pipeline
from sklearn.preprocessing import StandardScaler
from cv3 import cv_oof, et, hgb

class BaggedMLP(BaseEstimator, RegressorMixin):
    def __init__(self, hidden=(128,64), alpha=1e-3, n=5, activation='relu', max_iter=800, seed=0):
        self.hidden=hidden; self.alpha=alpha; self.n=n; self.activation=activation; self.max_iter=max_iter; self.seed=seed
    def fit(self,X,y):
        self.models_=[]
        for i in range(self.n):
            m=make_pipeline(StandardScaler(), MLPRegressor(hidden_layer_sizes=self.hidden, alpha=self.alpha,
                activation=self.activation, max_iter=self.max_iter, random_state=self.seed+i,
                early_stopping=True, n_iter_no_change=20, validation_fraction=0.1))
            m.fit(X,y); self.models_.append(m)
        return self
    def predict(self,X):
        return np.mean([m.predict(X) for m in self.models_],axis=0)

if __name__=='__main__':
    import sys
    configs=[
      ('MLP relu(128,64) a1e-3', lambda: BaggedMLP((128,64),1e-3,5,'relu')),
      ('MLP tanh(128,64) a1e-3', lambda: BaggedMLP((128,64),1e-3,5,'tanh')),
      ('MLP relu(256,128,64) a1e-3', lambda: BaggedMLP((256,128,64),1e-3,5,'relu')),
    ]
    for nm,b in configs:
        report(nm, cv_oof([b], fe2, n_splits=8)[0])
PY
timeout 280 python3 /app/mlp_test.py 2>&1 | grep -v Warning
output
[stderr]
Terminated
Too slow with 8-fold × 5 nets × 3 configs. Let me reduce: test one config at a time, fewer nets, fewer folds, or evaluate on train->val for speed. Let me do train->val evaluation for MLP quickly (single fit). Actually, let me just do a single holdout (train -> val) for speed to iterate on MLP, since that's one fit. Let me time a single BaggedMLP fit first.
Too slow. Let me time a single fit and iterate using the faster train→validation holdout.
bash
cd /app && timeout 200 python3 -c "
import numpy as np, pandas as pd, time
from harness import *
from mlp_test import BaggedMLP
tr,va=load(); va=add_conditions(va)
Xtr=fe2(tr); ytr=tr[TARGET].values; Xva=fe2(va); yva=va[TARGET].values
for nm,mk in [
  ('relu(128,64) x5', lambda:BaggedMLP((128,64),1e-3,5,'relu',800)),
  ('tanh(128,64) x5', lambda:BaggedMLP((128,64),1e-3,5,'tanh',800)),
  ('relu(200,100) x5', lambda:BaggedMLP((200,100),3e-4,5,'relu',800)),
]:
    t=time.time(); m=mk().fit(Xtr,ytr); p=m.predict(Xva)
    report(nm+f' [{time.time()-t:.0f}s]', metrics(yva,p,va['cond'].values))
" 2>&1 | grep -v Warning
output
relu(128,64) x5 [12s]        rmse=3.078 mae=2.201 p90=4.643 p95=5.756 max=7.489 | XX XX XX XX XX 
  warnings.warn(
  warnings.warn(
  warnings.warn(
  warnings.warn(
tanh(128,64) x5 [17s]        rmse=5.012 mae=3.898 p90=7.075 p95=7.267 max=7.389 | XX XX XX XX XX 
relu(200,100) x5 [24s]       rmse=2.496 mae=1.872 p90=3.876 p95=4.247 max=4.330 | XX XX XX OK OK
MLPs are underperforming on val (rmse 2.5-5.0). They're worse than ExtraTrees (2.07 on val). The early_stopping with validation_fraction 0.1 on small data may hurt. MLPs aren't the answer here either , they generalize worse than trees on this data. Let me reconsider. ExtraTrees on fe2 is the best: val rmse 2.07, CV rmse 2.04, CV p90 2.73. The bottleneck is p90 (need 2.35). The high-angle conditions are the problem. Let me reconsider: maybe the best lever is to just reduce variance of the tree model a lot (more trees, more bagging, averaging many seeds) AND add HGB, AND maybe KNN in physics space for smoothness. Let me check KNN in the Strouhal-scaled feature space , nearest neighbors in physics space might interpolate well to new conditions. Also, let me reconsider the metric sensitivity: p90 over 82 conditions is the ~74th-75th sorted value. Getting it to 2.35 means the 74th condition must be <= 2.35, i.e., at most 8 conditions above 2.35. Currently 82*0.244 = 20 conditions above 2.35 (since 62 are <=2.35). So I need to roughly halve the number of conditions above 2.35, from 20 to 8. Big ask. Wait, let me recompute. Earlier: frac RMSE<=2.35 is 0.756 → 62 of 82. So 20 conditions above 2.35. For p90<=2.35, need 90th percentile <=2.35, i.e., at least 90% (74 of 82) <= 2.35, so at most 8 above. Need to fix 12 conditions. This requires a materially better model. Let me think about whether there's additional signal I'm missing. Hold on , let me reconsider the target. The problem says "calibrated scaled_sound_pressure_level" and "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 benchmark target is a transformed/recalibrated version of the UCI SPL. If it's a smooth re-calibration (e.g., affine or monotonic transform of UCI SPL plus noise), then the underlying relationship is the same physics. Let me check: is there a deterministic smooth relationship I can exploit better? Let me examine the noise level in the data: within a condition, is SPL a smooth function of frequency, or noisy? Earlier the "variance" component was large. Let me check the actual within-condition SPL vs frequency to see if it's smooth (then model error is the issue) or noisy (irreducible). Let me plot/print SPL vs log-freq for a few conditions to see smoothness.
MLPs generalize worse than trees here. Let me check whether the within-condition SPL curve is actually smooth (so model error is reducible) or noisy (irreducible), by inspecting raw spectra.
bash
cd /app && timeout 100 python3 -c "
import numpy as np, pandas as pd
from harness import *
tr,va=load(); alld=add_conditions(pd.concat([tr,va],ignore_index=True))
# pick 3 conditions with many rows, show SPL vs freq sorted
cnts=alld['cond'].value_counts()
for c in list(cnts.index[:3]):
    d=alld[alld['cond']==c].sort_values('frequency')
    print('cond',c,'n',len(d))
    spl=d['scaled_sound_pressure_level'].values
    lf=np.log10(d['frequency'].values)
    # smoothness: residual from cubic fit
    coef=np.polyfit(lf,spl,3); res=spl-np.polyval(coef,lf)
    print('  SPL range %.1f..%.1f, cubic-fit resid std %.3f'%(spl.min(),spl.max(),res.std()))
    print('  freqs:', np.round(d['frequency'].values[:8]).astype(int))
    print('  spl  :', np.round(spl[:8],1))
"
output
cond (-0.002, 0.30481, 31.7) n 18
  SPL range 110.8..129.1, cubic-fit resid std 1.093
  freqs: [ 200  250  315  400  501  631  801 1000]
  spl  : [116.7 118.1 122.2 124.5 126.8 128.8 129.1 127.5]
cond (4.0, 0.30481, 71.29) n 18
  SPL range 109.0..132.2, cubic-fit resid std 0.644
  freqs: [ 250  315  400  499  629  799 1000 1251]
  spl  : [126.3 128.  129.4 130.6 131.7 132.2 131.8 130.5]
cond (4.0, 0.2286, 71.29) n 17
  SPL range 110.1..132.0, cubic-fit resid std 1.316
  freqs: [ 500  630  801 1002 1252 1600 1998 2496]
  spl  : [126.1 128.7 130.6 131.8 132.  129.9 126.7 125. ]
Within a condition, the SPL vs log-frequency is a smooth curve (rises to a peak then falls), with a cubic-fit residual std of ~0.6-1.3 dB. So there IS a noise floor of ~0.6-1.3 dB within conditions (the "calibration" added noise, or measurement). This means even a perfect condition-level model has per-row noise ~1 dB. But the cubic residual includes real non-cubic structure too. Actually, the key realization: the benchmark added noise to the labels (calibration). So there's irreducible noise. An RMSE floor around ~1 dB per condition might exist just from label noise. But the metrics target rmse<=2.25, p90<=2.35 , so the noise floor isn't the binding issue; model bias for held-out conditions is. Let me reconsider the smoothing idea but done RIGHT: instead of replacing predictions with a global polynomial over the whole range, I should note the spectrum is unimodal (rises then falls). The earlier global polynomial smoothing hurt because degree-2/3 can't fit the full curve and I was fitting the model's predictions (which already have the right shape) , smoothing added bias. So smoothing isn't the path. The path is reducing model bias on held-out (esp. high-angle) conditions. Let me reconsider: the ExtraTrees does well. What if I combine ExtraTrees with a physically-motivated KNN in Strouhal space? Or better, let me reconsider the feature representation to make interpolation across conditions smoother for trees. Alternative idea: Build a model in a "collapsed" representation. Because the spectra collapse vs Strouhal, maybe predicting works better. But trees already get the raw features. Let me reconsider: the held-out condition problem is about the (angle, chord, velocity) combination being new. Tree models partition feature space; for a new combo, they rely on trees that split on subsets. ExtraTrees randomize splits, giving smoother interpolation. Let me try to boost ExtraTrees performance via: 1. Larger ensemble + averaging over multiple feature sets / seeds. 2. Combine ET (fe2) + ET (fe3) + HGB + RF + GBR , a diverse bag. 3. Possibly add a KNN-in-physics-space term. Let me also try tuning ExtraTrees: max_features, min_samples_leaf, and max_samples (bootstrap). Let me do a focused CV sweep on ExtraTrees hyperparameters (fast, trees are quick). Let me run ET hyperparameter sweep via CV (10-fold). Trees are fast.
Within-condition spectra are smooth with a ~0.6-1.3 dB noise floor, so smoothing the model's already-correct shape only adds bias. The real lever is reducing model bias on held-out conditions. Let me do a focused ExtraTrees hyperparameter sweep via grouped CV (trees are fast).
bash
cd /app && timeout 280 python3 -c "
import numpy as np, pandas as pd
from harness import *
from sklearn.ensemble import ExtraTreesRegressor
from cv3 import cv_oof
def mk(msl,mf,boot,ms):
    def f():
        kw=dict(n_estimators=500,min_samples_leaf=msl,max_features=mf,n_jobs=-1,random_state=0,bootstrap=boot)
        if boot: kw['max_samples']=ms
        return ExtraTreesRegressor(**kw)
    return f
for msl in [1,2,3]:
    for mf in [0.5,0.7,1.0]:
        report(f'ET msl{msl} mf{mf}', cv_oof([mk(msl,mf,False,None)], fe2)[0])
" 2>&1 | grep -v Warning
output
ET msl1 mf0.5                rmse=2.075 mae=1.516 p90=2.805 p95=3.764 max=5.443 | OK OK XX OK OK 
ET msl1 mf0.7                rmse=2.058 mae=1.504 p90=2.757 p95=3.663 max=5.353 | OK OK XX OK OK 
ET msl1 mf1.0                rmse=2.041 mae=1.499 p90=2.758 p95=3.665 max=5.119 | OK OK XX OK OK 
ET msl2 mf0.5                rmse=2.119 mae=1.555 p90=2.909 p95=3.733 max=5.518 | OK XX XX OK OK 
ET msl2 mf0.7                rmse=2.102 mae=1.533 p90=2.784 p95=3.809 max=5.476 | OK OK XX OK OK 
ET msl2 mf1.0                rmse=2.095 mae=1.533 p90=2.764 p95=3.761 max=5.400 | OK OK XX OK OK 
ET msl3 mf0.5                rmse=2.194 mae=1.613 p90=2.943 p95=3.867 max=5.598 | OK XX XX OK OK 
ET msl3 mf0.7                rmse=2.177 mae=1.599 p90=2.841 p95=3.837 max=5.614 | OK XX XX OK XX 
ET msl3 mf1.0                rmse=2.151 mae=1.584 p90=2.828 p95=3.884 max=5.404 | OK XX XX OK OK
ExtraTrees hyperparameters don't move p90 below 2.75. Best is msl1, mf1.0: p90 2.758. The p90 is stuck around 2.75-2.8 regardless. I'm hitting a wall with the current feature/model approach. The p90 target of 2.35 requires a qualitatively better approach. Let me reconsider the problem from scratch. Key facts: - Within a condition, SPL(freq) is smooth and unimodal, ~1 dB noise. - Held-out conditions need interpolation in (angle, chord, velocity); thickness is determined by these. - High-angle conditions are hardest. New idea: The spectral shape is governed by Strouhal scaling. In BPM, the spectrum is: SPL = 10 log10(...) + G(St/St_peak) where G is a universal spectral shape function, and the peak Strouhal and amplitude depend on the condition. If I can decompose: for each condition, the spectrum = A(condition) + Shape(log St - log St_peak(condition)). Then predict A and St_peak from condition, and use a universal shape. This is the physics-based collapse. But that's complex to fit. Alternatively, a simpler, powerful idea: **use the known smooth structure by fitting, for each training condition, a smooth spectral curve, then model how the curve parameters vary with condition**. But held-out conditions still need interpolation of those parameters. Hmm. Let me reconsider. Maybe I'm overcomplicating. Let me reconsider whether a different ML model does better. Let me reconsider the data size: 1157 rows, 82 conditions. For held-out condition prediction, this is a small-data regime. Let me try a carefully-regularized Gaussian Process. GPs are excellent for smooth interpolation on small data and give smooth predictions that extrapolate gracefully. Let me try GP with an RBF+constant kernel on standardized fe2 features. The cost: 1157^3 ~ 1.5e9 per fit. For CV 10-fold, each fold trains on ~1040 → 1040^3 ~ 1.1e9, ×10 = 1e10 ops... might be ~1-2 min. Let me first test a single GP fit train->val to see performance and timing. Actually GP with 1040 points: the Cholesky is ~1040^3/3 ~ 3.7e8 flops → fast (<1s). Predict is cheap. So GP is feasible. Let me try. Let me use sklearn GaussianProcessRegressor with kernel = ConstantKernel * RBF(length_scale per dim via ARD) + WhiteKernel. ARD (anisotropic) lets it learn relevant length scales. With ~20 features, ARD has 20 params , optimizer might be slow but OK. Let me test GP on train->val first (fast, single fit). Use a subset of the most informative features to keep it stable: lf, a, lc, v, lt, st, plus a few. Let me use fe2 but maybe too many features for ARD. Let me start with isotropic RBF and WhiteKernel. Let me test.
ExtraTrees' p90 is stuck at ~2.75 regardless of tuning. I need a qualitatively smoother interpolator. Let me try a **Gaussian Process** (ARD kernel), which is strong for smooth small-data interpolation. First a quick train→val timing/quality check.
bash
cd /app && timeout 250 python3 -c "
import numpy as np, pandas as pd, time, warnings
warnings.filterwarnings('ignore')
from harness import *
from sklearn.gaussian_process import GaussianProcessRegressor
from sklearn.gaussian_process.kernels import RBF, ConstantKernel as C, WhiteKernel, Matern
from sklearn.preprocessing import StandardScaler
tr,va=load(); va=add_conditions(va)
Xtr=fe2(tr); ytr=tr[TARGET].values; Xva=fe2(va); yva=va[TARGET].values
sc=StandardScaler().fit(Xtr); Xtr2=sc.transform(Xtr); Xva2=sc.transform(Xva)
ym=ytr.mean()
d=Xtr2.shape[1]
for nm,kern in [
  ('RBF iso', C(50)*RBF(2.0)+WhiteKernel(1.0)),
  ('RBF ard', C(50)*RBF([2.0]*d)+WhiteKernel(1.0)),
  ('Matern1.5 ard', C(50)*Matern([2.0]*d,nu=1.5)+WhiteKernel(1.0)),
]:
    t=time.time()
    gp=GaussianProcessRegressor(kernel=kern,normalize_y=True,n_restarts_optimizer=0,alpha=1e-6)
    gp.fit(Xtr2,ytr); p=gp.predict(Xva2)
    report(nm+f' [{time.time()-t:.0f}s]', metrics(yva,p,va['cond'].values))
"
output
RBF iso [4s]                 rmse=2.695 mae=2.047 p90=4.419 p95=5.198 max=5.308 | XX XX XX XX OK 
RBF ard [131s]               rmse=2.378 mae=1.816 p90=3.868 p95=4.404 max=4.983 | XX XX XX OK OK
GP ARD takes 131s for a single fit (hyperparameter optimization over 20 length scales) and gives rmse 2.378 on val , worse than ExtraTrees (2.07). The Matern one didn't even finish in time. GP is too slow and not better. Let me step back and think strategically. ExtraTrees (fe2) is the best: val rmse 2.07, CV rmse 2.04, but p90 ~2.73-2.76. The gap to p90<=2.35 is significant. Let me reconsider whether my CV-based p90 estimate is overly pessimistic compared to what the grader will compute. The grader computes p90 over the hidden set's conditions. I don't know how many conditions the hidden set has. If it has ~16 conditions (like validation), p90 is the ~2nd worst. If it has more, p90 is more stable. My validation set (16 conditions) gave ExtraTrees p90=3.07 (on fe). Let me check ExtraTrees fe2 on validation specifically, and the ensemble. Actually, I realize I should focus on the blend that gave the best overall: ET+HGB gave CV rmse 1.988, mae 1.461, p90 2.756, p95 3.653, max 4.511. Let me reconsider the p90 bottleneck more cleverly. The high-angle conditions drive it. What if I build a specialized handling: since thickness δ* encodes the boundary layer state (and grows with angle), and high-angle conditions have large δ*, maybe the model needs better resolution there. Alternatively , and this is important , let me reconsider the claim that the grader's target is a *recalibration* of UCI. If the recalibration is a smooth monotonic function of the original UCI SPL plus small noise, then actually the BEST approach is to reconstruct the underlying UCI spectrum-generating function. But wait, we can't use UCI labels (leakage rejected). But we can use the PROVIDED labels which are the calibrated ones. We're doing that. Let me reconsider: maybe there's a smarter way to reduce the high-angle error. Let me check how many high-angle conditions exist in train vs how the model extrapolates. The highest angles (19.7, 22.2) appear rarely. For a held-out condition at angle 22.2, the model must extrapolate. Trees predict the nearest seen angle's behavior (flat extrapolation), causing bias. Idea: augment with a model that extrapolates better in angle , e.g., a gradient boosting with monotonic or a linear-in-angle component. Or blend trees with a smooth regressor specifically so that extrapolation in angle is linear rather than flat. Let me reconsider the blend of ExtraTrees + a polynomial/spline regression (in fe2 space). The polynomial regression extrapolates (possibly wildly), but a low-degree one blended at a small weight might fix the systematic high-angle bias. Actually, let me reconsider simpler: what about HistGradientBoosting but with more careful tuning? HGB can extrapolate slightly better than RF/ET in some sense (still flat though). Let me look at this from the reward perspective. The solved boundary requires ALL metrics to pass. Currently ET+HGB passes 4/5, failing p90 (2.756 vs 2.35). I need to close ~0.4 on p90. Let me reconsider: is my condition recovery (snapping) for CV correct? If my snapping merges or splits conditions incorrectly, per-condition RMSE could be off. Let me double check the number of conditions: I get 82 in CV but earlier train+val had 69+16=85 with zero overlap. Now I get 82. The discrepancy: when combining train+val and re-snapping, some val conditions might merge with nearby train conditions (since they're close in angle). That would be wrong , it would merge a held-out condition with a train condition. Let me check: 85 vs 82 means 3 conditions merged. This could artificially group distinct conditions, slightly affecting per-condition RMSE but not hugely. Actually, more importantly, the CV fold assignment is by these recovered conditions. If recovery is imperfect, a "condition" might span what are really two conditions, and splitting them across the same fold is fine, but merging a train-only and val-only condition is impossible since they're in the combined set. Let me not worry about the …[truncated]
GP is too slow and not better. Let me be efficient: compute out-of-fold predictions once for a diverse set of base models, cache them, then explore blend weights analytically (fast). This lets me search for a blend that reduces the high-angle tail.
bash
cd /app && cat > /app/oof_bank.py << 'PY'
import numpy as np, pandas as pd, warnings, pickle
warnings.filterwarnings('ignore')
from harness import *
from sklearn.ensemble import ExtraTreesRegressor, HistGradientBoostingRegressor, RandomForestRegressor, GradientBoostingRegressor
from sklearn.pipeline import make_pipeline
from sklearn.preprocessing import StandardScaler, PolynomialFeatures
from sklearn.linear_model import Ridge
from sklearn.neighbors import KNeighborsRegressor
from sklearn.kernel_ridge import KernelRidge

tr,va=load(); ALL=add_conditions(pd.concat([tr,va],ignore_index=True))
GROUPS=ALL['cond'].values; Y=ALL[TARGET].values
uniq=pd.unique(GROUPS)
rng=np.random.RandomState(0); perm=rng.permutation(len(uniq))
NS=10
fold_of={c:(i%NS) for i,c in enumerate(uniq[perm])}
FOLDS=np.array([fold_of[c] for c in GROUPS])

def oof_for(build, transform):
    X=transform(ALL); oof=np.zeros(len(Y))
    for f in range(NS):
        trm=FOLDS!=f; tem=FOLDS==f
        m=build(); m.fit(X[trm],Y[trm]); oof[tem]=m.predict(X[tem])
    return oof

bank={}
defs={
 'et2': (lambda:ExtraTreesRegressor(n_estimators=600,min_samples_leaf=1,n_jobs=-1,random_state=0), fe2),
 'et2b':(lambda:ExtraTreesRegressor(n_estimators=600,min_samples_leaf=1,n_jobs=-1,random_state=1,max_features=0.7), fe2),
 'et3': (lambda:ExtraTreesRegressor(n_estimators=600,min_samples_leaf=1,n_jobs=-1,random_state=0), fe3),
 'hgb': (lambda:HistGradientBoostingRegressor(max_iter=600,learning_rate=0.05,max_leaf_nodes=31,l2_regularization=1.0,random_state=0), fe2),
 'rf':  (lambda:RandomForestRegressor(n_estimators=500,min_samples_leaf=2,n_jobs=-1,random_state=0), fe2),
 'gbr': (lambda:GradientBoostingRegressor(n_estimators=500,learning_rate=0.05,max_depth=3,subsample=0.8,random_state=0), fe2),
 'poly2':(lambda:make_pipeline(StandardScaler(),PolynomialFeatures(2),Ridge(alpha=5.0)), fe2),
 'poly3':(lambda:make_pipeline(StandardScaler(),PolynomialFeatures(3),Ridge(alpha=20.0)), fe2),
 'knn':  (lambda:make_pipeline(StandardScaler(),KNeighborsRegressor(n_neighbors=10,weights='distance')), fe2),
 'krr':  (lambda:make_pipeline(StandardScaler(),KernelRidge(alpha=0.5,kernel='rbf',gamma=0.05)), fe2),
}
for nm,(b,tf) in defs.items():
    bank[nm]=oof_for(b,tf)
    report(nm, metrics(Y,bank[nm],GROUPS))
pickle.dump({'bank':bank,'Y':Y,'GROUPS':GROUPS}, open('/app/oof.pkl','wb'))
print('saved', list(bank))
PY
timeout 290 python3 /app/oof_bank.py 2>&1 | grep -v Warning
output
et2                          rmse=2.037 mae=1.496 p90=2.727 p95=3.634 max=5.117 | OK OK XX OK OK 
et2b                         rmse=2.065 mae=1.513 p90=2.742 p95=3.652 max=5.351 | OK OK XX OK OK 
et3                          rmse=2.085 mae=1.511 p90=2.721 p95=3.779 max=5.155 | OK OK XX OK OK 
hgb                          rmse=2.157 mae=1.594 p90=3.539 p95=3.742 max=4.234 | OK XX XX OK OK 
rf                           rmse=2.358 mae=1.757 p90=3.257 p95=4.244 max=5.530 | XX XX XX OK OK 
gbr                          rmse=2.325 mae=1.731 p90=3.530 p95=3.820 max=6.925 | XX XX XX OK XX 
poly2                        rmse=2.705 mae=2.046 p90=3.711 p95=4.181 max=7.844 | XX XX XX OK XX 
poly3                        rmse=2.568 mae=1.907 p90=3.921 p95=4.226 max=6.038 | XX XX XX OK XX 
knn                          rmse=2.646 mae=1.983 p90=3.548 p95=4.392 max=6.648 | XX XX XX OK XX 
krr                          rmse=7.272 mae=4.693 p90=9.618 p95=11.711 max=36.396 | XX XX XX XX XX 
saved ['et2', 'et2b', 'et3', 'hgb', 'rf', 'gbr', 'poly2', 'poly3', 'knn', 'krr']
Now I have a bank of OOF predictions. Let me search for blends. The best individuals are et2, et3 (p90 ~2.72). Let me explore blends analytically. Let me try to find weights minimizing p90 subject to keeping others OK. I'll do a random/grid search over non-negative weights on a subset {et2, et3, et2b, hgb, rf, gbr}. Let me write a quick blend search.
Now I can explore blends instantly from cached OOF. Let me search weight combinations to minimize p90 while keeping all other metrics within target.
bash
cd /app && timeout 200 python3 -c "
import numpy as np, pandas as pd, pickle, itertools
from harness import metrics, report, TARGETS
d=pickle.load(open('/app/oof.pkl','rb')); bank=d['bank']; Y=d['Y']; G=d['GROUPS']
keys=['et2','et3','et2b','hgb','rf','gbr','poly3','knn']
M=np.column_stack([bank[k] for k in keys])
rng=np.random.RandomState(0)
best=None
# include zero weights; random Dirichlet-ish search
for _ in range(40000):
    w=rng.rand(len(keys))
    w=np.where(rng.rand(len(keys))<0.5,0,w)  # sparsify
    if w.sum()==0: continue
    w=w/w.sum()
    p=M@w
    m=metrics(Y,p,G)
    # score: must pass all; minimize p90 primarily then rmse
    ok=all(m[k]<=TARGETS[k] for k in TARGETS)
    score=(0 if ok else 1, m['p90'], m['rmse'])
    if best is None or score<best[0]:
        best=(score,w.copy(),m)
print('best weights:')
for k,wv in zip(keys,best[1]):
    if wv>1e-3: print(f'  {k}: {wv:.3f}')
report('BEST BLEND', best[2])
print('all pass:', all(best[2][k]<=TARGETS[k] for k in TARGETS))
"
output
best weights:
  et2: 0.480
  hgb: 0.215
  poly3: 0.304
BEST BLEND                   rmse=1.938 mae=1.455 p90=2.580 p95=3.152 max=3.927 | OK OK XX OK OK 
all pass: False
The best blend found (et2 0.48, hgb 0.215, poly3 0.304) gives p90=2.580 , still above 2.35 but better, and notably max dropped to 3.927 and p95 to 3.152. So blending with poly3 (smooth extrapolator) helps the tail (max/p95) a lot, and nudges p90 down. But p90 is still 2.58. The search minimized p90 over the training CV , this is in-sample weight optimization on the OOF, which risks overfitting the weights to these 82 conditions. The true hidden p90 could differ. Still, directionally, adding a smooth component helps. I'm overfitting weights by searching 40000 combos to minimize the exact p90. Let me be more principled: the goal is a robust blend. The finding that poly3 helps the tail is useful. Let me reconsider. Key progress: blending et2+hgb+poly3 gives rmse 1.938, mae 1.455, p90 2.58, p95 3.15, max 3.93. Much better tail. Now I need p90 from 2.58 to 2.35. Let me reconsider feature engineering for poly model (the smooth component) and add more diverse smooth models to further stabilize. Actually, let me reconsider: the weight search overfits. Let me instead understand WHY poly3 helps: it provides smooth extrapolation for high-angle conditions where trees fail. So a better smooth model would help more. poly3 alone has p90 3.92 (bad) but blended it regularizes the tree tail. Let me improve the smooth component. Options: - A physics-based smooth regression with better features (spline basis on Strouhal). - SVR (did OK-ish: val p95 4.6). - A well-regularized MLP (but MLPs were bad). Let me think about what smooth model captures the spectrum shape well. A natural choice: spline basis in log-frequency (to capture the unimodal spectrum) times/plus condition features. Actually, let me construct a better "smooth physics" feature set and fit a regularized linear model (Ridge) on a rich basis: splines in st (strouhal) and in angle, with interactions. This could capture the universal spectral shape vs Strouhal and generalize to new conditions smoothly. Let me build a spline-based feature expansion: - B-spline basis over log-frequency (captures spectrum shape). - B-spline over st (strouhal). - polynomial in angle, chord, velocity. - interactions between spectrum-shape basis and condition parameters. This is like a physics-informed linear model. Let me use sklearn SplineTransformer. Let me test a spline Ridge model's OOF and blend it. Let me be careful with time. Let me add a spline model to the bank. Actually, let me reconsider the whole strategy to avoid overfitting the blend weights. A cleaner, robust plan: 1. Strong tree model (et2) as the backbone. 2. A smooth physics model (spline ridge) to regularize the tail. 3. HGB for diversity. 4. Fixed, sensible weights (not over-optimized). Let me build the spline model and see its standalone and blended performance. Let me also reconsider: maybe I can reduce the high-angle tree error by training trees with sample weights emphasizing high-angle, but that could hurt elsewhere. Let me build a good spline-Ridge smooth model. Let me construct features: - SplineTransformer on [lf, st, a, lc, lv, lt] with degree 3, n_knots 5. - Plus interaction of lf-spline with angle and velocity? That expands a lot. Keep it moderate. Let me test spline ridge standalone first.
Blending in a smooth extrapolator (poly3) sharply improves the tail (max 3.93, p95 3.15) and nudges p90 to 2.58. The smooth component regularizes where trees fail. Let me build a **better smooth model**, a physics-informed spline-Ridge over Strouhal/frequency, to strengthen that component.
bash
cd /app && timeout 250 python3 -c "
import numpy as np, pandas as pd, warnings, pickle
warnings.filterwarnings('ignore')
from harness import *
from sklearn.preprocessing import StandardScaler, SplineTransformer
from sklearn.linear_model import Ridge
from sklearn.pipeline import make_pipeline
from sklearn.compose import ColumnTransformer

tr,va=load(); ALL=add_conditions(pd.concat([tr,va],ignore_index=True))
G=ALL['cond'].values; Y=ALL[TARGET].values
uniq=pd.unique(G); rng=np.random.RandomState(0); perm=rng.permutation(len(uniq))
NS=10; fo={c:(i%NS) for i,c in enumerate(uniq[perm])}; FOLDS=np.array([fo[c] for c in G])

def spfeat(df):
    f=df['frequency'].astype(float).values; a=df['attack_angle'].astype(float).values
    c=df['chord_length'].astype(float).values; v=df['free_stream_velocity'].astype(float).values
    t=df['suction_side_displacement_thickness'].astype(float).values
    lf=np.log10(f); lt=np.log10(t); lc=np.log10(c); lv=np.log10(v)
    st=lf+lt-lv
    return np.column_stack([lf,st,a,lc,lv,lt,v]), lf, st, a, lc, lv, v

def build_model(nk,deg,alpha):
    st_=SplineTransformer(n_knots=nk,degree=deg)
    ct=ColumnTransformer([('sp',st_,[0,1,2,3,4,5,6])])
    return make_pipeline(StandardScaler(), ct, Ridge(alpha=alpha))

def oof(build,transform):
    X=transform(ALL)[0]; o=np.zeros(len(Y))
    for fdx in range(NS):
        trm=FOLDS!=fdx; tem=FOLDS==fdx
        m=build(); m.fit(X[trm],Y[trm]); o[tem]=m.predict(X[tem])
    return o

for nk in [5,7,10]:
    for alpha in [1.0,5.0]:
        o=oof(lambda nk=nk,alpha=alpha: build_model(nk,3,alpha), spfeat)
        report(f'spline nk{nk} a{alpha}', metrics(Y,o,G))
"
output
spline nk5 a1.0              rmse=3.912 mae=2.918 p90=5.445 p95=7.754 max=8.234 | XX XX XX XX XX 
spline nk5 a5.0              rmse=4.011 mae=3.037 p90=5.699 p95=7.257 max=8.335 | XX XX XX XX XX 
spline nk7 a1.0              rmse=3.791 mae=2.849 p90=5.409 p95=7.287 max=8.108 | XX XX XX XX XX 
spline nk7 a5.0              rmse=3.912 mae=2.968 p90=5.663 p95=7.406 max=8.105 | XX XX XX XX XX 
spline nk10 a1.0             rmse=3.824 mae=2.867 p90=5.406 p95=6.984 max=8.147 | XX XX XX XX XX 
spline nk10 a5.0             rmse=3.913 mae=2.968 p90=5.753 p95=7.204 max=8.058 | XX XX XX XX XX
Additive splines (no interactions) are poor (rmse ~3.8) because the spectrum shape depends on interactions between frequency and condition. I need interaction terms: the spectral shape (in Strouhal) interacts with condition. Pure additive splines can't capture that SPL depends on st in a way modulated by angle etc. The poly3 (PolynomialFeatures degree 3 with all interactions) worked better (rmse 2.57) precisely because it has interactions. So interactions matter. Let me not go down the spline rabbit hole. poly3 already serves as the smooth component. Let me instead focus on: 1. Making the smooth component a bit better (maybe poly degree 2-3 with targeted interactions, or SVR with good gamma/C). 2. A robust blend. Actually, let me reconsider the blend robustness concern. The weight search minimized p90 on 82 CV conditions , overfit. But the hidden set is different conditions. I should choose a blend that's robust, not one that squeezes p90 to the minimum on these specific conditions. Let me think about what's robust: et2 (best tree) + hgb (diversity) + a smooth extrapolator (poly3) at a moderate weight. The smooth extrapolator mainly fixes the worst tail cases. Let me tune SVR as the smooth component (SVR is more robust than poly for extrapolation since it doesn't explode). Let me get SVR OOF with good hyperparameters and add to the bank. Let me also try poly2 with interactions only. Let me get SVR OOF with a few settings. SVR on fe2 standardized. From the earlier val test, SVR C=30 gave val rmse 2.74. Let me tune C/gamma via CV. But SVR OOF over 10 folds is fast enough. Let me add SVR variants and a Huber/robust smooth model to the bank, then redo blend but with a more conservative objective (e.g., minimize a weighted combination that values p95/max margin, and use simpler weights). Actually, let me reconsider. The current best blend (et2 0.48 + hgb 0.215 + poly3 0.30) already gives p95 3.15 and max 3.93 with good margin. Only p90 (2.58) fails. To get p90 down robustly, maybe I combine MORE smooth models so the tree tail is regularized more without over-relying on poly3's risky extrapolation. Let me add SVR and KNN-in-Strouhal and a Huber poly. Let me expand the bank with a few more smooth/robust learners, then search blends with cross-validation of the weight selection itself (split conditions into two halves, pick weights on one, evaluate on other) to avoid overfitting. Let me first add SVR variants to the bank. Actually, time management: I've used a good chunk. Let me be decisive. Plan: 1. Add SVR (tuned) and poly2-interactions to OOF bank. 2. Do a robust blend selection: use nested evaluation , randomly split the 82 conditions into 2 folds, fit weights (simple, e.g., over {et2,hgb,poly,svr}) on one, eval on other, repeat, pick weights that are stable. 3. Lock in the blend, build final training script that fits on all labeled data and predicts. But also, I haven't confirmed that my approach generalizes to the genuinely held-out validation set (the 16 val conditions that the test_features placeholder mirrors). Let me also check the blend on train->val as an independent-ish check (val conditions are included in the CV though). Actually val IS part of ALL in the CV. For an independent check I'd want to train only on train and predict val. Let me do that as a sanity check for the final blend. Let me proceed: expand bank with SVR and poly2. Let me reconsider SVR hyperparameters. Let me grid a bit via val quickly. Actually let me just add a couple SVR configs to the OOF computation directly and evaluate. Let me do it efficiently.
Additive splines miss the frequency×condition interactions that `poly3` captures. Let me add a few more robust smooth learners (SVR variants, interaction-only polynomial) to the bank, then select blend weights with a **nested split** to avoid overfitting the weights.
bash
cd /app && timeout 290 python3 -c "
import numpy as np, pandas as pd, warnings, pickle
warnings.filterwarnings('ignore')
from harness import *
from sklearn.svm import SVR
from sklearn.pipeline import make_pipeline
from sklearn.preprocessing import StandardScaler, PolynomialFeatures
from sklearn.linear_model import Ridge
from sklearn.neighbors import KNeighborsRegressor
d=pickle.load(open('/app/oof.pkl','rb')); bank=d['bank']; Y=d['Y']; G=d['GROUPS']
tr,va=load(); ALL=add_conditions(pd.concat([tr,va],ignore_index=True))
uniq=pd.unique(G); rng=np.random.RandomState(0); perm=rng.permutation(len(uniq))
NS=10; fo={c:(i%NS) for i,c in enumerate(uniq[perm])}; FOLDS=np.array([fo[c] for c in G])
def oof(build,transform):
    X=transform(ALL); o=np.zeros(len(Y))
    for fdx in range(NS):
        trm=FOLDS!=fdx; tem=FOLDS==fdx
        m=build(); m.fit(X[trm],Y[trm]); o[tem]=m.predict(X[tem])
    return o
new={
 'svr1':(lambda:make_pipeline(StandardScaler(),SVR(C=50,gamma=0.03,epsilon=0.05)),fe2),
 'svr2':(lambda:make_pipeline(StandardScaler(),SVR(C=100,gamma=0.02,epsilon=0.1)),fe2),
 'poly2i':(lambda:make_pipeline(StandardScaler(),PolynomialFeatures(2,interaction_only=False),Ridge(alpha=2.0)),fe2),
 'knn2':(lambda:make_pipeline(StandardScaler(),KNeighborsRegressor(n_neighbors=15,weights='distance')),fe3),
}
for nm,(b,tf) in new.items():
    bank[nm]=oof(b,tf); report(nm, metrics(Y,bank[nm],G))
pickle.dump({'bank':bank,'Y':Y,'GROUPS':G}, open('/app/oof.pkl','wb'))
print('updated bank:', list(bank))
"
output
svr1                         rmse=2.491 mae=1.763 p90=3.379 p95=3.594 max=9.694 | XX XX XX OK XX 
svr2                         rmse=2.517 mae=1.797 p90=3.337 p95=3.699 max=9.591 | XX XX XX OK XX 
poly2i                       rmse=2.722 mae=2.058 p90=3.970 p95=4.190 max=7.177 | XX XX XX OK XX 
knn2                         rmse=2.669 mae=1.960 p90=3.862 p95=4.605 max=5.898 | XX XX XX OK XX 
updated bank: ['et2', 'et2b', 'et3', 'hgb', 'rf', 'gbr', 'poly2', 'poly3', 'knn', 'krr', 'svr1', 'svr2', 'poly2i', 'knn2']
Now let me do a robust blend selection using nested splitting: split the 82 conditions into halves, select weights on one half minimizing p90 (subject to passing), evaluate on the other half, repeat over many seeds, and look for weights that generalize. Let me instead do a more principled approach: find a single weight vector that performs well across multiple condition-subsamples (robust optimization). Let me implement: objective = over K random condition-subsamples, compute the metrics, and score by the WORST-case p90 (or average p90 + penalty for failing others). This gives robust weights. Let me do a search over weight vectors (coordinate/random) using a robust objective: mean of per-subsample p90 plus penalty if any subsample violates rmse/mae/p95/max margins. I'll use non-negative weights over a chosen subset of models. Candidate model subset: et2, et3, hgb (trees) + poly3, svr1 (smooth) + knn2. Let me search. Let me define a robust score: - Draw 20 bootstrap resamples of conditions (sample conditions with replacement, take their rows). - For each, compute metrics. - Robust p90 = 80th percentile of the 20 p90 values (pessimistic). - Penalty = sum over metrics of max(0, value-target) aggregated similarly. This is getting complex. Let me simplify: I'll use the full-CV metrics as the primary objective but restrict to simple, sparse, sensible weights and verify stability via a condition-level bootstrap of the chosen blend. Let me just search but regularize by preferring fewer models and rounder weights, then bootstrap-validate the winner. Let me run the search minimizing p90 s.t. others pass, over subset, then bootstrap the winner to check stability.
Now let me select a blend robustly: search weights to minimize p90 (subject to the other targets passing), then **bootstrap over conditions** to confirm the chosen blend is stable rather than overfit to these exact 82 conditions.
bash
cd /app && cat > /app/blend_search.py << 'PY'
import numpy as np, pandas as pd, pickle
from harness import metrics, report, TARGETS
d=pickle.load(open('/app/oof.pkl','rb')); bank=d['bank']; Y=d['Y']; G=d['GROUPS']

def blend_metrics(M,w,Y,G):
    return metrics(Y, M@(w/w.sum()), G)

def search(keys, n_iter=60000, seed=0, sparsify=0.5):
    M=np.column_stack([bank[k] for k in keys]); rng=np.random.RandomState(seed); best=None
    for _ in range(n_iter):
        w=rng.rand(len(keys))
        w=np.where(rng.rand(len(keys))<sparsify,0,w)
        if w.sum()==0: continue
        m=blend_metrics(M,w,Y,G)
        ok=all(m[k]<=TARGETS[k] for k in TARGETS)
        score=(0 if ok else 1, m['p90'], m['rmse'])
        if best is None or score<best[0]: best=(score,w/w.sum(),m)
    return best

def bootstrap_check(keys, w, nboot=300, seed=1):
    M=np.column_stack([bank[k] for k in keys]); p=M@w
    df=pd.DataFrame({'e':p-Y}); df['c']=G
    per=df.groupby('c')['e'].apply(lambda s:np.sqrt(np.mean(s.values**2)))
    conds=per.index.values; rng=np.random.RandomState(seed)
    res={k:[] for k in ['rmse','mae','p90','p95','max']}
    # full-data global rmse/mae fixed; bootstrap condition set for tail metrics
    rowerr=df['e'].values
    for _ in range(nboot):
        samp=rng.choice(conds,size=len(conds),replace=True)
        vals=per.loc[samp].values
        res['p90'].append(np.percentile(vals,90)); res['p95'].append(np.percentile(vals,95)); res['max'].append(vals.max())
    return {k:(np.mean(v),np.percentile(v,90)) for k,v in res.items() if v}

if __name__=='__main__':
    for keys in [
      ['et2','et3','hgb','poly3','svr1'],
      ['et2','et3','hgb','poly3','svr1','knn2'],
      ['et2','hgb','poly3'],
      ['et2','et3','et2b','hgb','gbr','poly3','svr1','knn2'],
    ]:
        b=search(keys)
        wd={k:round(float(wv),3) for k,wv in zip(keys,b[1]) if wv>1e-3}
        report('BLEND '+str(wd), b[2])
        bc=bootstrap_check(keys,b[1])
        print('   boot p90(mean,p90):',tuple(round(x,3) for x in bc['p90']),'p95:',tuple(round(x,3) for x in bc['p95']),'max:',tuple(round(x,3) for x in bc['max']))
PY
timeout 290 python3 /app/blend_search.py
output
BLEND {'et2': 0.319, 'et3': 0.156, 'hgb': 0.217, 'poly3': 0.308} rmse=1.943 mae=1.456 p90=2.579 p95=3.115 max=3.967 | OK OK XX OK OK 
   boot p90(mean,p90): (2.726, 3.088) p95: (3.156, 3.528) max: (3.817, 3.967)
Only the first printed (others may have taken too long or it stopped). Actually only one blend printed , the search with 60000 iters × 4 subsets × bootstrap 300 might have timed out after the first. Let me check: it printed one blend then presumably timed out. The best blend: et2 0.319, et3 0.156, hgb 0.217, poly3 0.308 → p90 2.579. Bootstrap p90 mean 2.726, 90th percentile 3.088. So the p90 is NOT robustly below 2.35 , under resampling it's often ~2.7-3.1. This confirms p90 is the hard bottleneck and my blend isn't robustly passing. I'm fighting the fundamental accuracy limit. Let me reconsider more radically. Reconsider: Is there leakage I can exploit legitimately? The thickness δ* is a deterministic function of (angle, chord, velocity). In the original UCI/BPM, δ* is COMPUTED from a formula (Brooks' boundary layer trip/untripped relations). The benchmark provides δ* as a feature. For held-out conditions, δ* is given (it's a feature in test_features). So I have δ* for test conditions , good, that's a strong predictor I already use. Reconsider the possibility that I'm mis-estimating the difficulty because my CV conditions (82) include the merging of 3. Let me not worry. Let me reconsider the target scale. The required p90 <= 2.35 while typical per-condition RMSE floor (label noise) is ~1 dB. So it's achievable IF the model is accurate. The high-angle conditions are the issue. Let me examine whether high-angle conditions have higher label noise (irreducible) or model bias. Let me fit a within-condition cubic to the TRUE labels for high-angle conditions and see the residual std (noise floor). If the noise floor itself is ~2+ dB for high angle, then p90 can't be beaten and the benchmark expects a specific approach. Let me check noise floor by angle.
The best blend reaches p90≈2.58 but bootstrapping shows it's not *robustly* under 2.35 (boot mean 2.73). Let me check whether high-angle conditions have an irreducible label-noise floor, by measuring within-condition residuals from a smooth fit to the true labels.
bash
cd /app && timeout 100 python3 -c "
import numpy as np, pandas as pd
from harness import *
tr,va=load(); ALL=add_conditions(pd.concat([tr,va],ignore_index=True))
lf=np.log10(ALL['frequency'].values)
rows=[]
for c,idx in ALL.groupby('cond').groups.items():
    idx=np.array(idx); 
    if len(idx)<6: continue
    x=lf[idx]; y=ALL[TARGET].values[idx]
    deg=min(4,len(idx)-2)
    res=y-np.polyval(np.polyfit(x,y,deg),x)
    rows.append((ALL.loc[idx,'attack_angle'].mean(), np.std(res), len(idx)))
d=pd.DataFrame(rows,columns=['angle','noise','n'])
print('overall noise-floor std: median %.3f mean %.3f'%(d['noise'].median(),d['noise'].mean()))
print('high angle>12 noise: mean %.3f'%d[d.angle>12]['noise'].mean())
print('low angle<=12 noise: mean %.3f'%d[d.angle<=12]['noise'].mean())
print('noise floor p90 across conditions: %.3f'%np.percentile(d['noise'],90))
"
output
overall noise-floor std: median 0.636 mean 0.783
high angle>12 noise: mean 1.357
low angle<=12 noise: mean 0.611
noise floor p90 across conditions: 1.500
The noise floor (within-condition residual from a smooth degree-4 fit) is: - median 0.64, mean 0.78 overall - high angle>12: 1.36 (much noisier!) - low angle<=12: 0.61 - p90 across conditions: 1.50 So high-angle conditions have ~1.36 dB irreducible noise (from a smooth fit). But my model's per-condition RMSE for high-angle is ~2.56. The gap (2.56 vs 1.36) is model bias , so there's room to improve by ~1 dB on high-angle conditions. If I could get high-angle conditions down to ~1.5-1.8 RMSE, the p90 would drop below 2.35. But note: the degree-4 fit might be over-fitting within condition (with ~14 points, degree 4 uses 5 params, leaving some freedom). So the true noise floor might be a bit higher than this estimate. Still, ~1.36 for high angle suggests the achievable RMSE for high-angle conditions is maybe ~1.5-2.0, not 2.56. So the model CAN improve on high-angle. The question is how. The held-out high-angle conditions are sparse in training. Let me think about what makes them hard: - Few training conditions at high angle → poor interpolation. - Extrapolation at the highest angles (19.7, 22.2). Key idea: within-condition, the spectrum is smooth. The model's within-condition variance (jagged predictions) contributes to RMSE. For high-angle held-out conditions, BOTH bias and jaggedness are high. Earlier global polynomial smoothing hurt because it fought the model's correct shape on good conditions. But what if I smooth ONLY mildly, or smooth the BLEND which is already smoother? The blend with poly3 is smoother. Actually, let me reconsider the smoothing differently: fit the smooth curve to the model predictions but only to reduce high-frequency jaggedness, using a moderate degree that matches the spectrum (degree 4-5), and blend. Earlier deg5 blend0.5 on ET+HGB gave rmse 2.049 (slightly worse). Not helpful globally, but maybe helpful on the blend's tail. Let me take the most promising blend (et2+et3+hgb+poly3) and apply per-condition smoothing, then see if the tail improves. Actually within-condition smoothing helped variance but hurt bias on well-fit conditions. Let me try a cleaner, physically-grounded idea that could substantially help high angle: **model the residual of a per-condition smooth fit**. No , we don't have labels at test. Let me reconsider. Another idea: The benchmark says "calibrated." Perhaps the calibration is deterministic per-row given features (a smooth function). The noise I measured might actually be real spectral wiggles the smooth fit misses, OR genuine added noise. If it's added noise (random), irreducible. If deterministic, a good model could fit it. The high-angle "noise" of 1.36 might partly be real spectral complexity (separation noise has a more complex spectrum). Let me accept there's a floor and focus on reducing model bias to get p90 as low as possible, targeting robust <2.35. Let me try a fundamentally stronger tree configuration: Gradient boosting with many trees + low learning rate typically beats ExtraTrees for bias. HGB alone had p90 3.54 (worse tail) but lower max. Let me tune HGB more (more iterations, deeper, min_samples_leaf) , maybe a well-tuned HGB + ET blend. Actually, let me reconsider the biggest lever: ensembling across MANY models reduces variance, and adding the smooth poly3 reduces tail. The current blend gets p90 2.58. The bootstrap says it fluctuates. Let me try to squeeze more by: 1. Adding a better smooth model that specifically helps high angle. 2. Weighting training toward high-angle? Let me test: train ExtraTrees/HGB with sample weights that upweight high-angle conditions, see if high-angle per-condition RMSE drops without hurting others. This directly targets the tail. Let me test sample weighting on ET via CV. Actually, I worry about time budget (tokens). Let me be strategic and commit to a strong, robust solution rather than chasing the last 0.2 on an in-sample metric. Let me reconsider the reward structure: "reward >= 0.50 means solved" and "Reward …[truncated]
High-angle conditions have a higher irreducible noise floor (~1.36 dB) but the model's ~2.56 RMSE there is mostly reducible bias. Let me directly target that regime with **sample weighting** (upweighting high-angle rows) and test via CV.
bash
cd /app && timeout 280 python3 -c "
import numpy as np, pandas as pd, warnings
warnings.filterwarnings('ignore')
from harness import *
from sklearn.ensemble import ExtraTreesRegressor, HistGradientBoostingRegressor
tr,va=load(); ALL=add_conditions(pd.concat([tr,va],ignore_index=True))
G=ALL['cond'].values; Y=ALL[TARGET].values; A=ALL['attack_angle'].values
uniq=pd.unique(G); rng=np.random.RandomState(0); perm=rng.permutation(len(uniq))
NS=10; fo={c:(i%NS) for i,c in enumerate(uniq[perm])}; FOLDS=np.array([fo[c] for c in G])
X2=fe2(ALL)
def oofw(build, w):
    o=np.zeros(len(Y))
    for f in range(NS):
        trm=FOLDS!=f; tem=FOLDS==f
        m=build(); m.fit(X2[trm],Y[trm],sample_weight=None if w is None else w[trm]); o[tem]=m.predict(X2[tem])
    return o
def et(): return ExtraTreesRegressor(n_estimators=600,min_samples_leaf=1,n_jobs=-1,random_state=0)
for k in [0.0,0.05,0.1,0.2]:
    w=1.0+k*np.maximum(0,A-8.0)
    report(f'ET whi k={k}', metrics(Y,oofw(et,w),G))
"
output
ET whi k=0.0                 rmse=2.037 mae=1.496 p90=2.727 p95=3.634 max=5.117 | OK OK XX OK OK 
ET whi k=0.05                rmse=2.058 mae=1.508 p90=2.727 p95=3.677 max=5.202 | OK OK XX OK OK 
ET whi k=0.1                 rmse=2.067 mae=1.515 p90=2.756 p95=3.753 max=5.069 | OK OK XX OK OK 
ET whi k=0.2                 rmse=2.089 mae=1.532 p90=2.795 p95=3.826 max=5.223 | OK OK XX OK OK
Sample weighting doesn't help p90 (stays 2.727+). The problem isn't that high-angle is underweighted in training; it's that held-out high-angle conditions are hard to predict regardless. Let me step back and think about the best achievable. The blend got p90 to 2.58 (CV) but bootstrap mean 2.73. I keep hitting ~2.6-2.8. Let me reconsider the problem statement's targets. Maybe I'm being too pessimistic with my 10-fold CV (82 conditions). Let me reconsider: the grader computes p90 as the 90th percentile of per-condition RMSE on the HIDDEN set. Let me reconsider what "condition" means for the grader. The grader groups by the tuple (attack_angle, chord_length, free_stream_velocity) , but these are the JITTERED continuous values in the hidden test! If the grader uses the raw continuous tuples, then every row is its own "condition" (since all values are unique), making per-condition RMSE = per-row absolute error, and p90 = 90th percentile of |error|. That would be a totally different metric! Wait, but the task says "a condition is the tuple (attack_angle, chord_length, free_stream_velocity)" and "The split holds out complete aerodynamic condition groups." This implies the grader knows the TRUE (unjittered) conditions for grouping. The grader likely has the hidden labels AND the true condition grouping (from how the benchmark was constructed). So per-condition grouping uses the true discrete conditions, and each condition has multiple frequency rows. So my CV approach (grouping by recovered discrete conditions) mirrors the grader. Good. But here's a subtlety: the grader's hidden set conditions are DIFFERENT from both my train and val conditions. The difficulty depends on which conditions they are. If they're "interior" conditions, easier; if extreme, harder. I should make the model as good as possible everywhere. Let me reconsider: maybe I can do better with a completely different, physics-structured model. Let me think about the BPM structure once more. Actually, let me reconsider the within-condition noise floor measurement. I used degree-4 polynomial on ~14 points. That's quite flexible and may underestimate noise. Let me instead estimate noise via leave-one-out or a lower-degree fit. If the real noise floor is higher (~1.5-2 for high angle), then p90 ~2.35 requires the model to essentially hit the noise floor on most conditions , very hard but the target might still be reachable on the specific hidden conditions. Let me take stock of what gives the best, most robust result and just go with a strong blend. The blend et2+et3+hgb+poly3 gives CV: rmse 1.94, mae 1.46, p90 2.58, p95 3.12, max 3.97. That passes 4/5 with p90 close. Let me see if I can get p90 more robustly down by using a LARGER, more stable smooth component and more trees. Let me reconsider poly3: it's degree-3 polynomial on 23 fe2 features → huge feature count (23 choose 3 ~ 2600 features) with Ridge alpha 20. That's powerful but could be unstable. Let me instead craft a more targeted smooth model with curated interactions and stronger regularization, which might generalize better and help p90 more. Actually, let me reconsider: what if the issue is that poly3 provides smoothness but its own high error (rmse 2.57) drags the blend. A BETTER smooth model (lower error, still smooth) would help more. Let me reconsider SVR with RBF , it's smooth and can be accurate. svr1 had rmse 2.49 but max 9.69 (one condition blew up , extrapolation). If I fix SVR's extrapolation (it shouldn't blow up... max 9.69 suggests a condition where SVR is way off). Let me try a different smooth model: Nystroem kernel approximation + Ridge, or a well-tuned MLP with NO early stopping and heavy L2 (smoother). Earlier MLP was bad but maybe due to early stopping on tiny validation fraction. Let me try MLP without early stopping, strong alpha, tanh. Hmm, I'm spending a lot. Let me make a decision: build the final solution as the robust blend (trees + poly3 smooth), which is my best. Be …[truncated]
Sample weighting doesn't help, held-out high-angle conditions are just hard. Let me build a physics-informed smooth model that was missing the key ingredient earlier: **spline basis in Strouhal interacted with condition variables**, which can be both smooth and capture the frequency×condition coupling.
bash
cd /app && timeout 280 python3 -c "
import numpy as np, pandas as pd, warnings, pickle
warnings.filterwarnings('ignore')
from harness import *
from sklearn.preprocessing import StandardScaler, SplineTransformer
from sklearn.linear_model import Ridge
tr,va=load(); ALL=add_conditions(pd.concat([tr,va],ignore_index=True))
G=ALL['cond'].values; Y=ALL[TARGET].values
uniq=pd.unique(G); rng=np.random.RandomState(0); perm=rng.permutation(len(uniq))
NS=10; fo={c:(i%NS) for i,c in enumerate(uniq[perm])}; FOLDS=np.array([fo[c] for c in G])

def base(df):
    f=df['frequency'].astype(float).values; a=df['attack_angle'].astype(float).values
    c=df['chord_length'].astype(float).values; v=df['free_stream_velocity'].astype(float).values
    t=df['suction_side_displacement_thickness'].astype(float).values
    lf=np.log10(f); lt=np.log10(t); lc=np.log10(c); lv=np.log10(v); st=lf+lt-lv
    return lf,st,a,lc,lv,lt,v

def make_feats(df, sp_st, sp_lf, fit=False):
    lf,st,a,lc,lv,lt,v=base(df)
    if fit:
        sp_st.fit(st.reshape(-1,1)); sp_lf.fit(lf.reshape(-1,1))
    Bst=sp_st.transform(st.reshape(-1,1)); Blf=sp_lf.transform(lf.reshape(-1,1))
    cond=np.column_stack([a,a**2,lc,lv,lt,v,np.ones_like(a)])
    # interactions: each spline col times each condition feature
    inter=[]
    for j in range(Bst.shape[1]):
        inter.append(Bst[:,[j]]*cond)
    blocks=[Bst,Blf,cond]+inter
    return np.hstack(blocks)

def oof(nk,alpha):
    o=np.zeros(len(Y))
    for f in range(NS):
        trm=FOLDS!=f; tem=FOLDS==f
        sp_st=SplineTransformer(n_knots=nk,degree=3); sp_lf=SplineTransformer(n_knots=nk,degree=3)
        Xtr=make_feats(ALL[trm],sp_st,sp_lf,fit=True)
        sc=StandardScaler().fit(Xtr)
        m=Ridge(alpha=alpha).fit(sc.transform(Xtr),Y[trm])
        Xte=make_feats(ALL[tem],sp_st,sp_lf,fit=False)
        o[tem]=m.predict(sc.transform(Xte))
    return o
for nk in [5,6,8]:
    for alpha in [2.0,10.0]:
        o=oof(nk,alpha); report(f'splineX nk{nk} a{alpha}', metrics(Y,o,G))
        if nk==6 and alpha==10.0:
            pickle.dump(o, open('/app/splineX_oof.pkl','wb'))
"
output
splineX nk5 a2.0             rmse=3.253 mae=2.450 p90=4.711 p95=5.287 max=7.213 | XX XX XX XX XX 
splineX nk5 a10.0            rmse=3.227 mae=2.451 p90=4.479 p95=5.244 max=6.759 | XX XX XX XX XX 
splineX nk6 a2.0             rmse=3.284 mae=2.473 p90=4.648 p95=5.284 max=7.437 | XX XX XX XX XX 
splineX nk6 a10.0            rmse=3.239 mae=2.460 p90=4.700 p95=5.198 max=6.780 | XX XX XX XX XX 
splineX nk8 a2.0             rmse=3.238 mae=2.432 p90=4.616 p95=5.285 max=7.325 | XX XX XX XX XX 
splineX nk8 a10.0            rmse=3.208 mae=2.425 p90=4.716 p95=5.342 max=6.850 | XX XX XX XX XX
The spline-interaction model is poor (rmse ~3.2). My interactions were limited (only Bst ⊗ cond, not enough). The poly3 (full degree-3 polynomial) is actually better because it has all 3-way interactions. So poly3 remains the best smooth model. I've spent considerable effort. Let me consolidate. The best approach is the blend of trees + poly3. Let me accept p90 ~2.58 (CV) and try to push it with a broader, more robust ensemble, then finalize. Actually, let me reconsider the core difficulty once more with fresh eyes. The p90 over 82 conditions needs ≤2.35. My blend gives 2.58. The difference between the blend's p90 (2.58) and the single et2 (2.73) came from poly3. More/better smoothness → lower tail. Let me reconsider: what if I use a much larger ExtraTrees ensemble AND average over multiple random fold seeds to denoise the OOF? No, OOF denoising doesn't reflect test. Let me reconsider: the real test is NOT the 82-condition CV; it's the hidden set. My validation set (16 conditions) is an independent held-out set. Let me evaluate the final blend trained on TRAIN only, predicting VAL, to get an honest independent estimate. This is the closest analog to the grader's setup (train on labeled, predict held-out conditions). Let me do that with the blend. Let me build the blend as an actual model (fit on train, predict val) and compute metrics on val's 16 conditions. This is the most honest single check. Let me implement the full pipeline: fit et2, et3, hgb, poly3 on train, predict val, blend, evaluate. Also try with the fixed weights from the search. Let me code it.
The interaction-spline underperforms full `poly3`. Let me validate my blend the most honest way: train on `train` only and predict the genuinely held-out `validation` conditions (the analog of the grader's setup).
bash
cd /app && cat > /app/blend_model.py << 'PY'
import numpy as np, pandas as pd, warnings
warnings.filterwarnings('ignore')
from harness import fe2, fe3, TARGET
from sklearn.ensemble import ExtraTreesRegressor, HistGradientBoostingRegressor
from sklearn.pipeline import make_pipeline
from sklearn.preprocessing import StandardScaler, PolynomialFeatures
from sklearn.linear_model import Ridge

class Blend:
    def __init__(self, weights=None):
        # weights for [et2, et3, hgb, poly3]
        self.weights = weights or [0.32,0.16,0.22,0.30]
    def fit(self, df, y):
        X2=fe2(df); X3=fe3(df)
        self.et2=ExtraTreesRegressor(n_estimators=700,min_samples_leaf=1,n_jobs=-1,random_state=0).fit(X2,y)
        self.et3=ExtraTreesRegressor(n_estimators=700,min_samples_leaf=1,n_jobs=-1,random_state=1).fit(X3,y)
        self.hgb=HistGradientBoostingRegressor(max_iter=600,learning_rate=0.05,max_leaf_nodes=31,l2_regularization=1.0,random_state=0).fit(X2,y)
        self.poly=make_pipeline(StandardScaler(),PolynomialFeatures(3),Ridge(alpha=20.0)).fit(X2,y)
        return self
    def predict(self, df):
        X2=fe2(df); X3=fe3(df)
        ps=np.column_stack([self.et2.predict(X2),self.et3.predict(X3),self.hgb.predict(X2),self.poly.predict(X2)])
        w=np.array(self.weights); w=w/w.sum()
        return ps@w

if __name__=='__main__':
    from harness import load, add_conditions, metrics, report
    tr,va=load(); va=add_conditions(va)
    b=Blend().fit(tr, tr[TARGET].values)
    p=b.predict(va)
    report('BLEND train->val', metrics(va[TARGET].values, p, va['cond'].values))
    # also report individual on val
    from harness import metrics as M
    for nm,pred in [('et2',b.et2.predict(fe2(va))),('poly3',b.poly.predict(fe2(va))),('hgb',b.hgb.predict(fe2(va)))]:
        report(nm+' train->val', M(va[TARGET].values,pred,va['cond'].values))
PY
timeout 200 python3 /app/blend_model.py
output
BLEND train->val             rmse=2.156 mae=1.628 p90=3.110 p95=3.569 max=4.299 | OK XX XX OK OK 
et2 train->val               rmse=2.119 mae=1.615 p90=3.065 p95=3.328 max=3.862 | OK XX XX OK OK 
poly3 train->val             rmse=3.016 mae=2.258 p90=4.551 p95=5.430 max=6.671 | XX XX XX XX XX 
hgb train->val               rmse=2.504 mae=1.810 p90=3.877 p95=4.217 max=4.561 | XX XX XX OK OK
On the genuinely held-out validation set (train->val, 16 conditions): - BLEND: rmse 2.156, mae 1.628, p90 3.110, p95 3.569, max 4.299 - et2 alone: rmse 2.119, mae 1.615, p90 3.065, p95 3.328, max 3.862 On this independent val split, the blend is NOT better than et2 alone, and p90 is 3.1 (worse than CV's 2.58). This is because the val set has only 16 conditions and includes some hard ones; also poly3 is quite bad on val (rmse 3.0), dragging the blend. This reveals that my CV blend weights were overfit. On the independent val, poly3 hurts. The val p90 of 3.0-3.1 is far from 2.35. This is concerning. The val set (16 conditions) shows p90 ~3.1 which would FAIL. But val is just one particular held-out split with 16 conditions. The hidden set is yet another split. So honestly, my current models give p90 ~2.7-3.1 depending on the split. The target 2.35 is hard. I need a genuinely better model. Let me reconsider the MAE too: val mae 1.61-1.63 > 1.55 target. So even MAE fails on val. Hmm. I need a step-change. Let me reconsider the feature engineering and model more fundamentally. Let me reconsider: maybe I should snap the features (denoise) AND use the snapped condition to compute condition-level aggregate features. For held-out conditions, I can't use condition-level target aggregates, but I can use condition-level feature structure. Wait , here's a potentially big idea. Since within a condition only frequency varies, and thickness δ* is constant per condition, the model essentially predicts SPL(freq) curves. For a held-out condition defined by (a, c, v) with its δ*, I predict the curve. The key to generalization: the spectrum, when plotted vs Strouhal St=f·δ*/U, has a fairly universal shape that shifts/scales with condition. If I get the collapse right, held-out conditions just need the right peak location and amplitude. Let me examine: if I plot SPL vs st=log10(f·δ*/U) for all data, do the curves collapse? Let me check the spread. If they collapse well, a model on st + a few condition params would generalize great. Actually the model already has st as a feature and trees use it. But trees don't exploit the collapse structure explicitly. Let me try a different tack: Nearest-neighbor in a PHYSICS-SCALED space where the collapse holds. If curves collapse vs st with amplitude depending on Re and angle, then KNN in (st, scaled-amplitude-params) space interpolates well. But KNN did poorly (rmse 2.6). Let me reconsider. I think the honest situation is that this is a hard benchmark and ~2.0 rmse / 2.7 p90 is roughly where standard methods land. But the target says it's achievable (solved boundary exists). Let me reconsider if there's something about the DATA I'm missing. Let me re-examine: is thickness REALLY available and consistent for test? In test_features.csv, yes, all 5 features including thickness. Good. Let me reconsider the possibility that a much more powerful single model (like a big random forest with optimal settings, or gradient boosting with many rounds) can hit lower error. Let me reconsider HGB tuning , it had good max/p95 but bad p90. Actually, let me reconsider the target transformation. What if the relationship is better modeled in a different target space? The SPL is already in dB (log scale). Probably fine. Let me reconsider whether I should be doing LOOCV by condition rather than 10-fold , with 10-fold, each training set has ~74 conditions; the model sees most conditions. The hidden set presumably is held out from a model trained on ALL 85 available conditions (train+val). So at test time I train on 85 conditions and predict NEW ones. My CV with 10 folds trains on ~74 conditions , similar. Fine. Let me try to genuinely improve via a carefully regularized neural net with proper setup (standardize, no early-stopping, moderate width, strong weight decay, many iterations, ensemble). Earlier MLPs failed possibly due to early_stopping eating training data and poor convergence. Let me retry MLP careful …[truncated]
On the independent validation split the blend isn't better than ExtraTrees alone, and poly3 hurts there, my CV blend weights were overfit. I need a genuinely better model. Let me try an **MLP with the LBFGS solver**, which is often excellent for small, smooth regression problems (earlier MLPs used Adam+early-stopping and underperformed).
bash
cd /app && timeout 250 python3 -c "
import numpy as np, pandas as pd, warnings, time
warnings.filterwarnings('ignore')
from harness import *
from sklearn.neural_network import MLPRegressor
from sklearn.pipeline import make_pipeline
from sklearn.preprocessing import StandardScaler
tr,va=load(); va=add_conditions(va)
Xtr=fe2(tr); ytr=tr[TARGET].values; Xva=fe2(va); yva=va[TARGET].values
class BagLB:
    def __init__(s,hid,alpha,n): s.hid=hid; s.alpha=alpha; s.n=n
    def fit(s,X,y):
        s.ms=[make_pipeline(StandardScaler(),MLPRegressor(s.hid,solver='lbfgs',alpha=s.alpha,activation='tanh',max_iter=2000,random_state=i)).fit(X,y) for i in range(s.n)]; return s
    def predict(s,X): return np.mean([m.predict(X) for m in s.ms],0)
for hid in [(64,),(128,64),(64,32)]:
    for alpha in [0.01,0.1,1.0]:
        t=time.time(); m=BagLB(hid,alpha,5).fit(Xtr,ytr); p=m.predict(Xva)
        report(f'MLP-lbfgs {hid} a{alpha} [{time.time()-t:.0f}s]', metrics(yva,p,va['cond'].values))
"
output
MLP-lbfgs (64,) a0.01 [10s]  rmse=2.979 mae=2.063 p90=4.612 p95=6.502 max=8.695 | XX XX XX XX XX 
MLP-lbfgs (64,) a0.1 [10s]   rmse=2.788 mae=1.878 p90=4.233 p95=6.122 max=8.467 | XX XX XX XX XX 
MLP-lbfgs (64,) a1.0 [10s]   rmse=2.420 mae=1.682 p90=3.914 p95=5.141 max=6.075 | XX XX XX XX XX 
MLP-lbfgs (128, 64) a0.01 [47s] rmse=2.125 mae=1.605 p90=3.241 p95=3.960 max=4.661 | OK XX XX OK OK 
MLP-lbfgs (128, 64) a0.1 [43s] rmse=2.224 mae=1.689 p90=3.242 p95=4.131 max=5.017 | OK XX XX OK OK 
MLP-lbfgs (128, 64) a1.0 [44s] rmse=2.148 mae=1.592 p90=3.237 p95=4.332 max=5.148 | OK XX XX OK OK 
MLP-lbfgs (64, 32) a0.01 [18s] rmse=2.334 mae=1.697 p90=3.456 p95=4.720 max=6.076 | XX XX XX OK XX 
MLP-lbfgs (64, 32) a0.1 [18s] rmse=2.128 mae=1.500 p90=3.135 p95=4.123 max=5.338 | OK OK XX OK OK 
MLP-lbfgs (64, 32) a1.0 [17s] rmse=2.233 mae=1.553 p90=3.467 p95=4.870 max=5.988 | OK XX XX XX XX
MLP-lbfgs (128,64) gives val rmse 2.125, comparable to ExtraTrees (2.119), and (64,32) a0.1 gives rmse 2.128, mae 1.500 (good mae!). But p90 still ~3.1-3.2 on val. So all models hover at val p90 ~3.0-3.5. The val set's 16 conditions have a couple hard ones keeping p90 high. Let me reconsider: maybe BLENDING diverse model FAMILIES (trees + MLP + poly) reduces the tail on val. The val p90 is driven by 1-2 worst conditions. Let me blend ET + MLP-lbfgs + poly and check val. Different families may fail on different conditions, so averaging helps the worst. Let me build the blend: et2 + MLP-lbfgs(128,64) + poly3, evaluate on val. And tune weights lightly on CV but verify on val. Actually, the cleanest robust approach: average several strong, diverse models with EQUAL-ish weights (not overfit), and verify on both CV and val. Let me compute val metrics for an equal blend of et2 + et3 + hgb + mlp_lbfgs + poly3. Let me reconsider MAE: need <=1.55. et2 val mae 1.615, mlp(64,32) 1.500. Blending should help. Let me do a comprehensive val-based blend check. I'll fit et2, et3, hgb, mlp(128,64), mlp(64,32), poly3 on train, predict val, then try several weightings and compute metrics. Pick robust weights. Then I'll ALSO check those same weights on the 82-condition CV using the bank (but MLP not in bank). Let me add MLP to a val-based evaluation. Time/token budget: let me be efficient. One script that fits the diverse models on train, evaluates individuals + a few blends on val.
MLP-LBFGS matches ExtraTrees (val rmse ~2.12) and has good MAE, giving me a genuinely different model family. Blending diverse families should pull down the worst-condition tail. Let me evaluate diverse blends directly on the independent validation split.
bash
cd /app && cat > /app/val_blend.py << 'PY'
import numpy as np, pandas as pd, warnings
warnings.filterwarnings('ignore')
from harness import *
from sklearn.ensemble import ExtraTreesRegressor, HistGradientBoostingRegressor
from sklearn.neural_network import MLPRegressor
from sklearn.pipeline import make_pipeline
from sklearn.preprocessing import StandardScaler, PolynomialFeatures
from sklearn.linear_model import Ridge

def fit_all(tr):
    y=tr[TARGET].values; X2=fe2(tr); X3=fe3(tr)
    M={}
    M['et2']=ExtraTreesRegressor(n_estimators=700,min_samples_leaf=1,n_jobs=-1,random_state=0).fit(X2,y)
    M['et3']=ExtraTreesRegressor(n_estimators=700,min_samples_leaf=1,n_jobs=-1,random_state=1).fit(X3,y)
    M['hgb']=HistGradientBoostingRegressor(max_iter=600,learning_rate=0.05,max_leaf_nodes=31,l2_regularization=1.0,random_state=0).fit(X2,y)
    M['poly3']=make_pipeline(StandardScaler(),PolynomialFeatures(3),Ridge(alpha=20.0)).fit(X2,y)
    M['mlpA']=make_pipeline(StandardScaler(),MLPRegressor((128,64),solver='lbfgs',alpha=0.03,activation='tanh',max_iter=2000,random_state=0)).fit(X2,y)
    M['mlpB']=make_pipeline(StandardScaler(),MLPRegressor((64,32),solver='lbfgs',alpha=0.1,activation='tanh',max_iter=2000,random_state=1)).fit(X2,y)
    return M

def preds(M,df):
    X2=fe2(df); X3=fe3(df)
    return {k:(m.predict(X3) if k=='et3' else m.predict(X2)) for k,m in M.items()}

if __name__=='__main__':
    tr,va=load(); va=add_conditions(va)
    M=fit_all(tr); P=preds(M,va); yva=va[TARGET].values; cond=va['cond'].values
    for k in M: report(k, metrics(yva,P[k],cond))
    print('--- blends ---')
    import itertools
    blends={
     'et2+mlpA': {'et2':1,'mlpA':1},
     'et2+et3+mlpA+mlpB': {'et2':1,'et3':1,'mlpA':1,'mlpB':1},
     'et2+et3+hgb+mlpA+mlpB': {'et2':1.5,'et3':1,'hgb':1,'mlpA':1,'mlpB':1},
     'all6': {'et2':1.5,'et3':1,'hgb':1,'mlpA':1,'mlpB':1,'poly3':0.7},
     'trees+mlp+poly': {'et2':2,'hgb':1,'mlpA':1.5,'poly3':1},
    }
    for nm,w in blends.items():
        ks=list(w); ws=np.array([w[k] for k in ks],float); ws/=ws.sum()
        p=sum(ws[i]*P[ks[i]] for i in range(len(ks)))
        report(nm, metrics(yva,p,cond))
PY
timeout 200 python3 /app/val_blend.py
output
et2                          rmse=2.119 mae=1.615 p90=3.065 p95=3.328 max=3.862 | OK XX XX OK OK 
et3                          rmse=2.117 mae=1.632 p90=2.841 p95=3.250 max=4.050 | OK XX XX OK OK 
hgb                          rmse=2.504 mae=1.810 p90=3.877 p95=4.217 max=4.561 | XX XX XX OK OK 
poly3                        rmse=3.016 mae=2.258 p90=4.551 p95=5.430 max=6.671 | XX XX XX XX XX 
mlpA                         rmse=3.869 mae=2.583 p90=6.320 p95=8.934 max=11.077 | XX XX XX XX XX 
mlpB                         rmse=2.765 mae=1.968 p90=4.006 p95=5.239 max=6.486 | XX XX XX XX XX 
--- blends ---
et2+mlpA                     rmse=2.594 mae=1.868 p90=4.598 p95=5.855 max=6.072 | XX XX XX XX XX 
et2+et3+mlpA+mlpB            rmse=2.141 mae=1.520 p90=3.345 p95=4.236 max=5.275 | OK OK XX OK OK 
et2+et3+hgb+mlpA+mlpB        rmse=2.099 mae=1.508 p90=3.106 p95=3.683 max=4.868 | OK OK XX OK OK 
all6                         rmse=2.077 mae=1.502 p90=3.003 p95=3.655 max=4.916 | OK OK XX OK OK 
trees+mlp+poly               rmse=2.255 mae=1.636 p90=3.642 p95=4.469 max=5.097 | XX XX XX OK OK
mlpA this time performed terribly on val (rmse 3.87) , high variance run-to-run (different alpha 0.03 vs earlier 0.01). The MLP is unstable. The blend "all6" gives val rmse 2.077, mae 1.502, p90 3.003, p95 3.655, max 4.916. Best p90 on val so far is et3 alone at 2.841. The val p90 is stuck ~2.8-3.1. On val (16 conditions), p90 is the 2nd-worst condition. Let me identify which val conditions are the worst across all models , if it's consistently 1-2 specific conditions, those are just hard (high noise floor), and there's little I can do. Key realization: The val set has a couple of intrinsically hard conditions. With only 16 conditions, p90 (2nd worst) is dominated by them. The hidden set likely has more conditions (the benchmark probably has a larger hidden test), making p90 more stable and potentially lower. My 82-condition CV gave p90 2.58 for the blend. I think I'm overanalyzing val's small-sample p90. Let me focus on what I can control: a robust, accurate model. Let me reconsider whether the hidden test is larger. Total UCI dataset ~1503 rows. Train+val here = 1157 rows. So hidden test ~ 1503-1157 = 346 rows? That would be a substantial test set with maybe ~20-30 conditions. With ~25 hidden conditions, p90 is ~the 3rd worst. Hmm, let me reconsider. Actually the benchmark may not use all of UCI. But plausibly the hidden set is larger than val (40 placeholder rows is just a placeholder). Let me reconsider the grouped structure: total distinct conditions in UCI ~ let me estimate. We have 85 conditions in train+val. UCI has more. If hidden has ~30-40 conditions, p90 over them is more stable. Given uncertainty, my best bet: build the most accurate, robust model and ensemble to minimize both global error and tail. The 82-condition CV is my best proxy for a "many conditions" p90, giving ~2.58 for the blend. But the blend overfit weights. Let me find robust weights that do well on BOTH the 82-cond CV AND the 16-cond val. Let me reconsider models to include. mlpA/mlpB are unstable , I'll drop pure MLP or make it more robust (bag more, fixed alpha=1.0 which was most stable). Actually for robustness, let me rely on tree diversity + the smooth poly, and maybe a stable KNN. Let me reconsider: et3 alone had the best val p90 (2.841) AND good CV. et2 and et3 are both strong. The blend of et2+et3+hgb (all trees) is robust. Adding poly3 helped CV tail but hurt val. The tension: poly3 helps CV p90/max but hurts val. This suggests poly3's benefit is CV-specific (overfit). I should be cautious. Let me make a robust decision using BOTH proxies. Let me compute, for a set of candidate blends, the metrics on (a) 82-cond CV and (b) 16-cond val, and pick one that's good on both. I'll add ET OOF-based MLP to the bank? MLP is too slow/unstable for the bank. Let me instead just evaluate candidate blends of {et2, et3, hgb, poly3, svr1, knn2} (all in bank) on CV, and separately fit the same models on train->val to get val metrics. I already have val for et2, et3, hgb, poly3. Let me add svr1, knn2 to the val eval and then pick a robust blend of tree-heavy + a little smooth. Actually, let me simplify and be decisive given budget. I'll go with a tree-dominant ensemble plus a modest smooth component, choosing weights that are robust (not optimized to the hilt). Candidate: et2, et3, hgb as the core (robust), plus a small poly3 and svr for smoothness. Let me evaluate a grid of simple blends on BOTH CV and val to choose. Let me write one script that: - loads bank (CV OOF for et2,et3,hgb,poly3,svr1,knn2) - computes val predictions for the same 6 models (fit on train, predict val) - evaluates candidate blends on both. Let me do it.
The pure MLP is unstable run-to-run, so I'll rely on tree diversity plus a modest smooth component. The tension is that `poly3` helps the 82-condition CV tail but hurts the 16-condition val. Let me choose weights that are robust on **both** proxies simultaneously.
bash
cd /app && cat > /app/robust_blend.py << 'PY'
import numpy as np, pandas as pd, warnings, pickle
warnings.filterwarnings('ignore')
from harness import *
from sklearn.ensemble import ExtraTreesRegressor, HistGradientBoostingRegressor
from sklearn.pipeline import make_pipeline
from sklearn.preprocessing import StandardScaler, PolynomialFeatures
from sklearn.linear_model import Ridge
from sklearn.svm import SVR
from sklearn.neighbors import KNeighborsRegressor

KEYS=['et2','et3','hgb','poly3','svr1','knn2']
def build(k):
    if k=='et2': return ExtraTreesRegressor(n_estimators=700,min_samples_leaf=1,n_jobs=-1,random_state=0),fe2
    if k=='et3': return ExtraTreesRegressor(n_estimators=700,min_samples_leaf=1,n_jobs=-1,random_state=1),fe3
    if k=='hgb': return HistGradientBoostingRegressor(max_iter=600,learning_rate=0.05,max_leaf_nodes=31,l2_regularization=1.0,random_state=0),fe2
    if k=='poly3': return make_pipeline(StandardScaler(),PolynomialFeatures(3),Ridge(alpha=20.0)),fe2
    if k=='svr1': return make_pipeline(StandardScaler(),SVR(C=50,gamma=0.03,epsilon=0.05)),fe2
    if k=='knn2': return make_pipeline(StandardScaler(),KNeighborsRegressor(n_neighbors=15,weights='distance')),fe3

d=pickle.load(open('/app/oof.pkl','rb')); bank=d['bank']; Ycv=d['Y']; Gcv=d['GROUPS']
tr,va=load(); va=add_conditions(va); yva=va[TARGET].values; cva=va['cond'].values
valp={}
for k in KEYS:
    m,tf=build(k); m.fit(tf(tr),tr[TARGET].values); valp[k]=m.predict(tf(va))

def ev(w):
    ws=np.array([w.get(k,0) for k in KEYS],float); ws=ws/ws.sum()
    pcv=sum(ws[i]*bank[KEYS[i]] for i in range(len(KEYS)))
    pva=sum(ws[i]*valp[KEYS[i]] for i in range(len(KEYS)))
    return metrics(Ycv,pcv,Gcv), metrics(yva,pva,cva)

cands={
 'et2': {'et2':1},
 'et3': {'et3':1},
 'et2+et3': {'et2':1,'et3':1},
 'et2+et3+hgb': {'et2':1,'et3':1,'hgb':1},
 '2et+hgb+poly.3': {'et2':1,'et3':1,'hgb':1,'poly3':0.3},
 '2et+hgb+poly.6': {'et2':1,'et3':1,'hgb':1,'poly3':0.6},
 '2et+hgb+svr.5': {'et2':1,'et3':1,'hgb':1,'svr1':0.5},
 '2et+hgb+poly.4+svr.4': {'et2':1,'et3':1,'hgb':1,'poly3':0.4,'svr1':0.4},
 '2et+hgb+poly.4+knn.4': {'et2':1,'et3':1,'hgb':1,'poly3':0.4,'knn2':0.4},
 'all': {'et2':1,'et3':1,'hgb':1,'poly3':0.4,'svr1':0.4,'knn2':0.3},
}
print('%-22s | %-38s | %-38s'%('blend','CV (82 cond)','VAL (16 cond)'))
for nm,w in cands.items():
    mc,mv=ev(w)
    f=lambda m:'r%.2f a%.2f p90_%.2f p95_%.2f mx%.2f'%(m['rmse'],m['mae'],m['p90'],m['p95'],m['max'])
    print('%-22s | %-38s | %-38s'%(nm,f(mc),f(mv)))
pickle.dump(valp, open('/app/valp.pkl','wb'))
PY
timeout 200 python3 /app/robust_blend.py
output
blend                  | CV (82 cond)                           | VAL (16 cond)                         
et2                    | r2.04 a1.50 p90_2.73 p95_3.63 mx5.12   | r2.12 a1.61 p90_3.07 p95_3.33 mx3.86  
et3                    | r2.08 a1.51 p90_2.72 p95_3.78 mx5.15   | r2.12 a1.63 p90_2.84 p95_3.25 mx4.05  
et2+et3                | r2.05 a1.50 p90_2.71 p95_3.70 mx5.07   | r2.11 a1.62 p90_2.95 p95_3.29 mx3.95  
et2+et3+hgb            | r2.00 a1.46 p90_2.77 p95_3.69 mx4.55   | r2.18 a1.63 p90_3.29 p95_3.57 mx3.96  
2et+hgb+poly.3         | r1.96 a1.44 p90_2.65 p95_3.64 mx4.21   | r2.15 a1.60 p90_3.19 p95_3.46 mx4.01  
2et+hgb+poly.6         | r1.94 a1.44 p90_2.60 p95_3.43 mx4.02   | r2.13 a1.61 p90_3.14 p95_3.45 mx4.09  
2et+hgb+svr.5          | r1.99 a1.45 p90_2.72 p95_3.65 mx4.88   | r2.15 a1.60 p90_3.26 p95_3.52 mx3.93  
2et+hgb+poly.4+svr.4   | r1.96 a1.45 p90_2.68 p95_3.58 mx4.43   | r2.13 a1.60 p90_3.17 p95_3.43 mx4.02  
2et+hgb+poly.4+knn.4   | r1.98 a1.46 p90_2.69 p95_3.67 mx4.19   | r2.17 a1.63 p90_3.12 p95_3.39 mx3.98  
all                    | r1.98 a1.46 p90_2.75 p95_3.63 mx4.47   | r2.15 a1.62 p90_3.15 p95_3.42 mx3.99
Observations: - CV p90 best ~2.60 (2et+hgb+poly.6), but VAL p90 ~3.1-3.3 for everything. - VAL p90 is consistently high (~2.8-3.3). et3 alone has the best VAL p90 (2.84). - The blends improve CV metrics but VAL p90 stays high. The VAL set's p90 is dominated by 1-2 hard conditions. Let me identify which val conditions are worst and whether they're intrinsically hard (high noise floor) or fixable. If they're the high-angle/extreme ones with high noise floors, then even the grader's hidden set, if it contains such conditions, would be hard , but the grader's p90 depends on how many conditions and their mix. Let me look at the per-condition RMSE on val for the best blend to see the worst 3 conditions and their noise floors. Actually, I realize the key question is: will the hidden set's p90 be closer to my CV estimate (~2.6) or my val estimate (~3.1)? The difference is the NUMBER of conditions. Let me reconsider the val set: 16 conditions. p90 = 90th percentile = the value at index 0.9*15 = 13.5, i.e., between 14th and 15th sorted (2nd worst-ish). So val p90 ≈ 2nd worst of 16. For CV with 82 conditions, p90 = index 0.9*81 = 72.9, i.e., ~10th worst of 82. More stable. If the hidden set has N conditions, and the per-condition RMSE distribution is as in CV (p90=2.6, p95=3.4, max=5), then: - If N is large (~80), p90 ~ 2.6. - If N is small (~16), p90 is the 2nd worst, which is more like the CV's p88-ish... actually the 2nd worst of a 16-sample from the distribution. The distribution's upper tail: p95=3.4, max=5. A 16-sample's 2nd-worst is around the 88th percentile of the parent ~ 2.5-3.5. So small N → higher, more variable p90. So the hidden p90 could be anywhere from 2.5 to 3.5 depending on N and luck. To robustly pass p90<=2.35, I'd need the per-condition distribution's ~90th percentile well below 2.35, meaning most conditions <2.0. That's hard. I need to substantially reduce per-condition errors across the board. Let me reconsider if there's a data aspect I'm missing. Let me reconsider the noise floor estimate. I found within-condition residual-from-degree4-fit std ~0.64 median, 1.36 high-angle. But if labels have added noise with std ~0.6-1.0, the per-condition RMSE floor is ~0.6-1.0 for low-angle and ~1.3 for high. A great model might achieve per-condition RMSE ~1.0-1.5 for most conditions, giving p90 ~1.8-2.2. That WOULD pass. So the target is achievable with a near-optimal model. My models are at ~2.7 p90, so there's a real gap to close (~1.0 in the tail). The gap is model bias on held-out conditions. How to close it? The model must predict the spectrum of a NEW condition accurately. Big idea I haven't tried: exploit the smoothness ACROSS conditions more explicitly via a well-structured model. The spectrum SPL(St) collapses. Let me actually TEST the collapse quality: fit a single smooth curve SPL vs st (ignoring condition) and measure residual. Then add condition corrections. If collapse is good, a low-dimensional model suffices and generalizes. Let me test: regress SPL on a flexible function of st alone (spline), measure residual std. Then see what condition variables explain the residual. Actually earlier additive spline on [lf,st,a,...] gave rmse 3.8 , poor. So collapse vs st alone isn't enough; amplitude varies strongly with condition. Let me reconsider. The amplitude (overall level) of SPL depends on velocity (U^5 scaling → ~25 log10(U)), chord, etc. The SHAPE depends on st. Let me build: SPL ≈ f_level(U, c, a, δ*) + f_shape(st; maybe modulated). The level term: in BPM, SPL scales with 10*log10(δ* M^5 ...). Let me just give the model strong level features: lv (log U), and let trees handle it. Trees already have these. I think trees are near their limit. Let me try the thing that theoretically should nail a collapse-type structure: a GAM-like or a neural net that's properly regularized. But MLP was unstable. Let me reconsider gradient boosting with monotonic constraints? Not obviously helpful. Let me tr …[truncated]
VAL p90 is dominated by 1–2 hard conditions. A promising untested idea: since inputs are jittered versions of a discrete grid, **snapping features to their canonical levels denoises inputs**, removes jitter-induced within-condition prediction wiggle, and may help trees generalize to new grid combinations. Let me test snapping frequency/angle/chord/velocity to canonical levels.
bash
cd /app && timeout 250 python3 -c "
import numpy as np, pandas as pd, warnings
warnings.filterwarnings('ignore')
from harness import *
from sklearn.ensemble import ExtraTreesRegressor, HistGradientBoostingRegressor

def canon_levels(values, thr):
    v=np.sort(values); labels=np.zeros(len(v),int); cur=0
    for i in range(1,len(v)):
        if v[i]-v[i-1]>thr: cur+=1
        labels[i]=cur
    return np.array([v[labels==l].mean() for l in range(cur+1)])

def snap_to(values, levels):
    idx=np.argmin(np.abs(values[:,None]-levels[None,:]),axis=1); return levels[idx]

tr,va=load(); ALL=add_conditions(pd.concat([tr,va],ignore_index=True))
# build canonical levels from ALL (robust)
lv_freq=canon_levels(ALL['frequency'].values, 15.0)
lv_a=canon_levels(ALL['attack_angle'].values,0.12)
lv_c=canon_levels(ALL['chord_length'].values,0.005)
lv_v=canon_levels(ALL['free_stream_velocity'].values,0.5)
print('n levels freq,a,c,v =',len(lv_freq),len(lv_a),len(lv_c),len(lv_v))

def snap_df(df):
    d=df.copy()
    d['frequency']=snap_to(df['frequency'].values,lv_freq)
    d['attack_angle']=snap_to(df['attack_angle'].values,lv_a)
    d['chord_length']=snap_to(df['chord_length'].values,lv_c)
    d['free_stream_velocity']=snap_to(df['free_stream_velocity'].values,lv_v)
    # snap thickness to per-condition mean (denoise)
    d['suction_side_displacement_thickness']=df.groupby(add_conditions(df)['cond'])['suction_side_displacement_thickness'].transform('mean').values if False else df['suction_side_displacement_thickness'].values
    return d

G=ALL['cond'].values; Y=ALL[TARGET].values
uniq=pd.unique(G); rng=np.random.RandomState(0); perm=rng.permutation(len(uniq))
NS=10; fo={c:(i%NS) for i,c in enumerate(uniq[perm])}; FOLDS=np.array([fo[c] for c in G])
ALLs=snap_df(ALL)
for nm,Xall in [('raw',fe2(ALL)),('snapped',fe2(ALLs))]:
    o=np.zeros(len(Y))
    for f in range(NS):
        trm=FOLDS!=f; tem=FOLDS==f
        m=ExtraTreesRegressor(n_estimators=600,min_samples_leaf=1,n_jobs=-1,random_state=0).fit(Xall[trm],Y[trm]); o[tem]=m.predict(Xall[tem])
    report('ET '+nm+' [CV]', metrics(Y,o,G))
# val check
tr2=tr.copy(); va2=va.copy()
trs=snap_df(tr); vas=snap_df(va)
for nm,(Xtr,Xva) in [('raw',(fe2(tr),fe2(va))),('snap',(fe2(trs),fe2(vas)))]:
    m=ExtraTreesRegressor(n_estimators=600,min_samples_leaf=1,n_jobs=-1,random_state=0).fit(Xtr,tr[TARGET].values)
    report('ET '+nm+' [val]', metrics(va[TARGET].values,m.predict(Xva),add_conditions(va)['cond'].values))
"
output
n levels freq,a,c,v = 23 23 6 4
ET raw [CV]                  rmse=2.037 mae=1.496 p90=2.727 p95=3.634 max=5.117 | OK OK XX OK OK 
ET snapped [CV]              rmse=2.042 mae=1.493 p90=2.778 p95=3.676 max=5.213 | OK OK XX OK OK 
ET raw [val]                 rmse=2.129 mae=1.622 p90=3.085 p95=3.348 max=3.874 | OK XX XX OK OK 
ET snap [val]                rmse=2.050 mae=1.545 p90=2.860 p95=3.336 max=4.004 | OK OK XX OK OK
Snapping helps on VAL: rmse 2.050 (vs 2.129), mae 1.545 (vs 1.622, now passes!), p90 2.860 (vs 3.085), p95 3.336, max 4.004. On CV it's roughly neutral (slightly worse p90 but within noise). So snapping improves the independent val generalization notably, especially mae and p90. Wait, but there's subtlety: snapping thickness , I left it as raw (the False branch). Let me also try snapping thickness to per-condition mean, which should denoise further. Also note: frequency has 23 levels now (21 canonical + maybe a couple split). And 'a' has 23 (some over-split). Over-splitting levels is fine (just less denoising). The val improvement is meaningful. Let me combine snapping + blend. Let me also snap thickness per-condition. But at test time, per-condition thickness mean requires grouping test rows by condition , fine if multiple rows per condition, but risky if single row. Since thickness jitter is only 0.2%, snapping thickness barely matters. Let me snap thickness to per-condition mean using the condition grouping (robust enough). Let me now build the full pipeline with snapping + the tree blend, and evaluate on both CV and val. Let me also reconsider: since snapping makes all rows in a condition at the same canonical frequency identical, the model gives identical predictions for them , removing within-condition variance from jitter. Good. Let me also try: with snapped features, does adding poly3/smooth still help or hurt val? Let me build the final candidate: snapped features + (et2 + et3 + hgb) blend, and check both proxies. Let me also test snapped + MLP. Let me be efficient and build the final model now, with snapping integrated, and evaluate a couple of blends on both CV and val. Given budget, I'll aim to finalize after this. Let me reconsider canonical level thresholds for robustness at test time. The grader stages hidden features with the same schema. I'll compute canonical levels from the TRAINING (labeled) data only (train+val), which is fixed and known. Then snap test features to nearest canonical level. For chord (6) and velocity (4), this is exact. For frequency (~21-23) and angle (~19-23), snapping to nearest canonical is safe since hidden uses same grid. But careful: the hidden test might contain canonical levels NOT present in train+val (e.g., an angle value that never appears in labeled data). Snapping to nearest known level would then be slightly wrong, but the jitter-sized error is tiny and snapping to a nearby real level is still reasonable. Actually if a whole condition is held out, its (a,c,v) combination is new, but the individual a, c, v VALUES likely still appear in other training conditions (since the grid is shared). Chord/velocity definitely (only 6/4 values). Angle: the held-out condition's angle value probably appears in other conditions too. So snapping is safe. However, there's a risk: if a hidden angle level is entirely absent from labeled data, snapping to nearest could merge it. But then the model would have no training data at that angle anyway, so prediction is hard regardless. Snapping to nearest known angle is a reasonable fallback. Let me finalize with snapping. Let me build the final pipeline and evaluate blends. Actually, to be safe and simple, for frequency and angle I'll snap to canonical levels; for chord and velocity too. This denoises. I'll compute levels from labeled data. Let me write the final model class with snapping, and evaluate et-blend and et-blend+smooth on CV and val. Let me also quickly test snapping thickness per-condition. Let me build it and run both evaluations.
Snapping features to their canonical grid clearly helps the independent validation split (MAE now passes, p90 drops to 2.86). Let me integrate snapping into the blend and evaluate on both proxies, also testing per-condition thickness denoising.
bash
cd /app && cat > /app/snap_util.py << 'PY'
import numpy as np, pandas as pd
from harness import add_conditions

def canon_levels(values, thr):
    v=np.sort(np.asarray(values,float)); labels=np.zeros(len(v),int); cur=0
    for i in range(1,len(v)):
        if v[i]-v[i-1]>thr: cur+=1
        labels[i]=cur
    return np.array([v[labels==l].mean() for l in range(cur+1)])

def fit_snapper(df):
    return {
      'frequency': canon_levels(df['frequency'].values,15.0),
      'attack_angle': canon_levels(df['attack_angle'].values,0.12),
      'chord_length': canon_levels(df['chord_length'].values,0.005),
      'free_stream_velocity': canon_levels(df['free_stream_velocity'].values,0.5),
    }

def _snap(values, levels):
    idx=np.argmin(np.abs(np.asarray(values,float)[:,None]-levels[None,:]),axis=1); return levels[idx]

def apply_snapper(df, levels, snap_thickness=True):
    d=df.copy()
    for k,lv in levels.items():
        d[k]=_snap(df[k].values, lv)
    if snap_thickness:
        cond=add_conditions(d)['cond']
        d['suction_side_displacement_thickness']=d.groupby(cond)['suction_side_displacement_thickness'].transform('mean').values
    return d
PY
timeout 260 python3 -c "
import numpy as np, pandas as pd, warnings, pickle
warnings.filterwarnings('ignore')
from harness import *
from snap_util import fit_snapper, apply_snapper
from sklearn.ensemble import ExtraTreesRegressor, HistGradientBoostingRegressor
from sklearn.pipeline import make_pipeline
from sklearn.preprocessing import StandardScaler, PolynomialFeatures
from sklearn.linear_model import Ridge

tr,va=load(); ALL=add_conditions(pd.concat([tr,va],ignore_index=True))
lev=fit_snapper(ALL)
G=ALL['cond'].values; Y=ALL[TARGET].values
uniq=pd.unique(G); rng=np.random.RandomState(0); perm=rng.permutation(len(uniq))
NS=10; fo={c:(i%NS) for i,c in enumerate(uniq[perm])}; FOLDS=np.array([fo[c] for c in G])

def models():
    return {
     'et2':(ExtraTreesRegressor(n_estimators=700,min_samples_leaf=1,n_jobs=-1,random_state=0),fe2),
     'et3':(ExtraTreesRegressor(n_estimators=700,min_samples_leaf=1,n_jobs=-1,random_state=1),fe3),
     'hgb':(HistGradientBoostingRegressor(max_iter=600,learning_rate=0.05,max_leaf_nodes=31,l2_regularization=1.0,random_state=0),fe2),
     'poly3':(make_pipeline(StandardScaler(),PolynomialFeatures(3),Ridge(alpha=20.0)),fe2),
    }
# snapped feature matrices
ALLs=apply_snapper(ALL,lev)
Xs={k:tf(ALLs) for k,(m,tf) in models().items()}
oofs={}
for k,(m,tf) in models().items():
    o=np.zeros(len(Y)); X=Xs[k]
    from sklearn.base import clone
    for f in range(NS):
        trm=FOLDS!=f; tem=FOLDS==f
        mm=clone(m); mm.fit(X[trm],Y[trm]); o[tem]=mm.predict(X[tem])
    oofs[k]=o
# val
trs=apply_snapper(add_conditions(tr),lev); vas=apply_snapper(va,lev)
valp={}
for k,(m,tf) in models().items():
    from sklearn.base import clone
    mm=clone(m); mm.fit(tf(trs),tr[TARGET].values); valp[k]=mm.predict(tf(vas))
yva=va[TARGET].values; cva=add_conditions(va)['cond'].values
def ev(w):
    ws={k:w.get(k,0) for k in oofs}; s=sum(ws.values())
    pc=sum(ws[k]/s*oofs[k] for k in oofs); pv=sum(ws[k]/s*valp[k] for k in oofs)
    return metrics(Y,pc,G), metrics(yva,pv,cva)
for nm,w in {'et2':{'et2':1},'et3':{'et3':1},'et2+et3':{'et2':1,'et3':1},'2et+hgb':{'et2':1,'et3':1,'hgb':1},'2et+hgb+poly.4':{'et2':1,'et3':1,'hgb':1,'poly3':0.4}}.items():
    mc,mv=ev(w)
    f=lambda m:'r%.2f a%.2f p90_%.2f p95_%.2f mx%.2f'%(m['rmse'],m['mae'],m['p90'],m['p95'],m['max'])
    print('%-16s | CV %-36s | VAL %s'%(nm,f(mc),f(mv)))
pickle.dump({'oofs':oofs,'valp':valp,'Y':Y,'G':G,'yva':yva,'cva':cva}, open('/app/snap_oof.pkl','wb'))
"
output
et2              | CV r2.04 a1.49 p90_2.79 p95_3.60 mx5.27 | VAL r2.06 a1.55 p90_2.85 p95_3.29 mx4.01
et3              | CV r2.07 a1.49 p90_2.80 p95_3.66 mx5.03 | VAL r2.05 a1.56 p90_2.69 p95_3.17 mx4.06
et2+et3          | CV r2.05 a1.49 p90_2.79 p95_3.63 mx5.15 | VAL r2.05 a1.55 p90_2.77 p95_3.23 mx4.03
2et+hgb          | CV r2.01 a1.45 p90_2.77 p95_3.60 mx4.92 | VAL r2.08 a1.55 p90_3.07 p95_3.40 mx4.02
2et+hgb+poly.4   | CV r1.96 a1.43 p90_2.76 p95_3.54 mx4.31 | VAL r2.05 a1.54 p90_3.00 p95_3.42 mx4.06
With snapping: - et3 alone: VAL r2.05 a1.56 p90_2.69 p95_3.17 mx4.06; CV r2.07 a1.49 p90_2.80. - et2+et3: VAL p90 2.77; CV p90 2.79. Snapping helped val a lot (mae now ~1.55, p90 ~2.7). But p90 still ~2.7-2.8, above 2.35. I keep hitting p90 ~2.7. This is a robust floor for these models. The target 2.35 seems to require something more. Let me reconsider the whole thing. Maybe I should look at whether the hidden test set is the REMAINDER of UCI (larger), and whether the per-condition RMSE distribution with a good model naturally has p90 ~2.35. Actually, let me reconsider the noise floor more carefully , maybe the benchmark noise is LOWER than my degree-4 estimate suggested (degree 4 overfits within-condition). Let me estimate noise via a cleaner method: the difference between adjacent-frequency SPL values after removing smooth trend, or via repeated measurements. Actually, let me reconsider: the benchmark is "calibrated" , maybe the calibration is a smooth deterministic transform of UCI SPL, and my within-condition residual (0.64 median) is the real irreducible noise + spectral complexity. If irreducible noise is ~0.5-0.7, then a model achieving per-condition RMSE ~1.0-1.3 on most conditions would give p90 ~2.0 → PASS. My models are at ~1.5-2.0 for most conditions but with a tail of high-angle ones at 2.5-3.5. So the tail (high-angle, ~19 conditions) is the issue. If I could get high-angle per-condition RMSE from ~2.5 down to ~1.8, p90 would drop below 2.35. Let me REALLY focus on high-angle. Let me build a SEPARATE specialized model for high-angle conditions, or add features that specifically help. Idea: At high angle, flow separates and the noise is dominated by separation/stall noise, which in BPM depends on angle relative to a critical angle and has a different spectral shape. The transition creates a discontinuity-like behavior that a single smooth model struggles with. A tree model should handle the regime switch, but data is sparse there. Let me check: how many TRAINING conditions are high-angle (>12°)? Earlier 19 of 82 total. So ~16 in train. For a held-out high-angle condition, there are ~15 other high-angle conditions to learn from. Sparse. Let me reconsider: maybe data augmentation or a better inductive bias. Alternative high-leverage idea: The within-condition spectrum, for high angle, is noisier (1.36 floor). But maybe part of that "noise" is the model... no, that was measured on TRUE labels. So high-angle conditions genuinely have ~1.36 dB scatter around a smooth curve. That's a real floor. So the best possible per-condition RMSE for high-angle is ~1.36 (if we nail the smooth curve). My model gets ~2.5, so the smooth-curve prediction is biased by ~2.1 (since 2.5² ≈ 1.36² + bias², bias ≈ 2.1). So there's ~2 dB of reducible bias on high-angle held-out conditions. Closing that gets them to ~1.5, and p90 to ~2.0. Achievable in principle. To reduce high-angle bias, the model must predict the right spectral LEVEL and SHAPE for new high-angle conditions. Trees extrapolate flat. Let me check: are the worst high-angle conditions at the EXTREME angles (19.7, 22.2) where extrapolation is needed, or interior (12-17)? Earlier worst included 12.65, 19.69, 22.2, 17.4 , mix. Let me try a targeted approach: a model specifically for the high-angle regime that extrapolates better. E.g., fit a smooth (poly/SVR) model on high-angle data only, blend with trees for high-angle rows. But this is getting complex and risky given budget. Let me step back and reconsider the REWARD. "reward >= 0.50 means solved." Maybe I don't need ALL metrics perfectly; reward is bottlenecked by weakest metric but maybe partial credit. The instruction says to pass solved boundary ALL must meet targets. But reward could be >0 and the task might value getting close. However, the task explicitly defines solved as all metrics meeting targets. I should aim for that. Given my time/token budget, let me make a pragmatic decision: ship the best robus …[truncated]
Snapping helps broadly (MAE passes, p90 ~2.7). Pure ExtraTrees bagging (fe2+fe3) is the most *balanced* across both proxies. Let me test a heavier multi-seed ExtraTrees bag on snapped features to squeeze out variance.
bash
cd /app && timeout 260 python3 -c "
import numpy as np, pandas as pd, warnings
warnings.filterwarnings('ignore')
from harness import *
from snap_util import fit_snapper, apply_snapper
from sklearn.ensemble import ExtraTreesRegressor, HistGradientBoostingRegressor
tr,va=load(); ALL=add_conditions(pd.concat([tr,va],ignore_index=True))
lev=fit_snapper(ALL)
trs=apply_snapper(add_conditions(tr),lev); vas=apply_snapper(va,lev)
yva=va[TARGET].values; cva=add_conditions(va)['cond'].values
X2tr,X3tr=fe2(trs),fe3(trs); X2va,X3va=fe2(vas),fe3(vas)
def etbag(nseed2,nseed3,ntrees=700):
    preds=[]
    for s in range(nseed2):
        m=ExtraTreesRegressor(n_estimators=ntrees,min_samples_leaf=1,n_jobs=-1,random_state=s).fit(X2tr,tr[TARGET].values); preds.append(m.predict(X2va))
    for s in range(nseed3):
        m=ExtraTreesRegressor(n_estimators=ntrees,min_samples_leaf=1,n_jobs=-1,random_state=100+s).fit(X3tr,tr[TARGET].values); preds.append(m.predict(X3va))
    return np.mean(preds,0)
for n2,n3 in [(1,0),(2,2),(3,2),(4,3)]:
    report(f'ETbag fe2x{n2} fe3x{n3} [val]', metrics(yva,etbag(n2,n3),cva))
# also ETbag + small hgb
hgb=HistGradientBoostingRegressor(max_iter=600,learning_rate=0.05,max_leaf_nodes=31,l2_regularization=1.0,random_state=0).fit(X2tr,tr[TARGET].values)
ph=hgb.predict(X2va); pe=etbag(3,2)
for wh in [0.15,0.3]:
    report(f'ETbag+hgb*{wh} [val]', metrics(yva,(1-wh)*pe+wh*ph,cva))
"
output
ETbag fe2x1 fe3x0 [val]      rmse=2.057 mae=1.553 p90=2.852 p95=3.292 max=4.010 | OK XX XX OK OK 
ETbag fe2x2 fe3x2 [val]      rmse=2.067 mae=1.562 p90=2.806 p95=3.235 max=4.039 | OK XX XX OK OK 
ETbag fe2x3 fe3x2 [val]      rmse=2.066 mae=1.559 p90=2.825 p95=3.254 max=4.037 | OK XX XX OK OK 
ETbag fe2x4 fe3x3 [val]      rmse=2.064 mae=1.557 p90=2.822 p95=3.251 max=4.036 | OK XX XX OK OK 
ETbag+hgb*0.15 [val]         rmse=2.071 mae=1.553 p90=2.944 p95=3.317 max=4.026 | OK XX XX OK OK 
ETbag+hgb*0.3 [val]          rmse=2.085 mae=1.551 p90=3.073 p95=3.392 max=4.021 | OK XX XX OK OK
ETbag converges to val p90 ~2.82, rmse 2.06, mae ~1.56. Adding hgb worsens val p90. So pure ET bag is best and stable. I'm firmly stuck at p90 ~2.7-2.85 on both proxies. This is the ceiling of what these models achieve. The target p90 <= 2.35 requires closing the high-angle bias gap, which standard sklearn models don't achieve here. Let me think ONE more time, differently. The within-condition curve is smooth. For a held-out condition, the model must produce the right curve. What if I build a model that predicts curve PARAMETERS rather than pointwise SPL? E.g., for each condition, the spectrum SPL(lf) ≈ a low-order function. But the parameters must be predicted from (a,c,v,δ*), and held-out conditions need interpolation of parameters , same generalization problem. Alternatively , and this could be the key , the problem is fundamentally about EXTRAPOLATION at extreme angles. Trees extrapolate flat → bias. A model that extrapolates with the correct physical TREND would fix high-angle. Let me look specifically: for the worst val condition, is the model over- or under-predicting, and is it an extreme-angle extrapolation? Let me check the worst 3 val conditions for ETbag. Actually, let me reconsider the possibility that I should INCLUDE the validation data in training for the final model (I will, since I train on all labeled data). That gives the model 85 conditions instead of 69 → better coverage → lower bias on held-out hidden conditions. My train->val evaluation UNDERESTIMATES final performance because it trains on only 69 conditions. The final model trains on all 85, so the hidden set (new conditions) benefits from denser coverage. Similarly, my 10-fold CV trains on ~74 conditions. The final model trains on 85. So the true hidden performance should be somewhat BETTER than both proxies. That's encouraging , maybe hidden p90 ~2.4-2.6, close to target. Also, the hidden set presumably has conditions from the same grid; with 85 training conditions covering the grid well, held-out ones are more interpolation than extrapolation (except extreme angles). Given all this, my best robust model (snapped ET bag, possibly + tiny smoothing) gives proxies: rmse ~2.05, mae ~1.55, p90 ~2.8, p95 ~3.25, max ~4.0. With full-data training, hidden likely a bit better. p90 is the risk. Let me make a final push on p90 specifically via a smooth physics extrapolation blended ONLY where trees extrapolate (high angle). A clean way: blend trees with poly3, but weight poly3 more for high-angle rows. Let me test an angle-dependent blend: w_poly(a) increases with angle. This targets the tail without hurting low-angle. Let me test on val: pred = (1-g(a))*ETbag + g(a)*poly3, where g(a)=clip((a-10)/15,0,0.5). Fit poly3 on snapped train. Let me test a few g schedules on val AND check CV (via cached snap_oof which has poly3 and et2/et3 OOF + need angle). I have snap_oof.pkl with oofs for et2,et3,hgb,poly3 and Y,G. I need angle per row for CV. Let me recompute with angle. Let me just test on val first (fast), then confirm on CV.
ETbag plateaus at p90≈2.82. Trees extrapolate flat at extreme angles (the bias source). Let me try an **angle-dependent blend**: use the smooth poly model more heavily only at high angles where trees extrapolate poorly, leaving low angles to the trees.
bash
cd /app && timeout 260 python3 -c "
import numpy as np, pandas as pd, warnings
warnings.filterwarnings('ignore')
from harness import *
from snap_util import fit_snapper, apply_snapper
from sklearn.ensemble import ExtraTreesRegressor
from sklearn.pipeline import make_pipeline
from sklearn.preprocessing import StandardScaler, PolynomialFeatures
from sklearn.linear_model import Ridge
tr,va=load(); ALL=add_conditions(pd.concat([tr,va],ignore_index=True))
lev=fit_snapper(ALL)
trs=apply_snapper(add_conditions(tr),lev); vas=apply_snapper(va,lev)
yva=va[TARGET].values; cva=add_conditions(va)['cond'].values
X2tr,X3tr=fe2(trs),fe3(trs); X2va,X3va=fe2(vas),fe3(vas)
pe=np.mean([ExtraTreesRegressor(700,min_samples_leaf=1,n_jobs=-1,random_state=s).fit(X2tr,tr[TARGET].values).predict(X2va) for s in range(3)]+
           [ExtraTreesRegressor(700,min_samples_leaf=1,n_jobs=-1,random_state=100+s).fit(X3tr,tr[TARGET].values).predict(X3va) for s in range(2)],0)
poly=make_pipeline(StandardScaler(),PolynomialFeatures(3),Ridge(alpha=20.0)).fit(X2tr,tr[TARGET].values)
pp=poly.predict(X2va)
ava=vas['attack_angle'].values
report('ETbag', metrics(yva,pe,cva))
for a0,span,cap in [(10,15,0.4),(8,14,0.5),(12,12,0.5),(10,12,0.6)]:
    g=np.clip((ava-a0)/span,0,cap)
    report(f'angleblend a0{a0} span{span} cap{cap}', metrics(yva,(1-g)*pe+g*pp,cva))
"
output
ETbag                        rmse=2.066 mae=1.559 p90=2.825 p95=3.254 max=4.037 | OK XX XX OK OK 
angleblend a010 span15 cap0.4 rmse=2.051 mae=1.531 p90=2.939 p95=3.476 max=4.037 | OK OK XX OK OK 
angleblend a08 span14 cap0.5 rmse=2.038 mae=1.515 p90=2.962 p95=3.553 max=4.037 | OK OK XX OK OK 
angleblend a012 span12 cap0.5 rmse=2.098 mae=1.567 p90=3.033 p95=3.513 max=4.037 | OK XX XX OK OK 
angleblend a010 span12 cap0.6 rmse=2.070 mae=1.534 p90=3.064 p95=3.637 max=4.037 | OK OK XX OK OK
The angle-dependent blend improves rmse/mae slightly but WORSENS p90 (2.94-3.06 vs 2.82). So poly3 at high angle hurts the worst condition. poly3 isn't accurate enough at high angle to help. OK. I've thoroughly explored. The robust floor is p90 ~2.7-2.85 on my proxies. Given the final model trains on all 85 conditions (denser than proxies), the hidden p90 might be somewhat lower. Let me reconsider whether my proxies are pessimistic in another way: The grader's percentile method. Let me reconsider: the task lists p90_condition_rmse target 2.35, p95 4.75, max 5.60. Notice the LARGE gap between p90 (2.35) and p95 (4.75) and max (5.60). This suggests the grader EXPECTS a distribution where ~90% of conditions are ≤2.35 but the worst few can be up to 5.60. My ETbag: CV p90 2.79, p95 3.60, max ~4.9. The p95 and max are comfortably within targets (4.75, 5.60). Only p90 exceeds (2.79 vs 2.35). So I need the 90th percentile down to 2.35 while the tail (p95, max) is already fine. This means I need to tighten the BULK of conditions (get more conditions below 2.35), not the extreme tail. Currently (from earlier raw et2) ~76% of conditions ≤2.35. I need ~90% ≤2.35. So I need to move ~14% of conditions (the ones in the 2.35-2.8 band) below 2.35. These are MODERATELY hard conditions, not the extreme tail. This reframes the problem: it's not about the 1-2 worst conditions (those are allowed up to 5.6), but about the broad middle-upper conditions at 2.4-2.8. To push those down, I need broadly better accuracy (lower variance + bias) , exactly what good ensembling and denoising do. Snapping helped. Let me reconsider: the within-condition variance from jitter is removed by snapping. But there's still model variance. Heavy bagging reduces it. Let me quantify: with snapping + heavy ET bag, what fraction of CV conditions are ≤2.35? Let me compute the distribution on CV for the snapped ET bag. If I can get to ~88-90% that's borderline pass. Let me also reconsider: maybe a different base learner reduces the mid-tail. HGB had better max/p95 but worse p90. RF worse. ET best p90. Let me reconsider feature engineering for ACCURACY (not just ratios). The mid-tail conditions might benefit from better spectral features. Let me reconsider: the spectrum peak location in Strouhal. Adding (st - st_peak) type features? st_peak depends on condition. Hard. Given budget, let me quantify the CV condition distribution for the snapped heavy ET bag, and compute an honest "combined" estimate. Then finalize. Let me compute the fraction ≤2.35 and p90 on the full 82-condition CV for the snapped ET bag (multi-seed). This is my best estimate. Let me run a proper grouped CV with the snapped heavy bag. Let me run CV (10-fold) with snapping applied per-fold (snap using levels from full labeled data , fine since levels are just grid positions) and heavy ET bag. Report distribution. Given time, let me do 8 or 10 fold with a 3-seed fe2 + 2-seed fe3 bag. That's 5 models × 10 folds = 50 ET fits (~fast, trees are quick, ~1-2s each) → ~100s. OK.
The key insight: p95 (4.75) and max (5.60) targets are easily met, only **p90 (2.35)** binds, meaning I need ~90% of conditions (not just the worst) below 2.35. That's about broad accuracy. Let me measure the full per-condition distribution for the snapped heavy ET bag via proper grouped CV.
bash
cd /app && timeout 290 python3 -c "
import numpy as np, pandas as pd, warnings
warnings.filterwarnings('ignore')
from harness import *
from snap_util import fit_snapper, apply_snapper
from sklearn.ensemble import ExtraTreesRegressor
tr,va=load(); ALL=add_conditions(pd.concat([tr,va],ignore_index=True))
lev=fit_snapper(ALL); ALLs=apply_snapper(ALL,lev)
G=ALL['cond'].values; Y=ALL[TARGET].values
X2=fe2(ALLs); X3=fe3(ALLs)
uniq=pd.unique(G); rng=np.random.RandomState(0); perm=rng.permutation(len(uniq))
NS=10; fo={c:(i%NS) for i,c in enumerate(uniq[perm])}; FOLDS=np.array([fo[c] for c in G])
oof=np.zeros(len(Y))
for f in range(NS):
    trm=FOLDS!=f; tem=FOLDS==f
    ps=[]
    for s in range(3): ps.append(ExtraTreesRegressor(600,min_samples_leaf=1,n_jobs=-1,random_state=s).fit(X2[trm],Y[trm]).predict(X2[tem]))
    for s in range(2): ps.append(ExtraTreesRegressor(600,min_samples_leaf=1,n_jobs=-1,random_state=100+s).fit(X3[trm],Y[trm]).predict(X3[tem]))
    oof[tem]=np.mean(ps,0)
m=metrics(Y,oof,G); report('snapped ETbag [CV]',m)
df=pd.DataFrame({'e':oof-Y,'c':G}); per=df.groupby('c')['e'].apply(lambda s:np.sqrt(np.mean(s.values**2)))
print('n cond',len(per))
for thr in [2.0,2.35,2.5]: print(f'  frac<= {thr}: {(per<=thr).mean():.3f}')
print('percentiles p85 %.3f p88 %.3f p90 %.3f p92 %.3f'%tuple(np.percentile(per,[85,88,90,92])))
"
output
snapped ETbag [CV]           rmse=2.045 mae=1.485 p90=2.747 p95=3.660 max=5.161 | OK OK XX OK OK 
n cond 82
  frac<= 2.0: 0.634
  frac<= 2.35: 0.793
  frac<= 2.5: 0.829
percentiles p85 2.523 p88 2.692 p90 2.747 p92 2.910
79.3% of conditions ≤2.35. I need ~90%. So I need to move ~10 percentage points (8-9 conditions) from the 2.35-2.75 band below 2.35. p90 is 2.747. This requires broadly better accuracy. I've tried many models. Let me think about whether there's a smarter feature or a fundamentally better approach. Let me reconsider: the within-condition noise floor median was 0.64, but high-angle 1.36. With 82 conditions, if ~19 are high-angle with floor ~1.36 and model ~2.5, and ~63 low-angle with floor ~0.6 and model ~1.5... The p90 (82 conditions) = ~74th value. The high-angle ones (19) occupy the top. So the 74th-75th value is around the boundary between low and high angle difficulty. To get p90 ≤2.35, I need the ~8 worst high-angle conditions to be ≤2.35 and only allow 8 above. Currently ~17 conditions above 2.35. So I DO need to fix high-angle conditions after all (they're the ones in 2.35-3.5). The p95/max being OK means the 1-2 absolute worst are <4.75/5.6, but there's a cluster of high-angle conditions in 2.4-3.5 that push p90 up. To fix high-angle broadly, I need better high-angle predictions. poly3 wasn't accurate enough. Let me think about what IS accurate for high angle. Key idea: maybe TRAIN A SEPARATE MODEL for high-angle conditions using only high-angle data, so it specializes. Or add an interaction that captures the stall regime. Actually, let me reconsider the features. At high angle, the relevant physics is separation noise which scales differently. The displacement thickness δ* is much larger. The Strouhal st = f·δ*/U. Maybe at high angle, a DIFFERENT length scale matters (chord, or δ* on pressure side). Let me try adding more features that might help high angle: - ratio δ*/c (relative thickness) , already have delta_c. - angle × δ* interactions. - The "separation" indicator. I tried fe3 with more angle features; it didn't help CV. Let me try a genuinely different tactic: GradientBoosting with quantile/huber loss won't fix bias. Let me reconsider: what if the issue is that high-angle conditions need the model to EXTRAPOLATE in δ* (since high angle → large δ* beyond the range seen at that chord)? Let me check if high-angle held-out conditions have δ* outside the training range. Actually, I'm going deep. Let me take a practical step: build a 2-regime model. Fit ET on all data (global). Separately, for high-angle rows, the global ET already uses all data. A specialized high-angle ET trained ONLY on high-angle data would have all its trees focused there, potentially better resolution. Let me test: for high-angle test rows, blend global ET with a high-angle-specialist ET. Check CV high-angle conditions. Let me test this via CV quickly: train specialist on angle>10 training rows, predict high-angle test rows, blend with global. Actually, simpler and possibly effective: since the problem is held-out conditions and high-angle sparsity, let me reconsider whether MORE aggressive ExtraTrees settings (e.g., more trees, lower min_samples_leaf is already 1) or RandomForest with bootstrap help high-angle. Probably not. Let me try the specialist approach quickly on CV, measuring high-angle condition RMSE. Given token budget (~93k), I should converge soon. Let me do the specialist test, and if it helps, integrate; otherwise finalize with the snapped ETbag. Let me test specialist blend for high-angle.
79% of conditions are ≤2.35; I need ~90%. The gap is a cluster of high-angle conditions at 2.4–3.5. Let me test a **high-angle specialist** model (trees trained only on high-angle data) blended in for high-angle rows.
bash
cd /app && timeout 290 python3 -c "
import numpy as np, pandas as pd, warnings
warnings.filterwarnings('ignore')
from harness import *
from snap_util import fit_snapper, apply_snapper
from sklearn.ensemble import ExtraTreesRegressor
tr,va=load(); ALL=add_conditions(pd.concat([tr,va],ignore_index=True))
lev=fit_snapper(ALL); ALLs=apply_snapper(ALL,lev)
G=ALL['cond'].values; Y=ALL[TARGET].values; A=ALLs['attack_angle'].values
X2=fe2(ALLs); X3=fe3(ALLs)
uniq=pd.unique(G); rng=np.random.RandomState(0); perm=rng.permutation(len(uniq))
NS=10; fo={c:(i%NS) for i,c in enumerate(uniq[perm])}; FOLDS=np.array([fo[c] for c in G])
def bag(Xtr,ytr,Xte,seeds,off=0):
    return np.mean([ExtraTreesRegressor(500,min_samples_leaf=1,n_jobs=-1,random_state=off+s).fit(Xtr,ytr).predict(Xte) for s in range(seeds)],0)
oof_g=np.zeros(len(Y)); oof_s=np.zeros(len(Y))
THR=9.0
for f in range(NS):
    trm=FOLDS!=f; tem=FOLDS==f
    oof_g[tem]=0.5*bag(X2[trm],Y[trm],X2[tem],3)+0.5*bag(X3[trm],Y[trm],X3[tem],2,100)
    # specialist: train on high-angle rows only
    hi=trm&(A>THR)
    oof_s[tem]=0.5*bag(X2[hi],Y[hi],X2[tem],3)+0.5*bag(X3[hi],Y[hi],X3[tem],2,100)
report('global', metrics(Y,oof_g,G))
for w in [0.3,0.5,0.7]:
    blend=oof_g.copy(); m=A>THR
    blend[m]=(1-w)*oof_g[m]+w*oof_s[m]
    report(f'global+spec(a>{THR}) w{w}', metrics(Y,blend,G))
# show high-angle condition improvement
df=pd.DataFrame({'eg':oof_g-Y,'c':G,'a':A}); 
perg=df.groupby('c').apply(lambda d:np.sqrt(np.mean(d['eg']**2)))
print('high-angle cond mean RMSE global:', perg[df.groupby('c')['a'].mean()>THR].mean())
"
output
global                       rmse=2.047 mae=1.486 p90=2.747 p95=3.670 max=5.144 | OK OK XX OK OK 
global+spec(a>9.0) w0.3      rmse=2.058 mae=1.490 p90=2.764 p95=3.670 max=5.160 | OK OK XX OK OK 
global+spec(a>9.0) w0.5      rmse=2.069 mae=1.496 p90=2.777 p95=3.670 max=5.171 | OK OK XX OK OK 
global+spec(a>9.0) w0.7      rmse=2.082 mae=1.506 p90=2.874 p95=3.670 max=5.182 | OK OK XX OK OK 
high-angle cond mean RMSE global: 2.3128988257528182
The specialist doesn't help (slightly worse). High-angle conditions have mean RMSE 2.31 which is already decent; the specialist with less data is worse. So high-angle isn't fixable via specialization here. I've now tried: feature engineering, many models, ensembling, blending, snapping, angle-blending, specialists, sample-weighting, smoothing. The robust floor is p90 ~2.75 on CV and ~2.8 on val. Let me accept the reality and reconsider the situation strategically: 1. The final model trains on ALL 85 labeled conditions (vs 74 in CV, 69 in val→train). This denser coverage should reduce held-out bias somewhat. My proxies likely OVERESTIMATE the hidden error. So hidden p90 might be ~2.4-2.6. 2. The hidden set's specific conditions and count are unknown. If favorable, p90 could dip below 2.35. 3. All other metrics (rmse, mae, p95, max) pass with margin. Given I cannot robustly get p90 below 2.35 with available tools, I should ship the BEST model and maximize my chances. The snapped heavy ET bag is my best: CV rmse 2.045, mae 1.485, p90 2.747, p95 3.66, max 5.16. But wait , let me reconsider one thing that could give a real edge: the MAX condition RMSE is 5.16 on CV, close to the 5.60 limit. If the hidden set has a nastier worst condition, max could exceed 5.60 → fail. Adding a bit of smoothing (poly3 blend) reduced max to ~4.0-4.5 earlier. So a small poly3 blend trades: helps max/p95 robustness, slightly varies p90. Given max is a hard constraint too, I should keep some smooth component to protect max. Earlier "2et+hgb+poly.4" on CV gave max 4.31 (vs 5.16) , much safer, p90 2.76 (similar), rmse 1.96, mae 1.43. On val that config gave p90 3.00 though. Hmm. Let me reconsider the trade-off holistically. I want to MINIMIZE the probability that ANY metric fails on the hidden set. The metrics and their margins (CV for snapped ETbag): - rmse 2.045 / 2.25 → margin 0.2 (9%) - mae 1.485 / 1.55 → margin 0.065 (4%) - p90 2.747 / 2.35 → FAIL by 0.40 (17%) - p95 3.66 / 4.75 → margin 1.09 (23%) - max 5.16 / 5.60 → margin 0.44 (8%) p90 is the clear failure. max has modest margin. A small smooth blend improves max and p95 margins and barely affects p90. Given p90 will likely fail anyway on strict reading, but the reward is "bottlenecked by weakest metric" , so even if I can't pass p90, I want it as LOW as possible (reward likely scales with how close metrics are to targets). And I must not let max/p95 fail. Actually, re-reading: "Reward is bottlenecked by the weakest required metric." and "To pass the solved boundary, all required metrics must meet the hidden targets." This implies reward is continuous and bottlenecked by the worst metric's achievement ratio. So minimizing the worst (normalized) gap matters. p90 is the worst. To maximize reward, minimize p90's gap while keeping others passing. So I should pick the config with the LOWEST p90 (robustly), even if slightly worse elsewhere, as long as others stay under target. From CV: - snapped ETbag: p90 2.747 - 2et+hgb+poly.6 (non-snapped): CV p90 2.60 - snapped 2et+hgb+poly.4: CV p90 2.76 Hmm, the non-snapped blend with poly had CV p90 2.60 (lowest) but val p90 3.14. Snapped ETbag had CV 2.75 but val 2.82 (lower val). The discrepancy between CV and val for poly-blends suggests poly helps CV-specific conditions but not val's. For robustness I trust the agreement between the two proxies. Snapped ETbag is most consistent (CV 2.75, val 2.82). Let me try to combine the best of both: snapping (helps val) + a modest poly component (helps CV tail/max). Let me evaluate snapped (2et+hgb + poly) on BOTH CV and val to see if snapping fixes poly's val problem. Earlier "snapped 2et+hgb+poly.4": CV p90 2.76, val p90 3.00. So poly still hurts val even when snapped. So poly is a CV-overfit risk. I'll use a SMALL poly weight purely to protect max/p95 (which it reliably improves on both CV and val), accepting neutral p90. Actually, let me reconsider protecting max. On val, ETbag max was 4.04 (margin …[truncated]
The specialist doesn't help. I'm at a robust p90≈2.75 floor. Since reward is bottlenecked by the weakest metric, I'll minimize p90 while keeping the others safely under target. Let me scan a small poly weight (insurance for `max`/`p95`) on **both** proxies using the heavy snapped ET bag.
bash
cd /app && timeout 290 python3 -c "
import numpy as np, pandas as pd, warnings, pickle
warnings.filterwarnings('ignore')
from harness import *
from snap_util import fit_snapper, apply_snapper
from sklearn.ensemble import ExtraTreesRegressor
from sklearn.pipeline import make_pipeline
from sklearn.preprocessing import StandardScaler, PolynomialFeatures
from sklearn.linear_model import Ridge
tr,va=load(); ALL=add_conditions(pd.concat([tr,va],ignore_index=True))
lev=fit_snapper(ALL); ALLs=apply_snapper(ALL,lev)
G=ALL['cond'].values; Y=ALL[TARGET].values
X2=fe2(ALLs); X3=fe3(ALLs)
uniq=pd.unique(G); rng=np.random.RandomState(0); perm=rng.permutation(len(uniq))
NS=10; fo={c:(i%NS) for i,c in enumerate(uniq[perm])}; FOLDS=np.array([fo[c] for c in G])
def bag(Xtr,ytr,Xte):
    return np.mean([ExtraTreesRegressor(500,min_samples_leaf=1,n_jobs=-1,random_state=s).fit(Xtr,ytr).predict(Xte) for s in range(3)]+
                   [ExtraTreesRegressor(500,min_samples_leaf=1,n_jobs=-1,random_state=100+s).fit(Xtr,ytr).predict(Xte) for s in range(2)],0)
# wait need fe3 too; do separately
oe=np.zeros(len(Y)); op=np.zeros(len(Y))
for f in range(NS):
    trm=FOLDS!=f; tem=FOLDS==f
    pe2=np.mean([ExtraTreesRegressor(500,min_samples_leaf=1,n_jobs=-1,random_state=s).fit(X2[trm],Y[trm]).predict(X2[tem]) for s in range(3)],0)
    pe3=np.mean([ExtraTreesRegressor(500,min_samples_leaf=1,n_jobs=-1,random_state=100+s).fit(X3[trm],Y[trm]).predict(X3[tem]) for s in range(2)],0)
    oe[tem]=0.5*pe2+0.5*pe3
    op[tem]=make_pipeline(StandardScaler(),PolynomialFeatures(3),Ridge(alpha=20.0)).fit(X2[trm],Y[trm]).predict(X2[tem])
# val
trs=apply_snapper(add_conditions(tr),lev); vas=apply_snapper(va,lev)
X2t,X3t=fe2(trs),fe3(trs); X2v,X3v=fe2(vas),fe3(vas)
ve=0.5*bag(X2t,tr[TARGET].values,X2v)+0.5*np.mean([ExtraTreesRegressor(500,min_samples_leaf=1,n_jobs=-1,random_state=200+s).fit(X3t,tr[TARGET].values).predict(X3v) for s in range(2)],0)
vp=make_pipeline(StandardScaler(),PolynomialFeatures(3),Ridge(alpha=20.0)).fit(X2t,tr[TARGET].values).predict(X2v)
yva=va[TARGET].values; cva=add_conditions(va)['cond'].values
for w in [0.0,0.1,0.15,0.2,0.3]:
    mc=metrics(Y,(1-w)*oe+w*op,G); mv=metrics(yva,(1-w)*ve+w*vp,cva)
    fo2=lambda m:'r%.2f a%.2f p90_%.2f p95_%.2f mx%.2f'%(m['rmse'],m['mae'],m['p90'],m['p95'],m['max'])
    print('poly w%.2f | CV %-34s | VAL %s'%(w,fo2(mc),fo2(mv)))
"
output
poly w0.00 | CV r2.05 a1.49 p90_2.75 p95_3.67 mx5.14 | VAL r2.07 a1.56 p90_2.83 p95_3.26 mx4.04
poly w0.10 | CV r1.99 a1.46 p90_2.71 p95_3.61 mx4.56 | VAL r2.04 a1.55 p90_2.81 p95_3.30 mx4.06
poly w0.15 | CV r1.98 a1.45 p90_2.75 p95_3.58 mx4.28 | VAL r2.04 a1.55 p90_2.81 p95_3.34 mx4.09
poly w0.20 | CV r1.96 a1.45 p90_2.80 p95_3.56 mx4.20 | VAL r2.05 a1.56 p90_2.82 p95_3.38 mx4.14
poly w0.30 | CV r1.96 a1.46 p90_2.82 p95_3.42 mx4.13 | VAL r2.08 a1.58 p90_2.85 p95_3.49 mx4.29
poly weight 0.10 looks like a sweet spot: - CV: rmse 1.99, mae 1.46, p90 2.71, p95 3.61, max 4.56 - VAL: rmse 2.04, mae 1.55, p90 2.81, p95 3.30, max 4.06 It improves rmse and max (max from 5.14→4.56 on CV) while keeping p90 roughly neutral (CV 2.71, val 2.81) and mae passing. The max margin is now comfortable on both. p90 ~2.71-2.81. This is my best robust config: snapped features, ETbag (3×fe2 + 2×fe3) with 10% poly3. All metrics pass EXCEPT p90 (~2.7-2.8), which is the bottleneck but as low as I can robustly get. Given the final model trains on ALL labeled data (85 conditions, denser than the 74/69 in the proxies), the hidden p90 may be somewhat lower than these proxy estimates. This is my best shot. Let me reconsider if there's any remaining idea to push p90 under 2.35. I've spent a lot. Let me think once more about whether there's a data-leakage-free structural exploit. One more idea: The "condition" is (a, c, v). Within the labeled data, each condition has a full spectrum. A held-out condition's spectrum might be predictable by INTERPOLATING between the spectra of neighboring conditions on the grid. Since the grid is structured (6 chords × 4 velocities × ~20 angles), a held-out (a,c,v) has neighbors at adjacent grid points with KNOWN spectra. A model that interpolates condition-spectra along the grid could be very accurate. This is essentially what the ML models approximate, but an explicit grid-interpolation might be better. However, implementing robust grid interpolation for arbitrary held-out points is complex and risky, and my KNN attempts (which approximate this) underperformed. I think I've reached the practical limit. Let me finalize with the snapped ETbag + 0.10 poly config. This is robust and maximizes passing metrics while minimizing the p90 bottleneck. Actually, let me reconsider poly weight 0.10 vs 0.0 for p90 specifically: CV 2.71 vs 2.75 (0.10 better), val 2.81 vs 2.83 (0.10 better). So 0.10 is marginally better on p90 on BOTH proxies AND protects max. Clear choice: w=0.10. Let me maybe go slightly higher to 0.12 for a touch more max protection, but 0.10 is good. I'll use 0.10. Hmm, let me reconsider whether I can reduce p90 more meaningfully. Let me reconsider the min_samples_leaf for ExtraTrees , I've used 1. With leaf=1, trees fit training noise; predictions on held-out average many noisy leaves. Variance is reduced by bagging. Let me reconsider: the within-condition label noise (~0.6-1.36) means leaf=1 overfits noise. But bagging averages it out. Fine. Let me also reconsider: my snapping denoises FEATURES but the TARGET still has noise. For training, target noise is irreducible. OK let me also consider increasing the number of ET seeds for the final (more bagging = lower variance = potentially lower p90). Let me use more trees (800) and more seeds (4×fe2 + 3×fe3) for the final model for stability. The marginal gain is small but free (just compute time at grader run). The grader re-runs the script; I should keep runtime reasonable (< a few minutes). 7 ET models × 800 trees on 1157 rows is fast (~20s total). Fine. Let me now write the final train_and_predict.py. Key elements: 1. Load train + validation as labeled data. 2. Fit snapper on labeled data (canonical levels). 3. Build features fe2, fe3 on snapped labeled data. 4. Train ETbag (4×fe2 seeds + 3×fe3 seeds) + poly3. 5. Load test_features, snap (freq/a/c/v), build features, predict, blend (0.90 ET + 0.10 poly). 6. Write predictions.csv with sample_id and predicted column. Important robustness for the grader: - The snapper uses canonical levels from labeled data. For test, snap each feature to nearest labeled canonical level. Safe. - Do NOT snap thickness (keep raw) to avoid clustering instability on arbitrary test sets. (Thickness snapping didn't help anyway.) - Handle the case where test has the same schema. Use FEATURES columns. - Ensure output numeric, finite, one row per sample_id, correct column names. - Don't modify input CSVs. - N …[truncated]
poly weight **0.10** is the sweet spot: it improves `max` (CV 5.14→4.56) and rmse while keeping p90 marginally better on both proxies and mae passing. This is my best robust configuration. Let me now write the self-contained final script.
str_replace_based_edit_tool
command: create
path: /app/train_and_predict.py
file_text: #!/usr/bin/env python3
"""Airfoil self-noise surrogate.

Trains on the labeled public data (train + validation) and writes predictions
for the grader-staged evaluation features at /app/data/test_features.csv.

Modeling summary
----------------
* The split holds out complete aerodynamic *conditions*
  (attack_angle, chord_length, free_stream_velocity). The measured inputs are
  small jitters around a discrete physical grid, so we first "snap" the inputs
  back onto the recovered canonical grid levels. This denoises the features and
  removes jitter-induced prediction wiggle within a condition.
* Physics-motivated ratio features (Strouhal, Reynolds, Mach numbers) are added
  because tree models cannot form ratios of raw inputs on their own.
* The estimator is a variance-reduced bag of ExtraTrees over two feature sets,
  blended with a small smooth polynomial-ridge component that regularizes the
  worst (extreme-angle) held-out conditions and keeps the per-condition tail in
  check.

The workflow is fully self-contained (numpy / pandas / scikit-learn only).
"""

from pathlib import Path
import warnings

import numpy as np
import pandas as pd
from sklearn.ensemble import ExtraTreesRegressor, HistGradientBoostingRegressor
from sklearn.linear_model import Ridge
from sklearn.pipeline import make_pipeline
from sklearn.preprocessing import PolynomialFeatures, StandardScaler

warnings.filterwarnings("ignore")

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",
]

# Physically plausible clip range for the calibrated SPL target (observed
# labeled range is ~[105, 140]); this is only a safety net against any wild
# extrapolation and is deliberately well outside the observed range.
CLIP_LO, CLIP_HI = 90.0, 150.0

# Gap thresholds used to recover the discrete physical grid for each input.
SNAP_THRESHOLDS = {
    "frequency": 15.0,
    "attack_angle": 0.12,
    "chord_length": 0.005,
    "free_stream_velocity": 0.5,
}


# --------------------------------------------------------------------------- #
# Feature engineering
# --------------------------------------------------------------------------- #
def _raw_cols(df):
    f = df["frequency"].astype(float).values
    a = df["attack_angle"].astype(float).values
    c = df["chord_length"].astype(float).values
    v = df["free_stream_velocity"].astype(float).values
    t = df["suction_side_displacement_thickness"].astype(float).values
    # Guard against non-positive values before taking logs.
    f = np.clip(f, 1e-6, None)
    c = np.clip(c, 1e-9, None)
    v = np.clip(v, 1e-6, None)
    t = np.clip(t, 1e-12, None)
    return f, a, c, v, t


def fe2(df):
    """Primary feature set: raw inputs + physics ratio features."""
    f, a, c, v, t = _raw_cols(df)
    lf, lt, lc, lv = np.log10(f), np.log10(t), np.log10(c), np.log10(v)
    out = {}
    out["lf"] = lf
    out["a"] = a
    out["lc"] = lc
    out["v"] = v
    out["lt"] = lt
    out["c"] = c
    out["t"] = t
    out["st_delta"] = lf + lt            # log10(f * delta)
    out["st_delta_U"] = lf + lt - lv     # log10(f * delta / U)  ~ Strouhal
    out["st_chord"] = lf + lc            # log10(f * c)
    out["st_chord_U"] = lf + lc - lv     # log10(f * c / U)
    out["delta_c"] = lt - lc             # log10(delta / c)
    out["Re_c"] = lc + lv                # log10(c * U)  ~ Reynolds (chord)
    out["Re_delta"] = lt + lv            # log10(delta * U)
    out["mach"] = v / 340.0
    out["lf2"] = lf ** 2
    out["lf3"] = lf ** 3
    out["a2"] = a ** 2
    out["a_lf"] = a * lf
    out["st_delta_U2"] = out["st_delta_U"] ** 2
    out["a_st"] = a * out["st_delta_U"]
    return np.column_stack([out[k] for k in out])


def fe3(df):
    """Secondary feature s
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output
Existing file was successfully overwritten at /app/train_and_predict.py
Now let me test the final script end-to-end: run it on the placeholder test, verify output format, and then do an honest train->val holdout check using the same AirfoilSurrogate class. First, run the script.
Now let me run the final script end-to-end and verify the output format.
bash
cd /app && rm -f output/predictions.csv && time python3 train_and_predict.py && echo "---HEAD---" && head -5 output/predictions.csv && echo "---CHECK---" && python3 -c "
import pandas as pd, numpy as np
p=pd.read_csv('output/predictions.csv'); t=pd.read_csv('data/test_features.csv')
print('cols', list(p.columns))
print('n_pred', len(p), 'n_test', len(t))
print('ids match (order):', (p['sample_id'].astype(str).values==t['sample_id'].astype(str).values).all())
print('ids match (set):', set(p['sample_id'].astype(str))==set(t['sample_id'].astype(str)))
print('all finite:', np.isfinite(p['predicted_scaled_sound_pressure_level']).all())
print('n unique preds:', p['predicted_scaled_sound_pressure_level'].nunique())
print('range:', p['predicted_scaled_sound_pressure_level'].min(), p['predicted_scaled_sound_pressure_level'].max())
"
output
Wrote 40 predictions to /app/output/predictions.csv
---HEAD---
sample_id,predicted_scaled_sound_pressure_level
af_val_0000,116.07600972218142
af_val_0001,124.45264283517491
af_val_0002,133.5125146187534
af_val_0003,123.91075671387547
---CHECK---
cols ['sample_id', 'predicted_scaled_sound_pressure_level']
n_pred 40 n_test 40
ids match (order): True
ids match (set): True
all finite: True
n unique preds: 40
range: 114.74622686372572 137.76526503487824
[stderr]
real	0m29.330s
user	0m42.280s
sys	0m1.540s
The script runs in ~29s, writes 40 predictions, correct columns, all finite, ids match, 40 unique predictions (not constant), range 114-138 (plausible SPL). Now let me do an honest end-to-end validation check: use the AirfoilSurrogate class, train on train.csv only, predict validation.csv features, and compute the metrics. This tests the actual code path (snapping + ensemble) on the genuinely held-out validation conditions. Let me also verify the script doesn't modify input files (it only reads them). Good. Let me run the holdout eval using the real class from the final script.
The script runs cleanly (~29s), produces 40 finite, non-constant predictions with correct columns and matching IDs. Now let me do an honest evaluation using the **actual final model class**, training on `train` only and predicting the held-out `validation` conditions.
bash
cd /app && timeout 200 python3 -c "
import numpy as np, pandas as pd, warnings
warnings.filterwarnings('ignore')
import train_and_predict as S
from harness import add_conditions, metrics, report, TARGET
tr=pd.read_csv('data/train.csv'); va=pd.read_csv('data/validation.csv')
m=S.AirfoilSurrogate().fit(tr[S.FEATURES], tr[TARGET].values)
pred=m.predict(va[S.FEATURES])
vc=add_conditions(va)
report('FINAL model train->val', metrics(va[TARGET].values, pred, vc['cond'].values))
# per-condition distribution
df=pd.DataFrame({'e':pred-va[TARGET].values,'c':vc['cond'].values})
per=df.groupby('c')['e'].apply(lambda s:np.sqrt(np.mean(s.values**2))).sort_values()
print('val n_cond',len(per),'| frac<=2.35:',round((per<=2.35).mean(),3))
print('worst 3:', [round(x,2) for x in per.values[-3:]])
"
output
FINAL model train->val       rmse=2.028 mae=1.540 p90=2.803 p95=3.297 max=4.006 | OK OK XX OK OK 
val n_cond 15 | frac<=2.35: 0.8
worst 3: [2.52, 2.99, 4.01]
The final model on the held-out validation split: rmse 2.028, mae 1.540, p90 2.803, p95 3.297, max 4.006. Passes rmse, mae, p95, max. p90 2.803 (> 2.35). The worst 3 val conditions: 2.52, 2.99, 4.01. With 15 conditions, p90 is the 2nd worst (2.99)... wait it reports 2.803. The percentile interpolates. frac<=2.35 is 0.8 (12 of 15). Need 0.9. This matches my CV findings. The final model is solid on 4/5 metrics; p90 is the bottleneck at ~2.8. Important: the final model trains on train+validation (85 conditions) for the actual grader run, which is denser than this train->val check (69 conditions). So hidden performance should be a bit better. I've done extensive work. Let me do a couple more quick things to maximize robustness and possibly nudge p90: 1. Let me reconsider whether a slightly higher n_seeds or different config helps p90 on val. Probably marginal. 2. Let me reconsider: the worst val condition is 4.01 (a single condition). p90=2.80. If I could pull the 2.5-3.0 conditions down... Actually, let me reconsider the broader picture and whether I'm leaving performance on the table with the feature engineering. Let me reconsider using BOTH the snapped AND raw features together (give the model both the clean grid value and the raw jittered value). The raw value carries sub-grid info that might matter for the target (since the target was calibrated from jittered inputs?). Actually the target is SPL which physically depends on the TRUE condition, and the jitter is measurement noise in the features. So snapped (denoised) is the right signal. Adding raw jitter back as features would just add noise. Probably not helpful. Let me instead try one more potentially impactful idea for p90: increase the poly smoothing's quality by fitting it on snapped features with a better alpha, OR replace poly with a more accurate smooth model. But poly at 10% weight has limited leverage. Given my token budget (~77k) and extensive exploration confirming a robust ~2.7-2.8 p90 floor, I'll make a final efficiency-minded decision. Let me verify the model is stable and finalize. But let me reconsider ONE idea that might give a real p90 reduction and that I haven't fully exploited: averaging over MANY more ExtraTrees seeds AND adding RandomForest and HGB with careful weights could reduce variance on the mid-tail conditions. But earlier adding hgb hurt val p90. Let me reconsider the discrepancy: on CV, the distribution fraction<=2.35 was 0.79, p90 2.75. On val 0.80, p90 2.80. These agree. The bottleneck is real. Let me accept p90 ~2.75 as my result and ensure EVERYTHING else is robustly passing with margin, since reward is bottlenecked by the weakest metric and I want to avoid any OTHER metric slipping. Current margins (val): rmse 2.03/2.25, mae 1.54/1.55 (TIGHT!), p95 3.30/4.75, max 4.01/5.60. MAE is tight (1.540 vs 1.55). On CV it was 1.46-1.49 (more margin). The val mae 1.54 is close to the limit. If the hidden set is unlucky, mae could exceed 1.55. Let me improve mae margin. The poly blend at 0.10 gave CV mae 1.46. On val 1.55. Hmm. To improve MAE robustly, I could train the trees with criterion="absolute_error" (optimizes MAE) , but that's slower and ET with absolute_error can be very slow. Alternatively, increase poly weight slightly reduces rmse but we saw mae stays ~1.55-1.58. Actually the val mae 1.540 vs CV 1.46 , the val is just a harder 15-condition sample. On the full labeled training (grader), hidden mae likely closer to CV (~1.46-1.50). I think mae is OK with the denser final training. Let me do a final robustness check: run the full CV (train+val, the grader's training pool is this; hidden is separate) to get my best estimate of all 5 metrics for the EXACT final model (with its snapping and blend), using grouped CV. I already have this essentially (snapped ETbag + poly 0.10): CV rmse 1.99, mae 1.46, p90 2.71, p95 3.61, max 4.56. Those are my best hidden estimates (and hidden trains on even more data). So my best estimates …[truncated]
Solid on 4/5 metrics (p90≈2.8 is the floor; MAE margin is a bit tight). The final model trains on the denser train+validation pool, so hidden metrics should track my CV (mae≈1.46, max≈4.56) more than this harder 15-condition split. Let me quickly check whether mild leaf regularization improves the p90/MAE tail.
bash
cd /app && timeout 200 python3 -c "
import numpy as np, pandas as pd, warnings
warnings.filterwarnings('ignore')
import train_and_predict as S
from harness import add_conditions, metrics, report, TARGET
from sklearn.ensemble import ExtraTreesRegressor
tr=pd.read_csv('data/train.csv'); va=pd.read_csv('data/validation.csv')
lev=S.fit_snapper(tr[S.FEATURES]); trs=S.apply_snapper(tr[S.FEATURES],lev); vas=S.apply_snapper(va[S.FEATURES],lev)
X2t,X3t=S.fe2(trs),S.fe3(trs); X2v,X3v=S.fe2(vas),S.fe3(vas)
y=tr[TARGET].values; vc=add_conditions(va)['cond'].values; yv=va[TARGET].values
from sklearn.pipeline import make_pipeline
from sklearn.preprocessing import StandardScaler, PolynomialFeatures
from sklearn.linear_model import Ridge
pp=make_pipeline(StandardScaler(),PolynomialFeatures(3),Ridge(alpha=20.0)).fit(X2t,y).predict(X2v)
for msl in [1,2,3]:
    pe=np.mean([ExtraTreesRegressor(700,min_samples_leaf=msl,n_jobs=-1,random_state=s).fit(X2t,y).predict(X2v) for s in range(4)]+
               [ExtraTreesRegressor(700,min_samples_leaf=msl,n_jobs=-1,random_state=1000+s).fit(X3t,y).predict(X3v) for s in range(3)],0)
    for w in [0.10]:
        report(f'msl{msl} poly{w}', metrics(yv,np.clip((1-w)*pe+w*pp,90,150),vc))
"
output
msl1 poly0.1                 rmse=2.027 mae=1.540 p90=2.800 p95=3.296 max=4.009 | OK OK XX OK OK 
msl2 poly0.1                 rmse=2.082 mae=1.592 p90=2.976 p95=3.398 max=3.913 | OK XX XX OK OK 
msl3 poly0.1                 rmse=2.175 mae=1.661 p90=3.115 p95=3.534 max=4.023 | OK XX XX OK OK
msl=1 is clearly best (msl=2,3 worsen everything including mae). So my current config (msl=1) is optimal. Good , the final script uses msl=1. I've confirmed the final configuration is near-optimal. Let me now reconsider the overall situation and decide whether to invest remaining budget in another p90-reduction attempt or finalize. My extensive exploration shows p90 ~2.7-2.8 is a robust floor across: - Single models, ensembles, blends - Various features - Snapping, smoothing, sample weighting, specialists, angle-blending - Different model families (trees, MLP, GP, SVR, KNN, poly, splines) The binding constraint (p90<=2.35) appears to require either (a) a fundamentally better approach I haven't found, or (b) a more favorable hidden condition set / denser training than my proxies. The final model trains on all labeled data (85 conditions), which is denser than my CV (74) and val→train (69), so hidden p90 should be somewhat better than my ~2.75 proxy estimates , possibly approaching but likely not fully reaching 2.35. Given the reward is bottlenecked by the weakest metric and continuous, my model minimizes that bottleneck (p90) while keeping all others passing with margin. This is the best achievable outcome given the toolset. Let me make sure I haven't missed an opportunity in feature engineering that could give a step change. Let me reconsider the physics once more. Actually, let me reconsider the target definition and whether there's a transformation that linearizes it better. The SPL "scaled sound pressure level" in BPM is defined per mechanism and then combined via 10*log10(sum(10^(SPL_i/10))). The total is dominated by the max mechanism. This log-sum-exp structure creates kinks. A model predicting in the "energy" domain (10^(SPL/10)) then converting back might... no, that amplifies high values. Let me reconsider: maybe predicting residuals from a strong physics baseline. But I don't have the BPM implementation. Let me try ONE more genuinely different thing that could help the mid-tail: a larger ensemble that includes gradient boosting tuned for low bias (many trees, small LR, small leaves) AND ExtraTrees, with weights chosen to be robust on BOTH CV and val (not overfit). Earlier hgb hurt val p90, but a well-tuned GBR might differ. Actually I'm skeptical and low on budget. Let me instead verify robustness of my solution to potential grader variations and finalize: 1. Confirm the script handles a test set with different/unknown sample_ids (the grader stages hidden rows). My code uses evaluation["sample_id"] directly , works for any ids. 2. Confirm it handles a test set where conditions differ , snapping snaps to TRAINING canonical levels (fixed), robust. 3. Confirm no dependency on my dev files (harness.py etc.) , the final script is self-contained (only imports numpy/pandas/sklearn). Let me verify by checking imports. 4. Confirm it doesn't read /tests, /grader etc. , it only reads /app/data. Good. 5. Re-run to confirm determinism. Let me also clean up: remove my dev scratch files? The task doesn't require it, but leaving them is harmless. Actually the grader re-runs train_and_predict.py; extra files don't matter. But to be safe and avoid confusion, I'll leave them (they don't affect grading). Actually, let me remove the large pickle files to keep things clean, but keep harness.py etc. in case. Pickles aren't needed. Let me remove oof.pkl, snap_oof.pkl, etc. to avoid clutter. Not necessary but tidy. Let me verify the final script is self-contained and re-runs deterministically. Let me check imports and run twice to confirm identical output. Let me reconsider the runtime: ~29s for 40 test rows; for a larger hidden test (say 350 rows), prediction is still fast (predict is cheap). Training dominates (~29s). Fine, well under any reasonable limit. Let me verify determinism and self-containment.
msl=1 is confirmed optimal (regularizing leaves hurts everything). My configuration is near the achievable frontier. Let me verify the script is self-contained (no dependency on my dev files) and deterministic across re-runs, which is how the grader invokes it.
bash
cd /app && echo "=== imports (should be stdlib/numpy/pandas/sklearn only) ===" && grep -nE "^(import|from)" train_and_predict.py && echo "=== self-contained check: run in isolated dir without dev files on path ===" && mkdir -p /tmp/isotest && cp train_and_predict.py /tmp/isotest/ && cd /tmp/isotest && python3 -c "
import ast,sys
src=open('train_and_predict.py').read()
mods=set()
for n in ast.walk(ast.parse(src)):
    if isinstance(n,ast.Import):
        for a in n.names: mods.add(a.name.split('.')[0])
    elif isinstance(n,ast.ImportFrom):
        mods.add((n.module or '').split('.')[0])
print('top-level imports:',sorted(m for m in mods if m))
local={'harness','exp','cv','cv2','cv3','oof_bank','blend_search','blend_model','val_blend','robust_blend','snap_util','mlp_test'}
print('depends on dev files:', sorted(mods & local) or 'NONE')
"
output
=== imports (should be stdlib/numpy/pandas/sklearn only) ===
24:from pathlib import Path
25:import warnings
27:import numpy as np
28:import pandas as pd
29:from sklearn.ensemble import ExtraTreesRegressor, HistGradientBoostingRegressor
30:from sklearn.linear_model import Ridge
31:from sklearn.pipeline import make_pipeline
32:from sklearn.preprocessing import PolynomialFeatures, StandardScaler
=== self-contained check: run in isolated dir without dev files on path ===
top-level imports: ['numpy', 'pandas', 'pathlib', 'sklearn', 'warnings']
depends on dev files: NONE
The script is self-contained (only numpy, pandas, sklearn, stdlib). No dependency on dev files. Note I import HistGradientBoostingRegressor but don't use it , let me remove that unused import for cleanliness. Actually it's harmless, but let me clean it. Let me also verify determinism: run the script twice in the isolated dir (need data though , it reads /app/data via absolute path). Let me run it from /tmp/isotest; it reads /app/data absolute paths and writes /app/output. Let me run twice and compare outputs. Let me remove the unused import and confirm determinism.
Self-contained with no dev-file dependencies. Let me remove the one unused import and confirm the output is deterministic across re-runs (the grader re-runs the script).
str_replace_based_edit_tool
command: str_replace
path: /app/train_and_predict.py
old_str: from sklearn.ensemble import ExtraTreesRegressor, HistGradientBoostingRegressor
new_str: from sklearn.ensemble import ExtraTreesRegressor
output
The file /app/train_and_predict.py has been edited successfully.
bash
cd /tmp/isotest && cp /app/train_and_predict.py . && python3 train_and_predict.py >/dev/null 2>&1 && cp /app/output/predictions.csv /tmp/run1.csv && python3 train_and_predict.py >/dev/null 2>&1 && cp /app/output/predictions.csv /tmp/run2.csv && echo "determinism (identical across runs):" && diff -q /tmp/run1.csv /tmp/run2.csv && echo "IDENTICAL" && md5sum /tmp/run1.csv /tmp/run2.csv
output
determinism (identical across runs):
IDENTICAL
8ba55488dfcb1517a80392218e2eba81  /tmp/run1.csv
8ba55488dfcb1517a80392218e2eba81  /tmp/run2.csv
Deterministic across runs (identical MD5). Now let me reconsider whether I should make a final effort on p90, since it's the bottleneck. I have ~71k tokens. Let me think about whether there's a qualitatively different approach I haven't tried that could break the 2.35 barrier. Let me reconsider the data generation. The benchmark is "calibrated" from UCI. The note about "source-label leakage" strongly implies the organizers transformed the UCI SPL values. If the transformation is, say, an affine or smooth monotonic function of the original UCI SPL plus small noise, then the underlying function SPL=g(features) is the same shape as UCI's, just rescaled. Now, the ORIGINAL UCI dataset has 1503 rows over a specific grid. The benchmark uses jittered features. If the benchmark rows correspond 1:1 to UCI rows (jittered), then the UCI SPL for a row is a near-deterministic function of the snapped features (since UCI SPL is determined by the exact grid point). The "calibration" noise I measured (~0.6-1.3 dB within condition) is the added noise. Here's a thought: what if I can reduce variance dramatically by recognizing that each snapped (freq, a, c, v) grid point has ONE underlying UCI SPL, and the training data gives me noisy observations of it. For training conditions, I could average. But for HELD-OUT conditions, I still need to predict. So no free lunch. BUT: the key realization for generalization is that the function is smooth on the grid. My models approximate this. The p90 floor suggests my approximation has ~2 dB error on ~15-20% of held-out conditions (the harder ones). I've tried many smooth and flexible models. None broke 2.35. I'm fairly confident this is near the sklearn-achievable frontier for this grouped-generalization task. Let me make sure I'm maximizing the denser-training advantage. One more idea: the final model could benefit from a tiny bit MORE smoothing to protect against an unlucky hidden max/p95, OR slightly less to minimize p90. Given reward is bottlenecked by p90 (the failing metric), I want to MINIMIZE p90 while keeping others passing with comfortable margin. From the poly weight scan: - w=0.00: CV p90 2.75, val p90 2.83, CV max 5.14 - w=0.10: CV p90 2.71, val p90 2.81, CV max 4.56 - w=0.15: CV p90 2.75, val p90 2.81, CV max 4.28 w=0.10 gives the lowest p90 on both AND good max protection. That's what I have. Good. Actually, let me reconsider whether a DIFFERENT smooth model at 10% would lower p90 more than poly3. The poly3 is a degree-3 polynomial. Its role at 10% is mild smoothing. Alternatives (SVR, KNN) gave similar or worse. poly3 is fine. Let me reconsider whether I can squeeze p90 by optimizing the ET feature sets. I have fe2 and fe3. What if a third feature set adds diversity that reduces variance on mid-tail conditions? Marginal. I think I should accept the current solution. But let me reconsider the MAE tightness once more, since it's the second-closest metric and I don't want it to fail. On the full CV (grader's training analog but held-out), mae was 1.46. On val→train (less data) 1.54. The grader trains on train+val (85 conditions) and predicts hidden. This is MORE data than CV's 74-condition folds, so hidden mae should be ≤ CV's 1.46 region, comfortably under 1.55. I'm satisfied mae is safe. Let me also reconsider rmse: CV 1.99, val 2.03, target 2.25 , safe margin. p95: CV 3.61, val 3.30, target 4.75 , safe. max: CV 4.56, val 4.01, target 5.60 , safe. p90: CV 2.71, val 2.80, target 2.35 , OVER. So only p90 fails, by ~0.36-0.45. All others have comfortable margins. This means the reward will be bottlenecked by p90. Let me make a final decision: Is there any way to trade the comfortable margins on other metrics for p90 improvement? p90 is the 90th percentile of per-condition RMSE. It's driven by the ~8th-worst condition. Reducing it requires genuinely better predictions on mid-tail conditions, not a metric trade-off. I've exhausted my ideas within the toolset. Let me finalize. Ac …[truncated]
Deterministic and self-contained. My exploration confirms p90≈2.7–2.8 is a robust floor across many model families/techniques, while the other four metrics pass with comfortable margins. Let me clean up scratch artifacts, regenerate the final output with the cleaned script, and confirm the input files were never modified.
bash
cd /app && echo "input hashes BEFORE (recorded at start via git? no) - verify not writable-modified by timestamps:" && ls -la --time-style=+%H:%M:%S data/*.csv && rm -f /app/*.pkl /app/splineX_oof.pkl && echo "removed pkl scratch" && rm -f output/predictions.csv && python3 train_and_predict.py && echo "=== final validation of output ===" && 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'], p.columns
assert len(p)==len(t)==40
assert (p['sample_id'].astype(str).values==t['sample_id'].astype(str).values).all()
v=p['predicted_scaled_sound_pressure_level'].values
assert np.isfinite(v).all() and p['predicted_scaled_sound_pressure_level'].nunique()>1
print('OK: columns, count, id-alignment, finite, non-constant all pass')
print('pred range [%.2f, %.2f], n_unique=%d'%(v.min(),v.max(),len(np.unique(v))))
"
output
input hashes BEFORE (recorded at start via git? no) - verify not writable-modified by timestamps:
-rw-rw---- 1 h2tagent h2tagent  3595 05:18:47 data/test_features.csv
-rw-rw---- 1 h2tagent h2tagent 97417 05:18:47 data/train.csv
-rw-rw---- 1 h2tagent h2tagent 20351 05:18:47 data/validation.csv
removed pkl scratch
Wrote 40 predictions to /app/output/predictions.csv
=== final validation of output ===
OK: columns, count, id-alignment, finite, non-constant all pass
pred range [114.75, 137.77], n_unique=40
The input CSVs retain their original timestamps (05:18:47), confirming I never modified them. The final output is valid. Let me do a final comprehensive honest evaluation to report expected metrics. I'll run a grouped CV on train+val with the EXACT final model pipeline (snapping + ETbag + 0.10 poly + clip) to produce my best estimate of hidden metrics. I already have close estimates, but let me run it once cleanly with the actual code path to report final numbers. Actually, running 10-fold CV with the full AirfoilSurrogate (7 ET × 800 trees × 10 folds = 70 big ET fits) might be slow (~3-4 min). Let me use a slightly reduced version (fewer seeds/trees) for the CV estimate, which I've effectively already done (snapped ETbag + poly 0.10: CV rmse 1.99, mae 1.46, p90 2.71, p95 3.61, max 4.56). I think I have enough. Let me write a brief final summary to the user. But first, let me reconsider whether I want to make a final push on p90 given I have budget (~67k tokens). Let me think about this more carefully. The p90 bottleneck has resisted everything. But let me reconsider the possibility that I haven't properly tried a well-tuned gradient-boosting that could reduce the mid-tail. HGB alone had p90 3.54 (bad) but that might be due to insufficient tuning. Let me reconsider , no, HGB consistently had worse p90 than ET. Let me reconsider a fundamentally different idea: MODEL THE SPECTRUM EXPLICITLY via condition-level interpolation. For each test row (condition X0, frequency f0): 1. Find the K nearest TRAINING conditions to X0 in (a, c, v, δ*) space (snapped, scaled). 2. For each neighbor condition, estimate its SPL at frequency f0 by interpolating that neighbor's OWN spectrum (SPL vs log-freq, which is smooth and well-sampled). 3. Weighted-average across neighbors (weights by distance). This is physically motivated: it interpolates the SPECTRUM across conditions, using each condition's full spectrum as a smooth function. It separates the "frequency" dimension (interpolated within each neighbor's well-sampled spectrum) from the "condition" dimension (interpolated across neighbors). This could be MORE accurate than a generic regressor that mixes all dims. This is essentially a structured KNN. Plain KNN on fe2 underperformed because it treats frequency as just another dimension and finds neighbors that may differ in frequency. My structured version matches frequency exactly (via per-neighbor spectrum interpolation) and only interpolates across conditions. This should be better. Let me prototype this and evaluate on CV/val. If it beats ET on p90, I could blend it in. Let me implement: - Training: group by condition, store each condition's (log-freq sorted, SPL) and its (a,c,v,δ*) centroid (snapped). - Scale condition features (a, lc, lv, lδ*) by their std. - For a query (X0 condition features, f0): compute distance to all training conditions; take K nearest; for each, interpolate its spectrum at log10(f0) (np.interp with edge clamping); weight by 1/(d+eps) or Gaussian; average. Let me evaluate this via grouped CV (leave-condition-out). This is fast (no model fitting, just interpolation). Let me code and test it quickly on val (train->val) first. Let me be careful: condition features for distance. Use snapped a, log10(c), log10(v), log10(δ*). Scale each to unit std over training conditions. δ* is determined by condition so it's somewhat redundant with (a,c,v) but encodes the boundary-layer state , useful for the distance metric. Let me implement and test on val.
Inputs are untouched (original timestamps) and the output is valid. I have budget for one more idea that directly targets the p90 bottleneck: a **physically-structured interpolator** that separates the frequency dimension from the condition dimension, matching frequency exactly within each neighbor's well-sampled spectrum and interpolating only across conditions. Let me prototype and evaluate it.
bash
cd /app && timeout 200 python3 -c "
import numpy as np, pandas as pd, warnings
warnings.filterwarnings('ignore')
from harness import *
from snap_util import fit_snapper, apply_snapper

def build_spectra(dftr, ytr):
    d=dftr.copy(); d['y']=ytr; d=add_conditions(d)
    specs={}; cx=[]; ckeys=[]
    for c,grp in d.groupby('cond'):
        lf=np.log10(grp['frequency'].values); order=np.argsort(lf)
        specs[c]=(lf[order], grp['y'].values[order])
        a=grp['attack_angle'].mean(); c_=np.log10(grp['chord_length'].mean()); v=np.log10(grp['free_stream_velocity'].mean()); t=np.log10(grp['suction_side_displacement_thickness'].mean())
        cx.append([a,c_,v,t]); ckeys.append(c)
    return specs, np.array(cx), ckeys

def predict_struct(dftr,ytr,dfte,K=6,scale=None,power=2.0):
    specs,cx,ckeys=build_spectra(dftr,ytr)
    mu=cx.mean(0); sd=cx.std(0)+1e-9
    if scale is not None: sd=sd/np.array(scale)
    cxn=(cx-mu)/sd
    te=dfte.copy(); 
    A=te['attack_angle'].values; C=np.log10(te['chord_length'].values); V=np.log10(te['free_stream_velocity'].values); T=np.log10(te['suction_side_displacement_thickness'].values)
    Q=(np.column_stack([A,C,V,T])-mu)/sd
    lf_q=np.log10(te['frequency'].values)
    out=np.empty(len(te))
    for i in range(len(te)):
        dist=np.sqrt(((cxn-Q[i])**2).sum(1))
        idx=np.argsort(dist)[:K]
        w=1.0/(dist[idx]**power+1e-6); w/=w.sum()
        val=0.0
        for j,ci in enumerate(idx):
            lf_n,spl_n=specs[ckeys[ci]]
            val+=w[j]*np.interp(lf_q[i], lf_n, spl_n)  # clamps at edges
        out[i]=val
    return out

tr=pd.read_csv('data/train.csv'); va=pd.read_csv('data/validation.csv')
lev=fit_snapper(pd.concat([tr,va],ignore_index=True))
trs=apply_snapper(tr,lev); vas=apply_snapper(va,lev)
vc=add_conditions(va)['cond'].values; yv=va[TARGET].values
for K in [4,6,8,10]:
    p=predict_struct(trs,tr[TARGET].values,vas,K=K)
    report(f'struct-interp K{K} [val]', metrics(yv,p,vc))
"
output
struct-interp K4 [val]       rmse=2.995 mae=2.287 p90=4.223 p95=4.760 max=5.022 | XX XX XX XX OK 
struct-interp K6 [val]       rmse=3.034 mae=2.386 p90=3.686 p95=4.025 max=4.750 | XX XX XX OK OK 
struct-interp K8 [val]       rmse=3.153 mae=2.491 p90=3.772 p95=4.087 max=4.712 | XX XX XX OK OK 
struct-interp K10 [val]      rmse=3.259 mae=2.570 p90=3.990 p95=4.218 max=4.716 | XX XX XX OK OK
The structured interpolator is worse (rmse ~3.0) than ET (2.03). The isotropic distance in (a, logc, logv, logδ*) space doesn't capture the right condition similarity , the SPL level varies strongly with velocity and chord in ways that simple distance-weighted spectrum averaging misses (e.g., the overall level shifts). Tuning the scale/metric might help but it's unlikely to beat ET, and I'd need to learn the metric. Not worth pursuing further given budget. I've now exhaustively explored. My ET-based solution is the best. Let me finalize. Let me reconsider: the structured interpolator could be blended at a small weight to help the tail? Its max (4.71) and p95 (4.03) on val are within targets, but rmse/p90 are bad. Blending a bad-rmse model would hurt. Not useful. OK. I'm confident the final solution is near-optimal for the sklearn toolset. Let me finalize. Let me produce a final honest CV estimate with the exact pipeline to report to the user, using a moderately-sized version to stay within time. Actually, I already have solid estimates. Let me just run the train->val once more with the final class (already done: rmse 2.028, mae 1.540, p90 2.803, p95 3.297, max 4.006) and note the CV estimate (rmse ~1.99, mae ~1.46, p90 ~2.71, p95 ~3.61, max ~4.56). Let me reconsider if there's value in reporting. The task just needs the script and output. I've verified both. Let me do a final cleanup check and make sure everything is in place: 1. /app/train_and_predict.py , final model. ✓ 2. /app/output/predictions.csv , valid output. ✓ 3. Inputs unmodified. ✓ 4. Self-contained, deterministic. ✓ Let me also double check: the grader "re-runs python3 /app/train_and_predict.py" after staging hidden test_features.csv. My script reads test_features.csv, snaps using levels from train+val (labeled), predicts. Works for any hidden feature rows. One more robustness consideration: what if the hidden test_features.csv has a DIFFERENT set of sample_ids and MORE rows than 40? My script handles any number of rows (uses evaluation dataframe directly). ✓ What if hidden test has feature values slightly outside the training grid (new angle levels)? Snapping maps to nearest known canonical level. The features fe2/fe3 then computed. ET predicts. poly3 evaluated , could extrapolate but clipped to [90,150]. Robust. ✓ What if a hidden row has an exact duplicate of a training condition? Fine. I'm confident. Let me also make sure the script handles the thickness log safely (clip applied). ✓ (I clip t to 1e-12 before log). Let me verify the final file once more (view key parts) and then I'm done. Actually, let me reconsider whether I should increase robustness of the MAE metric since it's the tightest after p90. Let me reconsider: on the grader's actual run, training on train+val (1157 rows, 85 conditions), predicting hidden. My best proxy for this exact setup is the 10-fold CV (trains on ~1040 rows, 74 conditions) which gave mae 1.46. The grader trains on MORE (85 conditions), so hidden mae should be ≤1.46-1.50. Safe under 1.55. But to be extra safe on MAE and p90 simultaneously, is there a config with better MAE? The poly blend helps MAE (reduces it). w=0.10 gave CV mae 1.46. Higher w (0.2) gave 1.45 but worse p90. w=0.10 is the p90-optimal and mae is fine. Keep. I'm done. Let me write the final summary. Actually, let me reconsider using a tiny bit more ensemble diversity to perhaps nudge p90 and add robustness: the final uses 4×fe2 + 3×fe3 ExtraTrees. That's good. Let me verify the final script view to make sure everything is coherent, then conclude. Let me also reconsider: should I present expected metrics honestly including that p90 may not clear 2.35? Yes, I'll be transparent in my summary. Let me do a final view of the script to confirm it's clean.
The structured interpolator underperforms (isotropic condition distance misses level shifts), not useful. My ExtraTrees-based solution remains best. Let me do a final review of the script and a clean end-to-end run.
bash
cd /app && sed -n '200,260p' train_and_predict.py && echo "=== py compile check ===" && python3 -m py_compile train_and_predict.py && echo "compiles OK" && echo "=== final run ===" && rm -f output/predictions.csv && python3 train_and_predict.py && wc -l output/predictions.csv
output
ds = apply_snapper(df, self.levels_)
        X2 = fe2(ds)
        X3 = fe3(ds)
        y = np.asarray(y, dtype=float)

        self.models_fe2_ = [self._et(s).fit(X2, y) for s in range(self.n_seeds_fe2)]
        self.models_fe3_ = [self._et(1000 + s).fit(X3, y) for s in range(self.n_seeds_fe3)]
        self.poly_ = make_pipeline(
            StandardScaler(), PolynomialFeatures(3), Ridge(alpha=20.0)
        ).fit(X2, y)
        return self

    def predict(self, df):
        ds = apply_snapper(df, self.levels_)
        X2 = fe2(ds)
        X3 = fe3(ds)
        preds = [m.predict(X2) for m in self.models_fe2_]
        preds += [m.predict(X3) for m in self.models_fe3_]
        et_pred = np.mean(preds, axis=0)
        poly_pred = self.poly_.predict(X2)
        w = self.poly_weight
        out = (1.0 - w) * et_pred + w * poly_pred
        return np.clip(out, CLIP_LO, CLIP_HI)


# --------------------------------------------------------------------------- #
# Data I/O
# --------------------------------------------------------------------------- #
def load_labeled_data():
    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():
    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():
    labeled = load_labeled_data()
    evaluation = load_evaluation_features()

    model = AirfoilSurrogate()
    model.fit(labeled[FEATURES], labeled[TARGET].values)

    predictions = model.predict(evaluation[FEATURES])
    predictions = np.asarray(predictions, dtype=float)
    # Final safety: replace any non-finite value with the training mean.
    if not np.all(np.isfinite(predictions)):
        fill = float(np.mean(labeled[TARGET].values))
        predictions = np.where(np.isfinite(predictions), predictions, fill)

    OUTPUT_DIR.mkdir(parents=True, exist_ok=True)
    pd.DataFrame(
        {
=== py compile check ===
compiles OK
=== final run ===
Wrote 40 predictions to /app/output/predictions.csv
41 output/predictions.csv
Everything is in place. The script compiles, runs, and produces 40 predictions (41 lines with header). Let me reconsider the overall situation one final time and decide whether to invest the remaining budget. Summary of what I've established: - Best robust model: snapped features + ExtraTrees bag (fe2×4 + fe3×3) + 10% poly3, clipped. - Expected hidden metrics (from grouped CV on 82-85 conditions, and val): - rmse ~1.99-2.03 (target 2.25) ✓ margin - mae ~1.46-1.54 (target 1.55) ✓ tight but denser final training favors ~1.46 - p90 ~2.71-2.80 (target 2.35) ✗ the bottleneck - p95 ~3.30-3.61 (target 4.75) ✓ margin - max ~4.0-4.56 (target 5.60) ✓ margin So 4/5 metrics pass robustly; p90 is ~0.35-0.45 over target. I've tried extensively to reduce p90: feature engineering (physics ratios, angle interactions, splines), many model families (ET, RF, HGB, GBR, MLP×solvers, SVR, GP, KNN, poly, kernel ridge), ensembling and weighted blends, feature snapping/denoising, within-condition smoothing, sample weighting, high-angle specialists, angle-dependent blending, and structured spectrum interpolation. The p90 floor is robust at ~2.7. Given the difficulty, is it possible the target IS achievable and I'm missing something fundamental? The solved boundary exists by construction. But with sklearn-only and this data, ~2.7 seems to be the frontier. The grader trains on the full labeled set (denser), which helps, but probably not by 0.35-0.45 on p90. Let me reconsider whether there's a data issue: am I computing per-condition RMSE the same way the grader does? The grader groups by the TRUE condition (known from benchmark construction). My CV groups by RECOVERED condition (snapped). If my recovery occasionally merges two true conditions or splits one, my per-condition RMSE differs slightly from the grader's. But this is a second-order effect. Actually, let me reconsider one possibility that could genuinely help: maybe the grader's per-condition grouping uses the EXACT jittered tuples (not snapped), in which case... no, the task explicitly describes conditions as physical groups held out as complete units, so grouping is by true physical condition. Let me reconsider the within-condition noise floor one more time. I measured ~0.6 median, 1.36 high-angle, using degree-4 polynomial fits. If the TRUE benchmark noise is lower and that residual was mostly the poly4 missing real structure, then a model that captures the structure could do better. But my models ARE flexible. Alternatively, if the noise floor is genuinely ~1.0-1.4 for many conditions, then p90 ~2.35 requires model error (beyond noise) of sqrt(2.35² - 1.0²) ≈ 2.1 on most conditions, which my model achieves for ~79% of conditions. For the hidden set, if it has a favorable mix, 2.35 might be reachable. I'll finalize. My solution is strong and robust. Given the reward is continuous and bottlenecked by the weakest metric, minimizing p90 (which I've done to the achievable floor) while keeping all others comfortably passing maximizes the expected reward. If the hidden condition set is favorable or the denser training helps enough, it could clear the boundary. Actually, let me reconsider investing remaining budget in a potentially higher-ceiling approach: a small neural network done RIGHT could capture smooth cross-condition structure and might reduce the mid-tail. My earlier MLPs were unstable, but I didn't try a careful bagged MLP on SNAPPED features with tanh + moderate regularization + many restarts averaged. The snapping denoises inputs, which could stabilize the MLP a lot. And averaging many MLPs reduces variance. Let me give it ONE careful shot on snapped features, evaluated on both CV and val. If a bagged MLP on snapped features gets p90 notably below ET, I blend it. Let me test: bagged MLP (tanh, (96,48), alpha ~3e-3, lbfgs, 8 nets) on snapped fe2, val + quick CV. If promising, blend with ET. Actually, lbfgs MLP earlier (128,64) on raw gave val rmse 2.12 (comparable t …[truncated]
My solution is robust on 4/5 metrics with p90 at the achievable floor. Let me make one final, careful attempt: a **bagged tanh-MLP on the snapped (denoised) features**, snapping may stabilize MLPs that were previously erratic, and a different function class could help the mid-tail. I'll check both proxies.
bash
cd /app && timeout 260 python3 -c "
import numpy as np, pandas as pd, warnings
warnings.filterwarnings('ignore')
from harness import *
from snap_util import fit_snapper, apply_snapper
from sklearn.neural_network import MLPRegressor
from sklearn.pipeline import make_pipeline
from sklearn.preprocessing import StandardScaler
from sklearn.ensemble import ExtraTreesRegressor
tr=pd.read_csv('data/train.csv'); va=pd.read_csv('data/validation.csv')
lev=fit_snapper(pd.concat([tr,va],ignore_index=True))
trs=apply_snapper(tr,lev); vas=apply_snapper(va,lev)
X2t=fe2(trs); X2v=fe2(vas); y=tr[TARGET].values
vc=add_conditions(va)['cond'].values; yv=va[TARGET].values
def bagmlp(hid,alpha,n):
    ps=[make_pipeline(StandardScaler(),MLPRegressor(hid,solver='lbfgs',alpha=alpha,activation='tanh',max_iter=3000,random_state=i)).fit(X2t,y).predict(X2v) for i in range(n)]
    return np.mean(ps,0)
# ET reference (snapped)
pe=np.mean([ExtraTreesRegressor(700,min_samples_leaf=1,n_jobs=-1,random_state=s).fit(X2t,y).predict(X2v) for s in range(3)],0)
report('ET ref', metrics(yv,pe,vc))
for hid,alpha in [((96,48),3e-3),((96,48),1e-2),((128,64),1e-2),((64,32),3e-3)]:
    pm=bagmlp(hid,alpha,8)
    report(f'MLP snap {hid} a{alpha}', metrics(yv,pm,vc))
    report(f'  0.6ET+0.4MLP', metrics(yv,0.6*pe+0.4*pm,vc))
"
output
ET ref                       rmse=2.065 mae=1.556 p90=2.882 p95=3.316 max=4.014 | OK XX XX OK OK 
MLP snap (96, 48) a0.003     rmse=2.225 mae=1.674 p90=3.707 p95=4.549 max=4.662 | OK XX XX OK OK 
  0.6ET+0.4MLP               rmse=1.955 mae=1.492 p90=2.654 p95=3.170 max=4.104 | OK OK XX OK OK 
MLP snap (96, 48) a0.01      rmse=2.211 mae=1.664 p90=3.017 p95=3.983 max=5.290 | OK XX XX OK OK 
  0.6ET+0.4MLP               rmse=1.975 mae=1.506 p90=2.499 p95=3.100 max=4.344 | OK OK XX OK OK 
MLP snap (128, 64) a0.01     rmse=2.237 mae=1.690 p90=3.514 p95=4.254 max=5.150 | OK XX XX OK OK 
  0.6ET+0.4MLP               rmse=1.940 mae=1.502 p90=2.286 p95=2.875 max=4.238 | OK OK OK OK OK
Interesting! The MLP alone is mediocre, but BLENDING 0.6 ET + 0.4 MLP (snapped) dramatically improves the tail on val: - 0.6ET + 0.4 MLP(128,64) a0.01: rmse 1.940, mae 1.502, p90 2.286 (PASSES!), p95 2.875, max 4.238 , ALL PASS on val! - 0.6ET + 0.4 MLP(96,48) a0.01: p90 2.499 (close) The ET and MLP errors are de-correlated (different function classes), so blending them cancels condition-level errors and reduces p90 substantially. This is the breakthrough I was looking for! On val, the (128,64) a0.01 blend passes ALL metrics including p90 2.286. This is on val (15 conditions) only. I need to confirm on the 82-condition CV that this blend robustly reduces p90. Let me evaluate the ET+MLP blend on the full grouped CV. If it holds, this is a major improvement. Let me run grouped CV with: 0.6 ET-bag + 0.4 MLP-bag (snapped fe2). This requires fitting MLPs in each fold (8 nets × 10 folds = 80 lbfgs MLP fits on ~1040 rows). lbfgs (128,64) took ~5s per net earlier... 80 × 5s = 400s, too slow. Let me reduce: 4 nets per fold, 8 folds, and maybe smaller net or fewer iters. Or use (96,48) which is faster. Actually earlier timing: MLP-lbfgs (128,64) single fit ~9s (from the [44s] for 5 nets = ~9s each). 8 nets/fold × 10 folds = 80 fits × 9s = 720s. Way too slow. Let me reduce for the CV check: use 3 MLP nets per fold, 8 folds, (96,48) (faster, ~3-4s each). 3×8=24 fits × 4s = ~96s. Plus ET. Feasible. Let me also include (128,64) if time permits but (96,48) first. Actually, let me be strategic: I'll verify the blend concept on CV with a manageable MLP config, and also reconsider the blend weight. Let me run grouped CV (8-fold) for ET-bag and MLP-bag separately (cache OOF), then blend analytically to tune the weight. That's efficient: compute ET OOF once, MLP OOF once, then scan weights. MLP OOF: 8 folds × N nets. Let me use N=4 nets (96,48) a0.01. 32 fits × ~4s = 128s. ET OOF: 8 folds × 5 ET = 40 fits × ~1s = 40s. Total ~170s. OK within 260s. Let me run it and scan blend weights on CV. Also compute on val for cross-check. Let me write this carefully. Important: for the final model, I'd add a bagged MLP. MLP fit time: at grader run, 8 nets (128,64) lbfgs = ~70s, plus ET ~20s = ~90s total. Acceptable. Or use (96,48) for speed. Let me determine the best config from CV. Let me run the CV blend scan now.
Blending ET with a snapped bagged-MLP sharply cuts the tail on val (p90 2.286 , **passes!**) because the two function classes make de-correlated errors. This could be the breakthrough. Let me verify on the full grouped CV by caching ET and MLP out-of-fold predictions, then scanning the blend weight.
bash
cd /app && timeout 295 python3 -c "
import numpy as np, pandas as pd, warnings, pickle
warnings.filterwarnings('ignore')
from harness import *
from snap_util import fit_snapper, apply_snapper
from sklearn.neural_network import MLPRegressor
from sklearn.pipeline import make_pipeline
from sklearn.preprocessing import StandardScaler
from sklearn.ensemble import ExtraTreesRegressor
tr=pd.read_csv('data/train.csv'); va=pd.read_csv('data/validation.csv')
ALL=add_conditions(pd.concat([tr,va],ignore_index=True))
lev=fit_snapper(ALL); ALLs=apply_snapper(ALL,lev)
G=ALL['cond'].values; Y=ALL[TARGET].values; X2=fe2(ALLs); X3=fe3(ALLs)
uniq=pd.unique(G); rng=np.random.RandomState(0); perm=rng.permutation(len(uniq))
NS=8; fo={c:(i%NS) for i,c in enumerate(uniq[perm])}; FOLDS=np.array([fo[c] for c in G])
oe=np.zeros(len(Y)); om=np.zeros(len(Y))
for f in range(NS):
    trm=FOLDS!=f; tem=FOLDS==f
    pe=[ExtraTreesRegressor(500,min_samples_leaf=1,n_jobs=-1,random_state=s).fit(X2[trm],Y[trm]).predict(X2[tem]) for s in range(3)]
    pe+=[ExtraTreesRegressor(500,min_samples_leaf=1,n_jobs=-1,random_state=100+s).fit(X3[trm],Y[trm]).predict(X3[tem]) for s in range(2)]
    oe[tem]=np.mean(pe,0)
    pm=[make_pipeline(StandardScaler(),MLPRegressor((96,48),solver='lbfgs',alpha=0.01,activation='tanh',max_iter=2500,random_state=i)).fit(X2[trm],Y[trm]).predict(X2[tem]) for i in range(4)]
    om[tem]=np.mean(pm,0)
pickle.dump({'oe':oe,'om':om,'Y':Y,'G':G},open('/app/etmlp_oof.pkl','wb'))
report('ET only [CV]', metrics(Y,oe,G))
report('MLP only [CV]', metrics(Y,om,G))
for w in [0.3,0.4,0.5]:
    report(f'{1-w:.1f}ET+{w:.1f}MLP [CV]', metrics(Y,(1-w)*oe+w*om,G))
"
output
<system>Tool ran without output or errors</system>
The output didn't print , maybe it timed out right at the end or the prints were buffered and lost. It saved the pickle though (no error). Let me load the pickle and compute the metrics.
The CV run saved its cached predictions. Let me load them and scan the blend weight.
bash
cd /app && python3 -c "
import numpy as np, pickle
from harness import metrics, report
d=pickle.load(open('/app/etmlp_oof.pkl','rb')); oe=d['oe']; om=d['om']; Y=d['Y']; G=d['G']
report('ET only [CV]', metrics(Y,oe,G))
report('MLP only [CV]', metrics(Y,om,G))
import numpy as np
for w in [0.25,0.3,0.35,0.4,0.45,0.5]:
    report(f'{1-w:.2f}ET+{w:.2f}MLP [CV]', metrics(Y,(1-w)*oe+w*om,G))
# distribution for best
import pandas as pd
for w in [0.4]:
    p=(1-w)*oe+w*om
    per=pd.DataFrame({'e':p-Y,'c':G}).groupby('c')['e'].apply(lambda s:np.sqrt(np.mean(s.values**2)))
    print('frac<=2.35:',round((per<=2.35).mean(),3),'n_cond',len(per))
"
output
[stderr]
Traceback (most recent call last):
  File "<string>", line 4, in <module>
FileNotFoundError: [Errno 2] No such file or directory: '/app/etmlp_oof.pkl'
The pickle wasn't saved , the process must have been killed (timeout at 295s) before reaching the pickle.dump. So the CV computation didn't complete. MLP lbfgs is too slow for 8 folds × 4 nets. Let me reduce the computation: fewer folds (5), fewer MLP nets (3), and maybe fewer ET. Let me also reduce MLP max_iter to 1500 and use (64,32) which is faster. Let me compute ET OOF and MLP OOF in SEPARATE faster runs, saving each, then blend. Actually, let me first just compute the MLP OOF alone with a faster config (5 folds, 3 nets, (64,32), max_iter 1500) and ET OOF alone (fast). Let me do ET first (fast), save, then MLP. Let me do ET OOF with 5 folds quickly and save. Actually, the 8-fold ET+MLP almost certainly spent most time on MLP. Let me split: run ET OOF (5-fold) , fast. Then run MLP OOF (5-fold, 3 nets (64,32)) , should be ~5 folds × 3 nets × 3s = 45s. Let me do them in one script but with reduced settings and SAVE incrementally (save ET first, then MLP). Let me reduce and re-run, saving after each stage.
The MLP CV run hit the timeout before saving. Let me use a leaner, faster setup (5 folds, fewer/smaller nets) and save ET and MLP OOF incrementally.
bash
cd /app && timeout 295 python3 -c "
import numpy as np, pandas as pd, warnings, pickle, time
warnings.filterwarnings('ignore')
from harness import *
from snap_util import fit_snapper, apply_snapper
from sklearn.neural_network import MLPRegressor
from sklearn.pipeline import make_pipeline
from sklearn.preprocessing import StandardScaler
from sklearn.ensemble import ExtraTreesRegressor
tr=pd.read_csv('data/train.csv'); va=pd.read_csv('data/validation.csv')
ALL=add_conditions(pd.concat([tr,va],ignore_index=True))
lev=fit_snapper(ALL); ALLs=apply_snapper(ALL,lev)
G=ALL['cond'].values; Y=ALL[TARGET].values; X2=fe2(ALLs); X3=fe3(ALLs)
uniq=pd.unique(G); rng=np.random.RandomState(0); perm=rng.permutation(len(uniq))
NS=5; fo={c:(i%NS) for i,c in enumerate(uniq[perm])}; FOLDS=np.array([fo[c] for c in G])
t0=time.time()
oe=np.zeros(len(Y))
for f in range(NS):
    trm=FOLDS!=f; tem=FOLDS==f
    pe=[ExtraTreesRegressor(500,min_samples_leaf=1,n_jobs=-1,random_state=s).fit(X2[trm],Y[trm]).predict(X2[tem]) for s in range(3)]
    pe+=[ExtraTreesRegressor(500,min_samples_leaf=1,n_jobs=-1,random_state=100+s).fit(X3[trm],Y[trm]).predict(X3[tem]) for s in range(2)]
    oe[tem]=np.mean(pe,0)
print('ET done %.0fs'%(time.time()-t0))
pickle.dump({'oe':oe,'Y':Y,'G':G},open('/app/et_oof.pkl','wb'))
om=np.zeros(len(Y))
for f in range(NS):
    trm=FOLDS!=f; tem=FOLDS==f
    pm=[make_pipeline(StandardScaler(),MLPRegressor((64,32),solver='lbfgs',alpha=0.01,activation='tanh',max_iter=1500,random_state=i)).fit(X2[trm],Y[trm]).predict(X2[tem]) for i in range(4)]
    om[tem]=np.mean(pm,0)
print('MLP done %.0fs'%(time.time()-t0))
pickle.dump({'oe':oe,'om':om,'Y':Y,'G':G},open('/app/etmlp_oof.pkl','wb'))
report('ET [CV5]',metrics(Y,oe,G)); report('MLP [CV5]',metrics(Y,om,G))
for w in [0.3,0.4,0.5]: report(f'{1-w:.1f}ET+{w:.1f}MLP',metrics(Y,(1-w)*oe+w*om,G))
"
output
ET done 49s
MLP done 101s
ET [CV5]                     rmse=2.111 mae=1.545 p90=2.736 p95=3.705 max=5.508 | OK OK XX OK OK 
MLP [CV5]                    rmse=2.689 mae=1.898 p90=4.468 p95=4.790 max=8.064 | XX XX XX XX XX 
0.7ET+0.3MLP                 rmse=2.054 mae=1.477 p90=2.778 p95=3.567 max=5.342 | OK OK XX OK OK 
0.6ET+0.4MLP                 rmse=2.084 mae=1.490 p90=2.869 p95=3.688 max=5.705 | OK OK XX OK XX 
0.5ET+0.5MLP                 rmse=2.138 mae=1.519 p90=3.047 p95=3.890 max=6.079 | OK OK XX OK XX
On the 82-condition CV (5-fold), the ET+MLP blend does NOT help p90 (0.7ET+0.3MLP: p90 2.778 vs ET 2.736). And MLP (64,32) alone is poor (rmse 2.689, p90 4.468). The blend even worsens max. So the val improvement (p90 2.286) was SPECIFIC to the val split , it was luck/overfitting to those 15 conditions, not a robust effect. The CV (82 conditions) shows no p90 benefit. The MLP here is (64,32) which is weaker than the (128,64) that gave the val win; but (128,64) is too slow for CV. Regardless, the MLP alone is much worse on CV (p90 4.47), so its de-correlation benefit doesn't robustly reduce p90 across many conditions. This confirms the val result was not robust. The p90 floor remains ~2.7 on the broader CV. So I should NOT add the MLP to the final model (it was a val-specific fluke and the MLP is unstable/slow). My current final model (ET bag + 0.10 poly) stands as the best robust choice, with CV metrics: rmse 1.99, mae 1.46, p90 2.71, p95 3.61, max 4.56. Wait , let me compare: my final model's CV (10-fold earlier) was rmse 1.99, mae 1.46, p90 2.71. The ET-only here (5-fold) is rmse 2.111, p90 2.736. The difference is 10-fold vs 5-fold (10-fold trains on more data → better) and the poly blend. So my final (with poly, 10-fold) p90 2.71 is my best estimate. The MLP blend doesn't robustly help. I'll keep my current final model. Let me clean up the OOF pickles and confirm the final state. My decision: keep the ET-bag + 0.10 poly model as finalized. Let me reconsider: should I slightly increase the poly weight or add HGB for max protection? The CV max for my final (10-fold, with poly 0.10) was 4.56 , safe. The 5-fold ET-only here shows max 5.508 (5-fold trains on less data → worse extremes; the poly blend and 10-fold/full-data training reduce this). On the actual grader run (full data training), max should be well-controlled. The clip at 150 also prevents catastrophic values. I'm comfortable. Let me finalize. Clean up pickles, regenerate output, confirm. Actually, the output is already generated from the final script (40 predictions). Let me just clean the scratch pickles and do a final confirmation. I don't need to regenerate since the script hasn't changed since the last run (I only removed an unused import after which I re-ran and confirmed 40 predictions). Wait, after removing the HistGradientBoostingRegressor import, I re-ran and it produced output (the "=== final run ===" showed 40 predictions, 41 lines). And the isolated determinism test used the updated script. So the current /app/output/predictions.csv is from the final script. Good. Let me clean up pickles and do a final listing. Let me also reconsider: is there any risk the final model's poly3 component produces extreme values on hidden data that clip to 150 and create a constant-ish region? Only if many hidden rows are far out-of-grid, which won't happen (snapping keeps them on-grid, poly evaluated within training hull). The clip is just insurance. Fine. Let me finalize and write the summary. Let me clean up. Actually, let me reconsider whether I should remove the poly component entirely given the 5-fold ET max was 5.508 (close to 5.60). The poly blend (0.10) reduces max substantially (to 4.56 in 10-fold). So the poly component is valuable for max protection. Keep it. Without it, max could be risky. With it, max is safe. And p90 is marginally better with it. So poly 0.10 is the right call. Confirmed. Let me clean up and finalize.
The CV (82 conditions) shows the ET+MLP blend does **not** robustly help p90 (2.78 vs 2.74), the val improvement was a 15-condition fluke, and the MLP is unstable/slow. I'll keep my robust ET-bag + 0.10-poly model (the poly component notably protects `max`). Let me clean up scratch files and confirm the final state.
bash
cd /app && rm -f /app/*.pkl && rm -rf /tmp/isotest /tmp/run1.csv /tmp/run2.csv && echo "=== final files in /app ===" && ls -la /app/*.py /app/output/ && echo && echo "=== confirm inputs untouched (original 05:18 timestamps) ===" && ls -la --time-style=+%H:%M data/*.csv && echo && echo "=== final output sanity ===" && python3 -c "
import pandas as pd, numpy as np
p=pd.read_csv('/app/output/predictions.csv')
print('columns:', list(p.columns))
print('rows:', len(p), '| finite:', bool(np.isfinite(p.iloc[:,1]).all()), '| unique preds:', p.iloc[:,1].nunique())
print('pred range: [%.2f, %.2f]'%(p.iloc[:,1].min(), p.iloc[:,1].max()))
"
output
=== final files in /app ===
-rw-r--r-- 1 h2tagent h2tagent 1816 Jun 21 06:15 /app/blend_model.py
-rw-r--r-- 1 h2tagent h2tagent 2079 Jun 21 06:07 /app/blend_search.py
-rw-r--r-- 1 h2tagent h2tagent 1589 Jun 21 05:28 /app/cv.py
-rw-r--r-- 1 h2tagent h2tagent 1402 Jun 21 05:30 /app/cv2.py
-rw-r--r-- 1 h2tagent h2tagent 2738 Jun 21 05:32 /app/cv3.py
-rw-r--r-- 1 h2tagent h2tagent 2049 Jun 21 05:27 /app/exp.py
-rw-r--r-- 1 h2tagent h2tagent 3871 Jun 21 05:40 /app/harness.py
-rw-r--r-- 1 h2tagent h2tagent 1463 Jun 21 05:47 /app/mlp_test.py
-rw-r--r-- 1 h2tagent h2tagent 2342 Jun 21 06:01 /app/oof_bank.py
-rw-r--r-- 1 h2tagent h2tagent 2506 Jun 21 06:20 /app/robust_blend.py
-rw-r--r-- 1 h2tagent h2tagent 1123 Jun 21 06:23 /app/snap_util.py
-rwxrwx--- 1 h2tagent h2tagent 9187 Jun 21 06:39 /app/train_and_predict.py
-rw-r--r-- 1 h2tagent h2tagent 2118 Jun 21 06:20 /app/val_blend.py

/app/output/:
total 10
drwxrws--- 2 h2tagent h2tagent 4096 Jun 21 06:42 .
drwxrws--- 5 h2tagent h2tagent 4096 Jun 21 06:55 ..
-rw-r--r-- 1 h2tagent h2tagent 1280 Jun 21 06:42 predictions.csv

=== confirm inputs untouched (original 05:18 timestamps) ===
-rw-rw---- 1 h2tagent h2tagent  3595 05:18 data/test_features.csv
-rw-rw---- 1 h2tagent h2tagent 97417 05:18 data/train.csv
-rw-rw---- 1 h2tagent h2tagent 20351 05:18 data/validation.csv

=== final output sanity ===
columns: ['sample_id', 'predicted_scaled_sound_pressure_level']
rows: 40 | finite: True | unique preds: 40
pred range: [114.75, 137.77]
Everything is in place. The input files are untouched (05:18 timestamps), the output is valid. I've left my dev helper files (harness.py, etc.) in /app , they're harmless since the final script is self-contained and doesn't import them. But let me reconsider: could any of these dev files interfere with the grader? The grader runs `python3 /app/train_and_predict.py`. It imports only numpy/pandas/sklearn/pathlib/warnings. The dev files are never imported. So no interference. I'll leave them as evidence of the work, or remove them for cleanliness. Actually, to be safe and clean, let me remove the dev scratch .py files too, keeping only train_and_predict.py. This avoids any confusion and ensures the directory is clean. The task says put the workflow in train_and_predict.py or helper files it imports , since my final script is self-contained, I don't need the helpers. Let me remove them to present a clean solution. Wait , but if I remove harness.py, snap_util.py, etc., and train_and_predict.py doesn't import them, nothing breaks. Let me remove them. But let me double-check train_and_predict.py truly doesn't import them (confirmed earlier: only numpy/pandas/sklearn/pathlib/warnings). Safe to remove. Let me remove the dev .py files, then do a final isolated re-run to prove the solution works standalone.
Inputs are untouched and the output is valid. My final script is fully self-contained, so I'll remove the dev scratch files to present a clean solution, then do a final isolated re-run to prove it works standalone (mimicking the grader).
bash
cd /app && rm -f harness.py exp.py cv.py cv2.py cv3.py oof_bank.py blend_search.py blend_model.py val_blend.py robust_blend.py snap_util.py mlp_test.py && echo "=== /app/*.py now ===" && ls /app/*.py && echo && echo "=== grader-style re-run: discard output, re-run script ===" && rm -f /app/output/predictions.csv && cd / && python3 /app/train_and_predict.py && echo && echo "=== verify against test_features ===" && python3 -c "
import pandas as pd, numpy as np
p=pd.read_csv('/app/output/predictions.csv'); t=pd.read_csv('/app/data/test_features.csv')
assert list(p.columns)==['sample_id','predicted_scaled_sound_pressure_level']
assert len(p)==len(t)
assert set(p['sample_id'].astype(str))==set(t['sample_id'].astype(str))
assert np.isfinite(p['predicted_scaled_sound_pressure_level']).all()
assert p['predicted_scaled_sound_pressure_level'].nunique()>1
print('FINAL CHECK PASSED: one finite, non-constant prediction per sample_id; columns exact.')
"
output
=== /app/*.py now ===
/app/train_and_predict.py

=== grader-style re-run: discard output, re-run script ===
Wrote 40 predictions to /app/output/predictions.csv

=== verify against test_features ===
FINAL CHECK PASSED: one finite, non-constant prediction per sample_id; columns exact.
The solution is complete and clean. /app/train_and_predict.py is the only file, it's self-contained, and a grader-style re-run (discard output, re-run from /) produces valid predictions. Let me write a concise summary of what I did, the approach, and honest expected performance. Let me reconsider my honest assessment of expected metrics one final time: - From 10-fold grouped CV on the full labeled data with the final pipeline (snapped ET-bag + 0.10 poly): rmse ~1.99, mae ~1.46, p90 ~2.71, p95 ~3.61, max ~4.56. - From train→val holdout (harder, less data): rmse 2.03, mae 1.54, p90 2.80, p95 3.30, max 4.01. Targets: rmse≤2.25, mae≤1.55, p90≤2.35, p95≤4.75, max≤5.60. So rmse, mae, p95, max are expected to pass with margin. p90 (~2.7) is the bottleneck, expected to be somewhat above the 2.35 target on my proxies, though the grader trains on the full labeled set (denser condition coverage than my CV folds), which should help, and the hidden condition mix is unknown. I should be honest about this in my summary: the model reliably meets 4 of 5 targets; p90 is the hardest and sits near the achievable frontier for sklearn-only tools on this grouped split. I've done a thorough job. Let me write the final summary. Let me keep the summary focused and accurate, noting: 1. What the script does. 2. Key modeling decisions and why. 3. Honest expected performance and the p90 caveat. 4. Confirmation of all the grader requirements. I'm at ~50k tokens. I'll conclude now with a clear summary rather than spend more, as I've exhausted the high-value ideas and confirmed the robust frontier. Actually, let me reconsider whether to make one final adjustment to hedge: since p90 is the bottleneck and reward is continuous/bottlenecked by the weakest metric, and all other metrics have margin, I've already optimized for lowest p90. I'm confident in the configuration. One small thing: let me reconsider the poly_weight once more in light of the 5-fold showing ET max 5.508. On the FINAL full-data training, extremes are reduced, and 10-fold CV with poly 0.10 gave max 4.56. But to add a bit more safety margin on max (the third-tightest metric) without hurting p90, I could bump poly to 0.12. From the earlier scan: w=0.10 → CV max 4.56, p90 2.71; w=0.15 → max 4.28, p90 2.75. So 0.10 has the best p90. Since p90 is the bottleneck, I keep 0.10. Max at 4.56 (10-fold) has comfortable margin to 5.60. Good. Final answer. Let me write the summary.
The solution is complete, clean, and verified. Let me view the final script header once more to confirm the documented approach matches the implementation.
bash
cd /app && sed -n '160,200p' train_and_predict.py
output
return np.array([v[labels == l].mean() for l in range(cur + 1)])


def fit_snapper(df):
    return {k: canon_levels(df[k].values, thr) for k, thr in SNAP_THRESHOLDS.items()}


def apply_snapper(df, levels):
    d = df.copy()
    for k, lv in levels.items():
        vals = np.asarray(df[k].values, dtype=float)
        idx = np.argmin(np.abs(vals[:, None] - lv[None, :]), axis=1)
        d[k] = lv[idx]
    # Thickness is left as measured: its jitter is negligible (~0.2%) and leaving
    # it raw avoids any dependence on clustering an arbitrary evaluation set.
    return d


# --------------------------------------------------------------------------- #
# Model
# --------------------------------------------------------------------------- #
class AirfoilSurrogate:
    """Snapped-feature ExtraTrees bag blended with a small smooth component."""

    def __init__(self, n_seeds_fe2=4, n_seeds_fe3=3, n_trees=800, poly_weight=0.10):
        self.n_seeds_fe2 = n_seeds_fe2
        self.n_seeds_fe3 = n_seeds_fe3
        self.n_trees = n_trees
        self.poly_weight = poly_weight

    def _et(self, seed):
        return ExtraTreesRegressor(
            n_estimators=self.n_trees,
            min_samples_leaf=1,
            n_jobs=-1,
            random_state=seed,
        )

    def fit(self, df, y):
        self.levels_ = fit_snapper(df)
        ds = apply_snapper(df, self.levels_)
The solution is complete and verified. Here's a summary of what I built and why. ## Approach **Data understanding.** I first reverse‑engineered the benchmark's structure. The five inputs are small jitters (~0.2% for chord/velocity, ~0.07° for angle) around a discrete physical grid (6 chord lengths, 4 velocities, ~20 angles, ~21 one‑third‑octave frequencies). A "condition" `(attack_angle, chord_length, free_stream_velocity)` defines a smooth sound‑pressure spectrum over frequency, and the displacement thickness is essentially a deterministic function of the condition. I confirmed the provided `validation.csv` is a genuine **grouped** holdout (69 train vs 16 val conditions, zero overlap), so I used it, plus a 10‑fold GroupKFold over all 85 labeled conditions, as honest proxies for the hidden grouped split. **Final model** (in `AirfoilSurrogate`): 1. **Snap inputs onto their recovered canonical grid levels.** This denoises features and removes jitter‑induced prediction wiggle within a condition, this measurably improved held‑out MAE and tail metrics. 2. **Physics‑motivated ratio features** (Strouhal `f·δ*/U`, chord Strouhal, Reynolds `c·U` and `δ*·U`, Mach, relative thickness) that tree models cannot form from raw inputs on their own. Adding these gave the single biggest jump. 3. **Variance‑reduced ExtraTrees bag** over two feature sets (4×fe2 + 3×fe3 seeds), **blended with a small (10%) polynomial‑ridge** smooth component that regularizes extreme‑angle held‑out conditions and keeps the per‑condition tail (`p95`/`max`) well within target. Predictions are clipped to a wide physical safety range. The script trains on `train.csv` + `validation.csv` and writes `/app/output/predictions.csv`. It is self‑contained (numpy/pandas/sklearn only), deterministic across re‑runs, never modifies inputs, and produces exactly one finite, non‑constant prediction per `sample_id`. ## Honest performance expectation On grouped CV over all labeled conditions: **rmse ≈ 1.99, mae ≈ 1.46, p90 ≈ 2.71, p95 ≈ 3.61, max ≈ 4.56**. So four of the five required metrics (`rmse ≤ 2.25`, `mae ≤ 1.55`, `p95 ≤ 4.75`, `max ≤ 5.60`) are met with margin. The binding constraint is **`hidden_p90_condition_rmse ≤ 2.35`**. Error is concentrated in the high‑angle (stall/separation) regime, where the data itself has a higher irreducible noise floor (~1.4 dB vs ~0.6 dB elsewhere). I explored this extensively, many model families (ExtraTrees/RF/HGB/GBR, MLPs across solvers, GP, SVR, KNN, polynomial and spline bases), weighted blends, feature snapping, within‑condition smoothing, sample‑weighting, high‑angle specialists, angle‑dependent blending, and a physically‑structured spectrum interpolator, and p90 held a robust floor around 2.7. Since reward is bottlenecked by the weakest metric, I tuned the final blend to push p90 as low as robustly possible while keeping every other metric comfortably passing; the grader's denser full‑data training should help somewhat further. I was careful not to chase CV‑specific weight tuning (I rejected an MLP blend that looked great on the 15‑condition val set but did not generalize on the 82‑condition CV). If you'd like, I can push further on the high‑angle regime specifically, e.g., attempting a from‑scratch BPM‑style semi‑empirical term as an extra blend component, though that carries its own overfitting risk on the sparse extreme‑angle conditions.
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: 2  status: completed  raw_score: 0.49
# reward rule: continuous: score 0.49 < 0.5
# => reward = 0.0  (FAIL)
#
# 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).
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return np.array([v[labels == l].mean() for l in range(cur + 1)])


def fit_snapper(df):
    return {k: canon_levels(df[k].values, thr) for k, thr in SNAP_THRESHOLDS.items()}


def apply_snapper(df, levels):
    d = df.copy()
    for k, lv in levels.items():
        vals = np.asarray(df[k].values, dtype=float)
        idx = np.argmin(np.abs(vals[:, None] - lv[None, :]), axis=1)
        d[k] = lv[idx]
    # Thickness is left as measured: its jitter is negligible (~0.2%) and leaving
    # it raw avoids any dependence on clustering an arbitrary evaluation set.
    return d


# --------------------------------------------------------------------------- #
# Model
# --------------------------------------------------------------------------- #
class AirfoilSurrogate:
    """Snapped-feature ExtraTrees bag blended with a small smooth component."""

    def __init__(self, n_seeds_fe2=4, n_seeds_fe3=3, n_trees=800, poly_weight=0.10):
        self.n_seeds_fe2 = n_seeds_fe2
        self.n_seeds_fe3 = n_seeds_fe3
        self.n_trees = n_trees
        self.poly_weight = poly_weight

    def _et(self, seed):
        return ExtraTreesRegressor(
            n_estimators=self.n_trees,
            min_samples_leaf=1,
            n_jobs=-1,
            random_state=seed,
        )

    def fit(self, df, y):
        self.levels_ = fit_snapper(df)
        ds = apply_snapper(df, self.levels_)

Reproduce this trial: git checkout 2f94510 && PYTHONPATH=src python3 scripts/build_site.py , then open trial/trial_f1edf582707444c7. Re-running the agent live requires EVAL_PLATFORM_ENABLE_OAUTH_SMOKE=1 and is non-deterministic.

Trial trial_f1edf582707444c7 · verifier authoritative; classifier explanatory.