Logistic function

Percentage Accurate: 99.8% → 99.8%
Time: 16.3s
Alternatives: 5
Speedup: 1.0×

Specification

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\[0 \leq s \land s \leq 1.0651631\]
\[\frac{1}{1 + e^{\frac{-x}{s}}} \]
(FPCore (x s)
  :precision binary32
  :pre (and (<= 0.0 s) (<= s 1.0651631))
  (/ 1.0 (+ 1.0 (exp (/ (- x) s)))))
float code(float x, float s) {
	return 1.0f / (1.0f + expf((-x / s)));
}
real(4) function code(x, s)
use fmin_fmax_functions
    real(4), intent (in) :: x
    real(4), intent (in) :: s
    code = 1.0e0 / (1.0e0 + exp((-x / s)))
end function
function code(x, s)
	return Float32(Float32(1.0) / Float32(Float32(1.0) + exp(Float32(Float32(-x) / s))))
end
function tmp = code(x, s)
	tmp = single(1.0) / (single(1.0) + exp((-x / s)));
end
\frac{1}{1 + e^{\frac{-x}{s}}}

Local Percentage Accuracy vs ?

The average percentage accuracy by input value. Horizontal axis shows value of an input variable; the variable is choosen in the title. Vertical axis is accuracy; higher is better. Red represent the original program, while blue represents Herbie's suggestion. These can be toggled with buttons below the plot. The line is an average while dots represent individual samples.

Accuracy vs Speed?

Herbie found 5 alternatives:

AlternativeAccuracySpeedup
The accuracy (vertical axis) and speed (horizontal axis) of each alternatives. Up and to the right is better. The red square shows the initial program, and each blue circle shows an alternative.The line shows the best available speed-accuracy tradeoffs.

Initial Program: 99.8% accurate, 1.0× speedup?

\[0 \leq s \land s \leq 1.0651631\]
\[\frac{1}{1 + e^{\frac{-x}{s}}} \]
(FPCore (x s)
  :precision binary32
  :pre (and (<= 0.0 s) (<= s 1.0651631))
  (/ 1.0 (+ 1.0 (exp (/ (- x) s)))))
float code(float x, float s) {
	return 1.0f / (1.0f + expf((-x / s)));
}
real(4) function code(x, s)
use fmin_fmax_functions
    real(4), intent (in) :: x
    real(4), intent (in) :: s
    code = 1.0e0 / (1.0e0 + exp((-x / s)))
end function
function code(x, s)
	return Float32(Float32(1.0) / Float32(Float32(1.0) + exp(Float32(Float32(-x) / s))))
end
function tmp = code(x, s)
	tmp = single(1.0) / (single(1.0) + exp((-x / s)));
end
\frac{1}{1 + e^{\frac{-x}{s}}}

Alternative 1: 95.7% accurate, 0.9× speedup?

\[0 \leq s \land s \leq 1.0651631\]
\[\begin{array}{l} \mathbf{if}\;\frac{-x}{s} \leq 20:\\ \;\;\;\;\frac{1}{1 + \frac{1}{1 + \frac{x}{s}}}\\ \mathbf{else}:\\ \;\;\;\;\frac{0}{2}\\ \end{array} \]
(FPCore (x s)
  :precision binary32
  :pre (and (<= 0.0 s) (<= s 1.0651631))
  (if (<= (/ (- x) s) 20.0)
  (/ 1.0 (+ 1.0 (/ 1.0 (+ 1.0 (/ x s)))))
  (/ 0.0 2.0)))
float code(float x, float s) {
	float tmp;
	if ((-x / s) <= 20.0f) {
		tmp = 1.0f / (1.0f + (1.0f / (1.0f + (x / s))));
	} else {
		tmp = 0.0f / 2.0f;
	}
	return tmp;
}
real(4) function code(x, s)
use fmin_fmax_functions
    real(4), intent (in) :: x
    real(4), intent (in) :: s
    real(4) :: tmp
    if ((-x / s) <= 20.0e0) then
        tmp = 1.0e0 / (1.0e0 + (1.0e0 / (1.0e0 + (x / s))))
    else
        tmp = 0.0e0 / 2.0e0
    end if
    code = tmp
end function
function code(x, s)
	tmp = Float32(0.0)
	if (Float32(Float32(-x) / s) <= Float32(20.0))
		tmp = Float32(Float32(1.0) / Float32(Float32(1.0) + Float32(Float32(1.0) / Float32(Float32(1.0) + Float32(x / s)))));
	else
		tmp = Float32(Float32(0.0) / Float32(2.0));
	end
	return tmp
end
function tmp_2 = code(x, s)
	tmp = single(0.0);
	if ((-x / s) <= single(20.0))
		tmp = single(1.0) / (single(1.0) + (single(1.0) / (single(1.0) + (x / s))));
	else
		tmp = single(0.0) / single(2.0);
	end
	tmp_2 = tmp;
end
\begin{array}{l}
\mathbf{if}\;\frac{-x}{s} \leq 20:\\
\;\;\;\;\frac{1}{1 + \frac{1}{1 + \frac{x}{s}}}\\

\mathbf{else}:\\
\;\;\;\;\frac{0}{2}\\


\end{array}
Derivation
  1. Split input into 2 regimes
  2. if (/.f32 (neg.f32 x) s) < 20

    1. Initial program 99.8%

      \[\frac{1}{1 + e^{\frac{-x}{s}}} \]
    2. Applied rewrites99.8%

      \[\leadsto \frac{1}{1 + \frac{1}{e^{\frac{x}{s}}}} \]
    3. Taylor expanded in x around 0

      \[\leadsto \frac{1}{1 + \frac{1}{1 + \frac{x}{s}}} \]
    4. Applied rewrites61.1%

      \[\leadsto \frac{1}{1 + \frac{1}{1 + \frac{x}{s}}} \]

    if 20 < (/.f32 (neg.f32 x) s)

    1. Initial program 99.8%

      \[\frac{1}{1 + e^{\frac{-x}{s}}} \]
    2. Taylor expanded in x around 0

      \[\leadsto \frac{1}{2 + -1 \cdot \frac{x}{s}} \]
    3. Applied rewrites40.9%

      \[\leadsto \frac{1}{2 + -1 \cdot \frac{x}{s}} \]
    4. Taylor expanded in undef-var around zero

      \[\leadsto \frac{0}{2 + -1 \cdot \frac{x}{s}} \]
    5. Applied rewrites40.9%

      \[\leadsto \frac{0}{2 + -1 \cdot \frac{x}{s}} \]
    6. Taylor expanded in x around 0

      \[\leadsto \frac{0}{2} \]
    7. Applied rewrites40.9%

      \[\leadsto \frac{0}{2} \]
  3. Recombined 2 regimes into one program.
  4. Add Preprocessing

Alternative 2: 69.6% accurate, 1.4× speedup?

\[0 \leq s \land s \leq 1.0651631\]
\[\begin{array}{l} \mathbf{if}\;\frac{-x}{s} \leq 20:\\ \;\;\;\;\frac{0.5 \cdot s}{s}\\ \mathbf{else}:\\ \;\;\;\;\frac{0}{2}\\ \end{array} \]
(FPCore (x s)
  :precision binary32
  :pre (and (<= 0.0 s) (<= s 1.0651631))
  (if (<= (/ (- x) s) 20.0) (/ (* 0.5 s) s) (/ 0.0 2.0)))
float code(float x, float s) {
	float tmp;
	if ((-x / s) <= 20.0f) {
		tmp = (0.5f * s) / s;
	} else {
		tmp = 0.0f / 2.0f;
	}
	return tmp;
}
real(4) function code(x, s)
use fmin_fmax_functions
    real(4), intent (in) :: x
    real(4), intent (in) :: s
    real(4) :: tmp
    if ((-x / s) <= 20.0e0) then
        tmp = (0.5e0 * s) / s
    else
        tmp = 0.0e0 / 2.0e0
    end if
    code = tmp
end function
function code(x, s)
	tmp = Float32(0.0)
	if (Float32(Float32(-x) / s) <= Float32(20.0))
		tmp = Float32(Float32(Float32(0.5) * s) / s);
	else
		tmp = Float32(Float32(0.0) / Float32(2.0));
	end
	return tmp
end
function tmp_2 = code(x, s)
	tmp = single(0.0);
	if ((-x / s) <= single(20.0))
		tmp = (single(0.5) * s) / s;
	else
		tmp = single(0.0) / single(2.0);
	end
	tmp_2 = tmp;
end
\begin{array}{l}
\mathbf{if}\;\frac{-x}{s} \leq 20:\\
\;\;\;\;\frac{0.5 \cdot s}{s}\\

\mathbf{else}:\\
\;\;\;\;\frac{0}{2}\\


\end{array}
Derivation
  1. Split input into 2 regimes
  2. if (/.f32 (neg.f32 x) s) < 20

    1. Initial program 99.8%

      \[\frac{1}{1 + e^{\frac{-x}{s}}} \]
    2. Taylor expanded in x around 0

      \[\leadsto \frac{1}{2} + \frac{1}{4} \cdot \frac{x}{s} \]
    3. Applied rewrites29.4%

      \[\leadsto 0.5 + 0.25 \cdot \frac{x}{s} \]
    4. Taylor expanded in s around 0

      \[\leadsto \frac{\frac{1}{4} \cdot x + \frac{1}{2} \cdot s}{s} \]
    5. Applied rewrites29.3%

      \[\leadsto \frac{\mathsf{fma}\left(0.25, x, 0.5 \cdot s\right)}{s} \]
    6. Taylor expanded in x around 0

      \[\leadsto \frac{\frac{1}{2} \cdot s}{s} \]
    7. Applied rewrites35.0%

      \[\leadsto \frac{0.5 \cdot s}{s} \]

    if 20 < (/.f32 (neg.f32 x) s)

    1. Initial program 99.8%

      \[\frac{1}{1 + e^{\frac{-x}{s}}} \]
    2. Taylor expanded in x around 0

      \[\leadsto \frac{1}{2 + -1 \cdot \frac{x}{s}} \]
    3. Applied rewrites40.9%

      \[\leadsto \frac{1}{2 + -1 \cdot \frac{x}{s}} \]
    4. Taylor expanded in undef-var around zero

      \[\leadsto \frac{0}{2 + -1 \cdot \frac{x}{s}} \]
    5. Applied rewrites40.9%

      \[\leadsto \frac{0}{2 + -1 \cdot \frac{x}{s}} \]
    6. Taylor expanded in x around 0

      \[\leadsto \frac{0}{2} \]
    7. Applied rewrites40.9%

      \[\leadsto \frac{0}{2} \]
  3. Recombined 2 regimes into one program.
  4. Add Preprocessing

Alternative 3: 69.6% accurate, 1.7× speedup?

\[0 \leq s \land s \leq 1.0651631\]
\[\begin{array}{l} \mathbf{if}\;\frac{-x}{s} \leq 12.155284881591797:\\ \;\;\;\;0.5\\ \mathbf{else}:\\ \;\;\;\;\frac{0}{2}\\ \end{array} \]
(FPCore (x s)
  :precision binary32
  :pre (and (<= 0.0 s) (<= s 1.0651631))
  (if (<= (/ (- x) s) 12.155284881591797) 0.5 (/ 0.0 2.0)))
float code(float x, float s) {
	float tmp;
	if ((-x / s) <= 12.155284881591797f) {
		tmp = 0.5f;
	} else {
		tmp = 0.0f / 2.0f;
	}
	return tmp;
}
real(4) function code(x, s)
use fmin_fmax_functions
    real(4), intent (in) :: x
    real(4), intent (in) :: s
    real(4) :: tmp
    if ((-x / s) <= 12.155284881591797e0) then
        tmp = 0.5e0
    else
        tmp = 0.0e0 / 2.0e0
    end if
    code = tmp
end function
function code(x, s)
	tmp = Float32(0.0)
	if (Float32(Float32(-x) / s) <= Float32(12.155284881591797))
		tmp = Float32(0.5);
	else
		tmp = Float32(Float32(0.0) / Float32(2.0));
	end
	return tmp
end
function tmp_2 = code(x, s)
	tmp = single(0.0);
	if ((-x / s) <= single(12.155284881591797))
		tmp = single(0.5);
	else
		tmp = single(0.0) / single(2.0);
	end
	tmp_2 = tmp;
end
\begin{array}{l}
\mathbf{if}\;\frac{-x}{s} \leq 12.155284881591797:\\
\;\;\;\;0.5\\

\mathbf{else}:\\
\;\;\;\;\frac{0}{2}\\


\end{array}
Derivation
  1. Split input into 2 regimes
  2. if (/.f32 (neg.f32 x) s) < 12.1552849

    1. Initial program 99.8%

      \[\frac{1}{1 + e^{\frac{-x}{s}}} \]
    2. Taylor expanded in x around 0

      \[\leadsto \frac{1}{2} \]
    3. Applied rewrites35.0%

      \[\leadsto 0.5 \]

    if 12.1552849 < (/.f32 (neg.f32 x) s)

    1. Initial program 99.8%

      \[\frac{1}{1 + e^{\frac{-x}{s}}} \]
    2. Taylor expanded in x around 0

      \[\leadsto \frac{1}{2 + -1 \cdot \frac{x}{s}} \]
    3. Applied rewrites40.9%

      \[\leadsto \frac{1}{2 + -1 \cdot \frac{x}{s}} \]
    4. Taylor expanded in undef-var around zero

      \[\leadsto \frac{0}{2 + -1 \cdot \frac{x}{s}} \]
    5. Applied rewrites40.9%

      \[\leadsto \frac{0}{2 + -1 \cdot \frac{x}{s}} \]
    6. Taylor expanded in x around 0

      \[\leadsto \frac{0}{2} \]
    7. Applied rewrites40.9%

      \[\leadsto \frac{0}{2} \]
  3. Recombined 2 regimes into one program.
  4. Add Preprocessing

Alternative 4: 35.0% accurate, 23.2× speedup?

\[0 \leq s \land s \leq 1.0651631\]
\[0.5 \]
(FPCore (x s)
  :precision binary32
  :pre (and (<= 0.0 s) (<= s 1.0651631))
  0.5)
float code(float x, float s) {
	return 0.5f;
}
real(4) function code(x, s)
use fmin_fmax_functions
    real(4), intent (in) :: x
    real(4), intent (in) :: s
    code = 0.5e0
end function
function code(x, s)
	return Float32(0.5)
end
function tmp = code(x, s)
	tmp = single(0.5);
end
0.5
Derivation
  1. Initial program 99.8%

    \[\frac{1}{1 + e^{\frac{-x}{s}}} \]
  2. Taylor expanded in x around 0

    \[\leadsto \frac{1}{2} \]
  3. Applied rewrites35.0%

    \[\leadsto 0.5 \]
  4. Add Preprocessing

Reproduce

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herbie shell --seed 2026089 +o generate:egglog
(FPCore (x s)
  :name "Logistic function"
  :precision binary32
  :pre (and (<= 0.0 s) (<= s 1.0651631))
  (/ 1.0 (+ 1.0 (exp (/ (- x) s)))))