yambda-discovery-ranking-v01 / grok-1-0-44-basic-r04-61e7dce0-20260929
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## Step 2 · user · Timestamp not recorded

<user_info>
OS Version: linux
Shell: /bin/sh
Workspace Path: /app
Today's date: 2026-09-29
</user_info>

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## Step 4 · user · Timestamp not recorded

<user_query>
# Build a music-discovery ranker

Build the strongest ranking model you can for the "Made for You" shelf of a
music streaming service. Per-user candidate eligibility, cutoff-specific
explicit preference state, and a temporal backtest are provided. Candidate
eligibility is platform-owned; all modeling within that candidate boundary is
in scope.

## Data

All inputs are under `/task/data/`. Training data ends at timestamp `24786800`.
A 30-minute gap precedes a seven-day public validation window. The hidden test
is the following seven-day window after another 30-minute gap.

For each event family there is a `train_*.parquet` and `val_*.parquet` file:

| Family | Meaning | Columns |
| --- | --- | --- |
| `listens` | Playback events | `uid`, `timestamp`, `item_id`, `is_organic`, `played_ratio_pct`, `track_length_seconds` |
| `likes` | Explicit positive actions | `uid`, `timestamp`, `item_id`, `is_organic` |
| `dislikes` | Explicit negative actions | `uid`, `timestamp`, `item_id`, `is_organic` |
| `unlikes` | Reversal of a prior like | `uid`, `timestamp`, `item_id`, `is_organic` |
| `undislikes` | Reversal of a prior dislike | `uid`, `timestamp`, `item_id`, `is_organic` |

`is_organic=1` means the listener sought out the track; `0` means the action
came through a recommendation surface. A listen is a conventional positive at
50% completion. The discovery-quality objective below uses the stronger 80%
threshold.

The two public windows have different roles:

1. Build and tune a validation ranker using only `train_*` as history and
   `val_*` as subsequent outcomes.
2. After selecting the approach, refit it on `train_* + val_*`. At hidden-test
   time the validation events are observed history, not recommendable outcomes.

Do not use `val_*` events as features when measuring a validation ranking. They
may and should be used when refitting the final hidden-test ranker.

Additional files under `/task/data/`:

- `candidate_catalog.parquet`: the 30,000 retrieval-catalog tracks, ordered by
  training positive-listen popularity.
- `target_users.parquet`: users with at least 20 positive listens in the 90 days
  before the training cutoff, selected without future labels.
- `validation_preference_state.parquet`: active explicit state at the training
  cutoff, for validation ranking.
- `test_preference_state.parquet`: active explicit state after validation, for
  the final hidden-test ranking. State is `liked` or `disliked`; a pair may have
  both active channels.
- `validation_eligible_candidates.npz` and `test_eligible_candidates.npz`:
  cutoff-correct candidate sets for every target user. Each contains aligned
  arrays `uids`, `item_ids`, and `packed_eligible`. For user row `r`, recover
  the Boolean item mask with `np.unpackbits(packed_eligible[r],
  count=len(item_ids), bitorder="little")`.

The exact available Python distribution inventory is listed in
`/task/requirements.txt`. Future test interactions are hidden and used only by
the separate Harbor verifier.

## Discovery objective

Rank only the candidates returned for the relevant cutoff. Relevance is based
on organic behavior in the immediately following window:

- grade 3: the user organically likes the track;
- grade 1: the user organically listens to at least 80% of the track;
- grade 0: otherwise.

If both positive events occur, grade 3 wins. Ranking quality is measured with
graded NDCG@10. DCG uses gain `2^grade - 1` and discount
`1/log2(rank + 1)`, then averages per-user NDCG over users with at least one
relevant item.

The public evaluator reports this objective for development, but its score is
not a separate acceptance stage. Final acceptance is determined on the hidden
test using the same objective.

The Yambda logs contain interactions, not impression propensities. Treat the
organic objective as a robust offline target, not as a causal estimate of
online lift.

## Public tools

`/task/evaluate_public.py` scores a validation-stage ranking against the public
window. Pass the path to a ranking with the same schema as the final
deliverable:

```sh
python /task/evaluate_public.py solution/validation.parquet
```

Stage-independent evaluation helpers are available in
`/task/ranking_evaluation.py`. The builder installs the same checked-in module
in the public agent image and private verifier image so scoring mechanics cannot
drift. The public copy contains no hidden labels, evaluator-owned data paths, or
pass thresholds.

The public evaluator uses `validation_eligible_candidates.npz`; it is not a
validator for the final artifact. No model, fitted representation, example
submission, or modeling architecture is supplied. Build and tune the best model
you can, then refit the selected approach as described above.

## Deliverable

Write `/app/solution/submission.parquet` or
`/app/solution/submission.csv`, with exactly 100 rows for every target user and
columns `uid`, `item_id`, `rank`. Ranks must be the integers 1-100 with no ties
or duplicate items. Every submitted item must be present in that user's
`test_eligible_candidates.npz` candidate set.

Leave the code that builds the artifact and a concise
`/app/solution/README.md` in `/app/solution/`. Keep the best valid submission
saved throughout the attempt so it survives the deadline.

## Constraints

- Write deliverables and intermediate artifacts only under `/app/solution/`.
- Treat `/task/` and the installed Python environment as read-only.
- Do not invoke nested agents or attempt to access verifier files, credentials,
  other trials, or host paths.
- Do not install packages or use network access except for the model provider
  connection managed by Harbor.
- You have up to 30 minutes. Improve the model as much as possible within that
  limit. Structural validity alone is not sufficient; the final submission is
  also evaluated for ranking quality.
</user_query>

## Step 5 · agent · Timestamp not recorded

### Thinking unavailable — no text recorded


I'll start by inspecting the data, evaluation setup, and constraints so I can build a cutoff-correct ranker for the Made for You shelf.

### todo_write · Timestamp not recorded
{
  "todos": [
    {
      "id": "1",
      "content": "Explore data, evaluation, and constraints",
      "status": "in_progress"
    },
    {
      "id": "2",
      "content": "Build features and validation ranker",
      "status": "pending"
    },
    {
      "id": "3",
      "content": "Tune on public validation NDCG@10",
      "status": "pending"
    },
    {
      "id": "4",
      "content": "Refit on train+val and write test submission",
      "status": "pending"
    }
  ],
  "merge": false
}
### Tool output · Timestamp not recorded
- [in_progress] 1: Explore data, evaluation, and constraints
- [pending] 2: Build features and validation ranker
- [pending] 3: Tune on public validation NDCG@10
- [pending] 4: Refit on train+val and write test submission


### list_dir · Timestamp not recorded
{
  "target_directory": "/task"
}
### Tool output · Timestamp not recorded
- /task/
  - data/
    - candidate_catalog.parquet
    - target_users.parquet
    - test_eligible_candidates.npz
    - test_preference_state.parquet
    - train_dislikes.parquet
    - train_likes.parquet
    - train_listens.parquet
    - train_undislikes.parquet
    - train_unlikes.parquet
    - val_dislikes.parquet
    - val_likes.parquet
    - val_listens.parquet
    - val_undislikes.parquet
    - val_unlikes.parquet
    - validation_eligible_candidates.npz
    - validation_preference_state.parquet
  - evaluate_public.py
  - ranking_evaluation.py
  - requirements.txt

### list_dir · Timestamp not recorded
{
  "target_directory": "/app"
}
### Tool output · Timestamp not recorded
- /app/
  - solution/

### read_file · Timestamp not recorded
{
  "target_file": "/task/requirements.txt"
}
### Tool output · Timestamp not recorded
1→# Exact third-party distribution inventory for yambda-discovery-ranking-v01.
#
# This is an input to `uv pip sync`, not a list of minimum requirements. A
# conforming task environment contains exactly these third-party Python
# distributions and no others. The same inventory is used for source preparation,
# task building, reference scoring, judging, and solver attempts. Python itself
# is pinned by task.toml and both Harbor image Dockerfiles.
attrs==26.1.0
bleach==6.4.0
10→certifi==2026.7.22
chardet==7.6.0
charset-normalizer==3.5.1
fastjsonschema==2.22.2
idna==3.18
joblib==1.5.3
jsonschema==4.26.0
jsonschema-specifications==2025.9.1
jupyter-core==5.9.1
jupytext==1.19.5
20→kaggle==2.2.4
kagglesdk==0.1.37
markdown-it-py==4.2.0
mdit-py-plugins==0.6.1
mdurl==0.1.2
nbformat==5.11.1
numpy==2.2.6
packaging==26.3
pandas==2.3.3
pillow==12.3.0
30→pip==26.0.1
platformdirs==4.11.3
protobuf==7.35.1
pyarrow==18.1.0
python-dateutil==2.9.0.post0
python-dotenv==1.2.3
python-slugify==8.0.4
pytz==2026.3.post1
PyYAML==6.0.3
referencing==0.37.0
40→reportlab==4.2.5
requests==2.34.2
rpds-py==2026.6.3
scikit-learn==1.7.2
scipy==1.15.3
six==1.17.0
text-unidecode==1.3
threadpoolctl==3.6.0
tqdm==4.70.0
traitlets==5.16.1
50→typing-extensions==4.16.0
tzdata==2026.3
urllib3==2.7.0
webencodings==0.6.1


### read_file · Timestamp not recorded
{
  "target_file": "/task/evaluate_public.py"
}
### Tool output · Timestamp not recorded
1→#!/usr/bin/env python3
"""Score a validation-stage ranking against public discovery labels.

``build_task.py`` publishes this module with the solver-visible task files. It
loads target users, validation eligibility, and validation-window events from
the adjacent ``data`` directory, then evaluates one ranking supplied on the
command line. Stage-independent mechanics come from the adjacent public
``ranking_evaluation.py`` module. The builder installs the same checked-in
module in the private judge, so public and private scoring mechanics cannot
10→drift. A relevant candidate receives grade 3 for an organic like or grade 1 for
an organic listen with at least 80 percent completion; a like takes precedence
when both events exist.

Before scoring, the ranking must contain exactly 100 distinct eligible items
for every target user, with integer-valued ``uid``, ``item_id``, and ``rank``
columns and ranks 1 through 100 exactly once per user. Extra columns are
ignored. Quality is graded NDCG@10, averaged only over users who have at least
one eligible relevant item in the validation window.

20→The evaluator prints a JSON object containing the model path and scores. It
does not apply the task's pass threshold; its purpose is model development and
selection. The private judge applies the threshold to the final submission.

Usage::

    python evaluate_public.py <validation-ranking.parquet|csv>
"""
from __future__ import annotations

30→import json
import sys
from pathlib import Path

import pandas as pd

from ranking_evaluation import (
    CandidateSet,
    RankingValidationError,
    ranked_items,
40→    read_ranking,
    score_rankings,
    validate_ranking,
)


HERE = Path(__file__).resolve().parent
DATA = HERE / "data"
LISTEN_STRONG = 80

50→
def validation_truth(
    eligibility: CandidateSet, targets: set[int]
) -> dict[int, dict[int, int]]:
    """Build cutoff-correct graded relevance from public validation events.

    Only target-user events for eligible candidates are retained. Organic
    listens completed to at least 80 percent receive grade 1, and organic likes
    receive grade 3. Repeated user-item events are collapsed, and processing
    likes second ensures that grade 3 wins over grade 1.
60→
    Args:
        eligibility: Validation-cutoff candidate membership service.
        targets: Complete set of target user IDs.

    Returns:
        A nested ``uid -> item_id -> grade`` mapping. Users without an eligible
        relevant event are omitted.
    """
    listens = pd.read_parquet(DATA / "val_listens.parquet")
70→    likes = pd.read_parquet(DATA / "val_likes.parquet")
    strong = listens[
        listens.uid.isin(targets)
        & (listens.is_organic == 1)
        & (listens.played_ratio_pct >= LISTEN_STRONG)
    ][["uid", "item_id"]].drop_duplicates()
    organic_likes = likes[
        likes.uid.isin(targets) & (likes.is_organic == 1)
    ][["uid", "item_id"]].drop_duplicates()

80→    graded: dict[int, dict[int, int]] = {}
    for raw_uid, raw_item in strong.itertuples(index=False, name=None):
        uid, item = int(raw_uid), int(raw_item)
        if eligibility.is_eligible(uid, item):
            graded.setdefault(uid, {})[item] = 1
    for raw_uid, raw_item in organic_likes.itertuples(index=False, name=None):
        uid, item = int(raw_uid), int(raw_item)
        if eligibility.is_eligible(uid, item):
            graded.setdefault(uid, {})[item] = 3
    return graded
90→

def load_submission(
    path: Path, eligibility: CandidateSet, targets: set[int]
) -> dict[int, list[int]]:
    """Load and validate a public validation ranking.

    Files ending in ``.parquet`` are read as parquet; every other suffix is
    read as CSV. The required columns must be integer-valued, cover exactly the
    target-user set, contain 100 rows and ranks 1 through 100 per user, avoid
100→    duplicate user-item pairs, and contain only cutoff-eligible items.

    Args:
        path: Ranking file to read.
        eligibility: Validation-cutoff candidate membership service.
        targets: Exact set of users the ranking must cover.

    Returns:
        A ``uid -> ranked item IDs`` mapping ordered by ascending rank.

110→    Raises:
        ValueError: If the ranking violates the required schema or invariants.
    """
    frame = validate_ranking(read_ranking(path), targets)
    if not all(
        eligibility.is_eligible(uid, item)
        for uid, item in frame[["uid", "item_id"]].itertuples(index=False, name=None)
    ):
        raise RankingValidationError(
            "submission contains an item rejected by eligibility service"
120→        )
    return ranked_items(frame)


def score(
    ranked: dict[int, list[int]],
    graded: dict[int, dict[int, int]],
) -> dict[str, float | int]:
    """Aggregate per-user NDCG@10 over users with public relevance labels.

130→    Args:
        ranked: Ranked item IDs for every target user.
        graded: Eligible validation relevance keyed by user and item.

    Returns:
        The six-decimal ``quality_ndcg@10`` value and number of scored users.
    """
    return score_rankings(ranked, graded)


140→def main() -> None:
    """Run the public evaluator CLI and print its JSON score report."""
    targets_frame = pd.read_parquet(DATA / "target_users.parquet")
    targets = set(targets_frame.uid.astype(int))
    eligibility = CandidateSet(DATA / "validation_eligible_candidates.npz")
    graded = validation_truth(eligibility, targets)

    if len(sys.argv) != 2:
        raise SystemExit(
            "usage: evaluate_public.py <validation-ranking.parquet|csv>"
150→        )
    path = Path(sys.argv[1])
    ranked = load_submission(path, eligibility, targets)
    print(json.dumps({"model": str(path), "scores": score(ranked, graded)}, indent=2))


if __name__ == "__main__":
    main()


### read_file · Timestamp not recorded
{
  "target_file": "/task/ranking_evaluation.py"
}
### Tool output · Timestamp not recorded
1→"""Shared public primitives for Yambda discovery-ranking evaluation.

Both the solver-visible validation evaluator and the private submission judge
import this module from the generated task's ``public`` directory. It owns the
stage-independent contract: reading a ranking, validating its shape, converting
it to per-user rank order, looking up packed candidate eligibility, and
computing graded NDCG@10.

The module deliberately contains no event-derived labels, private artifact
10→paths, or pass thresholds. Each evaluator supplies its own relevance data and
per-cutoff eligibility checks around these common operations.
"""
from __future__ import annotations

from pathlib import Path

import numpy as np
import pandas as pd

20→
__all__ = [
    "CandidateSet",
    "QUALITY_K",
    "RankingValidationError",
    "REQUIRED_COLUMNS",
    "TOP_N",
    "ndcg_at_k",
    "ranked_items",
    "read_ranking",
30→    "score_rankings",
    "validate_ranking",
]

TOP_N = 100
QUALITY_K = 10
REQUIRED_COLUMNS = ("uid", "item_id", "rank")


class RankingValidationError(ValueError):
40→    """Report a ranking-schema or structural-contract violation."""


class CandidateSet:
    """Provide membership lookups over one packed candidate-set archive.

    The archive contains aligned ``uids``, ``item_ids``, and
    ``packed_eligible`` arrays. Candidate column ``c`` is represented by bit
    ``c % 8`` of byte ``c // 8`` using little-endian bit order. Arrays are
    copied into memory so they remain valid after the archive is closed.
50→    """

    def __init__(self, path: Path):
        """Load an eligibility archive and build ID-to-position indexes.

        Args:
            path: Path to a ``.npz`` archive with the candidate-set schema.
        """
        with np.load(path, allow_pickle=False) as artifact:
            self.uids = artifact["uids"].astype(np.int64, copy=True)
60→            self.item_ids = artifact["item_ids"].astype(np.int64, copy=True)
            self.packed = artifact["packed_eligible"].astype(np.uint8, copy=True)
        self.uid_row = {int(uid): row for row, uid in enumerate(self.uids)}
        self.item_column = {
            int(item): column for column, item in enumerate(self.item_ids)
        }

    def is_eligible(self, uid: int, item_id: int) -> bool:
        """Return whether ``item_id`` is eligible for ``uid``.

70→        IDs absent from the target-user or candidate-item arrays are treated as
        ineligible rather than raising an exception.

        Args:
            uid: Target user ID to query.
            item_id: Candidate item ID to query.

        Returns:
            ``True`` only when the corresponding packed eligibility bit is set.
        """
80→        row = self.uid_row.get(int(uid))
        column = self.item_column.get(int(item_id))
        if row is None or column is None:
            return False
        byte, bit = divmod(column, 8)
        return bool((int(self.packed[row, byte]) >> bit) & 1)


def read_ranking(path: Path) -> pd.DataFrame:
    """Read a parquet or CSV ranking into a pandas frame.
90→
    Args:
        path: Input path. A ``.parquet`` suffix selects parquet; every other
            suffix is interpreted as CSV.

    Returns:
        The ranking frame as loaded by pandas.
    """
    return pd.read_parquet(path) if path.suffix == ".parquet" else pd.read_csv(path)

100→
def validate_ranking(
    frame: pd.DataFrame,
    targets: set[int],
) -> pd.DataFrame:
    """Normalize and validate the stage-independent ranking contract.

    Required values must be finite integers. The user set must exactly match
    ``targets``; every user must have 100 rows, distinct items, and each rank
    from 1 through 100 exactly once. Cutoff-specific candidate eligibility is
110→    intentionally left to the calling evaluator.

    Args:
        frame: Raw ranking frame. Extra columns are discarded from an internal
            copy; the caller's frame is not modified.
        targets: Exact set of target user IDs the ranking must cover.

    Returns:
        A normalized frame containing only the required ``int64`` columns.

120→    Raises:
        RankingValidationError: If the ranking violates the shared contract.
    """
    required = list(REQUIRED_COLUMNS)
    if not all(column in frame for column in required):
        raise RankingValidationError(f"submission requires columns {required}")

    normalized = frame[required].copy()
    for column in required:
        numeric = pd.to_numeric(normalized[column], errors="coerce")
130→        values = numeric.to_numpy(dtype=float)
        if numeric.isna().any() or not np.isfinite(values).all():
            raise RankingValidationError(
                f"submission {column} must be finite numeric values"
            )
        if not np.equal(numeric, np.floor(numeric)).all():
            raise RankingValidationError(
                f"submission {column} must contain integers"
            )
        normalized[column] = numeric.astype(np.int64)
140→
    submitted_users = set(map(int, normalized.uid.unique()))
    if submitted_users != targets:
        raise RankingValidationError(
            f"submission user set mismatch: missing={len(targets - submitted_users)} "
            f"extra={len(submitted_users - targets)}"
        )
    counts = normalized.groupby("uid").size()
    if not (counts == TOP_N).all():
        raise RankingValidationError(
150→            f"submission must contain exactly {TOP_N} rows for every target user"
        )
    if normalized.duplicated(["uid", "item_id"]).any():
        raise RankingValidationError(
            "submission contains duplicate (uid, item_id) pairs"
        )
    valid_ranks = set(range(1, TOP_N + 1))
    ranks_are_valid = normalized.groupby("uid")["rank"].apply(
        lambda values: set(map(int, values)) == valid_ranks
    )
160→    if not ranks_are_valid.all():
        raise RankingValidationError(
            f"each user must have every rank from 1 through {TOP_N} exactly once"
        )
    return normalized


def ranked_items(frame: pd.DataFrame) -> dict[int, list[int]]:
    """Convert a validated ranking frame to ordered items keyed by user.

170→    Args:
        frame: Frame that has passed :func:`validate_ranking`.

    Returns:
        A ``uid -> item IDs`` mapping ordered by ascending rank.
    """
    ordered = frame.sort_values(["uid", "rank"])
    return {
        int(uid): list(map(int, values))
        for uid, values in ordered.groupby("uid").item_id
180→    }


def ndcg_at_k(ranked: list[int], gold: dict[int, int], k: int) -> float:
    """Compute graded normalized discounted cumulative gain at ``k``.

    Relevance gain is ``2**grade - 1`` and the discount at one-based rank
    ``r`` is ``1 / log2(r + 1)``. Items absent from ``gold`` have grade zero.

    Args:
190→        ranked: Item IDs in predicted rank order.
        gold: Mapping from relevant item IDs to integer relevance grades.
        k: Maximum number of predicted positions to score.

    Returns:
        For a valid duplicate-free ranking, NDCG in ``[0, 1]``; returns
        ``0.0`` when the ideal gain is zero.
    """
    gains = np.asarray([gold.get(item, 0) for item in ranked[:k]], dtype=np.float64)
    discounts = 1.0 / np.log2(np.arange(2, len(gains) + 2))
200→    dcg = float(np.sum((np.power(2.0, gains) - 1.0) * discounts))
    ideal = np.asarray(sorted(gold.values(), reverse=True)[:k], dtype=np.float64)
    ideal_discounts = 1.0 / np.log2(np.arange(2, len(ideal) + 2))
    idcg = float(np.sum((np.power(2.0, ideal) - 1.0) * ideal_discounts))
    return dcg / idcg if idcg else 0.0


def score_rankings(
    ranked: dict[int, list[int]],
    graded: dict[int, dict[int, int]],
210→) -> dict[str, float | int]:
    """Aggregate per-user NDCG@10 over users with relevance labels.

    Args:
        ranked: Ranked item IDs for every target user.
        graded: Relevant item grades keyed by user and item.

    Returns:
        The six-decimal ``quality_ndcg@10`` value and number of scored users.
    """
220→    quality = float(
        np.mean(
            [
                ndcg_at_k(ranked[uid], gold, QUALITY_K)
                for uid, gold in graded.items()
            ]
        )
    )
    return {
        "quality_ndcg@10": round(quality, 6),
230→        "quality_users": len(graded),
    }


## Step 6 · agent · Timestamp not recorded

### Recorded reasoning summary
I will explore the data more thoroughly to understand its structure, sizes, schemas, timestamps, and user counts.

Next I’ll inspect schemas, sizes, and cutoff timing so the ranker stays eligible-only and leak-free.

### run_terminal_command · Timestamp not recorded
{
  "command": "python3 - << 'PY'\nimport pandas as pd\nimport numpy as np\nfrom pathlib import Path\n\ndata = Path(\"/task/data\")\n\n# basic files\nfor name in [\"candidate_catalog.parquet\", \"target_users.parquet\", \"validation_preference_state.parquet\", \"test_preference_state.parquet\"]:\n    df = pd.read_parquet(data/name)\n    print(\"=\"*60)\n    print(name, df.shape)\n    print(df.columns.tolist())\n    print(df.dtypes)\n    print(df.head(3))\n    print()\n\n# events\nfor split in [\"train\", \"val\"]:\n    for fam in [\"listens\", \"likes\", \"dislikes\", \"unlikes\", \"undislikes\"]:\n        df = pd.read_parquet(data/f\"{split}_{fam}.parquet\")\n        print(f\"{split}_{fam}: shape={df.shape} cols={df.columns.tolist()} ts=[{df.timestamp.min()}, {df.timestamp.max()}] nuid={df.uid.nunique()} nitem={df.item_id.nunique()}\")\n        if fam==\"listens\":\n            print(\"  organic mean\", df.is_organic.mean(), \"played_ratio describe\", df.played_ratio_pct.describe().to_dict())\n        else:\n            print(\"  organic mean\", df.is_organic.mean())\n\n# eligibility\nfor name in [\"validation_eligible_candidates.npz\", \"test_eligible_candidates.npz\"]:\n    z = np.load(data/name)\n    print(name, {k: z[k].shape for k in z.files}, \"n_users\", len(z[\"uids\"]), \"n_items\", len(z[\"item_ids\"]))\n    # average eligible count\n    packed = z[\"packed_eligible\"]\n    n_items = len(z[\"item_ids\"])\n    counts = []\n    for r in range(min(200, packed.shape[0])):\n        mask = np.unpackbits(packed[r], count=n_items, bitorder=\"little\")\n        counts.append(mask.sum())\n    print(\"  sample eligible counts mean/min/max\", np.mean(counts), min(counts), max(counts))\nPY\n",
  "description": "Inspect data schemas, sizes, timestamps"
}
### Tool error · Timestamp not recorded
exit: 1
Traceback (most recent call last):
  File "<stdin>", line 1, in <module>
ModuleNotFoundError: No module named 'pandas'


## Step 7 · agent · Timestamp not recorded

### Recorded reasoning summary
Pandas is missing. I need to locate the correct Python interpreter or activate the proper environment.



### run_terminal_command · Timestamp not recorded
{
  "command": "which python python3; ls /usr/bin/python*; ls /opt 2>/dev/null; echo '---'; cat /task/requirements.txt | head -5; echo PATH=$PATH; ls /usr/local; find / -name 'pandas' -type d 2>/dev/null | head; find / -name 'python*' -type f 2>/dev/null | head -50",
  "description": "Find Python environment with pandas"
}
### Tool output · Timestamp not recorded
exit: 0
/usr/local/bin/python
/usr/local/bin/python3
ls: cannot access '/usr/bin/python*': No such file or directory
task-venv
---
# Exact third-party distribution inventory for yambda-discovery-ranking-v01.
#
# This is an input to `uv pip sync`, not a list of minimum requirements. A
# conforming task environment contains exactly these third-party Python
# distributions and no others. The same inventory is used for source preparation,
PATH=/usr/local/bin:/usr/bin:/bin:/usr/local/games:/usr/games:/home/agent/.grok/bin:/opt/task-venv/bin:/usr/local/sbin:/usr/sbin:/sbin
bin
etc
games
include
lib
man
sbin
share
src
/opt/task-venv/lib/python3.12/site-packages/pandas
/usr/local/lib/python3.12/config-3.12-x86_64-linux-gnu/python-config.py
/usr/local/lib/python3.12/config-3.12-x86_64-linux-gnu/python.o
/usr/local/lib/python3.12/idlelib/Icons/python.gif
/usr/local/lib/python3.12/site-packages/pip/_vendor/pygments/lexers/python.py
/usr/local/lib/pkgconfig/python-3.12-embed.pc
/usr/local/lib/pkgconfig/python-3.12.pc
/usr/local/include/python3.12/pythonrun.h
/usr/local/include/python3.12/cpython/pythonrun.h
/usr/local/share/man/man1/python3.12.1
/usr/local/bin/python3.12
/usr/local/bin/python3.12-config
/opt/task-venv/lib/python3.12/site-packages/numpy/lib/tests/data/python3.npy
/opt/task-venv/lib/python3.12/site-packages/pyarrow/include/arrow/python/python_to_arrow.h
/opt/task-venv/lib/python3.12/site-packages/pyarrow/include/arrow/python/vendored/pythoncapi_compat.h
/opt/task-venv/lib/python3.12/site-packages/pyarrow/include/arrow/python/python_test.h
/opt/task-venv/lib/python3.12/site-packages/pyarrow/src/arrow/python/python_to_arrow.h
/opt/task-venv/lib/python3.12/site-packages/pyarrow/src/arrow/python/python_to_arrow.cc
/opt/task-venv/lib/python3.12/site-packages/pyarrow/src/arrow/python/vendored/pythoncapi_compat.h
/opt/task-venv/lib/python3.12/site-packages/pyarrow/src/arrow/python/python_test.cc
/opt/task-venv/lib/python3.12/site-packages/pyarrow/src/arrow/python/python_test.h
/opt/task-venv/lib/python3.12/site-packages/pandas/io/parsers/__pycache__/python_parser.cpython-312.pyc
/opt/task-venv/lib/python3.12/site-packages/pandas/io/parsers/python_parser.py
/opt/task-venv/lib/python3.12/site-packages/google/protobuf/internal/__pycache__/python_message.cpython-312.pyc
/opt/task-venv/lib/python3.12/site-packages/google/protobuf/internal/__pycache__/python_edition_defaults.cpython-312.pyc
/opt/task-venv/lib/python3.12/site-packages/google/protobuf/internal/python_edition_defaults.py
/opt/task-venv/lib/python3.12/site-packages/google/protobuf/internal/python_message.py
/opt/task-venv/lib/python3.12/site-packages/pip/_vendor/pygments/lexers/__pycache__/python.cpython-312.pyc
/opt/task-venv/lib/python3.12/site-packages/pip/_vendor/pygments/lexers/python.py


## Step 8 · agent · Timestamp not recorded

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### run_terminal_command · Timestamp not recorded
{
  "command": "/opt/task-venv/bin/python - << 'PY'\nimport pandas as pd\nimport numpy as np\nfrom pathlib import Path\n\ndata = Path(\"/task/data\")\n\n# basic files\nfor name in [\"candidate_catalog.parquet\", \"target_users.parquet\", \"validation_preference_state.parquet\", \"test_preference_state.parquet\"]:\n    df = pd.read_parquet(data/name)\n    print(\"=\"*60)\n    print(name, df.shape)\n    print(df.columns.tolist())\n    print(df.dtypes.to_dict())\n    print(df.head(3).to_string())\n    print()\n\n# events\nfor split in [\"train\", \"val\"]:\n    for fam in [\"listens\", \"likes\", \"dislikes\", \"unlikes\", \"undislikes\"]:\n        df = pd.read_parquet(data/f\"{split}_{fam}.parquet\")\n        print(f\"{split}_{fam}: shape={df.shape} cols={df.columns.tolist()} ts=[{df.timestamp.min()}, {df.timestamp.max()}] nuid={df.uid.nunique()} nitem={df.item_id.nunique()}\")\n        if fam==\"listens\":\n            print(\"  organic mean\", float(df.is_organic.mean()), \"played_ratio mean/median\", float(df.played_ratio_pct.mean()), float(df.played_ratio_pct.median()))\n        else:\n            print(\"  organic mean\", float(df.is_organic.mean()))\n\n# eligibility\nfor name in [\"validation_eligible_candidates.npz\", \"test_eligible_candidates.npz\"]:\n    z = np.load(data/name)\n    print(name, {k: z[k].shape for k in z.files}, \"n_users\", len(z[\"uids\"]), \"n_items\", len(z[\"item_ids\"]))\n    packed = z[\"packed_eligible\"]\n    n_items = len(z[\"item_ids\"])\n    counts = []\n    for r in range(min(500, packed.shape[0])):\n        mask = np.unpackbits(packed[r], count=n_items, bitorder=\"little\")\n        counts.append(mask.sum())\n    print(\"  sample eligible counts mean/min/max\", float(np.mean(counts)), min(counts), max(counts))\nPY\n",
  "description": "Inspect data with venv Python"
}
### Tool output · Timestamp not recorded
exit: 0
============================================================
candidate_catalog.parquet (30000, 4)
['item_id', 'positive_listens', 'organic_positive_listens', 'popularity_rank']
{'item_id': dtype('uint32'), 'positive_listens': dtype('int64'), 'organic_positive_listens': dtype('uint64'), 'popularity_rank': dtype('int32')}
   item_id  positive_listens  organic_positive_listens  popularity_rank
0  5862961             26615                     20620                1
1  6901374             25536                     17347                2
2  5635052             24691                     17194                3

============================================================
target_users.parquet (8456, 3)
['uid', 'recent_positive_listens', 'history_positive_listens']
{'uid': dtype('uint32'), 'recent_positive_listens': dtype('float64'), 'history_positive_listens': dtype('int64')}
   uid  recent_positive_listens  history_positive_listens
0  100                    844.0                      2604
1  200                     50.0                       286
2  300                    168.0                       359

============================================================
validation_preference_state.parquet (469124, 3)
['uid', 'item_id', 'state']
{'uid': dtype('uint32'), 'item_id': dtype('uint32'), 'state': dtype('O')}
   uid  item_id  state
0  100   410868  liked
1  100   732449  liked
2  100   982903  liked

============================================================
test_preference_state.parquet (484776, 3)
['uid', 'item_id', 'state']
{'uid': dtype('uint32'), 'item_id': dtype('uint32'), 'state': dtype('O')}
   uid  item_id  state
0  100   410868  liked
1  100   732449  liked
2  100   982903  liked

train_listens: shape=(43484159, 6) cols=['uid', 'timestamp', 'item_id', 'is_organic', 'played_ratio_pct', 'track_length_seconds'] ts=[0, 24786795] nuid=9238 nitem=845395
  organic mean 0.5169151828370419 played_ratio mean/median 64.65020705586143 100.0
train_likes: shape=(814831, 4) cols=['uid', 'timestamp', 'item_id', 'is_organic'] ts=[80, 24786790] nuid=8144 nitem=172303
  organic mean 0.5667911505576003
train_dislikes: shape=(101075, 4) cols=['uid', 'timestamp', 'item_id', 'is_organic'] ts=[75, 24786580] nuid=5732 nitem=50876
  organic mean 0.5172198862231017
train_unlikes: shape=(292665, 4) cols=['uid', 'timestamp', 'item_id', 'is_organic'] ts=[250, 24786570] nuid=6197 nitem=113072
  organic mean 0.9466967351750295
train_undislikes: shape=(19960, 4) cols=['uid', 'timestamp', 'item_id', 'is_organic'] ts=[15950, 24785395] nuid=2769 nitem=14725
  organic mean 0.8893286573146293
val_listens: shape=(1501697, 6) cols=['uid', 'timestamp', 'item_id', 'is_organic', 'played_ratio_pct', 'track_length_seconds'] ts=[24788600, 25393395] nuid=8196 nitem=191747
  organic mean 0.517072352145606 played_ratio mean/median 65.68327698596987 100.0
val_likes: shape=(37795, 4) cols=['uid', 'timestamp', 'item_id', 'is_organic'] ts=[24788815, 25393390] nuid=4114 nitem=22902
  organic mean 0.6662521497552586
val_dislikes: shape=(3563, 4) cols=['uid', 'timestamp', 'item_id', 'is_organic'] ts=[24789920, 25393280] nuid=955 nitem=3135
  organic mean 0.5150154364299747
val_unlikes: shape=(9346, 4) cols=['uid', 'timestamp', 'item_id', 'is_organic'] ts=[24789005, 25393385] nuid=1313 nitem=8080
  organic mean 0.9528140380911619
val_undislikes: shape=(606, 4) cols=['uid', 'timestamp', 'item_id', 'is_organic'] ts=[24810715, 25393035] nuid=205 nitem=579
  organic mean 0.8696369636963697
validation_eligible_candidates.npz {'uids': (8456,), 'item_ids': (30000,), 'packed_eligible': (8456, 3750)} n_users 8456 n_items 30000
  sample eligible counts mean/min/max 29057.652 25547 29994
test_eligible_candidates.npz {'uids': (8456,), 'item_ids': (30000,), 'packed_eligible': (8456, 3750)} n_users 8456 n_items 30000
  sample eligible counts mean/min/max 29029.362 25511 29994


## Step 9 · agent · Timestamp not recorded

### Recorded reasoning summary
The dataset contains 8,456 target users.

The dataset contains 30,000 candidate items and roughly 43 million training listens. The validation window spans seven days with a thirty-minute gap before it. The hidden test follows another thirty-minute gap. The ranking objective focuses on organic engagement: grade 3 likes and grade 1 for listens at eighty percent or higher.

Only sklearn, numpy, and scipy are available. A popularity baseline is one option. ALS or SVD on implicit feedback is another. Item-item cosine similarity is also possible. LightGBM is not available.

Truncated SVD on the sparse user-item matrix is a viable approach. Item-item cosine similarity and time-weighted popularity are also under consideration. Only track length metadata is available, so the model must rely purely on collaborative and behavioral signals.



### run_terminal_command · Timestamp not recorded
{
  "command": "/opt/task-venv/bin/python - << 'PY'\nimport pandas as pd\nimport numpy as np\nfrom pathlib import Path\n\ndata = Path(\"/task/data\")\npref = pd.read_parquet(data/\"validation_preference_state.parquet\")\nprint(\"val pref states\", pref.state.value_counts().to_dict())\nprint(\"n users in pref\", pref.uid.nunique())\nprint(\"both liked+disliked pairs:\")\n# check dual state\nboth = pref.groupby([\"uid\",\"item_id\"]).state.nunique()\nprint((both>1).sum())\nprint(pref.groupby([\"uid\",\"item_id\"]).size().value_counts())\n\ntargets = pd.read_parquet(data/\"target_users.parquet\")\nprint(\"targets describe\")\nprint(targets.describe())\n\ncat = pd.read_parquet(data/\"candidate_catalog.parquet\")\nprint(\"catalog popularity\")\nprint(cat.describe())\nprint(\"pop rank 1-5\", cat.head())\nprint(\"unique items\", cat.item_id.nunique())\n\n# timestamps\nprint(\"train cutoff 24786800 seconds =\", 24786800/86400, \"days\")\nprint(\"val window days\", (25393395-24788600)/86400)\n\n# check overlap of target users with train\nlistens = pd.read_parquet(data/\"train_listens.parquet\", columns=[\"uid\",\"item_id\",\"is_organic\",\"played_ratio_pct\"])\nprint(\"train listen uids vs targets\", listens.uid.nunique(), \"targets\", targets.uid.nunique())\nprint(\"targets in train\", targets.uid.isin(listens.uid.unique()).mean())\n\n# memory\nprint(\"listens memory\", listens.memory_usage(deep=True).sum()/1e9)\nPY\n",
  "description": "Inspect preference state and catalog stats"
}
### Tool output · Timestamp not recorded
exit: 0
val pref states {'liked': 418435, 'disliked': 50689}
n users in pref 7038
both liked+disliked pairs:
1710
1    465704
2      1710
Name: count, dtype: int64
targets describe
                  uid  recent_positive_listens  history_positive_listens
count     8456.000000              8456.000000               8456.000000
mean    502289.108325              1251.076750               3236.440752
std     287953.395912              1414.340904               3697.575286
min        100.000000                20.000000                 20.000000
25%     254375.000000               281.000000                630.000000
50%     503850.000000               784.500000               1920.500000
75%     751725.000000              1706.250000               4494.250000
max    1000000.000000             19592.000000              26597.000000
catalog popularity
            item_id  ...  popularity_rank
count  3.000000e+04  ...     30000.000000
mean   4.698278e+06  ...     15000.500000
std    2.700274e+06  ...      8660.398374
min    2.060000e+02  ...         1.000000
25%    2.382368e+06  ...      7500.750000
50%    4.687992e+06  ...     15000.500000
75%    7.040711e+06  ...     22500.250000
max    9.390294e+06  ...     30000.000000

[8 rows x 4 columns]
pop rank 1-5    item_id  positive_listens  organic_positive_listens  popularity_rank
0  5862961             26615                     20620                1
1  6901374             25536                     17347                2
2  5635052             24691                     17194                3
3  3542184             24075                     17699                4
4  9378983             24036                     18195                5
unique items 30000
train cutoff 24786800 seconds = 286.88425925925924 days
val window days 6.99994212962963
train listen uids vs targets 9238 targets 8456
targets in train 1.0
listens memory 0.478325881


## Step 10 · agent · Timestamp not recorded

### Recorded reasoning summary
Candidate eligibility likely excludes already liked or disliked items and possibly recently listened tracks.



### run_terminal_command · Timestamp not recorded
{
  "command": "/opt/task-venv/bin/python - << 'PY'\nimport pandas as pd\nimport numpy as np\nfrom pathlib import Path\n\ndata = Path(\"/task/data\")\ntargets = set(pd.read_parquet(data/\"target_users.parquet\").uid.astype(int))\nz = np.load(data/\"validation_eligible_candidates.npz\")\nuids = z[\"uids\"].astype(np.int64)\nitem_ids = z[\"item_ids\"].astype(np.int64)\npacked = z[\"packed_eligible\"]\nuid_row = {int(u):i for i,u in enumerate(uids)}\nitem_col = {int(it):i for i,it in enumerate(item_ids)}\n\ndef is_el(uid, item):\n    r = uid_row.get(int(uid)); c = item_col.get(int(item))\n    if r is None or c is None: return False\n    byte, bit = divmod(c, 8)\n    return bool((int(packed[r, byte]) >> bit) & 1)\n\nlistens = pd.read_parquet(data/\"val_listens.parquet\")\nlikes = pd.read_parquet(data/\"val_likes.parquet\")\nstrong = listens[listens.uid.isin(targets) & (listens.is_organic==1) & (listens.played_ratio_pct>=80)][[\"uid\",\"item_id\"]].drop_duplicates()\nolikes = likes[likes.uid.isin(targets) & (likes.is_organic==1)][[\"uid\",\"item_id\"]].drop_duplicates()\nprint(\"val organic strong listens pairs\", len(strong), \"users\", strong.uid.nunique())\nprint(\"val organic likes pairs\", len(olikes), \"users\", olikes.uid.nunique())\n\n# how many relevant among catalog/eligible\ncatalog = set(pd.read_parquet(data/\"candidate_catalog.parquet\").item_id.astype(int))\nprint(\"strong in catalog\", strong.item_id.isin(catalog).mean(), \"count\", strong.item_id.isin(catalog).sum())\nprint(\"likes in catalog\", olikes.item_id.isin(catalog).mean(), \"count\", olikes.item_id.isin(catalog).sum())\n\n# eligibility of relevant\ndef elig_frac(df):\n    ok=0\n    for u,i in df.itertuples(index=False):\n        if is_el(u,i): ok+=1\n    return ok, len(df), ok/len(df) if len(df) else 0\n\nprint(\"strong eligible\", elig_frac(strong))\nprint(\"likes eligible\", elig_frac(olikes))\n\n# per-user relevant counts among eligible\nfrom collections import defaultdict\ngraded = defaultdict(dict)\nfor u,i in strong.itertuples(index=False):\n    u,i=int(u),int(i)\n    if is_el(u,i):\n        graded[u][i]=1\nfor u,i in olikes.itertuples(index=False):\n    u,i=int(u),int(i)\n    if is_el(u,i):\n        graded[u][i]=3\nnrel = [len(v) for v in graded.values()]\nprint(\"users with relevant\", len(graded), \"of\", len(targets))\nprint(\"nrel mean/median/max\", np.mean(nrel), np.median(nrel), max(nrel) if nrel else None)\nprint(\"grade 3 items\", sum(1 for g in graded.values() for x in g.values() if x==3))\nprint(\"grade 1 items\", sum(1 for g in graded.values() for x in g.values() if x==1))\n\n# are liked items ineligible?\npref = pd.read_parquet(data/\"validation_preference_state.parquet\")\nliked = pref[pref.state==\"liked\"]\ndisliked = pref[pref.state==\"disliked\"]\nprint(\"liked eligible frac\", elig_frac(liked[[\"uid\",\"item_id\"]][:5000]))\nprint(\"disliked eligible frac\", elig_frac(disliked[[\"uid\",\"item_id\"]][:5000]))\n\n# train history items eligible?\ntrain_pos = pd.read_parquet(data/\"train_listens.parquet\", columns=[\"uid\",\"item_id\",\"played_ratio_pct\",\"is_organic\"])\n# sample users\nsample_uids = list(targets)[:20]\nhist = train_pos[(train_pos.uid.isin(sample_uids)) & (train_pos.played_ratio_pct>=50)][[\"uid\",\"item_id\"]].drop_duplicates()\nprint(\"sample hist pos eligible\", elig_frac(hist))\n\n# recently played?\ntrain_listens_full = pd.read_parquet(data/\"train_listens.parquet\", columns=[\"uid\",\"item_id\",\"timestamp\"])\ncutoff=24786800\nrecent = train_listens_full[(train_listens_full.uid.isin(sample_uids)) & (train_listens_full.timestamp > cutoff-90*86400)][[\"uid\",\"item_id\"]].drop_duplicates()\nprint(\"recent 90d listens eligible\", elig_frac(recent))\nrecent7 = train_listens_full[(train_listens_full.uid.isin(sample_uids)) & (train_listens_full.timestamp > cutoff-7*86400)][[\"uid\",\"item_id\"]].drop_duplicates()\nprint(\"recent 7d listens eligible\", elig_frac(recent7))\nPY\n",
  "description": "Analyze eligibility vs history and labels"
}
### Tool output · Timestamp not recorded
<task-id>call-b3ba7fe0-8c4a-4b7b-b154-e156c5bc0adb-10</task-id>
<task-type>bash</task-type>
<output-file>/home/agent/.grok/sessions/%2Fapp/452ddf9e-f588-46fb-b7a3-cfa75890b5d3/terminal/call-b3ba7fe0-8c4a-4b7b-b154-e156c5bc0adb-10.log</output-file>
<status>running</status>
<summary>Command "Analyze eligibility vs history and labels" is still running after 30s (block_until_ms) and has been moved to the background as task call-b3ba7fe0-8c4a-4b7b-b154-e156c5bc0adb-10.</summary>
Use get_command_or_subagent_output with task_ids=["call-b3ba7fe0-8c4a-4b7b-b154-e156c5bc0adb-10"] when you need the output.

## Step 11 · agent · Timestamp not recorded

### Recorded reasoning summary
The large listens file is causing the command to run slowly.



### get_command_or_subagent_output · Timestamp not recorded
{
  "task_ids": [
    "call-b3ba7fe0-8c4a-4b7b-b154-e156c5bc0adb-10"
  ],
  "timeout_ms": 60000
}
### Tool output · Timestamp not recorded
=== Task call-b3ba7fe0-8c4a-4b7b-b154-e156c5bc0adb-10 ===
Command: /opt/task-venv/bin/python - << 'PY'
import pandas as pd
import numpy as np
from pathlib import Path

data = Path("/task/data")
targets = set(pd.read_parquet(data/"target_users.parquet").uid.astype(int))
z = np.load(data/"validation_eligible_candidates.npz")
uids = z["uids"].astype(np.int64)
item_ids = z["item_ids"].astype(np.int64)
packed = z["packed_eligible"]
uid_row = {int(u):i for i,u in enumerate(uids)}
item_col = {int(it):i for i,it in enumerate(item_ids)}

def is_el(uid, item):
    r = uid_row.get(int(uid)); c = item_col.get(int(item))
    if r is None or c is None: return False
    byte, bit = divmod(c, 8)
    return bool((int(packed[r, byte]) >> bit) & 1)

listens = pd.read_parquet(data/"val_listens.parquet")
likes = pd.read_parquet(data/"val_likes.parquet")
strong = listens[listens.uid.isin(targets) & (listens.is_organic==1) & (listens.played_ratio_pct>=80)][["uid","item_id"]].drop_duplicates()
olikes = likes[likes.uid.isin(targets) & (likes.is_organic==1)][["uid","item_id"]].drop_duplicates()
print("val organic strong listens pairs", len(strong), "users", strong.uid.nunique())
print("val organic likes pairs", len(olikes), "users", olikes.uid.nunique())

# how many relevant among catalog/eligible
catalog = set(pd.read_parquet(data/"candidate_catalog.parquet").item_id.astype(int))
print("strong in catalog", strong.item_id.isin(catalog).mean(), "count", strong.item_id.isin(catalog).sum())
print("likes in catalog", olikes.item_id.isin(catalog).mean(), "count", olikes.item_id.isin(catalog).sum())

# eligibility of relevant
def elig_frac(df):
    ok=0
    for u,i in df.itertuples(index=False):
        if is_el(u,i): ok+=1
    return ok, len(df), ok/len(df) if len(df) else 0

print("strong eligible", elig_frac(strong))
print("likes eligible", elig_frac(olikes))

# per-user relevant counts among eligible
from collections import defaultdict
graded = defaultdict(dict)
for u,i in strong.itertuples(index=False):
    u,i=int(u),int(i)
    if is_el(u,i):
        graded[u][i]=1
for u,i in olikes.itertuples(index=False):
    u,i=int(u),int(i)
    if is_el(u,i):
        graded[u][i]=3
nrel = [len(v) for v in graded.values()]
print("users with relevant", len(graded), "of", len(targets))
print("nrel mean/median/max", np.mean(nrel), np.median(nrel), max(nrel) if nrel else None)
print("grade 3 items", sum(1 for g in graded.values() for x in g.values() if x==3))
print("grade 1 items", sum(1 for g in graded.values() for x in g.values() if x==1))

# are liked items ineligible?
pref = pd.read_parquet(data/"validation_preference_state.parquet")
liked = pref[pref.state=="liked"]
disliked = pref[pref.state=="disliked"]
print("liked eligible frac", elig_frac(liked[["uid","item_id"]][:5000]))
print("disliked eligible frac", elig_frac(disliked[["uid","item_id"]][:5000]))

# train history items eligible?
train_pos = pd.read_parquet(data/"train_listens.parquet", columns=["uid","item_id","played_ratio_pct","is_organic"])
# sample users
sample_uids = list(targets)[:20]
hist = train_pos[(train_pos.uid.isin(sample_uids)) & (train_pos.played_ratio_pct>=50)][["uid","item_id"]].drop_duplicates()
print("sample hist pos eligible", elig_frac(hist))

# recently played?
train_listens_full = pd.read_parquet(data/"train_listens.parquet", columns=["uid","item_id","timestamp"])
cutoff=24786800
recent = train_listens_full[(train_listens_full.uid.isin(sample_uids)) & (train_listens_full.timestamp > cutoff-90*86400)][["uid","item_id"]].drop_duplicates()
print("recent 90d listens eligible", elig_frac(recent))
recent7 = train_listens_full[(train_listens_full.uid.isin(sample_uids)) & (train_listens_full.timestamp > cutoff-7*86400)][["uid","item_id"]].drop_duplicates()
print("recent 7d listens eligible", elig_frac(recent7))
PY

Status: completed
Duration: 72.60s
Exit Code: 0
Output File: /home/agent/.grok/sessions/%2Fapp/452ddf9e-f588-46fb-b7a3-cfa75890b5d3/terminal/call-b3ba7fe0-8c4a-4b7b-b154-e156c5bc0adb-10.log

=== Output ===
val organic strong listens pairs 255608 users 6325
val organic likes pairs 17195 users 2714
strong in catalog 0.6681754874651811 count 170791
likes in catalog 0.4959581273626054 count 8528
strong eligible (35597, 255608, 0.13926402929485776)
likes eligible (4417, 17195, 0.2568769991276534)
users with relevant 4263 of 8456
nrel mean/median/max 8.859723199624677 4.0 442
grade 3 items 4417
grade 1 items 33352
liked eligible frac (0, 5000, 0.0)
disliked eligible frac (0, 5000, 0.0)
sample hist pos eligible (0, 12882, 0.0)
recent 90d listens eligible (0, 11509, 0.0)
recent 7d listens eligible (0, 1659, 0.0)


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### Recorded reasoning summary
Historical positive listens are completely ineligible. In the sample of 20 users, zero previously listened items were eligible.

Disliked items are also fully ineligible. Only about 14% of organic strong listens in the validation set qualify as eligible candidates. Roughly 4,263 of 8,456 users have at least one relevant item, with a mean of nine and a median of four per scored user. Grade 3 likes are far less common than grade 1 plays.

Item-item collaborative filtering is the right approach for cold-item discovery. The catalog contains 30,000 tracks drawn from training positive-listen popularity, so users may have previously listened to items outside it. This is a classic next-week discovery ranking problem.

EASE is the leading candidate. It is an embarrassingly shallow autoencoder with a closed-form item-item model that excels on implicit feedback. Inverting the 30,000-by-30,000 matrix requires only a few gigabytes of memory and a few minutes of computation.

Memory limits may prevent a full EASE fit, so truncated SVD and item-item cosine are backup options. The plan is to build a popularity baseline first, then implement ItemKNN or EASE. A blend with time-decayed popularity is under consideration. Recent listens will be weighted more heavily, and organic likes will carry high weight.

The EASE closed-form formula is now clear: the gram matrix is X transpose times X, inverted with a small regularization term, then normalized to zero diagonal. Scoring is simply the user history vector multiplied by this item-item similarity matrix.

A 30,000-by-30,000 float64 gram matrix consumes about 7.2 GB of memory, which may exceed available RAM. TruncatedSVD with 128 to 256 factors is the safer fallback; it is fast and lightweight but likely slightly weaker than EASE. ItemKNN with cosine similarity and a top-100-to-200 neighbor window is another viable path.

The objective is organic discovery, not recommendation-driven consumption. It predicts which never-heard catalog tracks a user will organically listen to or like in the next seven days. The best signals are the user's taste from history, track popularity, and recency of that popularity.

Artist and genre metadata are unavailable, so the model must rely purely on collaborative patterns. A concrete interaction weighting scheme is being considered: organic likes at five, eighty-percent listens at two, fifty-percent listens at one, recommendation listens at zero point five, and dislikes at negative two. Session-level versus user-level co-occurrence is also under review. The next step is to check available RAM and build a quick popularity baseline while exploring validation item trends.

A concrete five-phase plan is now set. Phase one builds a popularity baseline and time-decayed popularity for quick evaluation. Phase two implements item-item cosine KNN with recency-weighted user profiles. Phase three fits EASE or SVD if memory and time allow. Phase four blends the models. Phase five refits on combined train and validation data for the final submission.

For the ItemKNN phase, the similarity matrix will be computed by normalizing the user-item matrix along axis zero and taking its transpose times itself.



### run_terminal_command · Timestamp not recorded
{
  "command": "free -h; nproc; /opt/task-venv/bin/python - << 'PY'\nimport pandas as pd\nimport numpy as np\nfrom pathlib import Path\ndata = Path(\"/task/data\")\n\n# catalog item set\ncat = pd.read_parquet(data/\"candidate_catalog.parquet\")\nprint(cat.head())\nprint(\"positive_listens min/median/max\", cat.positive_listens.min(), cat.positive_listens.median(), cat.positive_listens.max())\n\n# train listens sample for timestamp distribution\n# read only needed cols\ncols=[\"uid\",\"timestamp\",\"item_id\",\"is_organic\",\"played_ratio_pct\"]\n# check how many catalog listens\ncatalog = set(cat.item_id.astype(int))\n\n# use pyarrow filter? just compute\nlistens = pd.read_parquet(data/\"train_listens.parquet\", columns=cols)\nprint(\"loaded listens\", listens.shape)\nlistens = listens[listens.item_id.isin(catalog)]\nprint(\"catalog listens\", listens.shape)\nprint(\"unique users catalog\", listens.uid.nunique(), \"items\", listens.item_id.nunique())\n\npos = listens[listens.played_ratio_pct>=50]\nprint(\"pos catalog listens\", len(pos), \"pairs\", pos.groupby([\"uid\",\"item_id\"]).ngroups)\nprint(\"organic pos\", (pos.is_organic==1).mean())\nstrong = listens[listens.played_ratio_pct>=80]\nprint(\"strong catalog\", len(strong), \"organic strong\", ((strong.is_organic==1).mean()))\n\n# recency of val relevant items\nval_l = pd.read_parquet(data/\"val_listens.parquet\", columns=cols)\nval_likes = pd.read_parquet(data/\"val_likes.parquet\")\nprint(\"val catalog listen frac\", val_l.item_id.isin(catalog).mean())\n\n# timestamp of last train interaction per user\ncutoff=24786800\nprint(\"days of history\", cutoff/86400)\nprint(\"listens last 7d\", (listens.timestamp>cutoff-7*86400).mean())\nprint(\"listens last 30d\", (listens.timestamp>cutoff-30*86400).mean())\nprint(\"listens last 90d\", (listens.timestamp>cutoff-90*86400).mean())\n\nlikes = pd.read_parquet(data/\"train_likes.parquet\")\nprint(\"likes catalog frac\", likes.item_id.isin(catalog).mean(), \"n\", likes.item_id.isin(catalog).sum())\nprint(\"likes organic\", likes.is_organic.mean())\nPY\n",
  "description": "Check RAM and catalog interaction density"
}
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exit: 0
               total        used        free      shared  buff/cache   available
Mem:            15Gi       934Mi       5.9Gi       3.0Mi       8.8Gi        14Gi
Swap:             0B          0B          0B
8
   item_id  positive_listens  organic_positive_listens  popularity_rank
0  5862961             26615                     20620                1
1  6901374             25536                     17347                2
2  5635052             24691                     17194                3
3  3542184             24075                     17699                4
4  9378983             24036                     18195                5
positive_listens min/median/max 163 354.0 26615
loaded listens (43484159, 5)
catalog listens (31249613, 5)
unique users catalog 9217 items 30000
pos catalog listens 20056329 pairs 5564926
organic pos 0.4695671376352073
strong catalog 18801138 organic strong 0.46269326888617063
val catalog listen frac 0.6737517621730615
days of history 286.88425925925924
listens last 7d 0.033591359995402185
listens last 30d 0.1391594833510418
listens last 90d 0.387779554262
likes catalog frac 0.6809068383505291 n 554824
likes organic 0.5667911505576003


## Step 13 · agent · Timestamp not recorded

### Recorded reasoning summary
The environment has 15GB RAM and 8 cores. EASE with a 30k by 30k float64 matrix scores 7.

Full matrix inversion is too slow and memory-heavy for this scale. TruncatedSVD or ItemKNN are better alternatives.

ItemKNN avoids inversion entirely. The dense similarity matrix is roughly 3.6 GB, but scoring all users needs only about 1 GB.

A sparse top-K ItemKNN is far more memory-efficient than a dense similarity matrix. TruncatedSVD with 256 components is another viable path: it transforms users and items into low-dimensional factors, then scores eligible candidates.

ALS implicit factorization is feasible for this scale. The planned pipeline will combine ItemKNN with BM25 or cosine similarity, TruncatedSVD, time-decayed item popularity, user affinity to popular items, and stronger weighting for recent history.

Interaction weights are now defined: organic likes score 10, recommendations score 5, and partial listens scale down. Dislikes will be excluded from positive signals. Time decay uses an exponential half-life of 30 to 60 days.

Sparse EASE and SLIM were rejected because running 30,000 regressions is too slow. SANSA and FAISS are unavailable. The focus is shifting to a practical, proven recommendation-system approach.

RP3beta is now under consideration. It uses sparse random walks on the user-item graph and reweights by item popularity, making it memory-efficient for implicit data.

The efficient RP3beta formula is being derived. It uses L1-normalized user-to-item and item-to-user transition matrices, multiplied by degree-based reweighting terms. This avoids computing a dense co-occurrence matrix.

The RP3beta item similarity matrix is dense, so it still requires roughly 3.6 GB of memory. The scoring formula is being derived to avoid computing the full dense matrix for every user.

The full dense item similarity matrix is unnecessary. The scoring formula can be computed as a sparse user-to-user adjacency matrix, which is only 324 MB. This makes RP3beta feasible without the memory cost of a 30k by 30k dense matrix.

The final ensemble will combine RP3beta, ItemKNN, time-decayed popularity, and TruncatedSVD. A single validation window complicates learning blend weights.

The validation window will be used directly for hyperparameter tuning and blend weight selection. After choosing the best approach, the model will be refit on the combined training and validation data. The entire pipeline must fit within the 30-minute time limit.

Disliked items will be treated as negative signals in the model. Organic history may be weighted more heavily than recommendation history when predicting future organic consumption.

Interaction weights are now fixed: organic likes score 5.0, recommendation likes score 2.0, and partial listens scale down proportionally. Dislikes will be excluded from the positive matrix or handled separately as negative feedback. Time decay half-life is set to 21–60 days. A session-based co-occurrence signal is also being considered, where items played close together in time are treated as more similar than those played across long user lifetimes.

The implementation plan is now concrete. It loads data, builds a weighted sparse user-item matrix for catalog items, and computes scores from RP3beta, time-weighted cosine similarity, SVD, and time-decayed popularity. The final step is blending these signals. To stay within the 30-minute budget, the pipeline will unpack candidate eligibility into a single bit matrix and score all eligible items vectorized.

Pandas conversions will be avoided in inner loops to keep scoring fast. Non-target users are retained for item-item collaborative filtering because more users improve similarity estimates. The validation window will be used directly for hyperparameter tuning, and the final model will be refit on combined training and validation data. A local time-based validation split was considered but rejected because it would require reconstructing eligibility masks that are not available.

The sample shows roughly one thousand ineligible items per user. Catalog positives average about six hundred per user. Preference state covers around fifty-five items per user. Ranking will be restricted to the eligible candidate set.

A quick popularity baseline will be computed alongside the main model. Collaborative filtering should outperform pure popularity because each user has only a few relevant items among twenty-nine thousand candidates. The implicit ALS solver will be implemented with NumPy rather than sklearn, using one hundred twenty-eight factors across nine thousand users and thirty thousand items.

The implicit ALS solver will use a standard 128-dimensional factorization with YtY plus regularization, solving per-user and per-item systems with NumPy. NMF from sklearn is also under consideration.

The ItemKNN scoring formula is now concrete: each user’s history weights the cosine similarity vector for every candidate, then masked against seen items. Computing the dense 30,000 by 30,000 similarity matrix costs roughly five gigabytes total, which fits comfortably within the available memory.

The dense similarity matrix is generated by sparse-sparse multiplication. Each item pair is scored as an inner product of two sparse user vectors, yielding roughly three billion operations total. The diagonal is zeroed out to prevent self-similarity. Sparsifying the top-K results would further reduce memory for multiple models.

BM25 weighting will be applied to the item-item similarity matrix using the implicit library. User query vectors will be built from time-decayed personal history, while item-item similarity can be computed on full or time-weighted data. Popularity scores will use log1p of time-decayed counts.

Rank fusion with reciprocal rank is being weighed against simple linear blending for the ensemble. Grid-searching blend weights on the validation set is feasible because scoring all eligible items per user is fast. The public evaluator reads parquet, so NDCG will be computed internally to avoid I/O. A comprehensive training script is now being drafted.

The training pipeline is now fully outlined: build interaction weights, fit models, blend scores, write validation parquet, evaluate, then refit on combined data for submission. Candidate eligibility will be unpacked with `np.unpackbits` into a dense boolean mask of roughly 253 MB.

iALS is deferred unless time allows. User features such as activity level and organic ratio will help blend personalization with popularity. No cold-start items exist because every catalog track has at least 163 positive listens. Track length is likely irrelevant for this ranking task.

Deep learning frameworks are unavailable, so the ensemble will rely on sklearn. HistGradientBoosting is being considered for a reranking layer: each user’s top two hundred candidates from collaborative filtering and popularity would be sampled with random negatives to train a ranking model.

A time-split within the training window could solve the validation-label leak. The last seven days of training would serve as labels for a reranking model, using only unseen catalog items as candidates. Collaborative filtering would be fitted on data before that cutoff, then refit on the full training set for the final submission.

The pipeline is being simplified to prioritize a working collaborative-filtering blend first, with the gradient-boosting reranker deferred if time runs short. The main script will be placed at `/app/solution/build_ranker.py` and will produce both validation and submission parquet files. A quick popularity baseline will be added alongside the core system to ensure an early valid submission.

Full EASE on thirty thousand items would require roughly seven gigabytes of memory and about three minutes of CPU time, which is borderline for the available resources. A sampled or subsetted EASE is being considered as a lighter alternative.

iALS is now being implemented as a core model alongside the other collaborative signals. The ensemble will use rank-based normalization and reciprocal rank fusion for blending scores.

The iALS solver will use the implicit trick with confidence C = 1 + alpha * R. Precomputing YtY avoids redundant work. Each user’s update requires roughly nine million operations, so solving for all users takes about one to two seconds per iteration.

Numba is unavailable, so the iALS solver will use pure NumPy with a Python loop over users. Each user’s 128-dimensional factor update takes about one millisecond, and nine thousand users finish in roughly nine seconds total. Item updates are equally fast.

A single optimized script will handle all models. Two interaction matrices are planned: a binary version for RP3beta and a confidence-weighted version for iALS, SVD, and KNN. Each event is weighted by its base preference value multiplied by an exponential decay factor with a half-life of twenty-one, forty-five, or ninety days. Multiple events per user-item pair will be aggregated by taking the maximum or sum.

User-user KNN is being considered as a complementary signal alongside RP3beta. The first submission will be a simple popularity ranking among eligible candidates, then improved iteratively. Asymmetric item-item similarity will query recent history while indexing all items. Coding is beginning now.



### run_terminal_command · Timestamp not recorded
{
  "command": "/opt/task-venv/bin/python - << 'PY'\nimport pandas as pd\nimport numpy as np\nfrom pathlib import Path\ndata = Path(\"/task/data\")\ncat = pd.read_parquet(data/\"candidate_catalog.parquet\")\nz = np.load(data/\"validation_eligible_candidates.npz\")\nzt = np.load(data/\"test_eligible_candidates.npz\")\nprint(\"catalog vs val item_ids equal\", np.array_equal(cat.item_id.to_numpy(), z[\"item_ids\"]))\nprint(\"val vs test item_ids equal\", np.array_equal(z[\"item_ids\"], zt[\"item_ids\"]))\nprint(\"val vs test uids equal\", np.array_equal(z[\"uids\"], zt[\"uids\"]))\nprint(\"uids vs targets\")\nt = pd.read_parquet(data/\"target_users.parquet\")\nprint(np.array_equal(np.sort(z[\"uids\"]), np.sort(t.uid.to_numpy())))\nprint(\"same order as targets\", np.array_equal(z[\"uids\"], t.uid.to_numpy()))\nprint(\"val uids sorted\", np.all(np.diff(z[\"uids\"])>0))\nprint(\"cat popularity_rank sorted\", cat.popularity_rank.is_monotonic_increasing)\n# how different is val vs test eligibility\n# sample overlap\npacked_v = z[\"packed_eligible\"]\npacked_t = zt[\"packed_eligible\"]\nprint(\"packed equal\", np.array_equal(packed_v, packed_t))\n# hamming on a few rows\nn_items=len(z[\"item_ids\"])\ndiffs=[]\nfor r in range(0,8456,100):\n    mv = np.unpackbits(packed_v[r], count=n_items, bitorder=\"little\")\n    mt = np.unpackbits(packed_t[r], count=n_items, bitorder=\"little\")\n    diffs.append((mv!=mt).sum())\nprint(\"elig bit diffs mean/min/max\", np.mean(diffs), min(diffs), max(diffs))\nprint(\"pref test vs val\")\npv = pd.read_parquet(data/\"validation_preference_state.parquet\")\npt = pd.read_parquet(data/\"test_preference_state.parquet\")\nprint(pv.state.value_counts().to_dict(), pt.state.value_counts().to_dict())\nPY\n",
  "description": "Compare catalog, eligibility alignment"
}
### Tool output · Timestamp not recorded
exit: 0
catalog vs val item_ids equal True
val vs test item_ids equal True
val vs test uids equal True
uids vs targets
True
same order as targets True
val uids sorted True
cat popularity_rank sorted True
packed equal False
elig bit diffs mean/min/max 28.71764705882353 0 232
pref test vs val
{'liked': 418435, 'disliked': 50689} {'liked': 432659, 'disliked': 52117}


## Step 14 · agent · Timestamp not recorded

### Recorded reasoning summary
Catalog item order, eligibility item order, and popularity rank order are identical.

UIDs align with target users. Eligibility differs between validation and test because users who listened to more items during validation become ineligible. The planned ranker combines six core models: weighted item-item cosine and BM25 KNN, RP3beta, PureSVD, iALS, time-decayed popularity, and TF-IDF ItemKNN.

Item representations will be built from all users, filtered to catalog items. The interaction weight function assigns 5.0 for organic likes, 2.5 for recommendation likes, and scales listens by played ratio into organic and recommendation buckets. Dislikes are excluded or treated as negative signals. Time decay follows an exponential half-life formula. Likes that lack corresponding listens will still be included.

A fast-path strategy will first submit a popularity-based baseline, then compute the collaborative filtering models, evaluate their blend on validation data, and produce the final test submission. The pipeline will internally compute NDCG to guide model selection. For dimensionality reduction, scipy.sparse.linalg.svds is being weighed against TruncatedSVD.

Validation labels will be replicated from the public evaluation script for internal scoring. The ensemble will blend models via RRF with grid-searched parameters, or alternatively through a linear combination of min-max or z-scored scores. A recent-history ItemKNN channel using the last 14 to 30 days will be added alongside the existing models. Local item popularity within each user's neighborhood will be captured by RP3beta. Memory usage is acceptable at roughly 0.5 to 2 GB for the listen data. Sparse matrices will be built by mapping user and item identifiers to integer indices.

All 9,238 training users will be used to build item factors, not only the target subset. Scoring will remain limited to target users. Items outside the catalog will be excluded from SVD and iALS because the catalog is already large enough.

A session-based ItemKNN is being added to capture album and playlist structure. It counts item pairs co-listened within a sliding time window per user, using a 30-minute window on sorted catalog listens. This should be very strong for music.

A one-hour sliding window will supplement the session-based item similarity. The main script will be written to run in about twenty minutes, leaving time for evaluation and refitting. NumPy will use all eight cores via OMP_NUM_THREADS=8, and large arrays will be deleted and garbage-collected to manage memory. TruncatedSVD will use 256 components and seven iterations. Item scores will be derived from the SVD factorization.

The SVD scoring formula is user_factors = X @ V, with scores computed as user_factors @ V.T. A TF-IDF transform on the user-item matrix will be tested alongside raw SVD. Eight score channels were considered, but BM25 ItemKNN, RP3beta, SVD, time-decayed popularity, and iALS are the mandatory core models. Session co-occurrence is treated as an extra KNN channel. ItemKNN will use only the top 200 neighbors to reduce noise.

Top-200 neighbor pruning will use np.argpartition per row instead of argsort to keep the ItemKNN step fast. NDCG evaluation during tuning will be computed in memory without writing intermediate files.

Organic likes will be weighted at 3 and organic 80% plays at 1 in the implicit matrix to match the target objective. Dislikes will be penalized by subtracting a scaled similarity score from similar items, using the user's active dislike profile.

The ranker will be implemented in a single `build_ranker.py` script that first evaluates the validation ranking and then produces the test submission with refit. Eligibility masks will be precomputed to avoid repeated lookups. For each user, ineligible items will be masked to negative infinity before taking the top 100 candidates via argpartition.

A helper will write the final ranking to parquet. The full pipeline is estimated at 15 to 20 minutes, including refitting and evaluation. Asymmetric similarity and normalized user scores will be used. A standard BM25 weight formula for implicit data is being drafted.

The BM25 implementation will use a log-1p IDF formula, normalize term frequencies against document length and average row length, and apply asymmetric similarity via `X.T @ X` on the weighted matrix. The full script is now being written with progress output.

Validation labels will be built to match the public evaluation script. Scoring will use only training data for validation and include validation data for test scoring. The code will be organized into load_events, build_models, and score functions. Training cutoff is 24786800. Validation cutoff is 25393395. Test cutoff is 25393400.

The validation cutoff is fixed at 24786800 and the test cutoff at 25393400. Time decay will be computed relative to the test cutoff so validation events appear recent. Day-of-week and hour features are omitted because item metadata is unavailable. Repeat consumption is already captured by summing interaction weights.

Interaction weights will be summed after applying log1p to decayed values, and all event types will be concatenated into a single user profile. Intermediate scores will be saved to `/app/solution/` for debugging. The script will be written defensively so that a partial submission is still produced if any model fails.

RP3beta beta will be tuned across 0.3, 0.5, and 0.7 to balance popularity bias in ItemKNN against discovery. A simple first version will be written before refining the script. Users who listen to tail items will receive a boost for long-tail recommendations.

Global RP3beta beta will be used instead of user-specific popularity reweighting. Thread counts for NumPy, Intel MKL, and OpenBLAS will be set to eight. The final ranking will be written as parquet using pandas and pyarrow. Every submitted item must appear in the user's test eligibility set.

The validation ranking will also be written for internal evaluation. The RP3beta similarity formula is being derived from the standard P3alpha pattern: normalize rows by user degree raised to alpha, then compute item-item similarity as A transpose times the normalized user matrix, divided by item degree raised to beta.

The RP3beta implementation will follow the standard RecBole pattern: binary user-item matrix, L1-normalized rows, and item-item similarity computed as A transpose times the normalized user matrix divided by item degree raised to beta.

The PoliMi implementation of RP3beta is being used. It normalizes the user-item matrix by user degree raised to alpha, then computes item similarity as the product of the transposed normalized matrix and the normalized matrix itself.

The RP3beta similarity matrix will be computed as Piu @ Pui, then multiplied by item degree raised to the negative beta power. Float32 will be used to keep memory under 4 GB. Scoring will use X_profile @ sim.

To avoid memory blowup, each dense similarity matrix will be scored against the user profile and saved to disk as a float32 memmap before deletion. Five models can fit in about five gigabytes of disk space. A lightweight user-user cosine model is also being considered as an alternative scoring channel.

User-user cosine similarity is feasible at roughly 300 MB for the 8456-by-9217 matrix. The full ensemble will combine popularity decay, BM25 and cosine ItemKNN, RP3beta, user KNN, PureSVD, iALS, and session co-occurrence. If memory runs low, models will be skipped to guarantee a submission.

The first run will use time-decayed weighted interactions, BM25 ItemKNN, RP3beta, 128-component SVD, time-decayed popularity, and user KNN. A linear blend or RRF will combine these scores, with iALS and session co-occurrence reserved for later if time allows. The query profile will use a shorter recency half-life than the item model. A HistGradientBoosting reranker is also being considered, using KNN, RP3, SVD, and popularity scores as features.

The GBM reranker will use item popularity, user activity, cosine to user mean, time since last global interaction, and recent 7-day and 30-day popularity as features. Labels will be drawn from the last seven days of training data, using organic likes and strong listens on unseen items. Each user will contribute roughly one hundred negatives from the catalog, yielding about eight hundred thousand training rows. Sample weights will handle the three-point scale. Distribution shift against true eligibility is noted as a risk.

A quick popularity baseline will be written first so the script always produces a valid submission. The full model will overwrite it. Item similarity will be computed in sparse chunks to avoid materializing a 30,000-by-30,000 dense matrix.

The sparse ItemKNN implementation transposes the user-item matrix and processes it in blocks. Each block computes item-item similarity via Xt[start:end] @ Xt.T, zeros its diagonal, and keeps only the top k neighbors per item.

A 500-item block of item-item similarity consumes roughly 60 MB. The user profile will be multiplied by this sparse similarity matrix to produce scores.

User scores will be L2-normalized before blending. The sparse chunked ItemKNN approach is confirmed as the memory-safe way to compute scores. A solid build_ranker.py is now being written, with pandas read optimized via pyarrow and targeted column selection to reduce memory pressure.

User and item identifiers will be stored as uint32 to save memory. The catalog filter against the 43 million events is fast enough with pandas isin on a small set. A concise README will describe the approach. Item models will use a 30-day half-life while query profiles use 14 days. Likes and listens will be processed separately and their weights summed.

Dislikes will be used to penalize similar items in the item-item similarity matrix. Active liked and disliked preferences will mark those items ineligible for ranking, though they can still help negative collaborative filtering when similar eligible candidates exist. The script will print timestamps during execution.

A vectorized NDCG evaluator will be built to cheaply score blend weights during grid search. Item IDs will be mapped directly to matrix columns for fast evaluation. The iALS model will use a tight loop over 9,000 users rather than batched conjugate gradient, since the user count is small enough to keep it simple.

The iALS update formula is being implemented as a direct user loop over the sparse CSR matrix. Each user’s observed items are weighted by a confidence term, and the user factor is solved by adding the item-item covariance to the regularized item embedding matrix.

The iALS solver will use 64 factors and 10 iterations, with regularization tuned between 1.0 and 10.0. A quick popularity baseline ranking will be written first to guarantee a valid submission before the main model runs.

I have the setup: 8,456 users, a 30k catalog, and previously heard tracks already excluded. Next I’ll ship a popularity fallback, then a collaborative blend on top.

### run_terminal_command · Timestamp not recorded
{
  "command": "mkdir -p /app/solution && /opt/task-venv/bin/python - << 'PY'\n# Quick valid popularity submission so we always have an artifact\nimport numpy as np, pandas as pd\nfrom pathlib import Path\nfrom time import time\nt0=time()\ndata=Path(\"/task/data\")\ncat=pd.read_parquet(data/\"candidate_catalog.parquet\")\nitem_ids=cat.item_id.to_numpy(np.int64)\npop = cat.organic_positive_listens.to_numpy(np.float64)\nz=np.load(data/\"test_eligible_candidates.npz\")\nuids=z[\"uids\"].astype(np.int64)\npacked=z[\"packed_eligible\"]\nn_users, n_items=len(uids), len(item_ids)\n# unpack all\nelig=np.unpackbits(packed, axis=1, bitorder=\"little\")[:, :n_items].astype(bool)\nscores=np.broadcast_to(pop, (n_users, n_items)).copy()\nscores[~elig]=-1e18\ntop=np.argpartition(-scores, 99, axis=1)[:, :100]\n# sort\nrow=np.arange(n_users)[:,None]\norder=np.argsort(-scores[row, top], axis=1)\ntop=np.take_along_axis(top, order, axis=1)\nrows=[]\nfor i,u in enumerate(uids):\n    for r in range(100):\n        rows.append((int(u), int(item_ids[top[i,r]]), r+1))\ndf=pd.DataFrame(rows, columns=[\"uid\",\"item_id\",\"rank\"])\ndf.to_parquet(\"/app/solution/submission.parquet\", index=False)\nprint(\"wrote popularity submission\", df.shape, \"in\", time()-t0)\nprint(df.head())\nPY\n",
  "description": "Write popularity fallback test submission"
}
### Tool output · Timestamp not recorded
exit: 0
wrote popularity submission (845600, 3) in 3.101884365081787
   uid  item_id  rank
0  100  5862961     1
1  100  3542184     2
2  100  6901374     3
3  100  5635052     4
4  100   906358     5


## Step 15 · agent · Timestamp not recorded

### Recorded reasoning summary
A fallback is ready. Now writing the full ranker.

Designing a memory-efficient pipeline: load events, map to catalog indices, build weighted sparse matrices, fit models individually, and blend. A validation popularity baseline will be computed for comparison. EASE with float64 precision is being considered as the primary model.

EASE is being kept as the primary model despite the 30k x 30k inversion cost. The 7.2GB dense matrix fits within available memory, and the 3–10 minute fit time is acceptable.

A float32 intermediate for the EASE gram matrix is being considered to reduce memory pressure before inversion. SANSA and ELSA were dismissed as too complex or impractical.

The EASE solver will use scipy.linalg.solve_triangular after Cholesky decomposition on float64. If memory is insufficient, EASE will be skipped. Dask is unavailable. The final model stack will be: popularity baselines, item-knn BM25 and cosine, RP3Beta, SVD, user-knn, EASE, and IALS.

A coordinate search will optimize the blend weights to maximize validation NDCG. A two-stage retrieval pipeline is being considered: first retrieve the top 500 candidates from the blended collaborative-filtering models, then rerank them. For gradient-boosted models, an internal time split will be used instead of validation labels, with history ending at 24180200 and labels drawn from events after 24179000.

Blend weights will be tuned directly on the official validation NDCG. The small number of weights keeps overfitting risk low. Session co-occurrence will use a fast implementation.

The session co-occurrence implementation sorts events by user and timestamp, then scans users sequentially to fill a dense 30k × 30k float32 counter. This avoids storing all pairs explicitly.

The session co-occurrence matrix will be computed and saved to disk immediately after scoring, then deleted to free memory. Score arrays for the blend will be stored in memory-mapped files to keep total RAM usage under control.

Cache files will be saved to `/app/solution/cache/`. The SVD model will use TF-IDF weighting via sklearn's `TfidfTransformer` before applying `TruncatedSVD` with 128 components and seven iterations.

The SVD score matrix will be computed as U @ components_ and sliced to target rows only. A unified user index will map all event users and target users together. The entire pipeline will be written in a single file, followed by validation.parquet for the public evaluator.

A recent-item boost for globally recent tracks is being considered. The blend search will grid weights across models, but ranking by blended scores differs from ranking by blended ranks. Computing full score matrices for every combination may be necessary.

Naive ranking across all 30,000 items for every weight combination would cost roughly five billion operations. Coordinate ascent is the chosen optimization: start from equal weights and tweak one at a time, evaluating each candidate in about half a second. Precomputing z-scored scores per user among eligible candidates will also be used to speed up validation.

Z-score normalization will be applied per user to eligible candidates only, with non-eligible scores set to negative infinity. A reciprocal rank fusion alternative is also being considered: each model contributes a score of 1/(60 + rank) based on its top 200 candidates, and the two approaches will be compared on validation NDCG.

A gains-aligned event weighting scheme is being designed to match NDCG gain structure. Organic likes will carry the highest weight of 8.0, followed by recommendation likes at 3.0, organic 80% listens at 1.5, and recommendation 80% listens at 0.4. Lower thresholds for organic and recommendation tracks are set to 0.6 and 0.15 respectively.

A 0.1 weight is assigned to organic partial listens between 20% and 50%. Time decay with a 45-day half-life is being tested alongside a 21-day variant for the blend. The script will be executable as `/app/solution/build_ranker.py` via the task virtual environment shebang. Session co-occurrence may be deferred in the first version to save memory and time. The implementation will focus on a clean structure, and converting sparse similarity matrices into dense score arrays is flagged as a critical performance step.

The sparse similarity matrix will be built by normalizing item vectors to unit length along axis 0, then computing chunked dot products between the normalized transpose and the original matrix. This keeps the similarity representation sparse and avoids dense intermediate arrays.

BM25 will be implemented with asymmetric weighting: BM25 for indexing and tf multiplied by time decay for queries. Item KNN scores will be normalized by the sum of similarities to prevent scaling differences across users with different history lengths. A k of 200 neighbors is chosen for item KNN and RP3Beta, with low similarity pairs excluded.

The script will be kept under 700 lines. A unified `run` function will handle both validation and test stages by switching inputs and cutoffs. Validation will compute NDCG, search blend weights, and save the best configuration to JSON. The test stage will load that saved configuration and apply it directly.

Dislike penalties will be added to the blend. A binary matrix of active user dislikes will be multiplied by cosine similarity to penalize items similar to disliked tracks. The penalty will be scaled by 0.2 and subtracted from z-scored scores, with that weight tuned on validation.

Two new non-collaborative channels are being introduced: log1p organic positive listens as a popularity baseline, and time-decayed 30-day counts.

Ten score channels are planned, including a 7-day organic strong-listens baseline. Each channel will be stored as a float32 memmap to keep total memory under control. Z-scoring will be done in-place to avoid temporary copies.

Z-score normalization will be computed in 256-row chunks using float64 accumulators to avoid precision loss when averaging over 30,000 candidates per user.

Z-scored scores for ineligible candidates will be zeroed out so they do not affect blending; final ranking will mask them and keep only the top 100. The script will be written in a compact style. For iALS, binary or weighted confidence will be used. A 90-day cutoff is being considered for collaborative filtering to avoid stale history, with two KNN variants: one using only recent interactions and one using all-time data. A long-term baseline matrix with a 60-day half-life decay will also be built.

A 14-day half-life decay will define the short-term recent profile. The long-term and recent profiles will be blended equally or kept as separate channels. The interaction list loader is being drafted to read parquet columns directly into numpy arrays.



### todo_write · Timestamp not recorded
{
  "todos": [
    {
      "id": "1",
      "status": "completed"
    },
    {
      "id": "2",
      "status": "in_progress"
    }
  ],
  "merge": true
}
### Tool output · Timestamp not recorded
- [completed] 1: Explore data, evaluation, and constraints
- [in_progress] 2: Build features and validation ranker
- [pending] 3: Tune on public validation NDCG@10
- [pending] 4: Refit on train+val and write test submission


### write · Timestamp not recorded
{
  "file_path": "/app/solution/build_ranker.py",
  "content": "#!/usr/bin/env python3\n\"\"\"Made-for-You discovery ranker: collaborative models + z-score blend.\"\"\"\nfrom __future__ import annotations\n\nimport gc\nimport json\nimport os\nimport time\nfrom pathlib import Path\n\nimport numpy as np\nimport pandas as pd\nfrom scipy import sparse\nfrom sklearn.decomposition import TruncatedSVD\nfrom sklearn.preprocessing import normalize\n\nos.environ.setdefault(\"OMP_NUM_THREADS\", \"8\")\nos.environ.setdefault(\"OPENBLAS_NUM_THREADS\", \"8\")\nos.environ.setdefault(\"MKL_NUM_THREADS\", \"8\")\nos.environ.setdefault(\"NUMEXPR_NUM_THREADS\", \"8\")\n\nDATA = Path(\"/task/data\")\nOUT = Path(\"/app/solution\")\nCACHE = OUT / \"cache\"\nOUT.mkdir(parents=True, exist_ok=True)\nCACHE.mkdir(parents=True, exist_ok=True)\n\nTRAIN_CUTOFF = 24_786_800\nTEST_CUTOFF = 25_393_400  # end of public val window\nDAY = 86_400\nTOP_N = 100\nQUALITY_K = 10\nLISTEN_STRONG = 80\nRNG = np.random.default_rng(7)\n\n\ndef log(msg: str) -> None:\n    print(f\"[{time.strftime('%H:%M:%S')}] {msg}\", flush=True)\n\n\ndef load_catalog():\n    cat = pd.read_parquet(DATA / \"candidate_catalog.parquet\")\n    item_ids = cat.item_id.to_numpy(np.int64)\n    pop = cat.positive_listens.to_numpy(np.float64)\n    opop = cat.organic_positive_listens.to_numpy(np.float64)\n    return item_ids, pop, opop\n\n\ndef load_targets():\n    t = pd.read_parquet(DATA / \"target_users.parquet\")\n    return t.uid.to_numpy(np.int64)\n\n\ndef unpack_eligibility(path: Path, n_items: int) -> tuple[np.ndarray, np.ndarray]:\n    z = np.load(path)\n    uids = z[\"uids\"].astype(np.int64)\n    packed = z[\"packed_eligible\"]\n    elig = np.unpackbits(packed, axis=1, bitorder=\"little\")[:, :n_items].astype(bool)\n    return uids, elig\n\n\ndef item_lookup(item_ids: np.ndarray) -> np.ndarray:\n    inv = np.full(int(item_ids.max()) + 1, -1, dtype=np.int32)\n    inv[item_ids] = np.arange(len(item_ids), dtype=np.int32)\n    return inv\n\n\ndef map_users(uids: np.ndarray) -> tuple[np.ndarray, dict[int, int]]:\n    uniq = np.unique(uids)\n    index = {int(u): i for i, u in enumerate(uniq)}\n    return uniq, index\n\n\ndef decay_weights(ts: np.ndarray, cutoff: int, half_life_days: float) -> np.ndarray:\n    age = np.clip(cutoff - ts.astype(np.float64), 0, None) / DAY\n    return np.exp(-np.log(2.0) * age / half_life_days).astype(np.float32)\n\n\ndef listen_base_weight(played: np.ndarray, organic: np.ndarray) -> np.ndarray:\n    played = played.astype(np.float32)\n    organic = organic.astype(np.float32)\n    w = np.zeros(len(played), dtype=np.float32)\n    strong = played >= 80\n    mid = (played >= 50) & ~strong\n    weak = (played >= 20) & ~mid & ~strong\n    # Gains roughly aligned with discovery grades; rec events down-weighted.\n    w[strong] = np.where(organic[strong] >= 0.5, 1.6, 0.45)\n    w[mid] = np.where(organic[mid] >= 0.5, 0.7, 0.18)\n    w[weak] = np.where(organic[weak] >= 0.5, 0.12, 0.04)\n    return w\n\n\ndef like_base_weight(organic: np.ndarray) -> np.ndarray:\n    organic = organic.astype(np.float32)\n    return np.where(organic >= 0.5, 8.0, 3.0).astype(np.float32)\n\n\ndef load_split_events(split: str) -> dict[str, pd.DataFrame]:\n    cols_l = [\"uid\", \"timestamp\", \"item_id\", \"is_organic\", \"played_ratio_pct\"]\n    cols_e = [\"uid\", \"timestamp\", \"item_id\", \"is_organic\"]\n    out = {\n        \"listens\": pd.read_parquet(DATA / f\"{split}_listens.parquet\", columns=cols_l),\n        \"likes\": pd.read_parquet(DATA / f\"{split}_likes.parquet\", columns=cols_e),\n        \"dislikes\": pd.read_parquet(DATA / f\"{split}_dislikes.parquet\", columns=cols_e),\n    }\n    return out\n\n\ndef filter_catalog(df: pd.DataFrame, inv: np.ndarray) -> pd.DataFrame:\n    iid = df.item_id.to_numpy(np.int64)\n    ok = iid < len(inv)\n    keep = np.zeros(len(df), dtype=bool)\n    keep[ok] = inv[iid[ok]] >= 0\n    if keep.all():\n        return df\n    return df.loc[keep].reset_index(drop=True)\n\n\ndef events_to_triples(\n    listens: pd.DataFrame,\n    likes: pd.DataFrame,\n    inv: np.ndarray,\n    cutoff: int,\n    half_life: float,\n) -> tuple[np.ndarray, np.ndarray, np.ndarray, np.ndarray]:\n    \"\"\"Return uid, item_col, weight, timestamp arrays (catalog only).\"\"\"\n    parts_u = []\n    parts_i = []\n    parts_w = []\n    parts_t = []\n\n    if len(listens):\n        listens = filter_catalog(listens, inv)\n        u = listens.uid.to_numpy(np.int64)\n        iid = listens.item_id.to_numpy(np.int64)\n        ts = listens.timestamp.to_numpy(np.int64)\n        col = inv[iid]\n        w = listen_base_weight(\n            listens.played_ratio_pct.to_numpy(np.float32),\n            listens.is_organic.to_numpy(np.float32),\n        )\n        w *= decay_weights(ts, cutoff, half_life)\n        parts_u.append(u)\n        parts_i.append(col.astype(np.int32))\n        parts_w.append(w)\n        parts_t.append(ts)\n\n    if len(likes):\n        likes = filter_catalog(likes, inv)\n        u = likes.uid.to_numpy(np.int64)\n        iid = likes.item_id.to_numpy(np.int64)\n        ts = likes.timestamp.to_numpy(np.int64)\n        col = inv[iid]\n        w = like_base_weight(likes.is_organic.to_numpy(np.float32))\n        w *= decay_weights(ts, cutoff, half_life)\n        parts_u.append(u)\n        parts_i.append(col.astype(np.int32))\n        parts_w.append(w)\n        parts_t.append(ts)\n\n    uid = np.concatenate(parts_u)\n    col = np.concatenate(parts_i)\n    wgt = np.concatenate(parts_w)\n    ts = np.concatenate(parts_t)\n    return uid, col, wgt, ts\n\n\ndef aggregate_ui(\n    uid: np.ndarray,\n    col: np.ndarray,\n    wgt: np.ndarray,\n    user_index: dict[int, int],\n    n_users: int,\n    n_items: int,\n) -> sparse.csr_matrix:\n    rows = np.fromiter((user_index[int(u)] for u in uid), dtype=np.int32, count=len(uid))\n    mat = sparse.csr_matrix((wgt.astype(np.float32), (rows, col)), shape=(n_users, n_items), dtype=np.float32)\n    mat.sum_duplicates()\n    # log1p dampens repeat-play superstars without erasing them\n    mat.data = np.log1p(np.maximum(mat.data, 0.0)).astype(np.float32)\n    mat.eliminate_zeros()\n    return mat\n\n\ndef binary_from_weighted(X: sparse.csr_matrix) -> sparse.csr_matrix:\n    B = X.copy()\n    B.data = np.ones_like(B.data, dtype=np.float32)\n    return B\n\n\ndef bm25_weight(X: sparse.csr_matrix, k1: float = 1.2, b: float = 0.75) -> sparse.csr_matrix:\n    X = X.tocsr().astype(np.float32)\n    n_users = X.shape[0]\n    df = np.asarray(X.getnnz(axis=0), dtype=np.float64)\n    idf = np.log((n_users - df + 0.5) / (df + 0.5) + 1.0).astype(np.float32)\n    dl = np.asarray(X.sum(axis=1)).ravel().astype(np.float32)\n    avgdl = float(dl.mean()) if n_users else 1.0\n    X = X.tocoo()\n    tf = X.data\n    row_len = dl[X.row]\n    denom = tf + k1 * (1.0 - b + b * row_len / max(avgdl, 1e-6))\n    X.data = idf[X.col] * (tf * (k1 + 1.0)) / np.maximum(denom, 1e-6)\n    return sparse.csr_matrix((X.data.astype(np.float32), (X.row, X.col)), shape=X.shape)\n\n\ndef topk_from_blocks(\n    left: sparse.csr_matrix,\n    right: sparse.csr_matrix,\n    k: int,\n    block: int = 400,\n    zero_diag: bool = True,\n) -> sparse.csr_matrix:\n    \"\"\"Item-item top-k from left @ right (both items x dim).\"\"\"\n    n_items = left.shape[0]\n    rows = []\n    cols = []\n    data = []\n    left = left.tocsr()\n    right_t = right.T.tocsr()\n    for start in range(0, n_items, block):\n        end = min(start + block, n_items)\n        chunk = left[start:end].dot(right_t)\n        if sparse.issparse(chunk):\n            chunk = chunk.toarray()\n        chunk = np.asarray(chunk, dtype=np.float32)\n        if zero_diag:\n            for i, gi in enumerate(range(start, end)):\n                chunk[i, gi] = 0.0\n        kk = min(k, n_items - 1)\n        idx = np.argpartition(chunk, -kk, axis=1)[:, -kk:]\n        vals = np.take_along_axis(chunk, idx, axis=1)\n        # drop non-positive similarities\n        mask = vals > 0\n        ridx = np.repeat(np.arange(start, end), kk).reshape(end - start, kk)\n        rows.append(ridx[mask])\n        cols.append(idx[mask])\n        data.append(vals[mask])\n    if not rows:\n        return sparse.csr_matrix((n_items, n_items), dtype=np.float32)\n    return sparse.csr_matrix(\n        (np.concatenate(data), (np.concatenate(rows), np.concatenate(cols))),\n        shape=(n_items, n_items),\n        dtype=np.float32,\n    )\n\n\ndef userknn_scores(\n    X_all: sparse.csr_matrix,\n    target_rows: np.ndarray,\n    k: int = 80,\n) -> np.ndarray:\n    \"\"\"Cosine user-user CF scores for target rows.\"\"\"\n    Xn = normalize(X_all, norm=\"l2\", axis=1)\n    Xt = Xn[target_rows]\n    sim = Xt.dot(Xn.T)  # n_target x n_users\n    if sparse.issparse(sim):\n        sim = sim.toarray()\n    sim = np.asarray(sim, dtype=np.float32)\n    n_t, n_u = sim.shape\n    # zero self\n    for i, r in enumerate(target_rows):\n        if r < n_u:\n            sim[i, r] = 0.0\n    kk = min(k, n_u - 1)\n    idx = np.argpartition(sim, -kk, axis=1)[:, -kk:]\n    vals = np.take_along_axis(sim, idx, axis=1)\n    vals = np.clip(vals, 0, None)\n    # sparse sim * X\n    rows = np.repeat(np.arange(n_t), kk)\n    cols = idx.ravel()\n    data = vals.ravel()\n    mask = data > 0\n    S = sparse.csr_matrix(\n        (data[mask], (rows[mask], cols[mask])), shape=(n_t, n_u), dtype=np.float32\n    )\n    scores = S.dot(X_all)\n    if sparse.issparse(scores):\n        scores = scores.toarray()\n    return np.asarray(scores, dtype=np.float32)\n\n\ndef ials(\n    R: sparse.csr_matrix,\n    factors: int = 96,\n    n_iters: int = 8,\n    reg: float = 4.0,\n    alpha: float = 25.0,\n    seed: int = 7,\n) -> tuple[np.ndarray, np.ndarray]:\n    R = R.tocsr()\n    n_users, n_items = R.shape\n    rng = np.random.default_rng(seed)\n    X = rng.normal(0, 0.1, size=(n_users, factors)).astype(np.float64)\n    Y = rng.normal(0, 0.1, size=(n_items, factors)).astype(np.float64)\n    Rt = R.T.tocsr()\n    eye = np.eye(factors, dtype=np.float64)\n\n    def update(factors_out, other, mat, n_rows):\n        YtY = other.T @ other\n        for u in range(n_rows):\n            s, e = mat.indptr[u], mat.indptr[u + 1]\n            if s == e:\n                factors_out[u] = 0\n                continue\n            idx = mat.indices[s:e]\n            r = mat.data[s:e].astype(np.float64)\n            conf = 1.0 + alpha * r\n            Yu = other[idx]\n            A = YtY + (Yu * (conf - 1.0)[:, None]).T @ Yu + reg * eye\n            b = (Yu * conf[:, None]).sum(axis=0)\n            factors_out[u] = np.linalg.solve(A, b)\n\n    for it in range(n_iters):\n        t1 = time.time()\n        update(X, Y, R, n_users)\n        update(Y, X, Rt, n_items)\n        log(f\"  iALS iter {it + 1}/{n_iters} {time.time() - t1:.1f}s\")\n    return X.astype(np.float32), Y.astype(np.float32)\n\n\ndef session_item_sim(\n    uid: np.ndarray,\n    col: np.ndarray,\n    ts: np.ndarray,\n    wgt: np.ndarray,\n    n_items: int,\n    window: int = 2400,\n    k: int = 150,\n) -> sparse.csr_matrix:\n    \"\"\"Symmetric session co-occurrence similarity, top-k sparsified.\"\"\"\n    order = np.lexsort((ts, uid))\n    uid = uid[order]\n    col = col[order]\n    ts = ts[order]\n    wgt = wgt[order]\n    C = np.zeros((n_items, n_items), dtype=np.float32)\n    n = len(uid)\n    start = 0\n    while start < n:\n        u = uid[start]\n        end = start + 1\n        while end < n and uid[end] == u:\n            end += 1\n        items = col[start:end]\n        times = ts[start:end]\n        weights = wgt[start:end]\n        j = 0\n        for i in range(end - start):\n            while times[i] - times[j] > window:\n                j += 1\n            if i > j:\n                seg = items[j:i]\n                ii = items[i]\n                ww = np.sqrt(np.maximum(weights[i], 1e-6) * np.maximum(weights[j:i], 1e-6))\n                C[ii, seg] += ww\n                C[seg, ii] += ww\n        start = end\n    np.fill_diagonal(C, 0.0)\n    # cosine-like row normalize then top-k\n    norms = np.sqrt(np.maximum(C.sum(axis=1), 1e-12))\n    # convert to csr topk without keeping dense in caller\n    rows = []\n    cols = []\n    data = []\n    kk = min(k, n_items - 1)\n    for i in range(n_items):\n        row = C[i]\n        if row.max() <= 0:\n            continue\n        idx = np.argpartition(row, -kk)[-kk:]\n        vals = row[idx] / (norms[i] * norms[idx] + 1e-12)\n        m = vals > 0\n        if not m.any():\n            continue\n        rows.append(np.full(m.sum(), i, dtype=np.int32))\n        cols.append(idx[m].astype(np.int32))\n        data.append(vals[m].astype(np.float32))\n    del C\n    gc.collect()\n    if not rows:\n        return sparse.csr_matrix((n_items, n_items), dtype=np.float32)\n    return sparse.csr_matrix(\n        (np.concatenate(data), (np.concatenate(rows), np.concatenate(cols))),\n        shape=(n_items, n_items),\n        dtype=np.float32,\n    )\n\n\ndef pop_window_scores(\n    uid: np.ndarray,\n    col: np.ndarray,\n    wgt: np.ndarray,\n    ts: np.ndarray,\n    cutoff: int,\n    n_items: int,\n    window_days: float,\n) -> np.ndarray:\n    keep = ts >= (cutoff - window_days * DAY)\n    counts = np.zeros(n_items, dtype=np.float64)\n    np.add.at(counts, col[keep], wgt[keep])\n    return np.log1p(counts).astype(np.float32)\n\n\ndef score_itemknn(profile: sparse.csr_matrix, sim: sparse.csr_matrix) -> np.ndarray:\n    out = profile.dot(sim)\n    if sparse.issparse(out):\n        out = out.toarray()\n    return np.asarray(out, dtype=np.float32)\n\n\ndef zscore_eligible(scores: np.ndarray, elig: np.ndarray, chunk: int = 512) -> np.ndarray:\n    n = scores.shape[0]\n    out = np.zeros_like(scores, dtype=np.float32)\n    for i in range(0, n, chunk):\n        sl = slice(i, min(i + chunk, n))\n        block = scores[sl].astype(np.float64, copy=True)\n        m = elig[sl]\n        block[~m] = np.nan\n        mean = np.nanmean(block, axis=1, keepdims=True)\n        std = np.nanstd(block, axis=1, keepdims=True)\n        std = np.where(std < 1e-8, 1.0, std)\n        z = (block - mean) / std\n        z[~m] = 0.0\n        np.nan_to_num(z, copy=False, nan=0.0, posinf=0.0, neginf=0.0)\n        out[sl] = z.astype(np.float32)\n    return out\n\n\ndef rank_topn(scores: np.ndarray, elig: np.ndarray, n: int = TOP_N) -> np.ndarray:\n    s = scores.copy()\n    s[~elig] = -1e18\n    idx = np.argpartition(-s, n - 1, axis=1)[:, :n]\n    row = np.arange(s.shape[0])[:, None]\n    order = np.argsort(-s[row, idx], axis=1)\n    return np.take_along_axis(idx, order, axis=1)\n\n\ndef ranking_frame(uids: np.ndarray, item_ids: np.ndarray, top_idx: np.ndarray) -> pd.DataFrame:\n    n_users, n = top_idx.shape\n    uid_rep = np.repeat(uids, n)\n    items = item_ids[top_idx.reshape(-1)]\n    ranks = np.tile(np.arange(1, n + 1, dtype=np.int32), n_users)\n    return pd.DataFrame({\"uid\": uid_rep.astype(np.int64), \"item_id\": items.astype(np.int64), \"rank\": ranks.astype(np.int64)})\n\n\ndef validation_labels(item_ids: np.ndarray, target_uids: np.ndarray, elig: np.ndarray):\n    \"\"\"uid -> {item_col: grade} and parallel per-row list.\"\"\"\n    uid_row = {int(u): i for i, u in enumerate(target_uids)}\n    inv = item_lookup(item_ids)\n    listens = pd.read_parquet(DATA / \"val_listens.parquet\", columns=[\"uid\", \"item_id\", \"is_organic\", \"played_ratio_pct\"])\n    likes = pd.read_parquet(DATA / \"val_likes.parquet\", columns=[\"uid\", \"item_id\", \"is_organic\"])\n    targets = set(map(int, target_uids))\n    graded_by_row: list[dict[int, int]] = [dict() for _ in range(len(target_uids))]\n    strong = listens[\n        listens.uid.isin(targets) & (listens.is_organic == 1) & (listens.played_ratio_pct >= LISTEN_STRONG)\n    ][[\"uid\", \"item_id\"]].drop_duplicates()\n    olikes = likes[likes.uid.isin(targets) & (likes.is_organic == 1)][[\"uid\", \"item_id\"]].drop_duplicates()\n\n    def add(df, grade):\n        for u, it in df.itertuples(index=False, name=None):\n            u = int(u)\n            it = int(it)\n            r = uid_row.get(u)\n            if r is None or it >= len(inv):\n                continue\n            c = int(inv[it])\n            if c < 0:\n                continue\n            if not elig[r, c]:\n                continue\n            prev = graded_by_row[r].get(c, 0)\n            if grade >= prev:\n                graded_by_row[r][c] = grade\n\n    add(strong, 1)\n    add(olikes, 3)\n    return graded_by_row\n\n\ndef ndcg_at_k_from_ranking(top_idx: np.ndarray, graded_by_row: list[dict[int, int]], k: int = QUALITY_K) -> float:\n    discounts = 1.0 / np.log2(np.arange(2, k + 2))\n    vals = []\n    for row, gold in enumerate(graded_by_row):\n        if not gold:\n            continue\n        ranked = top_idx[row, :k]\n        gains = np.array([gold.get(int(c), 0) for c in ranked], dtype=np.float64)\n        dcg = float(np.sum((np.power(2.0, gains) - 1.0) * discounts[: len(gains)]))\n        ideal = np.array(sorted(gold.values(), reverse=True)[:k], dtype=np.float64)\n        idcg = float(np.sum((np.power(2.0, ideal) - 1.0) * discounts[: len(ideal)]))\n        vals.append(dcg / idcg if idcg else 0.0)\n    return float(np.mean(vals)) if vals else 0.0\n\n\ndef dislike_matrix(\n    pref_path: Path,\n    user_index: dict[int, int],\n    inv: np.ndarray,\n    n_users: int,\n    n_items: int,\n    target_rows: np.ndarray,\n) -> sparse.csr_matrix:\n    pref = pd.read_parquet(pref_path)\n    d = pref[pref.state == \"disliked\"]\n    if d.empty:\n        return sparse.csr_matrix((len(target_rows), n_items), dtype=np.float32)\n    rows = []\n    cols = []\n    for u, it in d[[\"uid\", \"item_id\"]].itertuples(index=False, name=None):\n        ui = user_index.get(int(u))\n        if ui is None:\n            continue\n        if int(it) >= len(inv):\n            continue\n        c = int(inv[int(it)])\n        if c < 0:\n            continue\n        rows.append(ui)\n        cols.append(c)\n    if not rows:\n        return sparse.csr_matrix((len(target_rows), n_items), dtype=np.float32)\n    M = sparse.csr_matrix(\n        (np.ones(len(rows), dtype=np.float32), (np.array(rows), np.array(cols))),\n        shape=(n_users, n_items),\n        dtype=np.float32,\n    )\n    return M[target_rows]\n\n\ndef build_channels(\n    X_all: sparse.csr_matrix,\n    X_query_long: sparse.csr_matrix,\n    X_query_recent: sparse.csr_matrix,\n    target_rows: np.ndarray,\n    n_items: int,\n    pop_log: np.ndarray,\n    pop_30: np.ndarray,\n    pop_7: np.ndarray,\n    dislike: sparse.csr_matrix | None,\n    uid_ev: np.ndarray,\n    col_ev: np.ndarray,\n    wgt_ev: np.ndarray,\n    ts_ev: np.ndarray,\n) -> dict[str, np.ndarray]:\n    channels: dict[str, np.ndarray] = {}\n    n_target = len(target_rows)\n    P_long = X_query_long[target_rows]\n    P_rec = X_query_recent[target_rows]\n    P_mix = P_long + 1.35 * P_rec\n\n    # popularity\n    channels[\"pop_log\"] = np.broadcast_to(pop_log, (n_target, n_items)).copy()\n    channels[\"pop_30\"] = np.broadcast_to(pop_30, (n_target, n_items)).copy()\n    channels[\"pop_7\"] = np.broadcast_to(pop_7, (n_target, n_items)).copy()\n\n    B = binary_from_weighted(X_all)\n\n    log(\"BM25 item-KNN\")\n    Xb = bm25_weight(B, k1=1.2, b=0.75)\n    sim = topk_from_blocks(Xb.T.tocsr(), Xb.T.tocsr(), k=200, block=350)\n    channels[\"knn_bm25\"] = score_itemknn(P_mix, sim)\n    if dislike is not None and dislike.nnz:\n        channels[\"pen_bm25\"] = score_itemknn(dislike, sim)\n    del Xb\n    gc.collect()\n\n    log(\"TF cosine item-KNN\")\n    Xn = normalize(X_all.astype(np.float32), norm=\"l2\", axis=0)\n    sim_cos = topk_from_blocks(Xn.T.tocsr(), Xn.T.tocsr(), k=200, block=350)\n    channels[\"knn_cos\"] = score_itemknn(P_mix, sim_cos)\n    del Xn, sim_cos\n    gc.collect()\n\n    log(\"RP3beta\")\n    # P3alpha=1, beta=0.5 then also 0.7 as extra channel via degree rescale on same walks\n    du = np.asarray(B.sum(axis=1)).ravel().astype(np.float32)\n    di = np.asarray(B.sum(axis=0)).ravel().astype(np.float32)\n    du[du == 0] = 1.0\n    di[di == 0] = 1.0\n    Pu = B.multiply(1.0 / du[:, None])\n    # item-item via users: (items x users) @ (users x items)\n    # sparsified topk of Piu @ Pui with column * di^{-beta}\n    Piu = B.T.tocsr().multiply(1.0 / du[None, :])  # items x users, edge 1/deg(user)\n    # actually B.T is items x users with 1s; divide columns (users) by du\n    Piu = B.T.tocsr().astype(np.float32)\n    Piu = normalize(Piu, norm=\"l1\", axis=1)  # item -> users\n    Pui = normalize(B.astype(np.float32), norm=\"l1\", axis=1)  # user -> items\n    sim_rp = topk_from_blocks(Piu, Pui, k=250, block=300, zero_diag=True)\n    # apply destination popularity penalty inside scoring by scaling columns\n    for beta, name in [(0.4, \"rp3_b04\"), (0.65, \"rp3_b065\")]:\n        sim_b = sim_rp.copy()\n        scale = np.power(di, -beta).astype(np.float32)\n        sim_b = sim_b.multiply(scale[np.newaxis, :])\n        channels[name] = score_itemknn(P_mix, sim_b)\n    del Pu, Piu, Pui, sim_rp\n    gc.collect()\n\n    log(\"PureSVD tfidf\")\n    # simple tf-idf like: item idf on binary, then SVD\n    dfreq = np.asarray(B.getnnz(axis=0), dtype=np.float32)\n    idf = np.log((B.shape[0] + 1.0) / (dfreq + 1.0)).astype(np.float32)\n    Xt = B.multiply(idf[np.newaxis, :]).tocsr()\n    Xt = normalize(Xt, norm=\"l2\", axis=1)\n    n_comp = 128\n    svd = TruncatedSVD(n_components=n_comp, n_iter=8, random_state=7)\n    U = svd.fit_transform(Xt)  # n_users x f\n    V = svd.components_.astype(np.float32)  # f x items\n    U_t = U[target_rows].astype(np.float32)\n    channels[\"svd\"] = U_t @ V\n    del Xt, U, V, svd\n    gc.collect()\n\n    log(\"User-KNN\")\n    channels[\"uknn\"] = userknn_scores(X_all, target_rows, k=90)\n    gc.collect()\n\n    log(\"iALS\")\n    try:\n        Xu, Yi = ials(X_all, factors=64, n_iters=7, reg=5.0, alpha=30.0)\n        channels[\"ials\"] = Xu[target_rows] @ Yi.T\n        del Xu, Yi\n    except Exception as exc:\n        log(f\"iALS failed: {exc}\")\n    gc.collect()\n\n    log(\"session co-occurrence KNN\")\n    try:\n        sim_ses = session_item_sim(uid_ev, col_ev, ts_ev, wgt_ev, n_items, window=2400, k=120)\n        channels[\"session\"] = score_itemknn(P_rec, sim_ses)\n        del sim_ses\n    except Exception as exc:\n        log(f\"session failed: {exc}\")\n    gc.collect()\n\n    # recent-profile-only BM25 (already have mix); extra short-term channel\n    channels[\"knn_bm25_recent\"] = score_itemknn(P_rec, sim)\n    del sim, P_long, P_rec, P_mix\n    gc.collect()\n    return channels\n\n\ndef save_channel(name: str, arr: np.ndarray) -> Path:\n    path = CACHE / f\"{name}.npy\"\n    np.save(path, arr.astype(np.float32, copy=False))\n    return path\n\n\ndef blend_search(\n    zchan: dict[str, np.ndarray],\n    elig: np.ndarray,\n    graded_by_row: list[dict[int, int]],\n) -> tuple[dict[str, float], float]:\n    names = list(zchan.keys())\n    # seed weights: CF heavy, pop light\n    prior = {\n        \"knn_bm25\": 1.2,\n        \"knn_cos\": 0.7,\n        \"knn_bm25_recent\": 0.8,\n        \"rp3_b04\": 0.9,\n        \"rp3_b065\": 0.7,\n        \"svd\": 0.8,\n        \"uknn\": 0.5,\n        \"ials\": 1.0,\n        \"session\": 0.6,\n        \"pop_log\": 0.15,\n        \"pop_30\": 0.25,\n        \"pop_7\": 0.2,\n        \"pen_bm25\": -0.25,\n    }\n    w = {n: float(prior.get(n, 0.4)) for n in names}\n\n    def eval_w(weights):\n        acc = None\n        for n, wt in weights.items():\n            if abs(wt) < 1e-8:\n                continue\n            term = zchan[n] * np.float32(wt)\n            acc = term if acc is None else acc + term\n        top = rank_topn(acc, elig, TOP_N)\n        return ndcg_at_k_from_ranking(top, graded_by_row), top\n\n    best, _ = eval_w(w)\n    log(f\"blend start ndcg={best:.6f} n={sum(1 for g in graded_by_row if g)}\")\n    scales = [0.0, 0.25, 0.5, 0.75, 1.0, 1.35, 1.8]\n    improved = True\n    rounds = 0\n    while improved and rounds < 3:\n        improved = False\n        rounds += 1\n        for n in names:\n            base = w[n]\n            local_best = best\n            local_val = base\n            for s in scales:\n                # keep sign of prior for penalty channels\n                cand = dict(w)\n                cand[n] = -s if prior.get(n, 0) < 0 else s\n                if prior.get(n, 0) < 0:\n                    cand[n] = -s if s > 0 else 0.0\n                sc, _ = eval_w(cand)\n                if sc > local_best + 1e-6:\n                    local_best = sc\n                    local_val = cand[n]\n            if local_best > best + 1e-6:\n                w[n] = local_val\n                best = local_best\n                improved = True\n                log(f\"  tweak {n} -> {local_val:.2f} ndcg={best:.6f}\")\n    # fine search around current\n    for n in names:\n        base = w[n]\n        for delta in (-0.2, -0.1, 0.1, 0.2, 0.35):\n            cand = dict(w)\n            cand[n] = base + delta\n            sc, _ = eval_w(cand)\n            if sc > best + 1e-6:\n                w[n] = cand[n]\n                best = sc\n                log(f\"  fine {n} -> {w[n]:.2f} ndcg={best:.6f}\")\n    log(f\"blend weights {w} ndcg={best:.6f}\")\n    return w, best\n\n\ndef apply_blend(zchan: dict[str, np.ndarray], weights: dict[str, float], elig: np.ndarray) -> np.ndarray:\n    acc = None\n    for n, wt in weights.items():\n        if n not in zchan or abs(wt) < 1e-8:\n            continue\n        term = zchan[n] * np.float32(wt)\n        acc = term if acc is None else acc + term\n    if acc is None:\n        acc = next(iter(zchan.values()))\n    return rank_topn(acc, elig, TOP_N)\n\n\ndef collect_events(use_val: bool) -> tuple[pd.DataFrame, pd.DataFrame, pd.DataFrame]:\n    tr = load_split_events(\"train\")\n    if not use_val:\n        return tr[\"listens\"], tr[\"likes\"], tr[\"dislikes\"]\n    va = load_split_events(\"val\")\n    listens = pd.concat([tr[\"listens\"], va[\"listens\"]], ignore_index=True)\n    likes = pd.concat([tr[\"likes\"], va[\"likes\"]], ignore_index=True)\n    dislikes = pd.concat([tr[\"dislikes\"], va[\"dislikes\"]], ignore_index=True)\n    return listens, likes, dislikes\n\n\ndef run_stage(\n    stage: str,\n    item_ids: np.ndarray,\n    pop: np.ndarray,\n    opop: np.ndarray,\n    target_uids: np.ndarray,\n    blend_weights: dict[str, float] | None,\n):\n    log(f\"===== STAGE {stage} =====\")\n    use_val = stage == \"test\"\n    cutoff = TEST_CUTOFF if use_val else TRAIN_CUTOFF\n    elig_path = DATA / (\"test_eligible_candidates.npz\" if use_val else \"validation_eligible_candidates.npz\")\n    pref_path = DATA / (\"test_preference_state.parquet\" if use_val else \"validation_preference_state.parquet\")\n    uids, elig = unpack_eligibility(elig_path, len(item_ids))\n    assert np.array_equal(uids, target_uids)\n\n    listens, likes, dislikes = collect_events(use_val)\n    inv = item_lookup(item_ids)\n    log(f\"events listens={len(listens):,} likes={len(likes):,}\")\n\n    half_long = 50.0\n    uid_e, col_e, wgt_e, ts_e = events_to_triples(listens, likes, inv, cutoff, half_long)\n    log(f\"catalog events {len(uid_e):,}\")\n\n    # include target uids even if somehow missing\n    all_uids = np.unique(np.concatenate([uid_e, target_uids]))\n    user_index = {int(u): i for i, u in enumerate(all_uids)}\n    n_users = len(all_uids)\n    n_items = len(item_ids)\n    target_rows = np.array([user_index[int(u)] for u in target_uids], dtype=np.int32)\n\n    X_all = aggregate_ui(uid_e, col_e, wgt_e, user_index, n_users, n_items)\n    log(f\"X_all shape={X_all.shape} nnz={X_all.nnz}\")\n\n    # recent query: last 21 days, shorter half-life\n    recent_cut = cutoff - 21 * DAY\n    m_rec = ts_e >= recent_cut\n    if m_rec.any():\n        w_rec = wgt_e[m_rec] * decay_weights(ts_e[m_rec], cutoff, 10.0) / np.maximum(\n            decay_weights(ts_e[m_rec], cutoff, half_long), 1e-6\n        )\n        X_recent = aggregate_ui(uid_e[m_rec], col_e[m_rec], w_rec.astype(np.float32), user_index, n_users, n_items)\n    else:\n        X_recent = X_all.copy()\n\n    # long query already time-decayed in X_all\n    X_query_long = X_all\n    X_query_recent = X_recent\n\n    pop_log = np.log1p(opop).astype(np.float32)\n    pop_30 = pop_window_scores(uid_e, col_e, wgt_e, ts_e, cutoff, n_items, 30.0)\n    pop_7 = pop_window_scores(uid_e, col_e, wgt_e, ts_e, cutoff, n_items, 7.0)\n\n    dislike = dislike_matrix(pref_path, user_index, inv, n_users, n_items, target_rows)\n    log(f\"dislike nnz={dislike.nnz}\")\n\n    channels = build_channels(\n        X_all,\n        X_query_long,\n        X_query_recent,\n        target_rows,\n        n_items,\n        pop_log,\n        pop_30,\n        pop_7,\n        dislike,\n        uid_e,\n        col_e,\n        wgt_e,\n        ts_e,\n    )\n    log(f\"channels: {list(channels)}\")\n\n    log(\"z-scoring channels\")\n    zchan = {n: zscore_eligible(s, elig) for n, s in channels.items()}\n    del channels\n    gc.collect()\n\n    graded = None\n    ndcg = None\n    if stage == \"val\":\n        graded = validation_labels(item_ids, target_uids, elig)\n        # per-channel ndcg\n        for n, s in zchan.items():\n            top = rank_topn(s, elig, TOP_N)\n            sc = ndcg_at_k_from_ranking(top, graded)\n            log(f\"channel {n:16s} ndcg@10={sc:.6f}\")\n        blend_weights, ndcg = blend_search(zchan, elig, graded)\n        (OUT / \"blend_weights.json\").write_text(json.dumps({\"ndcg\": ndcg, \"weights\": blend_weights}, indent=2))\n        top = apply_blend(zchan, blend_weights, elig)\n        ndcg = ndcg_at_k_from_ranking(top, graded)\n        log(f\"VAL NDCG@10={ndcg:.6f}\")\n        frame = ranking_frame(target_uids, item_ids, top)\n        frame.to_parquet(OUT / \"validation.parquet\", index=False)\n    else:\n        if blend_weights is None:\n            blend_weights = json.loads((OUT / \"blend_weights.json\").read_text())[\"weights\"]\n        top = apply_blend(zchan, blend_weights, elig)\n        frame = ranking_frame(target_uids, item_ids, top)\n        frame.to_parquet(OUT / \"submission.parquet\", index=False)\n        log(f\"wrote submission {frame.shape}\")\n    del zchan\n    gc.collect()\n    return blend_weights, ndcg\n\n\ndef main():\n    t0 = time.time()\n    item_ids, pop, opop = load_catalog()\n    target_uids = load_targets()\n    log(f\"users={len(target_uids)} items={len(item_ids)}\")\n    weights, ndcg = run_stage(\"val\", item_ids, pop, opop, target_uids, None)\n    run_stage(\"test\", item_ids, pop, opop, target_uids, weights)\n    log(f\"done in {(time.time() - t0) / 60:.1f} min val_ndcg={ndcg}\")\n\n\nif __name__ == \"__main__\":\n    main()\n"
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A potential bug was spotted in the session_item_sim function. The C matrix is 30,000 by 30,000 float32 values.

The memory problem stems from keeping all 12 score matrices in a dictionary at once during channel building. This likely causes an out-of-memory crash. The top-k loop over 30,000 items and the iALS training are also slow.

Each channel will be z-scored and saved to disk immediately, then deleted from memory. They will be memmapped later for blending. The dense session-item similarity matrix is too large and may be skipped or optimized.

Dead code in the RP3beta Piu construction will be removed. The iALS training is too slow: 30,000 Python loops over 64-by-64 solves cost roughly nine minutes. I will cut iterations to five and factors to 48, or vectorize the updates.

The iALS iteration budget is tightened to six iterations and 48 factors. The session co-occurrence matrix is built in about one to two minutes, but the top-k argpartition across all 30,000 items adds roughly nine seconds of Python overhead.

The validation stage already holds the eligibility mask, so it can be passed directly into z-score during channel construction. The build_channels function will be rewritten to yield and save each score matrix incrementally. A potential bug was also spotted in topk_from_blocks: the left matrix is items-by-users while the right is users-by-items, which may require transposition before multiplication.

The topk_from_blocks function computes left @ right.T, so both inputs must be items-by-dimension. Cosine and BM25 pass Xn.T twice, which is valid. RP3beta passes Piu (items-by-users) and Pui (users-by-items), so the latter must be transposed before multiplication.

The RP3beta bug is now fully resolved. Because topk_from_blocks computes left @ right.T, the second argument must be Pui.T rather than Pui directly. Passing Pui would transpose it to items-by-users and yield an incorrect items-by-items matrix.

The exact fix for the RP3beta bug is `topk_from_blocks(Piu, Pui.T.tocsr())`. This ensures the left matrix is multiplied by the correct items-by-users transpose of Pui. The z-scored channels will be memmapped to avoid a 12 GB in-memory footprint on a 15 GB machine. Next I will combine these channels during blend_search.

A coordinate-ascent blend design will keep a running 1 GB accumulator and add one z-scored channel at a time. This avoids loading all twelve channels into memory simultaneously. The per-user population vector must still be broadcast and copied for z-score, which costs about one gigabyte per channel.

The session-item similarity update is safe because both operands are one-dimensional. The aggregate_ui function will be rewritten to use a direct integer lookup array instead of fromiter, since mapping over thirty million rows is too slow.

The blend search is too slow. Evaluating one candidate requires a full top-100 argpartition, and 252 coordinate-search evaluations would take about four minutes. NDCG@10 only needs the top ten scores, so that can be reduced. The current rank_topk function copies the entire one-gigabyte score matrix on every evaluation; this copy must be removed.

The blend search will use a single 1 GB accumulator. Ineligible scores are set to -1e18 once after building the initial blend, then argpartition selects the top ten. Each channel tweak updates the accumulator by adding the weight delta times the z-scored channel, avoiding repeated full additions of twelve one-gigabyte matrices. If NDCG does not improve, the change is reverted.

The final channel list keeps knn_bm25, knn_cos, rp3_b065, svd, ials, uknn, session, pop_30, knn_bm25_recent, and pen_bm25. Duplicate rp3 variants and extra population channels are dropped. A new per-user z-score function will compute each user’s mean and standard deviation from their eligible candidates, avoiding the one-gigabyte dense population matrix.

EASE is too expensive to run: its 30,000-by-30,000 inverse matrix needs about 7.2 GB. SLIM is also too slow. The per-user z-score loop over 8,456 users and 29,000 items is acceptable, but the full result still consumes one gigabyte and must be memmapped. iALS will use float32 factors, though numba is unavailable for further speedups.

iALS will be skipped during validation to save time, but it must still be computed to judge whether the channel is useful. The session co-occurrence matrix is 3.6 GB, which is too risky to keep in memory; a sparse dictionary of pairs would be too large. I will use float32 and delete other matrices first, computing the session channel either first or last when memory is free. I am now rewriting build_ranker.py carefully.

The dislike matrix correctly aligns target user IDs with the full user index. An organic-only KNN channel is deferred for now. iALS and session similarity will be kept despite their cost because they are strong signals. The session co-occurrence loop over 31 million events should finish in one to two minutes.

Session events will be filtered to positive-weight entries only. The rewrite will place session similarity last, after other channels, and trigger garbage collection to free memory. Z-scored matrices will be saved to disk and loaded back as read-only memmaps. A new organic-only BM25 KNN channel is also being added.

I’ll tighten memory use and fix the RP3beta multiply so the full collaborative blend can actually fit and run.

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  "file_path": "/app/solution/build_ranker.py",
  "content": "#!/usr/bin/env python3\n\"\"\"Made-for-You discovery ranker: collaborative models + z-score blend.\"\"\"\nfrom __future__ import annotations\n\nimport gc\nimport json\nimport os\nimport time\nfrom pathlib import Path\n\nimport numpy as np\nimport pandas as pd\nfrom scipy import sparse\nfrom sklearn.decomposition import TruncatedSVD\nfrom sklearn.preprocessing import normalize\n\nos.environ.setdefault(\"OMP_NUM_THREADS\", \"8\")\nos.environ.setdefault(\"OPENBLAS_NUM_THREADS\", \"8\")\nos.environ.setdefault(\"MKL_NUM_THREADS\", \"8\")\nos.environ.setdefault(\"NUMEXPR_NUM_THREADS\", \"8\")\n\nDATA = Path(\"/task/data\")\nOUT = Path(\"/app/solution\")\nCACHE = OUT / \"cache\"\nOUT.mkdir(parents=True, exist_ok=True)\nCACHE.mkdir(parents=True, exist_ok=True)\n\nTRAIN_CUTOFF = 24_786_800\nTEST_CUTOFF = 25_393_400\nDAY = 86_400\nTOP_N = 100\nQUALITY_K = 10\nLISTEN_STRONG = 80\n\n\ndef log(msg: str) -> None:\n    print(f\"[{time.strftime('%H:%M:%S')}] {msg}\", flush=True)\n\n\ndef load_catalog():\n    cat = pd.read_parquet(DATA / \"candidate_catalog.parquet\")\n    item_ids = cat.item_id.to_numpy(np.int64)\n    pop = cat.positive_listens.to_numpy(np.float64)\n    opop = cat.organic_positive_listens.to_numpy(np.float64)\n    return item_ids, pop, opop\n\n\ndef load_targets():\n    t = pd.read_parquet(DATA / \"target_users.parquet\")\n    return t.uid.to_numpy(np.int64)\n\n\ndef unpack_eligibility(path: Path, n_items: int) -> tuple[np.ndarray, np.ndarray]:\n    z = np.load(path)\n    uids = z[\"uids\"].astype(np.int64)\n    packed = z[\"packed_eligible\"]\n    elig = np.unpackbits(packed, axis=1, bitorder=\"little\")[:, :n_items].astype(bool)\n    return uids, elig\n\n\ndef item_lookup(item_ids: np.ndarray) -> np.ndarray:\n    inv = np.full(int(item_ids.max()) + 1, -1, dtype=np.int32)\n    inv[item_ids] = np.arange(len(item_ids), dtype=np.int32)\n    return inv\n\n\ndef decay_weights(ts: np.ndarray, cutoff: int, half_life_days: float) -> np.ndarray:\n    age = np.clip(cutoff - ts.astype(np.float64), 0, None) / DAY\n    return np.exp(-np.log(2.0) * age / half_life_days).astype(np.float32)\n\n\ndef listen_base_weight(played: np.ndarray, organic: np.ndarray) -> np.ndarray:\n    played = played.astype(np.float32)\n    organic = organic.astype(np.float32)\n    w = np.zeros(len(played), dtype=np.float32)\n    strong = played >= 80\n    mid = (played >= 50) & ~strong\n    weak = (played >= 20) & ~mid & ~strong\n    w[strong] = np.where(organic[strong] >= 0.5, 1.6, 0.45)\n    w[mid] = np.where(organic[mid] >= 0.5, 0.7, 0.18)\n    w[weak] = np.where(organic[weak] >= 0.5, 0.12, 0.04)\n    return w\n\n\ndef like_base_weight(organic: np.ndarray) -> np.ndarray:\n    return np.where(organic.astype(np.float32) >= 0.5, 8.0, 3.0).astype(np.float32)\n\n\ndef load_split_events(split: str) -> dict[str, pd.DataFrame]:\n    cols_l = [\"uid\", \"timestamp\", \"item_id\", \"is_organic\", \"played_ratio_pct\"]\n    cols_e = [\"uid\", \"timestamp\", \"item_id\", \"is_organic\"]\n    return {\n        \"listens\": pd.read_parquet(DATA / f\"{split}_listens.parquet\", columns=cols_l),\n        \"likes\": pd.read_parquet(DATA / f\"{split}_likes.parquet\", columns=cols_e),\n    }\n\n\ndef filter_catalog(df: pd.DataFrame, inv: np.ndarray) -> pd.DataFrame:\n    iid = df.item_id.to_numpy(np.int64)\n    ok = (iid >= 0) & (iid < len(inv))\n    keep = np.zeros(len(df), dtype=bool)\n    keep[ok] = inv[iid[ok]] >= 0\n    if keep.all():\n        return df\n    return df.loc[keep]\n\n\ndef events_to_triples(listens, likes, inv, cutoff, half_life):\n    parts_u, parts_i, parts_w, parts_t = [], [], [], []\n    if len(listens):\n        listens = filter_catalog(listens, inv)\n        u = listens.uid.to_numpy(np.int64)\n        col = inv[listens.item_id.to_numpy(np.int64)].astype(np.int32)\n        ts = listens.timestamp.to_numpy(np.int64)\n        w = listen_base_weight(\n            listens.played_ratio_pct.to_numpy(np.float32),\n            listens.is_organic.to_numpy(np.float32),\n        )\n        w *= decay_weights(ts, cutoff, half_life)\n        parts_u.append(u)\n        parts_i.append(col)\n        parts_w.append(w)\n        parts_t.append(ts)\n    if len(likes):\n        likes = filter_catalog(likes, inv)\n        u = likes.uid.to_numpy(np.int64)\n        col = inv[likes.item_id.to_numpy(np.int64)].astype(np.int32)\n        ts = likes.timestamp.to_numpy(np.int64)\n        w = like_base_weight(likes.is_organic.to_numpy(np.float32))\n        w *= decay_weights(ts, cutoff, half_life)\n        parts_u.append(u)\n        parts_i.append(col)\n        parts_w.append(w)\n        parts_t.append(ts)\n    return (\n        np.concatenate(parts_u),\n        np.concatenate(parts_i),\n        np.concatenate(parts_w),\n        np.concatenate(parts_t),\n    )\n\n\ndef uid_lookup(all_uids: np.ndarray) -> np.ndarray:\n    inv = np.full(int(all_uids.max()) + 1, -1, dtype=np.int32)\n    inv[all_uids] = np.arange(len(all_uids), dtype=np.int32)\n    return inv\n\n\ndef aggregate_ui(uid, col, wgt, uinv, n_users, n_items) -> sparse.csr_matrix:\n    rows = uinv[uid]\n    mat = sparse.csr_matrix(\n        (wgt.astype(np.float32), (rows, col)),\n        shape=(n_users, n_items),\n        dtype=np.float32,\n    )\n    mat.sum_duplicates()\n    mat.data = np.log1p(np.maximum(mat.data, 0.0)).astype(np.float32)\n    mat.eliminate_zeros()\n    return mat\n\n\ndef binary_from_weighted(X: sparse.csr_matrix) -> sparse.csr_matrix:\n    B = X.copy()\n    B.data = np.ones_like(B.data, dtype=np.float32)\n    return B\n\n\ndef bm25_weight(X: sparse.csr_matrix, k1: float = 1.2, b: float = 0.75) -> sparse.csr_matrix:\n    X = X.tocsr().astype(np.float32)\n    n_users = X.shape[0]\n    df = np.asarray(X.getnnz(axis=0), dtype=np.float64)\n    idf = np.log((n_users - df + 0.5) / (df + 0.5) + 1.0).astype(np.float32)\n    dl = np.asarray(X.sum(axis=1)).ravel().astype(np.float32)\n    avgdl = float(dl.mean()) if n_users else 1.0\n    X = X.tocoo()\n    tf = X.data\n    row_len = dl[X.row]\n    denom = tf + k1 * (1.0 - b + b * row_len / max(avgdl, 1e-6))\n    X.data = idf[X.col] * (tf * (k1 + 1.0)) / np.maximum(denom, 1e-6)\n    return sparse.csr_matrix((X.data.astype(np.float32), (X.row, X.col)), shape=X.shape)\n\n\ndef topk_item_sim(item_factors: sparse.csr_matrix, k: int, block: int = 400) -> sparse.csr_matrix:\n    \"\"\"item_factors is items x dim; similarity = left @ left.T, keep top-k per row.\"\"\"\n    n_items = item_factors.shape[0]\n    left = item_factors.tocsr()\n    right_t = left  # items x dim, we want left[block] @ left.T\n    rows, cols, data = [], [], []\n    kk = min(k, n_items - 1)\n    for start in range(0, n_items, block):\n        end = min(start + block, n_items)\n        chunk = left[start:end].dot(left.T)\n        if sparse.issparse(chunk):\n            chunk = chunk.toarray()\n        chunk = np.asarray(chunk, dtype=np.float32)\n        for i, gi in enumerate(range(start, end)):\n            chunk[i, gi] = 0.0\n        idx = np.argpartition(chunk, -kk, axis=1)[:, -kk:]\n        vals = np.take_along_axis(chunk, idx, axis=1)\n        mask = vals > 0\n        ridx = np.repeat(np.arange(start, end), kk).reshape(end - start, kk)\n        rows.append(ridx[mask])\n        cols.append(idx[mask])\n        data.append(vals[mask])\n    return sparse.csr_matrix(\n        (np.concatenate(data), (np.concatenate(rows), np.concatenate(cols))),\n        shape=(n_items, n_items),\n        dtype=np.float32,\n    )\n\n\ndef topk_product(left: sparse.csr_matrix, right: sparse.csr_matrix, k: int, block: int = 300) -> sparse.csr_matrix:\n    \"\"\"left: items x dim, right: dim x items, sim = left @ right, top-k.\"\"\"\n    n_items = left.shape[0]\n    left = left.tocsr()\n    right = right.tocsr()\n    rows, cols, data = [], [], []\n    kk = min(k, n_items - 1)\n    for start in range(0, n_items, block):\n        end = min(start + block, n_items)\n        chunk = left[start:end].dot(right)\n        if sparse.issparse(chunk):\n            chunk = chunk.toarray()\n        chunk = np.asarray(chunk, dtype=np.float32)\n        for i, gi in enumerate(range(start, end)):\n            chunk[i, gi] = 0.0\n        idx = np.argpartition(chunk, -kk, axis=1)[:, -kk:]\n        vals = np.take_along_axis(chunk, idx, axis=1)\n        mask = vals > 0\n        ridx = np.repeat(np.arange(start, end), kk).reshape(end - start, kk)\n        rows.append(ridx[mask])\n        cols.append(idx[mask])\n        data.append(vals[mask])\n    return sparse.csr_matrix(\n        (np.concatenate(data), (np.concatenate(rows), np.concatenate(cols))),\n        shape=(n_items, n_items),\n        dtype=np.float32,\n    )\n\n\ndef score_itemknn(profile: sparse.csr_matrix, sim: sparse.csr_matrix) -> np.ndarray:\n    out = profile.dot(sim)\n    if sparse.issparse(out):\n        out = out.toarray()\n    return np.asarray(out, dtype=np.float32)\n\n\ndef userknn_scores(X_all: sparse.csr_matrix, target_rows: np.ndarray, k: int = 80) -> np.ndarray:\n    Xn = normalize(X_all, norm=\"l2\", axis=1)\n    Xt = Xn[target_rows]\n    sim = Xt.dot(Xn.T)\n    if sparse.issparse(sim):\n        sim = sim.toarray()\n    sim = np.asarray(sim, dtype=np.float32)\n    n_t, n_u = sim.shape\n    sim[np.arange(n_t), target_rows] = 0.0\n    kk = min(k, n_u - 1)\n    idx = np.argpartition(sim, -kk, axis=1)[:, -kk:]\n    vals = np.clip(np.take_along_axis(sim, idx, axis=1), 0, None)\n    S = sparse.csr_matrix(\n        (vals.ravel(), (np.repeat(np.arange(n_t), kk), idx.ravel())),\n        shape=(n_t, n_u),\n        dtype=np.float32,\n    )\n    S.data[S.data <= 0] = 0\n    S.eliminate_zeros()\n    scores = S.dot(X_all)\n    if sparse.issparse(scores):\n        scores = scores.toarray()\n    return np.asarray(scores, dtype=np.float32)\n\n\ndef ials(R: sparse.csr_matrix, factors=48, n_iters=5, reg=5.0, alpha=28.0, seed=7):\n    R = R.tocsr()\n    n_users, n_items = R.shape\n    rng = np.random.default_rng(seed)\n    X = rng.normal(0, 0.1, size=(n_users, factors)).astype(np.float64)\n    Y = rng.normal(0, 0.1, size=(n_items, factors)).astype(np.float64)\n    Rt = R.T.tocsr()\n    eye = np.eye(factors, dtype=np.float64)\n\n    def update(factors_out, other, mat, n_rows):\n        YtY = other.T @ other\n        indptr, indices, data = mat.indptr, mat.indices, mat.data\n        for u in range(n_rows):\n            s, e = indptr[u], indptr[u + 1]\n            if s == e:\n                factors_out[u] = 0\n                continue\n            idx = indices[s:e]\n            r = data[s:e].astype(np.float64, copy=False)\n            conf = 1.0 + alpha * r\n            Yu = other[idx]\n            A = YtY + Yu.T @ ((conf - 1.0)[:, None] * Yu) + reg * eye\n            b = (conf[:, None] * Yu).sum(axis=0)\n            factors_out[u] = np.linalg.solve(A, b)\n\n    for it in range(n_iters):\n        t1 = time.time()\n        update(X, Y, R, n_users)\n        update(Y, X, Rt, n_items)\n        log(f\"  iALS iter {it + 1}/{n_iters} {time.time() - t1:.1f}s\")\n    return X.astype(np.float32), Y.astype(np.float32)\n\n\ndef session_item_sim(uid, col, ts, wgt, n_items, window=2400, k=120) -> sparse.csr_matrix:\n    order = np.lexsort((ts, uid))\n    uid, col, ts, wgt = uid[order], col[order], ts[order], wgt[order]\n    C = np.zeros((n_items, n_items), dtype=np.float32)\n    n = len(uid)\n    start = 0\n    while start < n:\n        end = start + 1\n        while end < n and uid[end] == uid[start]:\n            end += 1\n        items = col[start:end]\n        times = ts[start:end]\n        weights = wgt[start:end]\n        j = 0\n        m = end - start\n        for i in range(m):\n            while times[i] - times[j] > window:\n                j += 1\n            if i > j:\n                seg = items[j:i]\n                ww = np.sqrt(np.maximum(weights[i], 1e-6) * np.maximum(weights[j:i], 1e-6))\n                C[items[i], seg] += ww\n                C[seg, items[i]] += ww\n        start = end\n    np.fill_diagonal(C, 0.0)\n    norms = np.sqrt(np.maximum((C * C).sum(axis=1), 1e-12))\n    rows, cols, data = [], [], []\n    kk = min(k, n_items - 1)\n    for i in range(0, n_items, 250):\n        end = min(i + 250, n_items)\n        block = C[i:end]\n        if block.max() <= 0:\n            continue\n        idx = np.argpartition(block, -kk, axis=1)[:, -kk:]\n        vals = np.take_along_axis(block, idx, axis=1)\n        nn = norms[i:end][:, None] * norms[idx] + 1e-12\n        vals = vals / nn\n        mask = vals > 0\n        ridx = np.repeat(np.arange(i, end), kk).reshape(end - i, kk)\n        rows.append(ridx[mask])\n        cols.append(idx[mask])\n        data.append(vals[mask].astype(np.float32))\n    del C\n    gc.collect()\n    if not rows:\n        return sparse.csr_matrix((n_items, n_items), dtype=np.float32)\n    return sparse.csr_matrix(\n        (np.concatenate(data), (np.concatenate(rows), np.concatenate(cols))),\n        shape=(n_items, n_items),\n        dtype=np.float32,\n    )\n\n\ndef pop_window_scores(col, wgt, ts, cutoff, n_items, window_days):\n    keep = ts >= (cutoff - window_days * DAY)\n    counts = np.zeros(n_items, dtype=np.float64)\n    if keep.any():\n        np.add.at(counts, col[keep], wgt[keep])\n    return np.log1p(counts).astype(np.float32)\n\n\ndef zscore_eligible(scores: np.ndarray, elig: np.ndarray, chunk: int = 256) -> np.ndarray:\n    n = scores.shape[0]\n    out = np.zeros_like(scores, dtype=np.float32)\n    for i in range(0, n, chunk):\n        sl = slice(i, min(i + chunk, n))\n        block = scores[sl].astype(np.float64, copy=True)\n        m = elig[sl]\n        block[~m] = np.nan\n        mean = np.nanmean(block, axis=1, keepdims=True)\n        std = np.nanstd(block, axis=1, keepdims=True)\n        std = np.where(std < 1e-8, 1.0, std)\n        z = (block - mean) / std\n        z[~m] = 0.0\n        np.nan_to_num(z, copy=False, nan=0.0, posinf=0.0, neginf=0.0)\n        out[sl] = z.astype(np.float32)\n    return out\n\n\ndef zscore_global_item(vec: np.ndarray, elig: np.ndarray, chunk: int = 256) -> np.ndarray:\n    n, m = elig.shape\n    out = np.zeros((n, m), dtype=np.float32)\n    v = vec.astype(np.float64)\n    for i in range(0, n, chunk):\n        sl = slice(i, min(i + chunk, n))\n        block = np.broadcast_to(v, (sl.stop - sl.start, m)).copy()\n        mask = elig[sl]\n        block[~mask] = np.nan\n        mean = np.nanmean(block, axis=1, keepdims=True)\n        std = np.nanstd(block, axis=1, keepdims=True)\n        std = np.where(std < 1e-8, 1.0, std)\n        z = (block - mean) / std\n        z[~mask] = 0.0\n        np.nan_to_num(z, copy=False, nan=0.0)\n        out[sl] = z.astype(np.float32)\n    return out\n\n\ndef rank_topn(scores: np.ndarray, elig: np.ndarray, n: int = TOP_N) -> np.ndarray:\n    s = np.where(elig, scores, np.float32(-1e18))\n    idx = np.argpartition(-s, n - 1, axis=1)[:, :n]\n    row = np.arange(s.shape[0])[:, None]\n    order = np.argsort(-s[row, idx], axis=1)\n    return np.take_along_axis(idx, order, axis=1)\n\n\ndef ranking_frame(uids, item_ids, top_idx) -> pd.DataFrame:\n    n_users, n = top_idx.shape\n    return pd.DataFrame(\n        {\n            \"uid\": np.repeat(uids, n).astype(np.int64),\n            \"item_id\": item_ids[top_idx.reshape(-1)].astype(np.int64),\n            \"rank\": np.tile(np.arange(1, n + 1, dtype=np.int64), n_users),\n        }\n    )\n\n\ndef validation_labels(item_ids, target_uids, elig):\n    uid_row = {int(u): i for i, u in enumerate(target_uids)}\n    inv = item_lookup(item_ids)\n    listens = pd.read_parquet(\n        DATA / \"val_listens.parquet\", columns=[\"uid\", \"item_id\", \"is_organic\", \"played_ratio_pct\"]\n    )\n    likes = pd.read_parquet(DATA / \"val_likes.parquet\", columns=[\"uid\", \"item_id\", \"is_organic\"])\n    targets = set(map(int, target_uids))\n    graded = [dict() for _ in range(len(target_uids))]\n    strong = listens[\n        listens.uid.isin(targets) & (listens.is_organic == 1) & (listens.played_ratio_pct >= LISTEN_STRONG)\n    ][[\"uid\", \"item_id\"]].drop_duplicates()\n    olikes = likes[likes.uid.isin(targets) & (likes.is_organic == 1)][[\"uid\", \"item_id\"]].drop_duplicates()\n\n    def add(df, grade):\n        for u, it in df.itertuples(index=False, name=None):\n            r = uid_row.get(int(u))\n            if r is None:\n                continue\n            it = int(it)\n            if it >= len(inv):\n                continue\n            c = int(inv[it])\n            if c < 0 or not elig[r, c]:\n                continue\n            if grade >= graded[r].get(c, 0):\n                graded[r][c] = grade\n\n    add(strong, 1)\n    add(olikes, 3)\n    return graded\n\n\ndef ndcg_from_top(top_idx, graded_by_row, k=QUALITY_K) -> float:\n    discounts = 1.0 / np.log2(np.arange(2, k + 2))\n    vals = []\n    for row, gold in enumerate(graded_by_row):\n        if not gold:\n            continue\n        ranked = top_idx[row, :k]\n        gains = np.array([gold.get(int(c), 0) for c in ranked], dtype=np.float64)\n        dcg = float(np.sum((np.power(2.0, gains) - 1.0) * discounts[: len(gains)]))\n        ideal = np.array(sorted(gold.values(), reverse=True)[:k], dtype=np.float64)\n        idcg = float(np.sum((np.power(2.0, ideal) - 1.0) * discounts[: len(ideal)]))\n        vals.append(dcg / idcg if idcg else 0.0)\n    return float(np.mean(vals)) if vals else 0.0\n\n\ndef ndcg_from_scores(scores, elig, graded_by_row, k=QUALITY_K) -> float:\n    s = np.where(elig, scores, np.float32(-1e18))\n    idx = np.argpartition(-s, k - 1, axis=1)[:, :k]\n    row = np.arange(s.shape[0])[:, None]\n    order = np.argsort(-s[row, idx], axis=1)\n    top = np.take_along_axis(idx, order, axis=1)\n    return ndcg_from_top(top, graded_by_row, k)\n\n\ndef dislike_profile(pref_path, uinv, inv, n_users, n_items, target_rows):\n    pref = pd.read_parquet(pref_path)\n    d = pref[pref.state == \"disliked\"]\n    if d.empty:\n        return sparse.csr_matrix((len(target_rows), n_items), dtype=np.float32)\n    uid = d.uid.to_numpy(np.int64)\n    iid = d.item_id.to_numpy(np.int64)\n    ok = (uid >= 0) & (uid < len(uinv)) & (iid >= 0) & (iid < len(inv))\n    uid, iid = uid[ok], iid[ok]\n    rows = uinv[uid]\n    cols = inv[iid]\n    keep = (rows >= 0) & (cols >= 0)\n    M = sparse.csr_matrix(\n        (np.ones(keep.sum(), dtype=np.float32), (rows[keep], cols[keep])),\n        shape=(n_users, n_items),\n        dtype=np.float32,\n    )\n    return M[target_rows]\n\n\ndef mmap_save(name: str, arr: np.ndarray) -> np.ndarray:\n    path = CACHE / f\"{name}.npy\"\n    np.save(path, np.ascontiguousarray(arr, dtype=np.float32))\n    return np.load(path, mmap_mode=\"r\")\n\n\ndef collect_events(use_val: bool):\n    tr = load_split_events(\"train\")\n    if not use_val:\n        return tr[\"listens\"], tr[\"likes\"]\n    va = load_split_events(\"val\")\n    listens = pd.concat([tr[\"listens\"], va[\"listens\"]], ignore_index=True)\n    likes = pd.concat([tr[\"likes\"], va[\"likes\"]], ignore_index=True)\n    return listens, likes\n\n\ndef store_channel(name, scores, elig, zchan):\n    z = zscore_eligible(scores, elig)\n    del scores\n    zchan[name] = mmap_save(name, z)\n    del z\n    gc.collect()\n    log(f\"  stored {name}\")\n\n\ndef build_zchannels(\n    X_all,\n    P_mix,\n    P_rec,\n    target_rows,\n    n_items,\n    pop_log,\n    pop_30,\n    pop_7,\n    dislike,\n    uid_e,\n    col_e,\n    wgt_e,\n    ts_e,\n    elig,\n):\n    zchan = {}\n    B = binary_from_weighted(X_all)\n\n    log(\"popularity channels\")\n    zchan[\"pop_log\"] = mmap_save(\"pop_log\", zscore_global_item(pop_log, elig))\n    zchan[\"pop_30\"] = mmap_save(\"pop_30\", zscore_global_item(pop_30, elig))\n    zchan[\"pop_7\"] = mmap_save(\"pop_7\", zscore_global_item(pop_7, elig))\n    gc.collect()\n\n    log(\"BM25 item-KNN\")\n    Xb = bm25_weight(B, k1=1.2, b=0.75)\n    sim_bm25 = topk_item_sim(Xb.T.tocsr(), k=220, block=350)\n    del Xb\n    gc.collect()\n    store_channel(\"knn_bm25\", score_itemknn(P_mix, sim_bm25), elig, zchan)\n    store_channel(\"knn_bm25_recent\", score_itemknn(P_rec, sim_bm25), elig, zchan)\n    if dislike is not None and dislike.nnz:\n        store_channel(\"pen_bm25\", score_itemknn(dislike, sim_bm25), elig, zchan)\n    del sim_bm25\n    gc.collect()\n\n    log(\"cosine item-KNN\")\n    Xn = normalize(X_all.astype(np.float32), norm=\"l2\", axis=0)\n    sim_cos = topk_item_sim(Xn.T.tocsr(), k=200, block=350)\n    del Xn\n    gc.collect()\n    store_channel(\"knn_cos\", score_itemknn(P_mix, sim_cos), elig, zchan)\n    del sim_cos\n    gc.collect()\n\n    log(\"RP3beta\")\n    Piu = normalize(B.T.tocsr().astype(np.float32), norm=\"l1\", axis=1)  # items x users\n    Pui = normalize(B.astype(np.float32), norm=\"l1\", axis=1)  # users x items\n    sim_rp = topk_product(Piu, Pui, k=250, block=300)\n    di = np.asarray(B.sum(axis=0)).ravel().astype(np.float32)\n    di[di <= 0] = 1.0\n    del Piu, Pui\n    gc.collect()\n    for beta, name in ((0.45, \"rp3_b045\"), (0.7, \"rp3_b07\")):\n        scale = np.power(di, -beta).astype(np.float32)\n        sim_b = sim_rp.copy()\n        sim_b.data *= scale[sim_b.indices]\n        store_channel(name, score_itemknn(P_mix, sim_b), elig, zchan)\n        del sim_b\n        gc.collect()\n    del sim_rp\n    gc.collect()\n\n    log(\"PureSVD\")\n    dfreq = np.asarray(B.getnnz(axis=0), dtype=np.float32)\n    idf = np.log((B.shape[0] + 1.0) / (dfreq + 1.0)).astype(np.float32)\n    Xt = normalize(B.multiply(idf[np.newaxis, :]).tocsr(), norm=\"l2\", axis=1)\n    svd = TruncatedSVD(n_components=128, n_iter=8, random_state=7)\n    U = svd.fit_transform(Xt)\n    V = svd.components_.astype(np.float32)\n    scores = U[target_rows].astype(np.float32) @ V\n    del Xt, U, V, svd\n    store_channel(\"svd\", scores, elig, zchan)\n    gc.collect()\n\n    log(\"User-KNN\")\n    store_channel(\"uknn\", userknn_scores(X_all, target_rows, k=90), elig, zchan)\n    gc.collect()\n\n    log(\"iALS\")\n    try:\n        Xu, Yi = ials(X_all, factors=48, n_iters=5, reg=5.0, alpha=28.0)\n        scores = Xu[target_rows] @ Yi.T\n        del Xu, Yi\n        store_channel(\"ials\", scores, elig, zchan)\n    except Exception as exc:\n        log(f\"iALS failed: {exc}\")\n    gc.collect()\n\n    log(\"session co-occurrence\")\n    try:\n        sim_ses = session_item_sim(uid_e, col_e, ts_e, wgt_e, n_items, window=2400, k=120)\n        store_channel(\"session\", score_itemknn(P_rec, sim_ses), elig, zchan)\n        del sim_ses\n    except Exception as exc:\n        log(f\"session failed: {exc}\")\n    gc.collect()\n    return zchan\n\n\ndef blend_search(zchan, elig, graded):\n    names = list(zchan.keys())\n    prior = {\n        \"knn_bm25\": 1.2,\n        \"knn_cos\": 0.7,\n        \"knn_bm25_recent\": 0.85,\n        \"rp3_b045\": 0.9,\n        \"rp3_b07\": 0.65,\n        \"svd\": 0.85,\n        \"uknn\": 0.45,\n        \"ials\": 1.0,\n        \"session\": 0.55,\n        \"pop_log\": 0.12,\n        \"pop_30\": 0.22,\n        \"pop_7\": 0.18,\n        \"pen_bm25\": -0.22,\n    }\n    w = {n: float(prior.get(n, 0.4 if not n.startswith(\"pen\") else -0.2)) for n in names}\n\n    def assemble(weights):\n        acc = np.zeros(elig.shape, dtype=np.float32)\n        for n, wt in weights.items():\n            if abs(wt) < 1e-8:\n                continue\n            acc += np.float32(wt) * np.asarray(zchan[n])\n        return acc\n\n    acc = assemble(w)\n    best = ndcg_from_scores(acc, elig, graded)\n    log(f\"blend start ndcg={best:.6f}\")\n    scales = [0.0, 0.2, 0.4, 0.7, 1.0, 1.4, 1.9]\n    for rnd in range(3):\n        improved = False\n        for n in names:\n            base = w[n]\n            sign = -1.0 if prior.get(n, 0) < 0 or n.startswith(\"pen\") else 1.0\n            local_best, local_val = best, base\n            for s in scales:\n                new = sign * s\n                if abs(new - base) < 1e-12:\n                    continue\n                acc += np.float32(new - base) * np.asarray(zchan[n])\n                sc = ndcg_from_scores(acc, elig, graded)\n                acc += np.float32(base - new) * np.asarray(zchan[n])\n                if sc > local_best + 1e-6:\n                    local_best, local_val = sc, new\n            if local_val != base:\n                acc += np.float32(local_val - base) * np.asarray(zchan[n])\n                w[n] = local_val\n                best = local_best\n                improved = True\n                log(f\"  r{rnd} {n} -> {local_val:.2f} ndcg={best:.6f}\")\n        if not improved:\n            break\n    for n in names:\n        base = w[n]\n        for delta in (-0.25, -0.12, 0.12, 0.25, 0.4):\n            new = base + delta\n            acc += np.float32(delta) * np.asarray(zchan[n])\n            sc = ndcg_from_scores(acc, elig, graded)\n            if sc > best + 1e-6:\n                w[n] = new\n                best = sc\n                base = new\n                log(f\"  fine {n} -> {new:.2f} ndcg={best:.6f}\")\n            else:\n                acc += np.float32(-delta) * np.asarray(zchan[n])\n    log(f\"blend weights {w} ndcg={best:.6f}\")\n    return w, best, acc\n\n\ndef apply_blend(zchan, weights, elig):\n    acc = np.zeros(elig.shape, dtype=np.float32)\n    for n, wt in weights.items():\n        if n not in zchan or abs(wt) < 1e-8:\n            continue\n        acc += np.float32(wt) * np.asarray(zchan[n])\n    return rank_topn(acc, elig, TOP_N)\n\n\ndef run_stage(stage, item_ids, pop, opop, target_uids, blend_weights):\n    log(f\"===== STAGE {stage} =====\")\n    use_val = stage == \"test\"\n    cutoff = TEST_CUTOFF if use_val else TRAIN_CUTOFF\n    elig_path = DATA / (\"test_eligible_candidates.npz\" if use_val else \"validation_eligible_candidates.npz\")\n    pref_path = DATA / (\"test_preference_state.parquet\" if use_val else \"validation_preference_state.parquet\")\n    uids, elig = unpack_eligibility(elig_path, len(item_ids))\n    assert np.array_equal(uids, target_uids)\n\n    listens, likes = collect_events(use_val)\n    inv = item_lookup(item_ids)\n    log(f\"events listens={len(listens):,} likes={len(likes):,}\")\n    uid_e, col_e, wgt_e, ts_e = events_to_triples(listens, likes, inv, cutoff, 50.0)\n    del listens, likes\n    gc.collect()\n    log(f\"catalog events {len(uid_e):,}\")\n\n    all_uids = np.unique(np.concatenate([uid_e, target_uids]))\n    uinv = uid_lookup(all_uids)\n    n_users = len(all_uids)\n    n_items = len(item_ids)\n    target_rows = uinv[target_uids]\n\n    X_all = aggregate_ui(uid_e, col_e, wgt_e, uinv, n_users, n_items)\n    log(f\"X_all shape={X_all.shape} nnz={X_all.nnz}\")\n\n    recent_cut = cutoff - 21 * DAY\n    m_rec = ts_e >= recent_cut\n    if m_rec.any():\n        ratio = decay_weights(ts_e[m_rec], cutoff, 10.0) / np.maximum(\n            decay_weights(ts_e[m_rec], cutoff, 50.0), 1e-6\n        )\n        X_recent = aggregate_ui(\n            uid_e[m_rec], col_e[m_rec], (wgt_e[m_rec] * ratio).astype(np.float32), uinv, n_users, n_items\n        )\n    else:\n        X_recent = X_all.copy()\n\n    P_mix = X_all[target_rows] + X_recent[target_rows] * 1.35\n    P_rec = X_recent[target_rows]\n    pop_log = np.log1p(opop).astype(np.float32)\n    pop_30 = pop_window_scores(col_e, wgt_e, ts_e, cutoff, n_items, 30.0)\n    pop_7 = pop_window_scores(col_e, wgt_e, ts_e, cutoff, n_items, 7.0)\n    dislike = dislike_profile(pref_path, uinv, inv, n_users, n_items, target_rows)\n    log(f\"dislike nnz={dislike.nnz}\")\n\n    zchan = build_zchannels(\n        X_all, P_mix, P_rec, target_rows, n_items, pop_log, pop_30, pop_7, dislike, uid_e, col_e, wgt_e, ts_e, elig\n    )\n    log(f\"channels: {list(zchan)}\")\n\n    ndcg = None\n    if stage == \"val\":\n        graded = validation_labels(item_ids, target_uids, elig)\n        for n, s in zchan.items():\n            sc = ndcg_from_scores(np.asarray(s), elig, graded)\n            log(f\"channel {n:16s} ndcg@10={sc:.6f}\")\n        blend_weights, ndcg, acc = blend_search(zchan, elig, graded)\n        (OUT / \"blend_weights.json\").write_text(json.dumps({\"ndcg\": ndcg, \"weights\": blend_weights}, indent=2))\n        top = rank_topn(acc, elig, TOP_N)\n        ndcg = ndcg_from_top(top, graded)\n        log(f\"VAL NDCG@10={ndcg:.6f}\")\n        ranking_frame(target_uids, item_ids, top).to_parquet(OUT / \"validation.parquet\", index=False)\n        del acc\n    else:\n        if blend_weights is None:\n            blend_weights = json.loads((OUT / \"blend_weights.json\").read_text())[\"weights\"]\n        top = apply_blend(zchan, blend_weights, elig)\n        ranking_frame(target_uids, item_ids, top).to_parquet(OUT / \"submission.parquet\", index=False)\n        log(\"wrote submission\")\n    del zchan\n    gc.collect()\n    return blend_weights, ndcg\n\n\ndef main():\n    t0 = time.time()\n    item_ids, pop, opop = load_catalog()\n    target_uids = load_targets()\n    log(f\"users={len(target_uids)} items={len(item_ids)}\")\n    weights, ndcg = run_stage(\"val\", item_ids, pop, opop, target_uids, None)\n    run_stage(\"test\", item_ids, pop, opop, target_uids, weights)\n    log(f\"done in {(time.time() - t0) / 60:.1f} min val_ndcg={ndcg}\")\n\n\nif __name__ == \"__main__\":\n    main()\n"
}
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## Step 17 · agent · Timestamp not recorded

### Recorded reasoning summary
A potential disk-space issue was noted: twelve 1GB mmap files would consume 12GB of disk.

Memory estimates look manageable. The 1GB temp arrays from blending are acceptable. Session C should fit with the memmaps and deleted similarity matrices. iALS matrices are small but the loop may be slow. Proceeding to run.



### write · Timestamp not recorded
{
  "file_path": "/app/solution/README.md",
  "content": "# Made for You discovery ranker\n\nCutoff-correct ranking over the platform-provided eligible catalog.\n\n## Method\n\nInteractions are restricted to the 30,000-track retrieval catalog and\ntime-decayed (half-life 50 days). Organic likes and high-completion listens\nreceive higher implicit weight than recommendation-surface events.\n\nPer-user scores are a linear blend of z-scored channels, with weights chosen\non the public validation window:\n\n- BM25 and cosine item-item kNN (mixed long-term + recent profile)\n- short-horizon BM25 item-kNN\n- RP3beta at two popularity penalties\n- TF-IDF PureSVD\n- user-user kNN\n- implicit ALS\n- session co-occurrence kNN\n- long-term / 30-day / 7-day popularity\n- penalty on items similar to active dislikes\n\nValidation rankings use only `train_*` history. The hidden-test ranker is the\nsame model refit on `train_* + val_*` with `test_eligible_candidates.npz` and\n`test_preference_state.parquet`.\n\n## Artifacts\n\n- `build_ranker.py` — training and inference\n- `validation.parquet` — public-window ranking\n- `submission.parquet` — hidden-test ranking (`uid`, `item_id`, `rank` 1–100)\n- `blend_weights.json` — selected channel weights\n"
}
### Tool output · Timestamp not recorded
The file /app/solution/README.md has been created.

### run_terminal_command · Timestamp not recorded
{
  "command": "/opt/task-venv/bin/python /app/solution/build_ranker.py",
  "description": "Train blend ranker and write submissions"
}
### Tool output · Timestamp not recorded
<task-id>call-ad3465f9-a409-44cb-91ac-ac6a155a7f6c-19</task-id>
<task-type>bash</task-type>
<output-file>/home/agent/.grok/sessions/%2Fapp/452ddf9e-f588-46fb-b7a3-cfa75890b5d3/terminal/call-ad3465f9-a409-44cb-91ac-ac6a155a7f6c-19.log</output-file>
<status>running</status>
<summary>Command "Train blend ranker and write submissions" is still running after 30s (block_until_ms) and has been moved to the background as task call-ad3465f9-a409-44cb-91ac-ac6a155a7f6c-19.</summary>
Use get_command_or_subagent_output with task_ids=["call-ad3465f9-a409-44cb-91ac-ac6a155a7f6c-19"] when you need the output.

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{
  "task_ids": [
    "call-ad3465f9-a409-44cb-91ac-ac6a155a7f6c-19"
  ],
  "timeout_ms": 60000
}
### Tool output · Timestamp not recorded
=== Task call-ad3465f9-a409-44cb-91ac-ac6a155a7f6c-19 ===
Command: /opt/task-venv/bin/python /app/solution/build_ranker.py
Status: running
Duration: 107.55s
Output File: /home/agent/.grok/sessions/%2Fapp/452ddf9e-f588-46fb-b7a3-cfa75890b5d3/terminal/call-ad3465f9-a409-44cb-91ac-ac6a155a7f6c-19.log

=== Output ===
[16:10:56] users=8456 items=30000
[16:10:56] ===== STAGE val =====
[16:10:57] events listens=43,484,159 likes=814,831
[16:10:59] catalog events 31,804,437
[16:11:01] X_all shape=(9981, 30000) nnz=6157928
[16:11:01] dislike nnz=50689
[16:11:01] popularity channels
[16:11:22] BM25 item-KNN
[16:12:06]   stored knn_bm25
[16:12:12]   stored knn_bm25_recent
[16:12:24]   stored pen_bm25
[16:12:24] cosine item-KNN


Waited the requested 60s. Unless the user specified, do not kill this task just because this wait returned. It is still working. You will be notified automatically when it completes. Do other work, or wait again with a longer timeout_ms.

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### get_command_or_subagent_output · Timestamp not recorded
{
  "task_ids": [
    "call-ad3465f9-a409-44cb-91ac-ac6a155a7f6c-19"
  ],
  "timeout_ms": 120000
}
### Tool output · Timestamp not recorded
=== Task call-ad3465f9-a409-44cb-91ac-ac6a155a7f6c-19 ===
Command: /opt/task-venv/bin/python /app/solution/build_ranker.py
Status: running
Duration: 234.34s
Output File: /home/agent/.grok/sessions/%2Fapp/452ddf9e-f588-46fb-b7a3-cfa75890b5d3/terminal/call-ad3465f9-a409-44cb-91ac-ac6a155a7f6c-19.log

=== Output ===
[16:10:56] users=8456 items=30000
[16:10:56] ===== STAGE val =====
[16:10:57] events listens=43,484,159 likes=814,831
[16:10:59] catalog events 31,804,437
[16:11:01] X_all shape=(9981, 30000) nnz=6157928
[16:11:01] dislike nnz=50689
[16:11:01] popularity channels
[16:11:22] BM25 item-KNN
[16:12:06]   stored knn_bm25
[16:12:12]   stored knn_bm25_recent
[16:12:24]   stored pen_bm25
[16:12:24] cosine item-KNN
[16:13:10]   stored knn_cos
[16:13:10] RP3beta
[16:13:50]   stored rp3_b045
[16:13:59]   stored rp3_b07
[16:13:59] PureSVD
[16:14:09]   stored svd
[16:14:09] User-KNN
[16:14:25]   stored uknn
[16:14:25] iALS
[16:14:35]   iALS iter 1/5 9.6s
[16:14:44]   iALS iter 2/5 9.3s


Waited the requested 120s. Unless the user specified, do not kill this task just because this wait returned. It is still working. You will be notified automatically when it completes. Do other work, or wait again with a longer timeout_ms.

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### get_command_or_subagent_output · Timestamp not recorded
{
  "task_ids": [
    "call-ad3465f9-a409-44cb-91ac-ac6a155a7f6c-19"
  ],
  "timeout_ms": 180000
}
### Tool output · Timestamp not recorded
=== Task call-ad3465f9-a409-44cb-91ac-ac6a155a7f6c-19 ===
Command: /opt/task-venv/bin/python /app/solution/build_ranker.py
Status: failed
Duration: 268.55s
Exit Code: 137
Output File: /home/agent/.grok/sessions/%2Fapp/452ddf9e-f588-46fb-b7a3-cfa75890b5d3/terminal/call-ad3465f9-a409-44cb-91ac-ac6a155a7f6c-19.log

=== Output ===
[16:10:56] users=8456 items=30000
[16:10:56] ===== STAGE val =====
[16:10:57] events listens=43,484,159 likes=814,831
[16:10:59] catalog events 31,804,437
[16:11:01] X_all shape=(9981, 30000) nnz=6157928
[16:11:01] dislike nnz=50689
[16:11:01] popularity channels
[16:11:22] BM25 item-KNN
[16:12:06]   stored knn_bm25
[16:12:12]   stored knn_bm25_recent
[16:12:24]   stored pen_bm25
[16:12:24] cosine item-KNN
[16:13:10]   stored knn_cos
[16:13:10] RP3beta
[16:13:50]   stored rp3_b045
[16:13:59]   stored rp3_b07
[16:13:59] PureSVD
[16:14:09]   stored svd
[16:14:09] User-KNN
[16:14:25]   stored uknn
[16:14:25] iALS
[16:14:35]   iALS iter 1/5 9.6s
[16:14:44]   iALS iter 2/5 9.3s
[16:14:53]   iALS iter 3/5 9.2s
[16:15:03]   iALS iter 4/5 9.2s
[16:15:14]   iALS iter 5/5 11.8s
[16:15:19]   stored ials
[16:15:19] session co-occurrence
--: line 1:  6623 Killed                  /opt/task-venv/bin/python /app/solution/build_ranker.py


## Step 21 · agent · Timestamp not recorded

### Recorded reasoning summary
Session co-occurrence failed due to an out-of-memory error from a 30,000 by 30,000 dense matrix.

The dense session matrix consumes 3.6 GB, which is too expensive alongside other arrays. I will either skip the session channel or use a sparse dictionary to track co-occurrence pairs.

Even a sparse COO list of session pairs would require roughly 3.7 GB, so that approach is also too expensive. I will likely filter the session channel to strong listens and likes only, though the resulting count may still be too large.

Session co-occurrence ran out of memory. I’ll skip that channel and blend from the cached scores that already finished.

### run_terminal_command · Timestamp not recorded
{
  "command": "ls -lh /app/solution/cache/ 2>/dev/null; ls -lh /app/solution/*.parquet /app/solution/*.json 2>/dev/null",
  "description": "Check cached channel files and submissions"
}
### Tool error · Timestamp not recorded
exit: 2
total 12G
-rw-r--r-- 1 agent agent 968M Sep 29 16:15 ials.npy
-rw-r--r-- 1 agent agent 968M Sep 29 16:12 knn_bm25.npy
-rw-r--r-- 1 agent agent 968M Sep 29 16:12 knn_bm25_recent.npy
-rw-r--r-- 1 agent agent 968M Sep 29 16:13 knn_cos.npy
-rw-r--r-- 1 agent agent 968M Sep 29 16:12 pen_bm25.npy
-rw-r--r-- 1 agent agent 968M Sep 29 16:11 pop_30.npy
-rw-r--r-- 1 agent agent 968M Sep 29 16:11 pop_7.npy
-rw-r--r-- 1 agent agent 968M Sep 29 16:11 pop_log.npy
-rw-r--r-- 1 agent agent 968M Sep 29 16:13 rp3_b045.npy
-rw-r--r-- 1 agent agent 968M Sep 29 16:13 rp3_b07.npy
-rw-r--r-- 1 agent agent 968M Sep 29 16:14 svd.npy
-rw-r--r-- 1 agent agent 968M Sep 29 16:14 uknn.npy
-rw-r--r-- 1 agent agent 695K Sep 29 16:04 /app/solution/submission.parquet


## Step 22 · agent · Timestamp not recorded

### Recorded reasoning summary
Validation-stage z-scored channels are cached.



### run_terminal_command · Timestamp not recorded
{
  "command": "/opt/task-venv/bin/python - << 'PY'\nimport gc, json, time\nfrom pathlib import Path\nimport numpy as np, pandas as pd\n\nDATA = Path(\"/task/data\")\nOUT = Path(\"/app/solution\")\nCACHE = OUT / \"cache\"\nTOP_N, QUALITY_K, LISTEN_STRONG = 100, 10, 80\n\ndef log(m):\n    print(f\"[{time.strftime('%H:%M:%S')}] {m}\", flush=True)\n\nitem_ids = pd.read_parquet(DATA/\"candidate_catalog.parquet\").item_id.to_numpy(np.int64)\ntarget_uids = pd.read_parquet(DATA/\"target_users.parquet\").uid.to_numpy(np.int64)\nz = np.load(DATA/\"validation_eligible_candidates.npz\")\nelig = np.unpackbits(z[\"packed_eligible\"], axis=1, bitorder=\"little\")[:, :len(item_ids)].astype(bool)\n\nnames = [\"knn_bm25\",\"knn_bm25_recent\",\"knn_cos\",\"rp3_b045\",\"rp3_b07\",\"svd\",\"uknn\",\"ials\",\"pop_log\",\"pop_30\",\"pop_7\",\"pen_bm25\"]\nzchan = {n: np.load(CACHE/f\"{n}.npy\", mmap_mode=\"r\") for n in names}\n\ninv = np.full(int(item_ids.max())+1, -1, dtype=np.int32)\ninv[item_ids] = np.arange(len(item_ids), dtype=np.int32)\nuid_row = {int(u):i for i,u in enumerate(target_uids)}\ntargets=set(map(int,target_uids))\nlistens = pd.read_parquet(DATA/\"val_listens.parquet\", columns=[\"uid\",\"item_id\",\"is_organic\",\"played_ratio_pct\"])\nlikes = pd.read_parquet(DATA/\"val_likes.parquet\", columns=[\"uid\",\"item_id\",\"is_organic\"])\ngraded=[dict() for _ in range(len(target_uids))]\nstrong = listens[listens.uid.isin(targets)&(listens.is_organic==1)&(listens.played_ratio_pct>=LISTEN_STRONG)][[\"uid\",\"item_id\"]].drop_duplicates()\nolikes = likes[likes.uid.isin(targets)&(likes.is_organic==1)][[\"uid\",\"item_id\"]].drop_duplicates()\n\ndef add(df, grade):\n    for u,it in df.itertuples(index=False, name=None):\n        r=uid_row.get(int(u))\n        if r is None: continue\n        it=int(it)\n        if it>=len(inv): continue\n        c=int(inv[it])\n        if c<0 or not elig[r,c]: continue\n        if grade>=graded[r].get(c,0):\n            graded[r][c]=grade\nadd(strong,1); add(olikes,3)\nlog(f\"labeled users {sum(1 for g in graded if g)}\")\n\ndef ndcg_from_scores(scores, k=QUALITY_K):\n    s = np.where(elig, scores, np.float32(-1e18))\n    idx = np.argpartition(-s, k-1, axis=1)[:, :k]\n    row = np.arange(s.shape[0])[:, None]\n    order = np.argsort(-s[row, idx], axis=1)\n    top = np.take_along_axis(idx, order, axis=1)\n    discounts = 1.0 / np.log2(np.arange(2, k+2))\n    vals=[]\n    for row_i, gold in enumerate(graded):\n        if not gold: continue\n        ranked = top[row_i]\n        gains = np.array([gold.get(int(c),0) for c in ranked], dtype=np.float64)\n        dcg = float(np.sum((np.power(2.0,gains)-1.0)*discounts[:len(gains)]))\n        ideal = np.array(sorted(gold.values(), reverse=True)[:k], dtype=np.float64)\n        idcg = float(np.sum((np.power(2.0,ideal)-1.0)*discounts[:len(ideal)]))\n        vals.append(dcg/idcg if idcg else 0.0)\n    return float(np.mean(vals))\n\nfor n in names:\n    sc = ndcg_from_scores(np.asarray(zchan[n]))\n    log(f\"channel {n:16s} {sc:.6f}\")\n\nprior = {\n    \"knn_bm25\": 1.2, \"knn_cos\": 0.7, \"knn_bm25_recent\": 0.85,\n    \"rp3_b045\": 0.9, \"rp3_b07\": 0.65, \"svd\": 0.85, \"uknn\": 0.45,\n    \"ials\": 1.0, \"pop_log\": 0.12, \"pop_30\": 0.22, \"pop_7\": 0.18, \"pen_bm25\": -0.22,\n}\nw = {n: float(prior[n]) for n in names}\n\ndef assemble(weights):\n    acc = np.zeros(elig.shape, dtype=np.float32)\n    for n, wt in weights.items():\n        if abs(wt) < 1e-8: continue\n        acc += np.float32(wt) * np.asarray(zchan[n])\n    return acc\n\nacc = assemble(w)\nbest = ndcg_from_scores(acc)\nlog(f\"blend start {best:.6f}\")\nscales = [0.0, 0.2, 0.4, 0.7, 1.0, 1.4, 1.9]\nfor rnd in range(3):\n    improved=False\n    for n in names:\n        base=w[n]\n        sign=-1.0 if n.startswith(\"pen\") else 1.0\n        local_best, local_val = best, base\n        for s in scales:\n            new = sign*s\n            if abs(new-base)<1e-12: continue\n            acc += np.float32(new-base)*np.asarray(zchan[n])\n            sc = ndcg_from_scores(acc)\n            acc += np.float32(base-new)*np.asarray(zchan[n])\n            if sc > local_best + 1e-6:\n                local_best, local_val = sc, new\n        if local_val != base:\n            acc += np.float32(local_val-base)*np.asarray(zchan[n])\n            w[n]=local_val; best=local_best; improved=True\n            log(f\"  r{rnd} {n}->{local_val:.2f} {best:.6f}\")\n    if not improved: break\nfor n in names:\n    base=w[n]\n    for delta in (-0.25,-0.12,0.12,0.25,0.4):\n        acc += np.float32(delta)*np.asarray(zchan[n])\n        sc = ndcg_from_scores(acc)\n        if sc > best + 1e-6:\n            w[n]=base+delta; best=sc; base=w[n]\n            log(f\"  fine {n}->{w[n]:.2f} {best:.6f}\")\n        else:\n            acc += np.float32(-delta)*np.asarray(zchan[n])\n\nlog(f\"FINAL {best:.6f} {w}\")\n(OUT/\"blend_weights.json\").write_text(json.dumps({\"ndcg\":best,\"weights\":w}, indent=2))\n\n# write validation ranking\ns = np.where(elig, acc, np.float32(-1e18))\nidx = np.argpartition(-s, TOP_N-1, axis=1)[:, :TOP_N]\nrow = np.arange(s.shape[0])[:, None]\norder = np.argsort(-s[row, idx], axis=1)\ntop = np.take_along_axis(idx, order, axis=1)\nn_users,n=top.shape\nframe=pd.DataFrame({\n    \"uid\": np.repeat(target_uids,n).astype(np.int64),\n    \"item_id\": item_ids[top.reshape(-1)].astype(np.int64),\n    \"rank\": np.tile(np.arange(1,n+1,dtype=np.int64), n_users),\n})\nframe.to_parquet(OUT/\"validation.parquet\", index=False)\nlog(f\"wrote validation {frame.shape}\")\nPY\n",
  "description": "Blend cached val channels and write validation ranking"
}
### Tool output · Timestamp not recorded
<task-id>call-c0800adb-f820-404e-99ab-580a01b38a3a-24</task-id>
<task-type>bash</task-type>
<output-file>/home/agent/.grok/sessions/%2Fapp/452ddf9e-f588-46fb-b7a3-cfa75890b5d3/terminal/call-c0800adb-f820-404e-99ab-580a01b38a3a-24.log</output-file>
<status>running</status>
<summary>Command "Blend cached val channels and write validation ranking" is still running after 30s (block_until_ms) and has been moved to the background as task call-c0800adb-f820-404e-99ab-580a01b38a3a-24.</summary>
Use get_command_or_subagent_output with task_ids=["call-c0800adb-f820-404e-99ab-580a01b38a3a-24"] when you need the output.

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### get_command_or_subagent_output · Timestamp not recorded
{
  "task_ids": [
    "call-c0800adb-f820-404e-99ab-580a01b38a3a-24"
  ],
  "timeout_ms": 180000
}
### Tool output · Timestamp not recorded
=== Task call-c0800adb-f820-404e-99ab-580a01b38a3a-24 ===
Command: /opt/task-venv/bin/python - << 'PY'
import gc, json, time
from pathlib import Path
import numpy as np, pandas as pd

DATA = Path("/task/data")
OUT = Path("/app/solution")
CACHE = OUT / "cache"
TOP_N, QUALITY_K, LISTEN_STRONG = 100, 10, 80

def log(m):
    print(f"[{time.strftime('%H:%M:%S')}] {m}", flush=True)

item_ids = pd.read_parquet(DATA/"candidate_catalog.parquet").item_id.to_numpy(np.int64)
target_uids = pd.read_parquet(DATA/"target_users.parquet").uid.to_numpy(np.int64)
z = np.load(DATA/"validation_eligible_candidates.npz")
elig = np.unpackbits(z["packed_eligible"], axis=1, bitorder="little")[:, :len(item_ids)].astype(bool)

names = ["knn_bm25","knn_bm25_recent","knn_cos","rp3_b045","rp3_b07","svd","uknn","ials","pop_log","pop_30","pop_7","pen_bm25"]
zchan = {n: np.load(CACHE/f"{n}.npy", mmap_mode="r") for n in names}

inv = np.full(int(item_ids.max())+1, -1, dtype=np.int32)
inv[item_ids] = np.arange(len(item_ids), dtype=np.int32)
uid_row = {int(u):i for i,u in enumerate(target_uids)}
targets=set(map(int,target_uids))
listens = pd.read_parquet(DATA/"val_listens.parquet", columns=["uid","item_id","is_organic","played_ratio_pct"])
likes = pd.read_parquet(DATA/"val_likes.parquet", columns=["uid","item_id","is_organic"])
graded=[dict() for _ in range(len(target_uids))]
strong = listens[listens.uid.isin(targets)&(listens.is_organic==1)&(listens.played_ratio_pct>=LISTEN_STRONG)][["uid","item_id"]].drop_duplicates()
olikes = likes[likes.uid.isin(targets)&(likes.is_organic==1)][["uid","item_id"]].drop_duplicates()

def add(df, grade):
    for u,it in df.itertuples(index=False, name=None):
        r=uid_row.get(int(u))
        if r is None: continue
        it=int(it)
        if it>=len(inv): continue
        c=int(inv[it])
        if c<0 or not elig[r,c]: continue
        if grade>=graded[r].get(c,0):
            graded[r][c]=grade
add(strong,1); add(olikes,3)
log(f"labeled users {sum(1 for g in graded if g)}")

def ndcg_from_scores(scores, k=QUALITY_K):
    s = np.where(elig, scores, np.float32(-1e18))
    idx = np.argpartition(-s, k-1, axis=1)[:, :k]
    row = np.arange(s.shape[0])[:, None]
    order = np.argsort(-s[row, idx], axis=1)
    top = np.take_along_axis(idx, order, axis=1)
    discounts = 1.0 / np.log2(np.arange(2, k+2))
    vals=[]
    for row_i, gold in enumerate(graded):
        if not gold: continue
        ranked = top[row_i]
        gains = np.array([gold.get(int(c),0) for c in ranked], dtype=np.float64)
        dcg = float(np.sum((np.power(2.0,gains)-1.0)*discounts[:len(gains)]))
        ideal = np.array(sorted(gold.values(), reverse=True)[:k], dtype=np.float64)
        idcg = float(np.sum((np.power(2.0,ideal)-1.0)*discounts[:len(ideal)]))
        vals.append(dcg/idcg if idcg else 0.0)
    return float(np.mean(vals))

for n in names:
    sc = ndcg_from_scores(np.asarray(zchan[n]))
    log(f"channel {n:16s} {sc:.6f}")

prior = {
    "knn_bm25": 1.2, "knn_cos": 0.7, "knn_bm25_recent": 0.85,
    "rp3_b045": 0.9, "rp3_b07": 0.65, "svd": 0.85, "uknn": 0.45,
    "ials": 1.0, "pop_log": 0.12, "pop_30": 0.22, "pop_7": 0.18, "pen_bm25": -0.22,
}
w = {n: float(prior[n]) for n in names}

def assemble(weights):
    acc = np.zeros(elig.shape, dtype=np.float32)
    for n, wt in weights.items():
        if abs(wt) < 1e-8: continue
        acc += np.float32(wt) * np.asarray(zchan[n])
    return acc

acc = assemble(w)
best = ndcg_from_scores(acc)
log(f"blend start {best:.6f}")
scales = [0.0, 0.2, 0.4, 0.7, 1.0, 1.4, 1.9]
for rnd in range(3):
    improved=False
    for n in names:
        base=w[n]
        sign=-1.0 if n.startswith("pen") else 1.0
        local_best, local_val = best, base
        for s in scales:
            new = sign*s
            if abs(new-base)<1e-12: continue
            acc += np.float32(new-base)*np.asarray(zchan[n])
            sc = ndcg_from_scores(acc)
            acc += np.float32(base-new)*np.asarray(zchan[n])
            if sc > local_best + 1e-6:
                local_best, local_val = sc, new
        if local_val != base:
            acc += np.float32(local_val-base)*np.asarray(zchan[n])
            w[n]=local_val; best=local_best; improved=True
            log(f"  r{rnd} {n}->{local_val:.2f} {best:.6f}")
    if not improved: break
for n in names:
    base=w[n]
    for delta in (-0.25,-0.12,0.12,0.25,0.4):
        acc += np.float32(delta)*np.asarray(zchan[n])
        sc = ndcg_from_scores(acc)
        if sc > best + 1e-6:
            w[n]=base+delta; best=sc; base=w[n]
            log(f"  fine {n}->{w[n]:.2f} {best:.6f}")
        else:
            acc += np.float32(-delta)*np.asarray(zchan[n])

log(f"FINAL {best:.6f} {w}")
(OUT/"blend_weights.json").write_text(json.dumps({"ndcg":best,"weights":w}, indent=2))

# write validation ranking
s = np.where(elig, acc, np.float32(-1e18))
idx = np.argpartition(-s, TOP_N-1, axis=1)[:, :TOP_N]
row = np.arange(s.shape[0])[:, None]
order = np.argsort(-s[row, idx], axis=1)
top = np.take_along_axis(idx, order, axis=1)
n_users,n=top.shape
frame=pd.DataFrame({
    "uid": np.repeat(target_uids,n).astype(np.int64),
    "item_id": item_ids[top.reshape(-1)].astype(np.int64),
    "rank": np.tile(np.arange(1,n+1,dtype=np.int64), n_users),
})
frame.to_parquet(OUT/"validation.parquet", index=False)
log(f"wrote validation {frame.shape}")
PY

Status: running
Duration: 221.83s
Output File: /home/agent/.grok/sessions/%2Fapp/452ddf9e-f588-46fb-b7a3-cfa75890b5d3/terminal/call-c0800adb-f820-404e-99ab-580a01b38a3a-24.log

=== Output ===
[16:16:00] labeled users 4263
[16:16:07] channel knn_bm25         0.016623
[16:16:15] channel knn_bm25_recent  0.021369
[16:16:23] channel knn_cos          0.023929
[16:16:31] channel rp3_b045         0.022261
[16:16:39] channel rp3_b07          0.023177
[16:16:47] channel svd              0.019138
[16:16:55] channel uknn             0.028838
[16:17:02] channel ials             0.021636
[16:17:12] channel pop_log          0.010577
[16:17:20] channel pop_30           0.017945
[16:17:28] channel pop_7            0.029125
[16:17:38] channel pen_bm25         0.003835
[16:19:12] blend start 0.024658
[16:19:31]   r0 knn_bm25->0.00 0.026872


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## Step 24 · agent · Timestamp not recorded

### Recorded reasoning summary
pop_7 is the strongest single channel.

Blending all channels hurt performance. The coordinate search zeroed knn_bm25 and improved the score to 0.026872. Recent popularity and user-KNN are the strongest signals for never-heard tracks.

NDCG@10 is only 0.03 because relevant tracks are extremely sparse among 29,000 candidates. The median user has just four relevant items, so random ranking would score near zero. An ideal perfect rank would yield roughly 2.56 DCG, but the current model misses most relevant tracks entirely.

Collaborative filtering is weak for discovery because it recommends tracks similar to what the user already heard, while organic next-week listens likely depend on new releases, trending content, and social signals that are not captured in the data. The next step is to restart from a minimal blend of pop_7 and uknn, then continue the coordinate search.

Recent popularity and user-KNN are the strongest signals. ItemKNN may be over-weighting old history; knn_bm25_recent outperformed knn_bm25. The next step is to restrict user-KNN to recent interactions, use trending item-item co-occurrence for ItemKNN, sharpen recency weights, and avoid blending weak channels. A better test script without session handling is also needed.



### get_command_or_subagent_output · Timestamp not recorded
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  "task_ids": [
    "call-c0800adb-f820-404e-99ab-580a01b38a3a-24"
  ],
  "timeout_ms": 180000
}
### Tool output · Timestamp not recorded
=== Task call-c0800adb-f820-404e-99ab-580a01b38a3a-24 ===
Command: /opt/task-venv/bin/python - << 'PY'
import gc, json, time
from pathlib import Path
import numpy as np, pandas as pd

DATA = Path("/task/data")
OUT = Path("/app/solution")
CACHE = OUT / "cache"
TOP_N, QUALITY_K, LISTEN_STRONG = 100, 10, 80

def log(m):
    print(f"[{time.strftime('%H:%M:%S')}] {m}", flush=True)

item_ids = pd.read_parquet(DATA/"candidate_catalog.parquet").item_id.to_numpy(np.int64)
target_uids = pd.read_parquet(DATA/"target_users.parquet").uid.to_numpy(np.int64)
z = np.load(DATA/"validation_eligible_candidates.npz")
elig = np.unpackbits(z["packed_eligible"], axis=1, bitorder="little")[:, :len(item_ids)].astype(bool)

names = ["knn_bm25","knn_bm25_recent","knn_cos","rp3_b045","rp3_b07","svd","uknn","ials","pop_log","pop_30","pop_7","pen_bm25"]
zchan = {n: np.load(CACHE/f"{n}.npy", mmap_mode="r") for n in names}

inv = np.full(int(item_ids.max())+1, -1, dtype=np.int32)
inv[item_ids] = np.arange(len(item_ids), dtype=np.int32)
uid_row = {int(u):i for i,u in enumerate(target_uids)}
targets=set(map(int,target_uids))
listens = pd.read_parquet(DATA/"val_listens.parquet", columns=["uid","item_id","is_organic","played_ratio_pct"])
likes = pd.read_parquet(DATA/"val_likes.parquet", columns=["uid","item_id","is_organic"])
graded=[dict() for _ in range(len(target_uids))]
strong = listens[listens.uid.isin(targets)&(listens.is_organic==1)&(listens.played_ratio_pct>=LISTEN_STRONG)][["uid","item_id"]].drop_duplicates()
olikes = likes[likes.uid.isin(targets)&(likes.is_organic==1)][["uid","item_id"]].drop_duplicates()

def add(df, grade):
    for u,it in df.itertuples(index=False, name=None):
        r=uid_row.get(int(u))
        if r is None: continue
        it=int(it)
        if it>=len(inv): continue
        c=int(inv[it])
        if c<0 or not elig[r,c]: continue
        if grade>=graded[r].get(c,0):
            graded[r][c]=grade
add(strong,1); add(olikes,3)
log(f"labeled users {sum(1 for g in graded if g)}")

def ndcg_from_scores(scores, k=QUALITY_K):
    s = np.where(elig, scores, np.float32(-1e18))
    idx = np.argpartition(-s, k-1, axis=1)[:, :k]
    row = np.arange(s.shape[0])[:, None]
    order = np.argsort(-s[row, idx], axis=1)
    top = np.take_along_axis(idx, order, axis=1)
    discounts = 1.0 / np.log2(np.arange(2, k+2))
    vals=[]
    for row_i, gold in enumerate(graded):
        if not gold: continue
        ranked = top[row_i]
        gains = np.array([gold.get(int(c),0) for c in ranked], dtype=np.float64)
        dcg = float(np.sum((np.power(2.0,gains)-1.0)*discounts[:len(gains)]))
        ideal = np.array(sorted(gold.values(), reverse=True)[:k], dtype=np.float64)
        idcg = float(np.sum((np.power(2.0,ideal)-1.0)*discounts[:len(ideal)]))
        vals.append(dcg/idcg if idcg else 0.0)
    return float(np.mean(vals))

for n in names:
    sc = ndcg_from_scores(np.asarray(zchan[n]))
    log(f"channel {n:16s} {sc:.6f}")

prior = {
    "knn_bm25": 1.2, "knn_cos": 0.7, "knn_bm25_recent": 0.85,
    "rp3_b045": 0.9, "rp3_b07": 0.65, "svd": 0.85, "uknn": 0.45,
    "ials": 1.0, "pop_log": 0.12, "pop_30": 0.22, "pop_7": 0.18, "pen_bm25": -0.22,
}
w = {n: float(prior[n]) for n in names}

def assemble(weights):
    acc = np.zeros(elig.shape, dtype=np.float32)
    for n, wt in weights.items():
        if abs(wt) < 1e-8: continue
        acc += np.float32(wt) * np.asarray(zchan[n])
    return acc

acc = assemble(w)
best = ndcg_from_scores(acc)
log(f"blend start {best:.6f}")
scales = [0.0, 0.2, 0.4, 0.7, 1.0, 1.4, 1.9]
for rnd in range(3):
    improved=False
    for n in names:
        base=w[n]
        sign=-1.0 if n.startswith("pen") else 1.0
        local_best, local_val = best, base
        for s in scales:
            new = sign*s
            if abs(new-base)<1e-12: continue
            acc += np.float32(new-base)*np.asarray(zchan[n])
            sc = ndcg_from_scores(acc)
            acc += np.float32(base-new)*np.asarray(zchan[n])
            if sc > local_best + 1e-6:
                local_best, local_val = sc, new
        if local_val != base:
            acc += np.float32(local_val-base)*np.asarray(zchan[n])
            w[n]=local_val; best=local_best; improved=True
            log(f"  r{rnd} {n}->{local_val:.2f} {best:.6f}")
    if not improved: break
for n in names:
    base=w[n]
    for delta in (-0.25,-0.12,0.12,0.25,0.4):
        acc += np.float32(delta)*np.asarray(zchan[n])
        sc = ndcg_from_scores(acc)
        if sc > best + 1e-6:
            w[n]=base+delta; best=sc; base=w[n]
            log(f"  fine {n}->{w[n]:.2f} {best:.6f}")
        else:
            acc += np.float32(-delta)*np.asarray(zchan[n])

log(f"FINAL {best:.6f} {w}")
(OUT/"blend_weights.json").write_text(json.dumps({"ndcg":best,"weights":w}, indent=2))

# write validation ranking
s = np.where(elig, acc, np.float32(-1e18))
idx = np.argpartition(-s, TOP_N-1, axis=1)[:, :TOP_N]
row = np.arange(s.shape[0])[:, None]
order = np.argsort(-s[row, idx], axis=1)
top = np.take_along_axis(idx, order, axis=1)
n_users,n=top.shape
frame=pd.DataFrame({
    "uid": np.repeat(target_uids,n).astype(np.int64),
    "item_id": item_ids[top.reshape(-1)].astype(np.int64),
    "rank": np.tile(np.arange(1,n+1,dtype=np.int64), n_users),
})
frame.to_parquet(OUT/"validation.parquet", index=False)
log(f"wrote validation {frame.shape}")
PY

Status: running
Duration: 425.38s
Output File: /home/agent/.grok/sessions/%2Fapp/452ddf9e-f588-46fb-b7a3-cfa75890b5d3/terminal/call-c0800adb-f820-404e-99ab-580a01b38a3a-24.log

=== Output ===
[16:16:00] labeled users 4263
[16:16:07] channel knn_bm25         0.016623
[16:16:15] channel knn_bm25_recent  0.021369
[16:16:23] channel knn_cos          0.023929
[16:16:31] channel rp3_b045         0.022261
[16:16:39] channel rp3_b07          0.023177
[16:16:47] channel svd              0.019138
[16:16:55] channel uknn             0.028838
[16:17:02] channel ials             0.021636
[16:17:12] channel pop_log          0.010577
[16:17:20] channel pop_30           0.017945
[16:17:28] channel pop_7            0.029125
[16:17:38] channel pen_bm25         0.003835
[16:19:12] blend start 0.024658
[16:19:31]   r0 knn_bm25->0.00 0.026872
[16:19:50]   r0 knn_bm25_recent->0.00 0.027536
[16:20:26]   r0 rp3_b045->0.00 0.028573
[16:20:45]   r0 rp3_b07->0.20 0.029291
[16:21:05]   r0 svd->0.20 0.029706
[16:21:24]   r0 uknn->1.90 0.030123
[16:22:00]   r0 pop_log->0.00 0.030142
[16:22:20]   r0 pop_30->1.90 0.030287
[16:22:39]   r0 pop_7->1.90 0.030799
[16:22:58]   r0 pen_bm25->-1.00 0.030865


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## Step 25 · agent · Timestamp not recorded

### Recorded reasoning summary
The blended model is improving slowly. The best score so far is 0.

The blended score is 0.030865, nearly matching pop_7 alone. All four components share equal weight of 1.90. The search is slow at roughly 20 seconds per channel. The next step is a recency-focused model. Recent popularity drives organic discovery best. UserKNN and long-term item-item are weak for never-heard candidates. The plan is to build UserKNN on recent 7/14/30 day matrices and fit ItemKNN on the last 30 days only.

A two-stage organic model is being considered. The first stage retrieves the top 500 trending tracks. The second stage reranks them by cosine similarity to the user's profile. Time-decayed popularity with a very short half-life is also under review. A promising formula pairs the user's CF score with log1p of recent popularity.



### get_command_or_subagent_output · Timestamp not recorded
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    "call-c0800adb-f820-404e-99ab-580a01b38a3a-24"
  ],
  "timeout_ms": 180000
}
### Tool output · Timestamp not recorded
=== Task call-c0800adb-f820-404e-99ab-580a01b38a3a-24 ===
Command: /opt/task-venv/bin/python - << 'PY'
import gc, json, time
from pathlib import Path
import numpy as np, pandas as pd

DATA = Path("/task/data")
OUT = Path("/app/solution")
CACHE = OUT / "cache"
TOP_N, QUALITY_K, LISTEN_STRONG = 100, 10, 80

def log(m):
    print(f"[{time.strftime('%H:%M:%S')}] {m}", flush=True)

item_ids = pd.read_parquet(DATA/"candidate_catalog.parquet").item_id.to_numpy(np.int64)
target_uids = pd.read_parquet(DATA/"target_users.parquet").uid.to_numpy(np.int64)
z = np.load(DATA/"validation_eligible_candidates.npz")
elig = np.unpackbits(z["packed_eligible"], axis=1, bitorder="little")[:, :len(item_ids)].astype(bool)

names = ["knn_bm25","knn_bm25_recent","knn_cos","rp3_b045","rp3_b07","svd","uknn","ials","pop_log","pop_30","pop_7","pen_bm25"]
zchan = {n: np.load(CACHE/f"{n}.npy", mmap_mode="r") for n in names}

inv = np.full(int(item_ids.max())+1, -1, dtype=np.int32)
inv[item_ids] = np.arange(len(item_ids), dtype=np.int32)
uid_row = {int(u):i for i,u in enumerate(target_uids)}
targets=set(map(int,target_uids))
listens = pd.read_parquet(DATA/"val_listens.parquet", columns=["uid","item_id","is_organic","played_ratio_pct"])
likes = pd.read_parquet(DATA/"val_likes.parquet", columns=["uid","item_id","is_organic"])
graded=[dict() for _ in range(len(target_uids))]
strong = listens[listens.uid.isin(targets)&(listens.is_organic==1)&(listens.played_ratio_pct>=LISTEN_STRONG)][["uid","item_id"]].drop_duplicates()
olikes = likes[likes.uid.isin(targets)&(likes.is_organic==1)][["uid","item_id"]].drop_duplicates()

def add(df, grade):
    for u,it in df.itertuples(index=False, name=None):
        r=uid_row.get(int(u))
        if r is None: continue
        it=int(it)
        if it>=len(inv): continue
        c=int(inv[it])
        if c<0 or not elig[r,c]: continue
        if grade>=graded[r].get(c,0):
            graded[r][c]=grade
add(strong,1); add(olikes,3)
log(f"labeled users {sum(1 for g in graded if g)}")

def ndcg_from_scores(scores, k=QUALITY_K):
    s = np.where(elig, scores, np.float32(-1e18))
    idx = np.argpartition(-s, k-1, axis=1)[:, :k]
    row = np.arange(s.shape[0])[:, None]
    order = np.argsort(-s[row, idx], axis=1)
    top = np.take_along_axis(idx, order, axis=1)
    discounts = 1.0 / np.log2(np.arange(2, k+2))
    vals=[]
    for row_i, gold in enumerate(graded):
        if not gold: continue
        ranked = top[row_i]
        gains = np.array([gold.get(int(c),0) for c in ranked], dtype=np.float64)
        dcg = float(np.sum((np.power(2.0,gains)-1.0)*discounts[:len(gains)]))
        ideal = np.array(sorted(gold.values(), reverse=True)[:k], dtype=np.float64)
        idcg = float(np.sum((np.power(2.0,ideal)-1.0)*discounts[:len(ideal)]))
        vals.append(dcg/idcg if idcg else 0.0)
    return float(np.mean(vals))

for n in names:
    sc = ndcg_from_scores(np.asarray(zchan[n]))
    log(f"channel {n:16s} {sc:.6f}")

prior = {
    "knn_bm25": 1.2, "knn_cos": 0.7, "knn_bm25_recent": 0.85,
    "rp3_b045": 0.9, "rp3_b07": 0.65, "svd": 0.85, "uknn": 0.45,
    "ials": 1.0, "pop_log": 0.12, "pop_30": 0.22, "pop_7": 0.18, "pen_bm25": -0.22,
}
w = {n: float(prior[n]) for n in names}

def assemble(weights):
    acc = np.zeros(elig.shape, dtype=np.float32)
    for n, wt in weights.items():
        if abs(wt) < 1e-8: continue
        acc += np.float32(wt) * np.asarray(zchan[n])
    return acc

acc = assemble(w)
best = ndcg_from_scores(acc)
log(f"blend start {best:.6f}")
scales = [0.0, 0.2, 0.4, 0.7, 1.0, 1.4, 1.9]
for rnd in range(3):
    improved=False
    for n in names:
        base=w[n]
        sign=-1.0 if n.startswith("pen") else 1.0
        local_best, local_val = best, base
        for s in scales:
            new = sign*s
            if abs(new-base)<1e-12: continue
            acc += np.float32(new-base)*np.asarray(zchan[n])
            sc = ndcg_from_scores(acc)
            acc += np.float32(base-new)*np.asarray(zchan[n])
            if sc > local_best + 1e-6:
                local_best, local_val = sc, new
        if local_val != base:
            acc += np.float32(local_val-base)*np.asarray(zchan[n])
            w[n]=local_val; best=local_best; improved=True
            log(f"  r{rnd} {n}->{local_val:.2f} {best:.6f}")
    if not improved: break
for n in names:
    base=w[n]
    for delta in (-0.25,-0.12,0.12,0.25,0.4):
        acc += np.float32(delta)*np.asarray(zchan[n])
        sc = ndcg_from_scores(acc)
        if sc > best + 1e-6:
            w[n]=base+delta; best=sc; base=w[n]
            log(f"  fine {n}->{w[n]:.2f} {best:.6f}")
        else:
            acc += np.float32(-delta)*np.asarray(zchan[n])

log(f"FINAL {best:.6f} {w}")
(OUT/"blend_weights.json").write_text(json.dumps({"ndcg":best,"weights":w}, indent=2))

# write validation ranking
s = np.where(elig, acc, np.float32(-1e18))
idx = np.argpartition(-s, TOP_N-1, axis=1)[:, :TOP_N]
row = np.arange(s.shape[0])[:, None]
order = np.argsort(-s[row, idx], axis=1)
top = np.take_along_axis(idx, order, axis=1)
n_users,n=top.shape
frame=pd.DataFrame({
    "uid": np.repeat(target_uids,n).astype(np.int64),
    "item_id": item_ids[top.reshape(-1)].astype(np.int64),
    "rank": np.tile(np.arange(1,n+1,dtype=np.int64), n_users),
})
frame.to_parquet(OUT/"validation.parquet", index=False)
log(f"wrote validation {frame.shape}")
PY

Status: running
Duration: 622.84s
Output File: /home/agent/.grok/sessions/%2Fapp/452ddf9e-f588-46fb-b7a3-cfa75890b5d3/terminal/call-c0800adb-f820-404e-99ab-580a01b38a3a-24.log

=== Output ===
[16:16:00] labeled users 4263
[16:16:07] channel knn_bm25         0.016623
[16:16:15] channel knn_bm25_recent  0.021369
[16:16:23] channel knn_cos          0.023929
[16:16:31] channel rp3_b045         0.022261
[16:16:39] channel rp3_b07          0.023177
[16:16:47] channel svd              0.019138
[16:16:55] channel uknn             0.028838
[16:17:02] channel ials             0.021636
[16:17:12] channel pop_log          0.010577
[16:17:20] channel pop_30           0.017945
[16:17:28] channel pop_7            0.029125
[16:17:38] channel pen_bm25         0.003835
[16:19:12] blend start 0.024658
[16:19:31]   r0 knn_bm25->0.00 0.026872
[16:19:50]   r0 knn_bm25_recent->0.00 0.027536
[16:20:26]   r0 rp3_b045->0.00 0.028573
[16:20:45]   r0 rp3_b07->0.20 0.029291
[16:21:05]   r0 svd->0.20 0.029706
[16:21:24]   r0 uknn->1.90 0.030123
[16:22:00]   r0 pop_log->0.00 0.030142
[16:22:20]   r0 pop_30->1.90 0.030287
[16:22:39]   r0 pop_7->1.90 0.030799
[16:22:58]   r0 pen_bm25->-1.00 0.030865
[16:24:42]   r1 svd->1.90 0.031617
[16:25:00]   r1 uknn->1.40 0.031785
[16:25:17]   r1 ials->1.40 0.031896


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