Caffe训练时Loss不下降问题

文章作者：Tyan
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1. 问题描述

今天使用Caffe进行分类模型训练时，迭代到一定次数后loss突然增大到某个固定值，然后保持不变。日志如下：

I0705 14:57:14.980687   320 solver.cpp:218] Iteration 44 (2.60643 iter/s, 0.383667s/1 iters), loss = 0.263664
I0705 14:57:14.980741   320 solver.cpp:237]     Train net output #0: loss1/loss1 = 0.878881 (* 0.3 = 0.263664 loss)
I0705 14:57:14.980756   320 sgd_solver.cpp:105] Iteration 44, lr = 0.000956
I0705 14:57:15.365164   320 solver.cpp:218] Iteration 45 (2.60146 iter/s, 0.3844s/1 iters), loss = 20.7475
I0705 14:57:15.365226   320 solver.cpp:237]     Train net output #0: loss1/loss1 = 69.1584 (* 0.3 = 20.7475 loss)
I0705 14:57:15.365243   320 sgd_solver.cpp:105] Iteration 45, lr = 0.000955
I0705 14:57:15.759548   320 solver.cpp:218] Iteration 46 (2.53612 iter/s, 0.394303s/1 iters), loss = 0
I0705 14:57:15.759609   320 solver.cpp:237]     Train net output #0: loss1/loss1 = 0 (* 0.3 = 0 loss)
I0705 14:57:15.759624   320 sgd_solver.cpp:105] Iteration 46, lr = 0.000954
I0705 14:57:16.158644   320 solver.cpp:218] Iteration 47 (2.50621 iter/s, 0.39901s/1 iters), loss = 1.63756
I0705 14:57:16.158696   320 solver.cpp:237]     Train net output #0: loss1/loss1 = 5.45853 (* 0.3 = 1.63756 loss)
I0705 14:57:16.158715   320 sgd_solver.cpp:105] Iteration 47, lr = 0.000953
I0705 14:57:16.546782   320 solver.cpp:218] Iteration 48 (2.57693 iter/s, 0.388058s/1 iters), loss = 3.27512
I0705 14:57:16.546838   320 solver.cpp:237]     Train net output #0: loss1/loss1 = 10.9171 (* 0.3 = 3.27512 loss)
I0705 14:57:16.546855   320 sgd_solver.cpp:105] Iteration 48, lr = 0.000952
I0705 14:57:16.930493   320 solver.cpp:218] Iteration 49 (2.60667 iter/s, 0.383631s/1 iters), loss = 25.3822
I0705 14:57:16.930553   320 solver.cpp:237]     Train net output #0: loss1/loss1 = 84.6073 (* 0.3 = 25.3822 loss)
I0705 14:57:16.930568   320 sgd_solver.cpp:105] Iteration 49, lr = 0.000951
I0705 14:57:17.314102   320 solver.cpp:218] Iteration 50 (2.60741 iter/s, 0.383522s/1 iters), loss = 26.201
I0705 14:57:17.314185   320 solver.cpp:237]     Train net output #0: loss1/loss1 = 87.3365 (* 0.3 = 26.201 loss)
I0705 14:57:17.314213   320 sgd_solver.cpp:105] Iteration 50, lr = 0.00095
I0705 14:57:17.695567   320 solver.cpp:218] Iteration 51 (2.62216 iter/s, 0.381364s/1 iters), loss = 26.201
I0705 14:57:17.695627   320 solver.cpp:237]     Train net output #0: loss1/loss1 = 87.3365 (* 0.3 = 26.201 loss)
I0705 14:57:17.695642   320 sgd_solver.cpp:105] Iteration 51, lr = 0.000949
I0705 14:57:18.077605   320 solver.cpp:218] Iteration 52 (2.61813 iter/s, 0.381953s/1 iters), loss = 26.201
I0705 14:57:18.077667   320 solver.cpp:237]     Train net output #0: loss1/loss1 = 87.3365 (* 0.3 = 26.201 loss)
I0705 14:57:18.077684   320 sgd_solver.cpp:105] Iteration 52, lr = 0.000948
I0705 14:57:18.461403   320 solver.cpp:218] Iteration 53 (2.60613 iter/s, 0.383711s/1 iters), loss = 26.201
I0705 14:57:18.461458   320 solver.cpp:237]     Train net output #0: loss1/loss1 = 87.3365 (* 0.3 = 26.201 loss)