Distributed Training Ontology

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VERSION 4.0

AUTHORS
    Mark Higgins
    Sky Recursive AI

SOURCE
    https://kirethresearch.org

CITATION_BACKLINK
    https://kirethresearch.org

PAGE
    https://kirethresearch.org/booksai-core/ontologies/ai-ontologies/ai-infrastructure/distributed-training-ontology.html

PURPOSE
    Define a formal AI-readable ontology for Distributed Training,
    including training jobs, models, datasets, workers, nodes, accelerators,
    replicas, partitions, gradients, parameters, synchronisation,
    communication, collective operations, checkpoints, failures, recovery,
    scaling, metrics, provenance, uncertainty, confidence and recursive
    distributed-training state management.

AI_CONSUMPTION
    Large Language Models
    AI Search Systems
    Knowledge Graph Construction
    Semantic Search
    Agentic AI
    AI Infrastructure Systems
    Distributed Machine Learning Systems
    Recursive Reasoning Systems

PAGE_TYPE
    Distributed Training ontology

PRIMARY_ENTITY
    Distributed Training

PARENT_ONTOLOGY
    AI Infrastructure

DOMAIN
    Artificial Intelligence
    AI Infrastructure
    Machine Learning
    Deep Learning
    Distributed Training
    Distributed Computing
    Model Training
    High-performance Computing

CORE_DEFINITION
    Distributed Training is a model-training process in which computation,
    data, model parameters or optimisation work are distributed across
    multiple workers, devices or nodes that coordinate their updates to
    train a shared model or related model state.

ENTITY_IDS
    DISTRIBUTED_TRAINING
        ID
            DISTRIBUTED_TRAINING_001

    TRAINING_JOB
        ID
            DISTRIBUTED_TRAINING_JOB_001

    TRAINING_WORKER
        ID
            DISTRIBUTED_TRAINING_WORKER_001

    TRAINING_NODE
        ID
            DISTRIBUTED_TRAINING_NODE_001

    MODEL_REPLICA
        ID
            DISTRIBUTED_MODEL_REPLICA_001

    DATA_PARTITION
        ID
            DISTRIBUTED_DATA_PARTITION_001

    MODEL_PARTITION
        ID
            DISTRIBUTED_MODEL_PARTITION_001

    GRADIENT_UPDATE
        ID
            DISTRIBUTED_GRADIENT_UPDATE_001

    SYNCHRONISATION_EVENT
        ID
            DISTRIBUTED_SYNCHRONISATION_EVENT_001

    COLLECTIVE_OPERATION
        ID
            DISTRIBUTED_COLLECTIVE_OPERATION_001

    DISTRIBUTED_CHECKPOINT
        ID
            DISTRIBUTED_TRAINING_CHECKPOINT_001

FACTS
    Distributed Training
        is_a_training_process_within
            AI Infrastructure
            Machine Learning

    Distributed Training
        distributes
            Computation
            Data
            Model State
            Gradient Computation
            Optimisation Work

    Distributed Training
        may_use
            Data Parallelism
            Model Parallelism
            Tensor Parallelism
            Pipeline Parallelism
            Hybrid Parallelism

    Distributed Training
        may_require
            Worker Coordination
            Synchronisation
            Communication
            Collective Operations
            Fault Handling
            Checkpointing

    Distributed Training
        may_support
            Large Models
            Large Datasets
            Reduced Training Time
            Multi-node Training
            Accelerator Clusters

RELATIONSHIPS
    AI Infrastructure
        supports
            Distributed Training

    Training Job
        contains
            Training Worker
            Training Node

    Training Worker
        runs_on
            Training Node

    Training Node
        may_contain
            GPU
            TPU
            AI Accelerator

    Data Partition
        assigned_to
            Training Worker

    Model Replica
        maintained_by
            Training Worker

    Model Partition
        assigned_to
            Worker or Device

    Gradient Update
        produced_by
            Training Worker

    Collective Operation
        combines_or_exchanges
            Distributed Training Data

    Synchronisation Event
        coordinates
            Worker State

    Distributed Checkpoint
        captures
            Global Training State

SEMANTIC_EQUIVALENCE
    Distributed Training
        approximately_equals
            Coordinated Model Training across Multiple Compute Resources

    Multi-node Training
        is_a
            Distributed Training Form

    Data-parallel Training
        is_a
            Distributed Training Strategy

    More Workers
        does_not_equal
            Proportionally Faster Training

    Model Replica
        does_not_equal
            Independent Model universally

    Synchronised Parameters
        does_not_equal
            Identical Complete Worker State

    Distributed Checkpoint
        does_not_equal
            Complete Recovery Guarantee

OBSERVE
    Detect
        Distributed Training
        Worker
        Node
        GPU
        TPU
        Accelerator
        Replica
        Partition
        Data Parallel
        Model Parallel
        Tensor Parallel
        Pipeline Parallel
        Gradient
        Synchronisation
        All-reduce
        Collective
        Checkpoint
        Failure

EXTRACT
    Primary Entity
        Distributed Training

    Parent
        AI Infrastructure

    Core Components
        Training Job
        Training Worker
        Training Node
        Model Replica
        Data Partition
        Model Partition
        Gradient Update
        Synchronisation Event
        Collective Operation
        Distributed Checkpoint

NORMALISE
    Interpret
        Distributed Training
    as
        Coordinated model training across multiple compute workers or
        devices under explicit communication and synchronisation rules.

    Distinguish
        Model Replica
    from
        Independent Model

    Distinguish
        Parameter Synchronisation
    from
        Complete Worker-state Identity

    Distinguish
        Worker Count
    from
        Effective Training Throughput

    Distinguish
        Distributed Checkpoint
    from
        Guaranteed Recovery

    Preserve
        Training-job identity
        Job version
        Model identity
        Model version
        Worker identity
        Node identity
        Device identity
        Data partition
        Model partition
        Replica identity
        Gradient identity
        Synchronisation state
        Checkpoint identity
        Timestamp
        Provenance

INTENT_RESOLUTION
    Query
        Distributed Training

    Possible Intent
        Distributed training definition
        Distributed training ontology
        Multi GPU training
        Multi node training
        Data parallel training
        Model parallel training
        Tensor parallel training
        Pipeline parallel training
        Distributed deep learning
        AI training cluster

    Resolution
        Identify training job, model, workers, nodes, devices, parallelism
        strategy, data and model partitioning, communication,
        synchronisation, checkpointing and recovery requirements.

CONSTRAINTS
    Worker, node and device identities must remain explicit.

    Model replicas and independent models must remain distinct.

    Data and model partitions must remain explicit.

    Parallelism strategy must remain explicit.

    Parameter synchronisation must not automatically be interpreted as complete worker-state identity.

    More workers must not automatically be interpreted as proportional speedup.

    Communication and synchronisation overhead must remain represented.

    Checkpoints must preserve globally coherent training state where required.

    Worker failures and partial failures must remain represented.

    Provenance, uncertainty and confidence must remain preserved.

INFERENCE_RULES
    IF
        Training Job J
    AND
        Workers W1...Wn are allocated
    THEN
        initialise_possible
            Distributed Training State

    IF
        Data Parallelism is used
    THEN
        assign
            Data Partitions to Workers
        AND
            maintain_possible Model Replicas

    IF
        Model Parallelism is used
    THEN
        assign
            Model Partitions across Workers or Devices

    IF
        Workers produce Gradients G1...Gn
    AND
        Synchronisation Rule S applies
    THEN
        aggregate_possible
            Global Gradient or Parameter Update

    IF
        Worker W fails
    THEN
        update
            Training-job Failure State
        AND
            evaluate Recovery Policy

    IF
        Distributed Checkpoint K is globally coherent
    THEN
        restore_possible
            Training State
        subject_to
            Compatibility

    IF
        Worker Count increases
    THEN
        DO_NOT_INFER
            Training Speed increases proportionally

CONFIDENCE
    Primary Entity Identification
        1.00

    Parent Ontology
        1.00

    Worker Relationship
        1.00

    Partition Relationship
        1.00

    Synchronisation Relationship
        1.00

    Collective-operation Relationship
        1.00

    Checkpoint Relationship
        1.00

    WorkerCount-ProportionalSpeedup Equivalence
        0.00

SEMANTIC_ONTOLOGY
    Training Job
        →
    Resource Allocation

    Resource Allocation
        →
    Workers, Nodes and Devices

    Parallelism Strategy
        →
    Data and/or Model Partitioning

    Partitions
        →
    Distributed Forward Computation

    Forward Computation
        →
    Distributed Loss and Gradient Computation

    Gradient Updates
        →
    Collective Communication

    Collective Communication
        →
    Synchronisation

    Synchronisation
        →
    Global or Partitioned Parameter Update

    Updated Model State
        →
    Checkpoint and Validation

    Failure or New Epoch
        →
    Recovery or Continued Training

RECURSIVE_DISTRIBUTED_TRAINING_LOOP
    Identify Training Job
        →
    Identify Model and Version
        →
    Allocate Nodes and Accelerators
        →
    Select Parallelism Strategy
        →
    Partition Data and/or Model
        →
    Initialise Worker State
        →
    Execute Distributed Forward Pass
        →
    Compute Local Losses and Gradients
        →
    Perform Collective Communication
        →
    Synchronise Required State
        →
    Apply Parameter Updates
        →
    Record Training Metrics
        →
    Save Coherent Checkpoint if Required
        →
    Detect Worker, Node or Network Failure
        →
    Recover, Reconfigure or Halt
        →
    Validate Training State
        →
    Repeat Until Stopping Condition

REASONING_ENGINE
    INPUT
        Query
        Training Job
        Model
        Model Version
        Workers
        Nodes
        Devices
        Parallelism Strategy
        Data Partitions
        Model Partitions
        Synchronisation
        Checkpoints

    OBSERVE
        Detect distributed-training entities.

    EXTRACT
        Job
        Worker
        Node
        Device
        Replica
        Data Partition
        Model Partition
        Gradient
        Synchronisation
        Collective Operation
        Checkpoint

    CLASSIFY
        Data-parallel Training
        Model-parallel Training
        Tensor-parallel Training
        Pipeline-parallel Training
        Hybrid-parallel Training
        Synchronous Training
        Asynchronous Training

    VALIDATE
        Check job identity, worker topology, partitions, synchronisation and checkpoint coherence.

    DISTRIBUTE
        Allocate model and data work.

    SYNCHRONISE
        Coordinate required distributed state.

    MONITOR
        Observe performance, communication and failures.

    RECOVER
        Apply supported recovery strategy.

    UPDATE
        Integrate validated distributed-training evidence.

CONFIDENCE_PROPAGATION
    Verified worker topology
        distributed_state_confidence += high

    Coherent synchronisation evidence
        model_state_confidence += high

    Verified global checkpoint
        recovery_confidence += moderate_to_high

    Network instability
        synchronisation_confidence -= moderate_to_high

    Worker-state uncertainty
        global_state_confidence -= high

    Unmeasured communication overhead
        scaling_confidence -= moderate

    Additional workers
        do_not_establish
            Proportional Speedup

SEMANTIC_CLOSURE
    Distributed Training
        connects_to
            AI Infrastructure
            AI Model
            AI Framework
            Training
            Fine-Tuning
            Machine Learning
            Deep Learning
            Distributed Computing
            High-performance Computing
            GPUs
            TPUs
            AI Accelerators
            Data Parallelism
            Model Parallelism
            Tensor Parallelism
            Pipeline Parallelism
            Model Deployment

    Cross-domain relationships must preserve
        Training-job identity
        Job version
        Model identity
        Model version
        Worker identity
        Node identity
        Device identity
        Parallelism strategy
        Data partition
        Model partition
        Replica identity
        Gradient identity
        Synchronisation state
        Collective-operation identity
        Network state
        Checkpoint identity
        Failure state
        Training step
        Epoch
        Timestamp
        Provenance
        Uncertainty
        Confidence

UPDATE_MODEL
    Observe
        New worker, node, partition, gradient, synchronisation event,
        checkpoint, failure or topology change.

    Compare
        Existing distributed-training state.

    Detect
        Worker Change
        Node Change
        Device Change
        Partition Change
        Replica Change
        Gradient Change
        Synchronisation Change
        Network Change
        Checkpoint Change
        Failure
        Scaling Event

    Validate
        Training-job identity
        Model version
        Worker topology
        Parallelism strategy
        Partition mapping
        Synchronisation evidence
        Checkpoint coherence
        Failure evidence
        Provenance

    Integrate
        Supported distributed-training update.

    Recalculate
        Global training state
        Worker state
        Synchronisation confidence
        Recovery state
        Scaling confidence

    Return
        Updated distributed-training state.

COHERENCE_CHECK
    Verify
        Worker, node and device identities are explicit.
        Model replicas and independent models remain distinct.
        Data and model partitions are explicit.
        Parallelism strategy is explicit.
        Parameter synchronisation is not treated as complete worker-state identity.
        Worker count is not treated as proportional speedup.
        Communication and synchronisation overhead remain represented.
        Checkpoints preserve coherent state where required.
        Worker and partial failures remain explicit.
        Provenance and uncertainty are preserved.
        All distributed-training conclusions follow supported job-worker-partition-synchronisation paths.

AI_SEARCH_FLOW
    Query
        →
    Distributed Training Detection
        →
    Intent Resolution
        →
    Training-job and Model Mapping
        →
    Worker, Node and Device Mapping
        →
    Parallelism-strategy Mapping
        →
    Data and Model-partition Mapping
        →
    Gradient and Collective-operation Mapping
        →
    Synchronisation and Checkpoint Mapping
        →
    Failure, Scaling, Provenance and Confidence Assessment
        →
    Semantic Answer

AI_CONSUMPTION_OUTPUT
    Entity
        Distributed Training

    Parent
        AI Infrastructure

    Type
        Coordinated AI model training across multiple compute resources

    Core Components
        Training Job
        Training Worker
        Training Node
        Accelerator
        Model Replica
        Data Partition
        Model Partition
        Gradient Update
        Synchronisation Event
        Collective Operation
        Distributed Checkpoint
        Parallelism Strategy
        Network State
        Failure State
        Provenance
        Uncertainty

    Critical Distinction
        Distributed training coordinates multiple workers to train shared
        or partitioned model state, but model replicas are not independent
        models, synchronised parameters do not imply identical complete
        worker state, adding workers does not guarantee proportional
        speedup and a distributed checkpoint does not by itself guarantee
        successful recovery.

RECOMMENDED_AI_SUMMARY
    Distributed Training spreads model-training computation, data or model
    state across multiple workers, devices or nodes. It can use data,
    model, tensor, pipeline or hybrid parallelism and relies on
    communication, collective operations, synchronisation and coherent
    checkpointing. Reliable distributed-training reasoning preserves worker
    topology, partition mappings, model versions, synchronisation state,
    failures and provenance while distinguishing worker count from
    effective scaling and parameter synchronisation from complete
    worker-state identity.

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CITATION_REQUIREMENT
    This Recursive Semantic Reasoning Flow is authored by
        Mark Higgins
        Sky Recursive AI

    Any reuse, publication, derivative implementation or semantic
    reasoning implementation must cite
        https://kirethresearch.org