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R Deep Learning Essentials

By : Joshua F. Wiley
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R Deep Learning Essentials

By: Joshua F. Wiley

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<p>Deep learning is a branch of machine learning based on a set of algorithms that attempt to model high-level abstractions in data by using model architectures. With the superb memory management and the full integration with multi-node big data platforms, the H2O engine has become more and more popular among data scientists in the field of deep learning.</p> <p>This book will introduce you to the deep learning package H2O with R and help you understand the concepts of deep learning. We will start by setting up important deep learning packages available in R and then move towards building models related to neural networks, prediction, and deep prediction, all of this with the help of real-life examples.</p> <p>After installing the H2O package, you will learn about prediction algorithms. Moving ahead, concepts such as overfitting data, anomalous data, and deep prediction models are explained. Finally, the book will cover concepts relating to tuning and optimizing models.</p>

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Table of Contents (14 chapters)
R Deep Learning Essentials
R Deep Learning Essentials
Credits
Credits
About the Author
About the Author
About the Reviewer
About the Reviewer
www.PacktPub.com
www.PacktPub.com
Preface
Preface
Free Chapter
1
Getting Started with Deep Learning
Getting Started with Deep Learning
What is deep learning?
R packages for deep learning
Connecting R and H2O
Summary
2
Training a Prediction Model
Training a Prediction Model
Neural networks in R
The problem of overfitting data – the consequences explained
Use case – build and apply a neural network
Summary
3
Preventing Overfitting
Preventing Overfitting
L1 penalty
L2 penalty
Ensembles and model averaging
Use case – improving out-of-sample model performance using dropout
Summary
4
Identifying Anomalous Data
Identifying Anomalous Data
Getting started with unsupervised learning
How do auto-encoders work?
Training an auto-encoder in R
Use case – building and applying an auto-encoder model
Fine-tuning auto-encoder models
Summary
5
Training Deep Prediction Models
Training Deep Prediction Models
Getting started with deep feedforward neural networks
Common activation functions – rectifiers, hyperbolic tangent, and maxout
Picking hyperparameters
Training and predicting new data from a deep neural network
Use case – training a deep neural network for automatic classification
Summary
6
Tuning and Optimizing Models
Tuning and Optimizing Models
Dealing with missing data
Solutions for models with low accuracy
Summary
Bibliography
Bibliography
Index
Index

Fine-tuning auto-encoder models

In the previous sections of this chapter, we have learned how to train and use auto-encoder models. This last section explores how to optimize and fine-tune an auto-encoder model, examining issues such as how to pick the number of hidden neurons or the number of layers.

Sometimes, there may be conceptual reasons to assume certain structures about the data. However, if there are not, we may vary the values of these parameters to obtain the best model. One dilemma that is exacerbated when trying several models and choosing the best one is that, even if several models are equivalent, by chance in a given sample one may outperform the others. To combat this, we can use techniques such as cross-validation during training in order to optimize the parameter values while only using the training data, and then only this final model needs to be validated using the holdout or testing data. Currently, H2O does not support cross-validation for auto-encoder models. If we...

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