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Recurrent Neural Networks with Python Quick Start Guide

By : Simeon Kostadinov
Book Image

Recurrent Neural Networks with Python Quick Start Guide

By: Simeon Kostadinov

Overview of this book

Developers struggle to find an easy-to-follow learning resource for implementing Recurrent Neural Network (RNN) models. RNNs are the state-of-the-art model in deep learning for dealing with sequential data. From language translation to generating captions for an image, RNNs are used to continuously improve results. This book will teach you the fundamentals of RNNs, with example applications in Python and the TensorFlow library. The examples are accompanied by the right combination of theoretical knowledge and real-world implementations of concepts to build a solid foundation of neural network modeling. Your journey starts with the simplest RNN model, where you can grasp the fundamentals. The book then builds on this by proposing more advanced and complex algorithms. We use them to explain how a typical state-of-the-art RNN model works. From generating text to building a language translator, we show how some of today's most powerful AI applications work under the hood. After reading the book, you will be confident with the fundamentals of RNNs, and be ready to pursue further study, along with developing skills in this exciting field.
Table of Contents (8 chapters)

Improving your RNN model

When working on a problem using RNN (or any other network), your process looks like this:

First, you come up with an idea for the model, its hyperparameters, the number of layers, how deep the network should be, and so on. Then the model is implemented and trained in order to produce some results. Finally, these results are assessed and the necessary modifications are made. It is rarely the case that you'll receive meaningful results from the first run. This cycle may occur multiple times until you are satisfied with the outcome. 

Considering this approach, one important question comes to mind: How can we change the model so the next cycle produces better results?

This question is tightly connected to your understanding of the network's results. Let's discuss that now. 

As you already know, in the beginning of each...