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Applied Deep Learning with Keras

By : Ritesh Bhagwat, Mahla Abdolahnejad, Matthew Moocarme
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Applied Deep Learning with Keras

By: Ritesh Bhagwat, Mahla Abdolahnejad, Matthew Moocarme

Overview of this book

Though designing neural networks is a sought-after skill, it is not easy to master. With Keras, you can apply complex machine learning algorithms with minimum code. Applied Deep Learning with Keras starts by taking you through the basics of machine learning and Python all the way to gaining an in-depth understanding of applying Keras to develop efficient deep learning solutions. To help you grasp the difference between machine and deep learning, the book guides you on how to build a logistic regression model, first with scikit-learn and then with Keras. You will delve into Keras and its many models by creating prediction models for various real-world scenarios, such as disease prediction and customer churning. You’ll gain knowledge on how to evaluate, optimize, and improve your models to achieve maximum information. Next, you’ll learn to evaluate your model by cross-validating it using Keras Wrapper and scikit-learn. Following this, you’ll proceed to understand how to apply L1, L2, and dropout regularization techniques to improve the accuracy of your model. To help maintain accuracy, you’ll get to grips with applying techniques including null accuracy, precision, and AUC-ROC score techniques for fine tuning your model. By the end of this book, you will have the skills you need to use Keras when building high-level deep neural networks.
Table of Contents (12 chapters)
Applied Deep Learning with Keras
Preface
Preface

Introduction


In the previous chapter, we discussed some applications of machine learning and even built models with the scikit-learn Python package. In this chapter, we will continue learning how to build machine learning models and extend our knowledge to build an Artificial Neural Network (ANN) with the Keras package. (Remember that ANNs represent a large class of machine learning algorithms that are so called because their architecture resembles the neurons in the human brain.)

Keras is a machine learning library designed specifically for building neural networks. While scikit-learn functionality spans a broader area of machine learning algorithms, the functionality of scikit-learn for neural networks is minimal.

ANNs can be used for the same machine learning tasks as other algorithms that we have encountered, such as logistic regression for classification tasks, linear regression for regression problems, and k-means for clustering. Whenever we begin any machine learning problem, to determine...