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Neural Networks with R

By : Balaji Venkateswaran, Giuseppe Ciaburro
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Neural Networks with R

By: Balaji Venkateswaran, Giuseppe Ciaburro

Overview of this book

Neural networks are one of the most fascinating machine learning models for solving complex computational problems efficiently. Neural networks are used to solve wide range of problems in different areas of AI and machine learning. This book explains the niche aspects of neural networking and provides you with foundation to get started with advanced topics. The book begins with neural network design using the neural net package, then you’ll build a solid foundation knowledge of how a neural network learns from data, and the principles behind it. This book covers various types of neural network including recurrent neural networks and convoluted neural networks. You will not only learn how to train neural networks, but will also explore generalization of these networks. Later we will delve into combining different neural network models and work with the real-world use cases. By the end of this book, you will learn to implement neural network models in your applications with the help of practical examples in the book.
Table of Contents (14 chapters)
Title Page
Credits
About the Authors
About the Reviewer
www.PacktPub.com
Customer Feedback
Preface

TensorFlow integration with R


TensorFlow is an open source numerical computing library provided by Google for machine intelligence. It hides all of the programming required to build deep learning models and gives the developers a black box interface to program. The Keras API for TensorFlow provides a high-level interface for neural networks.

Python is the de facto programming language for deep learning, but R is catching up. Deep learning libraries are now available with R and a developer can easily download TensorFlow or Keras similar to other R libraries and use them.

In TensorFlow, nodes in the graph represent mathematical operations, while the graph edges represent the multidimensional data arrays (tensors) communicated between them. TensorFlow was originally developed by the Google Brain Team within Google's machine intelligence research for machine learning and deep neural networks research, but it is now available in the public domain. TensorFlow exploits GPU processing when configured...