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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)

Introduction to TensorFlow

TensorFlow is an open source library built by Google, which aims to assist developers in creating machine learning models of any kind. The recent improvements in the deep learning space created the need for an easy and fast way of building neural networks. TensorFlow addresses this problem in an excellent fashion, by providing a wide range of APIs and tools to help developers focus on their specific problem, rather than dealing with mathematical equations and scalability issues. 

TensorFlow offers two main ways of programming a model:

  • Graph-based execution
  • Eager execution

Graph-based execution

Graph-based execution is an alternative way of representing mathematical equations and functions...