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Hands-On Deep Learning Algorithms with Python

By : Sudharsan Ravichandiran
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Hands-On Deep Learning Algorithms with Python

By: Sudharsan Ravichandiran

Overview of this book

Deep learning is one of the most popular domains in the AI space that allows you to develop multi-layered models of varying complexities. This book introduces you to popular deep learning algorithms—from basic to advanced—and shows you how to implement them from scratch using TensorFlow. Throughout the book, you will gain insights into each algorithm, the mathematical principles involved, and how to implement it in the best possible manner. The book starts by explaining how you can build your own neural networks, followed by introducing you to TensorFlow, the powerful Python-based library for machine learning and deep learning. Moving on, you will get up to speed with gradient descent variants, such as NAG, AMSGrad, AdaDelta, Adam, and Nadam. The book will then provide you with insights into recurrent neural networks (RNNs) and LSTM and how to generate song lyrics with RNN. Next, you will master the math necessary to work with convolutional and capsule networks, widely used for image recognition tasks. You will also learn how machines understand the semantics of words and documents using CBOW, skip-gram, and PV-DM. Finally, you will explore GANs, including InfoGAN and LSGAN, and autoencoders, such as contractive autoencoders and VAE. By the end of this book, you will be equipped with all the skills you need to implement deep learning in your own projects.
Table of Contents (17 chapters)
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Section 1: Getting Started with Deep Learning
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Section 2: Fundamental Deep Learning Algorithms
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Section 3: Advanced Deep Learning Algorithms

To get the most out of this book

Those who are completely new to deep learning, but who have some experience in machine learning and Python programming, will find this book helpful.

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Conventions used

There are a number of text conventions used throughout this book.

CodeInText: Indicates code words in text, database table names, folder names, filenames, file extensions, pathnames, dummy URLs, user input, and Twitter handles. Here is an example: "Compute J_plus and J_minus."

A block of code is set as follows:

J_plus = forward_prop(x, weights_plus) 
J_minus = forward_prop(x, weights_minus)

Any command-line input or output is written as follows:

tensorboard --logdir=graphs --port=8000

Bold: Indicates a new term, an important word, or words that you see on screen. For example, words in menus or dialog boxes appear in the text like this. Here is an example: "Any layer between the input layer and the output layer is called a hidden layer."

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