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Neural Networks with Keras Cookbook

By : V Kishore Ayyadevara
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Neural Networks with Keras Cookbook

By: V Kishore Ayyadevara

Overview of this book

This book will take you from the basics of neural networks to advanced implementations of architectures using a recipe-based approach. We will learn about how neural networks work and the impact of various hyper parameters on a network's accuracy along with leveraging neural networks for structured and unstructured data. Later, we will learn how to classify and detect objects in images. We will also learn to use transfer learning for multiple applications, including a self-driving car using Convolutional Neural Networks. We will generate images while leveraging GANs and also by performing image encoding. Additionally, we will perform text analysis using word vector based techniques. Later, we will use Recurrent Neural Networks and LSTM to implement chatbot and Machine Translation systems. Finally, you will learn about transcribing images, audio, and generating captions and also use Deep Q-learning to build an agent that plays Space Invaders game. By the end of this book, you will have developed the skills to choose and customize multiple neural network architectures for various deep learning problems you might encounter.
Table of Contents (18 chapters)

Introduction

A neural network is a supervised learning algorithm that is loosely inspired by the way the brain functions. Similar to the way neurons are connected to each other in the brain, a neural network takes input, passes it through a function, certain subsequent neurons get excited, and consequently the output is produced.

In this chapter, you will learn the following:

  • Architecture of a neural network
  • Applications of a neural network
  • Setting up a feedforward neural network
  • How forward-propagation works
  • Calculating loss values
  • How gradient descent works in back-propagation
  • The concepts of epochs and batch size
  • Various loss functions
  • Various activation functions
  • Building a neural network from scratch
  • Building a neural network in Keras