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Deep Learning from the Basics

By : Koki Saitoh
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Book Image

Deep Learning from the Basics

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By: Koki Saitoh

Overview of this book

Deep learning is rapidly becoming the most preferred way of solving data problems. This is thanks, in part, to its huge variety of mathematical algorithms and their ability to find patterns that are otherwise invisible to us. Deep Learning from the Basics begins with a fast-paced introduction to deep learning with Python, its definition, characteristics, and applications. You’ll learn how to use the Python interpreter and the script files in your applications, and utilize NumPy and Matplotlib in your deep learning models. As you progress through the book, you’ll discover backpropagation—an efficient way to calculate the gradients of weight parameters—and study multilayer perceptrons and their limitations, before, finally, implementing a three-layer neural network and calculating multidimensional arrays. By the end of the book, you’ll have the knowledge to apply the relevant technologies in deep learning.
Table of Contents (11 chapters)

Summary

This chapter described forward propagation in a neural network. The neural network we explained in this chapter is the same as a perceptron in the previous chapter in that the signals of the neurons are transmitted hierarchically. However, a large difference exists in the activation functions that change signals when they are transmitted to the next neurons. As an activation function, a neural network uses a sigmoid function, which changes signals smoothly, and a perceptron uses a step function, which changes signals sharply. This difference is important in neural network training and will be described in the next chapter. This chapter covered the following points:

  • A neural network uses a function that changes smoothly, such as a sigmoid function or a ReLU function, as an activation function.
  • By using NumPy's multidimensional arrays, you can implement a neural network efficiently.
  • Machine learning problems can be broadly divided into classification...