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Deep Learning from the Basics

By : Koki Saitoh
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Book Image

Deep Learning from the Basics

5 (1)
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)

6. Training Techniques

This chapter describes important ideas in neural network training, including the optimization techniques that are used to search for optimal weight parameters, the initial values of weight parameters, and the method for setting hyperparameters—all of which are important topics when it comes to neural network training. We will look at regularization methods such as weight decay and dropout to prevent overfitting and implement them. Lastly, we will look at batch normalization, which has been used in a lot of research in recent years. By using the methods described in this chapter, you will be able to promote neural network training efficiently to improve recognition accuracy.