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Applied Deep Learning and Computer Vision for Self-Driving Cars

By : Sumit Ranjan, Dr. S. Senthamilarasu
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Applied Deep Learning and Computer Vision for Self-Driving Cars

By: Sumit Ranjan, Dr. S. Senthamilarasu

Overview of this book

Thanks to a number of recent breakthroughs, self-driving car technology is now an emerging subject in the field of artificial intelligence and has shifted data scientists' focus to building autonomous cars that will transform the automotive industry. This book is a comprehensive guide to use deep learning and computer vision techniques to develop autonomous cars. Starting with the basics of self-driving cars (SDCs), this book will take you through the deep neural network techniques required to get up and running with building your autonomous vehicle. Once you are comfortable with the basics, you'll delve into advanced computer vision techniques and learn how to use deep learning methods to perform a variety of computer vision tasks such as finding lane lines, improving image classification, and so on. You will explore the basic structure and working of a semantic segmentation model and get to grips with detecting cars using semantic segmentation. The book also covers advanced applications such as behavior-cloning and vehicle detection using OpenCV, transfer learning, and deep learning methodologies to train SDCs to mimic human driving. By the end of this book, you'll have learned how to implement a variety of neural networks to develop your own autonomous vehicle using modern Python libraries.
Table of Contents (18 chapters)
1
Section 1: Deep Learning Foundation and SDC Basics
5
Section 2: Deep Learning and Computer Vision Techniques for SDC
10
Section 3: Semantic Segmentation for Self-Driving Cars
13
Section 4: Advanced Implementations

Description of the Auto-Mpg dataset

To begin with, we will use the Auto-Mpg dataset. This dataset can be downloaded from the UCI Machine Learning Repository. The following is some information about this dataset:

  • Title: Auto-Mpg Data
  • Sources:
  • Origin: This dataset was taken from the StatLib library, which is maintained at Carnegie Mellon University. The dataset was used in the 1983 American Statistical Association Exposition.
  • Date: July 7, 1993.
  •  Past usage:
  • See the date in the preceding bullet point.
  • Quinlan, R. (1993). Combining Instance-Based and Model-Based Learning. In Proceedings on the Tenth International Conference of Machine Learning, 236-243, University of Massachusetts, Amherst. Morgan Kaufmann.
  • Relevant information: This dataset is a slightly modified version of the dataset provided in the StatLib library. In line with its use by Ross Quinlan (1993) in predicting the mpg attribute, eight of the original instances were removed because...