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Hands-On Machine Learning with TensorFlow.js

By : Kai Sasaki
Book Image

Hands-On Machine Learning with TensorFlow.js

By: Kai Sasaki

Overview of this book

TensorFlow.js is a framework that enables you to create performant machine learning (ML) applications that run smoothly in a web browser. With this book, you will learn how to use TensorFlow.js to implement various ML models through an example-based approach. Starting with the basics, you'll understand how ML models can be built on the web. Moving on, you will get to grips with the TensorFlow.js ecosystem to develop applications more efficiently. The book will then guide you through implementing ML techniques and algorithms such as regression, clustering, fast Fourier transform (FFT), and dimensionality reduction. You will later cover the Bellman equation to solve Markov decision process (MDP) problems and understand how it is related to reinforcement learning. Finally, you will explore techniques for deploying ML-based web applications and training models with TensorFlow Core. Throughout this ML book, you'll discover useful tips and tricks that will build on your knowledge. By the end of this book, you will be equipped with the skills you need to create your own web-based ML applications and fine-tune models to achieve high performance.
Table of Contents (17 chapters)
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Section 1: The Rationale of Machine Learning and the Usage of TensorFlow.js
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Section 2: Real-World Applications of TensorFlow.js
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Section 3: Productionizing Machine Learning Applications with TensorFlow.js

Operation graphs

Before diving into TensorFlow.js itself, we need to be familiar with the idea of operation graphs, or calculation graphs, which are common constructs that we'll use to build machine learning models alongside modern frameworks such as TensorFlow. In these frameworks, the data is represented as a tensor. A tensor is a data structure that represents an arbitrary dimensional array. Those of you who have used the NumPy library in Python may already be familiar with this concept. In NumPy, ndarray is commonly used to display various kinds of data in machine learning, such as images and audio, regardless of whether it's structured or unstructured.

Modern machine learning frameworks, including TensorFlow, illustrates the fact that machine learning models are operation graphs of tensors. An operation graph is defined as a chain that's used for the manipulation...