Download or read book Make Your Own Neural Network An In Depth Visual Introduction for Beginners written by Michael Taylor and published by Independently Published. This book was released on 2017-10-04 with total page 250 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: A step-by-step visual journey through the mathematics of neural networks, and making your own using Python and Tensorflow. What you will gain from this book: * A deep understanding of how a Neural Network works. * How to build a Neural Network from scratch using Python. Who this book is for: * Beginners who want to fully understand how networks work, and learn to build two step-by-step examples in Python. * Programmers who need an easy to read, but solid refresher, on the math of neural networks. What's Inside - 'Make Your Own Neural Network: An Indepth Visual Introduction For Beginners' What Is a Neural Network? Neural networks have made a gigantic comeback in the last few decades and you likely make use of them everyday without realizing it, but what exactly is a neural network? What is it used for and how does it fit within the broader arena of machine learning? we gently explore these topics so that we can be prepared to dive deep further on. To start, we'll begin with a high-level overview of machine learning and then drill down into the specifics of a neural network. The Math of Neural Networks On a high level, a network learns just like we do, through trial and error. This is true regardless if the network is supervised, unsupervised, or semi-supervised. Once we dig a bit deeper though, we discover that a handful of mathematical functions play a major role in the trial and error process. It also becomes clear that a grasp of the underlying mathematics helps clarify how a network learns. * Forward Propagation * Calculating The Total Error * Calculating The Gradients * Updating The Weights Make Your Own Artificial Neural Network: Hands on Example You will learn to build a simple neural network using all the concepts and functions we learned in the previous few chapters. Our example will be basic but hopefully very intuitive. Many examples available online are either hopelessly abstract or make use of the same data sets, which can be repetitive. Our goal is to be crystal clear and engaging, but with a touch of fun and uniqueness. This section contains the following eight chapters. Building Neural Networks in Python There are many ways to build a neural network and lots of tools to get the job done. This is fantastic, but it can also be overwhelming when you start, because there are so many tools to choose from. We are going to take a look at what tools are needed and help you nail down the essentials. To build a neural network Tensorflow and Neural Networks There is no single way to build a feedforward neural network with Python, and that is especially true if you throw Tensorflow into the mix. However, there is a general framework that exists that can be divided into five steps and grouped into two parts. We are going to briefly explore these five steps so that we are prepared to use them to build a network later on. Ready? Let's begin. Neural Network: Distinguish Handwriting We are going to dig deep with Tensorflow and build a neural network that can distinguish between handwritten numbers. We'll use the same 5 steps we covered in the high-level overview, and we are going to take time exploring each line of code. Neural Network: Classify Images 10 minutes. That's all it takes to build an image classifier thanks to Google! We will provide a high-level overview of how to classify images using a convolutional neural network (CNN) and Google's Inception V3 model. Once finished, you will be able to tweak this code to classify any type of image sets! Cats, bats, super heroes - the sky's the limit.

Download or read book Make Your Own Neural Network written by Tariq Rashid and published by Createspace Independent Publishing Platform. This book was released on 2016 with total page 0 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This book is for anyone who wants to understand what neural network[s] are. It's for anyone who wants to make and use their own. And it's for anyone who wants to appreciate the fairly easy but exciting mathematical ideas that are at the core of how they work. This guide is not aimed at experts in mathematics or computer science. You won't need any special knowledge or mathematical ability beyond school maths [sic] ... Teachers can use this guide as a particularly gentle explanation of neural networks and their implementation to enthuse and excite students making their very own learning artificial intelligence with only a few lines of programming language code. The code has been tested to work with a Raspberry Pi, a small inexpensive computer very popular in schools and with young students"--(page 6, Introduction)

Download or read book The Math of Neural Networks written by Michael Taylor and published by Independently Published. This book was released on 2017-10-04 with total page 168 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: There are many reasons why neural networks fascinate us and have captivated headlines in recent years. They make web searches better, organize photos, and are even used in speech translation. Heck, they can even generate encryption. At the same time, they are also mysterious and mind-bending: how exactly do they accomplish these things ? What goes on inside a neural network?On a high level, a network learns just like we do, through trial and error. This is true regardless if the network is supervised, unsupervised, or semi-supervised. Once we dig a bit deeper though, we discover that a handful of mathematical functions play a major role in the trial and error process. It also becomes clear that a grasp of the underlying mathematics helps clarify how a network learns. In the following chapters we will unpack the mathematics that drive a neural network. To do this, we will use a feedforward network as our model and follow input as it moves through the network.

Download or read book Neural Network for Beginners written by Sebastian Klaas and published by BPB Publications. This book was released on 2021-08-24 with total page 300 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: KEY FEATURES ● Understand applications like reinforcement learning, automatic driving and image generation. ● Understand neural networks accompanied with figures and charts. ● Learn about determining coefficients and initial values of weights. DESCRIPTION Deep learning helps you solve issues related to data problems as it has a vast array of mathematical algorithms and has capacity to detect patterns. This book starts with a quick view of deep learning in Python which would include definition, features and applications. You would be learning about perceptron, neural networks, Backpropagation. This book would also give you a clear insight of how to use Numpy and Matplotlin in deep learning models. By the end of the book, you’ll have the knowledge to apply the relevant technologies in deep learning. WHAT YOU WILL LEARN ● To develop deep learning applications, use Python with few outside inputs. ● Study several ideas of profound learning and neural networks ● Learn how to determine coefficients of learning and weight values ● Explore applications such as automation, image generation and reinforcement learning ● Implement trends like batch Normalisation, dropout, and Adam WHO THIS BOOK IS FOR Deep Learning from the Basics is for data scientists, data analysts and developers who wish to build efficient solutions by applying deep learning techniques. Individuals who would want a better grasp of technology and an overview. You should have a workable Python knowledge is a required. NumPy knowledge and pandas will be an advantage, but that’s completely optional. TABLE OF CONTENTS 1. Python Introduction 2. Perceptron in Depth 3. Neural Networks 4. Training Neural Network 5. Backpropagation 6. Neural Network Training Techniques 7. CNN 8. Deep Learning

Download or read book Neural Network Projects with Python written by James Loy and published by Packt Publishing Ltd. This book was released on 2019-02-28 with total page 301 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Build your Machine Learning portfolio by creating 6 cutting-edge Artificial Intelligence projects using neural networks in Python Key FeaturesDiscover neural network architectures (like CNN and LSTM) that are driving recent advancements in AIBuild expert neural networks in Python using popular libraries such as KerasIncludes projects such as object detection, face identification, sentiment analysis, and moreBook Description Neural networks are at the core of recent AI advances, providing some of the best resolutions to many real-world problems, including image recognition, medical diagnosis, text analysis, and more. This book goes through some basic neural network and deep learning concepts, as well as some popular libraries in Python for implementing them. It contains practical demonstrations of neural networks in domains such as fare prediction, image classification, sentiment analysis, and more. In each case, the book provides a problem statement, the specific neural network architecture required to tackle that problem, the reasoning behind the algorithm used, and the associated Python code to implement the solution from scratch. In the process, you will gain hands-on experience with using popular Python libraries such as Keras to build and train your own neural networks from scratch. By the end of this book, you will have mastered the different neural network architectures and created cutting-edge AI projects in Python that will immediately strengthen your machine learning portfolio. What you will learnLearn various neural network architectures and its advancements in AIMaster deep learning in Python by building and training neural networkMaster neural networks for regression and classificationDiscover convolutional neural networks for image recognitionLearn sentiment analysis on textual data using Long Short-Term MemoryBuild and train a highly accurate facial recognition security systemWho this book is for This book is a perfect match for data scientists, machine learning engineers, and deep learning enthusiasts who wish to create practical neural network projects in Python. Readers should already have some basic knowledge of machine learning and neural networks.

Download or read book Decision Trees and Random Forests written by Mark Koning and published by Independently Published. This book was released on 2017-10-04 with total page 168 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: If you want to learn how decision trees and random forests work, plus create your own, this visual book is for you. The fact is, decision tree and random forest algorithms are powerful and likely touch your life everyday. From online search to product development and credit scoring, both types of algorithms are at work behind the scenes in many modern applications and services. They are also used in countless industries such as medicine, manufacturing and finance to help companies make better decisions and reduce risk. Whether coded or scratched out by hand, both algorithms are powerful tools that can make a significant impact. This book is a visual introduction for beginners that unpacks the fundamentals of decision trees and random forests. If you want to dig into the basics with a visual twist plus create your own algorithms in Python, this book is for you.

Download or read book Neural Networks and Deep Learning written by Charu C. Aggarwal and published by Springer. This book was released on 2018-08-25 with total page 512 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This book covers both classical and modern models in deep learning. The primary focus is on the theory and algorithms of deep learning. The theory and algorithms of neural networks are particularly important for understanding important concepts, so that one can understand the important design concepts of neural architectures in different applications. Why do neural networks work? When do they work better than off-the-shelf machine-learning models? When is depth useful? Why is training neural networks so hard? What are the pitfalls? The book is also rich in discussing different applications in order to give the practitioner a flavor of how neural architectures are designed for different types of problems. Applications associated with many different areas like recommender systems, machine translation, image captioning, image classification, reinforcement-learning based gaming, and text analytics are covered. The chapters of this book span three categories: The basics of neural networks: Many traditional machine learning models can be understood as special cases of neural networks. An emphasis is placed in the first two chapters on understanding the relationship between traditional machine learning and neural networks. Support vector machines, linear/logistic regression, singular value decomposition, matrix factorization, and recommender systems are shown to be special cases of neural networks. These methods are studied together with recent feature engineering methods like word2vec. Fundamentals of neural networks: A detailed discussion of training and regularization is provided in Chapters 3 and 4. Chapters 5 and 6 present radial-basis function (RBF) networks and restricted Boltzmann machines. Advanced topics in neural networks: Chapters 7 and 8 discuss recurrent neural networks and convolutional neural networks. Several advanced topics like deep reinforcement learning, neural Turing machines, Kohonen self-organizing maps, and generative adversarial networks are introduced in Chapters 9 and 10. The book is written for graduate students, researchers, and practitioners. Numerous exercises are available along with a solution manual to aid in classroom teaching. Where possible, an application-centric view is highlighted in order to provide an understanding of the practical uses of each class of techniques.

Download or read book Neural Networks for Beginners written by Russel R Russo and published by . This book was released on 2021-02-04 with total page 0 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Do you want to understand Neural Networks and learn everything about them but it looks like it is an exclusive club? Are you fascinated by Artificial Intelligence but you think that it would be too difficult for you to learn? If you think that Neural Networks and Artificial Intelligence are the present and, even more, the future of technology, and you want to be part of it... well you are in the right place, and you are looking at the right book. If you are reading these lines you have probably already noticed this: Artificial Intelligence is all around you. Your smartphone that suggests you the next word you want to type, your Netflix account that recommends you the series you may like or Spotify's personalised playlists. This is how machines are learning from you in everyday life. And these examples are only the surface of this technological revolution. Either if you want to start your own AI entreprise, to empower your business or to work in the greatest and most innovative companies, Artificial Intelligence is the future, and Neural Networks programming is the skill you want to have. The good news is that there is no exclusive club, you can easily (if you commit, of course) learn how to program and use neural networks, and to do that Neural Networks for Beginners is the perfect way. In this book you will learn: The types and components of neural networks The smartest way to approach neural network programming Why Algorithms are your friends The "three Vs" of Big Data (plus two new Vs) How machine learning will help you making predictions The three most common problems with Neural Networks and how to overcome them Even if you don't know anything about programming, Neural Networks is the perfect place to start now. Still, if you already know about programming but not about how to do it in Artificial Intelligence, neural networks are the next thing you want to learn. And Neural Networks for Beginners is the best way to do it. Buy Neural Network for Beginners now to get the best start for your journey to Artificial Intelligence.

Download or read book Deep Learning Illustrated written by Jon Krohn and published by Addison-Wesley Professional. This book was released on 2019-08-05 with total page 725 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: "The authors’ clear visual style provides a comprehensive look at what’s currently possible with artificial neural networks as well as a glimpse of the magic that’s to come." – Tim Urban, author of Wait But Why Fully Practical, Insightful Guide to Modern Deep Learning Deep learning is transforming software, facilitating powerful new artificial intelligence capabilities, and driving unprecedented algorithm performance. Deep Learning Illustrated is uniquely intuitive and offers a complete introduction to the discipline’s techniques. Packed with full-color figures and easy-to-follow code, it sweeps away the complexity of building deep learning models, making the subject approachable and fun to learn. World-class instructor and practitioner Jon Krohn–with visionary content from Grant Beyleveld and beautiful illustrations by Aglaé Bassens–presents straightforward analogies to explain what deep learning is, why it has become so popular, and how it relates to other machine learning approaches. Krohn has created a practical reference and tutorial for developers, data scientists, researchers, analysts, and students who want to start applying it. He illuminates theory with hands-on Python code in accompanying Jupyter notebooks. To help you progress quickly, he focuses on the versatile deep learning library Keras to nimbly construct efficient TensorFlow models; PyTorch, the leading alternative library, is also covered. You’ll gain a pragmatic understanding of all major deep learning approaches and their uses in applications ranging from machine vision and natural language processing to image generation and game-playing algorithms. Discover what makes deep learning systems unique, and the implications for practitioners Explore new tools that make deep learning models easier to build, use, and improve Master essential theory: artificial neurons, training, optimization, convolutional nets, recurrent nets, generative adversarial networks (GANs), deep reinforcement learning, and more Walk through building interactive deep learning applications, and move forward with your own artificial intelligence projects Register your book for convenient access to downloads, updates, and/or corrections as they become available. See inside book for details.

Download or read book Bayes Theorem Examples written by Dan Morris and published by Independently Published. This book was released on 2016-10-02 with total page 112 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: ***** #1 Kindle Store Bestseller in Mathematics (Throughout 2016) ********** #1 Kindle Store Bestseller in Education Theory (Throughout 2017) *****If you are looking for a short beginners guide packed with visual examples, this book is for you. Bayes' Theorem Examples: A Beginners Visual Approach to Bayesian Data Analysis If you've recently used Google search to find something, Bayes' Theorem was used to find your search results. The same is true for those recommendations on Netflix. Hedge funds? Self-driving cars? Search and Rescue? Bayes' Theorem is used in all of the above and more. At its core, Bayes' Theorem is a simple probability and statistics formula that has revolutionized how we understand and deal with uncertainty. If life is seen as black and white, Bayes' Theorem helps us think about the gray areas. When new evidence comes our way, it helps us update our beliefs and create a new belief.Ready to dig in and visually explore Bayes' Theorem? Let's go! Over 60 hand-drawn visuals are included throughout the book to help you work through each problem as you learn by example. The beautifully hand-drawn visual illustrations are specifically designed and formatted for the kindle.This book also includes sections not found in other books on Bayes' Rule. These include: A short tutorial on how to understand problem scenarios and find P(B), P(A), and P(B|A). - For many people, knowing how to approach scenarios and break them apart can be daunting. In this booklet, we provide a quick step-by-step reference on how to confidently understand scenarios. A few examples of how to think like a Bayesian in everyday life. Bayes' Rule might seem somewhat abstract, but it can be applied to many areas of life and help you make better decisions. Learn how Bayes can help you with critical thinking, problem-solving, and dealing with the gray areas of life. A concise history of Bayes' Rule. - Bayes' Theorem has a fascinating 200+ year history, and we have summed it up for you in this booklet. From its discovery in the 1700's to its being used to break the German's Enigma Code during World War 2. Fascinating real-life stories on how Bayes' formula is used everyday.From search and rescue to spam filtering and driverless cars, Bayes is used in many areas of modern day life. An expanded Bayes' Theorem definition, including notations, and proof section. - In this section we define core elementary bayesian statistics terms more concretely. A recommended readings sectionFrom The Theory That Would Not Die to Think Bayes: Bayesian Statistics in Pythoni> and many more, there are a number of fantastic resources we have collected for further reading. If you are a visual learner and like to learn by example, this intuitive Bayes' Theorem 'for dummies' type book is a good fit for you. Praise for Bayes' Theorem Examples "...What Morris has presented is a useful way to provide the reader with a basic understanding of how to apply the theorem. He takes it easy step by easy step and explains matters in a way that almost anyone can understand. Moreover, by using Venn Diagrams and other visuals, he gives the reader multiple ways of understanding exactly what is going on in Bayes' theorem. The way in which he presents this material helps solidify in the reader's mind how to use Bayes' theorem..." - Doug E. - TOP 100 REVIEWER"...For those who are predominately "Visual Learners", as I certainly am, I highly recommend this book...I believe I gained more from this book than I did from college statistics. Or at least, one fantastic refresher after 20 some years after the fact." - Tin F. TOP 50 REVIEWER

Download or read book Artificial Intelligence with Python written by Prateek Joshi and published by Packt Publishing Ltd. This book was released on 2017-01-27 with total page 437 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Build real-world Artificial Intelligence applications with Python to intelligently interact with the world around you About This Book Step into the amazing world of intelligent apps using this comprehensive guide Enter the world of Artificial Intelligence, explore it, and create your own applications Work through simple yet insightful examples that will get you up and running with Artificial Intelligence in no time Who This Book Is For This book is for Python developers who want to build real-world Artificial Intelligence applications. This book is friendly to Python beginners, but being familiar with Python would be useful to play around with the code. It will also be useful for experienced Python programmers who are looking to use Artificial Intelligence techniques in their existing technology stacks. What You Will Learn Realize different classification and regression techniques Understand the concept of clustering and how to use it to automatically segment data See how to build an intelligent recommender system Understand logic programming and how to use it Build automatic speech recognition systems Understand the basics of heuristic search and genetic programming Develop games using Artificial Intelligence Learn how reinforcement learning works Discover how to build intelligent applications centered on images, text, and time series data See how to use deep learning algorithms and build applications based on it In Detail Artificial Intelligence is becoming increasingly relevant in the modern world where everything is driven by technology and data. It is used extensively across many fields such as search engines, image recognition, robotics, finance, and so on. We will explore various real-world scenarios in this book and you'll learn about various algorithms that can be used to build Artificial Intelligence applications. During the course of this book, you will find out how to make informed decisions about what algorithms to use in a given context. Starting from the basics of Artificial Intelligence, you will learn how to develop various building blocks using different data mining techniques. You will see how to implement different algorithms to get the best possible results, and will understand how to apply them to real-world scenarios. If you want to add an intelligence layer to any application that's based on images, text, stock market, or some other form of data, this exciting book on Artificial Intelligence will definitely be your guide! Style and approach This highly practical book will show you how to implement Artificial Intelligence. The book provides multiple examples enabling you to create smart applications to meet the needs of your organization. In every chapter, we explain an algorithm, implement it, and then build a smart application.

Download or read book A First Course in Machine Learning written by Simon Rogers and published by CRC Press. This book was released on 2016-10-14 with total page 428 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Introduces the main algorithms and ideas that underpin machine learning techniques and applications Keeps mathematical prerequisites to a minimum, providing mathematical explanations in comment boxes and highlighting important equations Covers modern machine learning research and techniques Includes three new chapters on Markov Chain Monte Carlo techniques, Classification and Regression with Gaussian Processes, and Dirichlet Process models Offers Python, R, and MATLAB code on accompanying website: http://www.dcs.gla.ac.uk/~srogers/firstcourseml/"

Download or read book Tree based Machine Learning Algorithms written by Clinton Sheppard and published by Createspace Independent Publishing Platform. This book was released on 2017-09-09 with total page 152 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: "Learn how to use decision trees and random forests for classification and regression, their respective limitations, and how the algorithms that build them work. Each chapter introduces a new data concern and then walks you through modifying the code, thus building the engine just-in-time. Along the way you will gain experience making decision trees and random forests work for you."--Back cover.

Download or read book Introduction to Deep Learning written by Sandro Skansi and published by Springer. This book was released on 2018-02-04 with total page 196 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This textbook presents a concise, accessible and engaging first introduction to deep learning, offering a wide range of connectionist models which represent the current state-of-the-art. The text explores the most popular algorithms and architectures in a simple and intuitive style, explaining the mathematical derivations in a step-by-step manner. The content coverage includes convolutional networks, LSTMs, Word2vec, RBMs, DBNs, neural Turing machines, memory networks and autoencoders. Numerous examples in working Python code are provided throughout the book, and the code is also supplied separately at an accompanying website. Topics and features: introduces the fundamentals of machine learning, and the mathematical and computational prerequisites for deep learning; discusses feed-forward neural networks, and explores the modifications to these which can be applied to any neural network; examines convolutional neural networks, and the recurrent connections to a feed-forward neural network; describes the notion of distributed representations, the concept of the autoencoder, and the ideas behind language processing with deep learning; presents a brief history of artificial intelligence and neural networks, and reviews interesting open research problems in deep learning and connectionism. This clearly written and lively primer on deep learning is essential reading for graduate and advanced undergraduate students of computer science, cognitive science and mathematics, as well as fields such as linguistics, logic, philosophy, and psychology.

Download or read book Deep Learning written by Andrew Glassner and published by No Starch Press. This book was released on 2021-06-22 with total page 1315 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: A richly-illustrated, full-color introduction to deep learning that offers visual and conceptual explanations instead of equations. You'll learn how to use key deep learning algorithms without the need for complex math. Ever since computers began beating us at chess, they've been getting better at a wide range of human activities, from writing songs and generating news articles to helping doctors provide healthcare. Deep learning is the source of many of these breakthroughs, and its remarkable ability to find patterns hiding in data has made it the fastest growing field in artificial intelligence (AI). Digital assistants on our phones use deep learning to understand and respond intelligently to voice commands; automotive systems use it to safely navigate road hazards; online platforms use it to deliver personalized suggestions for movies and books - the possibilities are endless. Deep Learning: A Visual Approach is for anyone who wants to understand this fascinating field in depth, but without any of the advanced math and programming usually required to grasp its internals. If you want to know how these tools work, and use them yourself, the answers are all within these pages. And, if you're ready to write your own programs, there are also plenty of supplemental Python notebooks in the accompanying Github repository to get you going. The book's conversational style, extensive color illustrations, illuminating analogies, and real-world examples expertly explain the key concepts in deep learning, including: • How text generators create novel stories and articles • How deep learning systems learn to play and win at human games • How image classification systems identify objects or people in a photo • How to think about probabilities in a way that's useful to everyday life • How to use the machine learning techniques that form the core of modern AI Intellectual adventurers of all kinds can use the powerful ideas covered in Deep Learning: A Visual Approach to build intelligent systems that help us better understand the world and everyone who lives in it. It's the future of AI, and this book allows you to fully envision it. Full Color Illustrations

Download or read book Deep Learning with Python written by Mark Graph and published by . This book was released on 2019-10-15 with total page 235 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This book doesn't have any superpowers or magic formula to help you master the art of neural networks and deep learning. We believe that such learning is all in your heart. You need to learn a concept by heart and then brainstorm its different possibilities. I don't claim that after reading this book you will become an expert in Python and Deep Learning Neural Networks. Instead, you will, for sure, have a basic understanding of deep learning and its implications and real-life applications. Most of the time, what confuses us is the application of a certain thing in our lives. Once we know that, we can relate the subject to that particular thing and learn. An interesting thing is that neural networks also learn the same way. This makes it easier to learn about them when we know the basics. Let's take a look at what this book has to offer: ● The basics of Python including data types, operators and numbers. ● Advanced programming in Python with Python expressions, types and much more. ● A comprehensive overview of deep learning and its link to the smart systems that we are now building. ● An overview of how artificial neural networks work in real life. ● An overview of PyTorch. ● An overview of TensorFlow. ● An overview of Keras. ● How to create a convolutional neural network. ● A comprehensive understanding of deep learning applications and its ethical implications, including in the present and future. This book offers you the basic knowledge about Python and Deep Learning Neural Networks that you will need to lay the foundation for future studies. This book will start you on the road to mastering the art of deep learning neural networks. When I say that I don't have the magic formula to make you learn, I mean it. My point is that you should learn Python coding and Python libraries to build neural networks by practicing hard. The more you practice, the better it is for your skills. It is only after thorough and in depth practice that you will be able to create your own programs. Unlike other books, I don't claim that this book will make you a master of deep learning after a single read. That's not realistic, in fact, it's even a bit absurd. What I claim is that you will definitely learn about the basics. The rest is practice. The more you practice the better you code.

Download or read book Programming Neural Networks with Encog 2 in Java written by Jeff Heaton and published by . This book was released on 2009-12 with total page 0 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Encog is an advanced neural network and bot programming framework. This book focuses on using Encog to create a variety of neural network architectures using the Java programming language. Neural network architectures such as feedforward/perceptrons, Hopfield, Elman, Jordan, Radial Basis Function, and Self Organizing maps are all demonstrated. This book also shows how to use Encog to train neural networks using a variety of means. Several propagation techniques, such as back propagation, resilient propagation (RPROP) and the Manhattan update rule are discussed. Additionally, training with a genetic algorithm and simulated annealing is discussed as well. You will also see how to enhance training using techniques such as pruning, hybrid training, Real world examples tie the book together. Pattern recognition applications such as OCR, image and text recognition will be introduced. You will see how to apply time series and forecasting and how to financial markets. All of the Encog neural network components will be demonstrated to show how to use them in your own neural network applications.