Deep learning was a recent invention. Partially, it is due to improved computation power that allows us to use more layers of perceptrons in a neural network. But at the same time, we can train a deep network only after we know how to work around the vanishing gradient problem. In this tutorial, we visually examine why vanishing gradient problem exists. After completing this tutorial, you will know What is a vanishing gradient Which configuration of neural network will be […]

Last Updated on August 6, 2019 20 Tips, Tricks and Techniques That You Can Use ToFight Overfitting and Get Better Generalization How can you get better performance from your deep learning model? It is one of the most common questions I get asked. It might be asked as: How can I improve accuracy? …or it may be reversed as: What can I do if my neural network performs poorly? I often reply with “I don’t know exactly, but I have […]

Last Updated on August 20, 2020 The choice of optimization algorithm for your deep learning model can mean the difference between good results in minutes, hours, and days. The Adam optimization algorithm is an extension to stochastic gradient descent that has recently seen broader adoption for deep learning applications in computer vision and natural language processing. In this post, you will get a gentle introduction to the Adam optimization algorithm for use in deep learning. After reading this post, you […]

Last Updated on August 6, 2019 Artificial neural networks have two main hyperparameters that control the architecture or topology of the network: the number of layers and the number of nodes in each hidden layer. You must specify values for these parameters when configuring your network. The most reliable way to configure these hyperparameters for your specific predictive modeling problem is via systematic experimentation with a robust test harness. This can be a tough pill to swallow for beginners to […]

Last Updated on August 6, 2019 Neural networks learn a set of weights that best map inputs to outputs. A network with large network weights can be a sign of an unstable network where small changes in the input can lead to large changes in the output. This can be a sign that the network has overfit the training dataset and will likely perform poorly when making predictions on new data. A solution to this problem is to update the […]

Last Updated on August 25, 2020 Weight regularization provides an approach to reduce the overfitting of a deep learning neural network model on the training data and improve the performance of the model on new data, such as the holdout test set. There are multiple types of weight regularization, such as L1 and L2 vector norms, and each requires a hyperparameter that must be configured. In this tutorial, you will discover how to apply weight regularization to improve the performance […]

Last Updated on August 6, 2019 Weight regularization methods like weight decay introduce a penalty to the loss function when training a neural network to encourage the network to use small weights. Smaller weights in a neural network can result in a model that is more stable and less likely to overfit the training dataset, in turn having better performance when making a prediction on new data. Unlike weight regularization, a weight constraint is a trigger that checks the size […]

Last Updated on August 25, 2020 Weight constraints provide an approach to reduce the overfitting of a deep learning neural network model on the training data and improve the performance of the model on new data, such as the holdout test set. There are multiple types of weight constraints, such as maximum and unit vector norms, and some require a hyperparameter that must be configured. In this tutorial, you will discover the Keras API for adding weight constraints to deep […]

Last Updated on August 6, 2019 Deep learning models are capable of automatically learning a rich internal representation from raw input data. This is called feature or representation learning. Better learned representations, in turn, can lead to better insights into the domain, e.g. via visualization of learned features, and to better predictive models that make use of the learned features. A problem with learned features is that they can be too specialized to the training data, or overfit, and not […]