Restricted Boltzmann Machine
The RBM is a fundamental part of this chapter's subject deep learning architecture—the DBN. The following sections will begin by introducing the theory behind an RBM, including the architectural structure and learning processes.
Following that, we'll dive straight into the code for an RBM class, making links between the theoretical elements and functions in code. We'll finish by touching on the applications of RBMs and the practical factors associated with implementing an RBM.
Introducing the RBM
A Boltzmann machine is a particular type of stochastic, recurrent neural network. It is an energy-based model, which means that it uses an energy function to associate an energy value with each configuration of the network.
We briefly discussed the structure of a Boltzmann machine in the previous section. As mentioned, a Boltzmann machine is a directed cyclic graph, where every node is connected to all other nodes. This property enables it to model...
