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Deep Learning with TensorFlow

You're reading from   Deep Learning with TensorFlow Explore neural networks with Python

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Product type Paperback
Published in Apr 2017
Publisher Packt
ISBN-13 9781786469786
Length 320 pages
Edition 1st Edition
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Md. Rezaul Karim Md. Rezaul Karim
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Ahmed Menshawy Ahmed Menshawy
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Giancarlo Zaccone Giancarlo Zaccone
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Fabrizio Milo Fabrizio Milo
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Preface 1. Getting Started with Deep Learning 2. First Look at TensorFlow FREE CHAPTER 3. Using TensorFlow on a Feed-Forward Neural Network 4. TensorFlow on a Convolutional Neural Network 5. Optimizing TensorFlow Autoencoders 6. Recurrent Neural Networks 7. GPU Computing 8. Advanced TensorFlow Programming 9. Advanced Multimedia Programming with TensorFlow 10. Reinforcement Learning

Why a computational graph?

Another key idea in TensorFlow is the deferred execution, during the building phase of the computational graph, you can compose very complex expressions (we say it is highly compositional), when you want to evaluate them through the running session phase, TensorFlow schedules the running in the most efficient manner (for example, parallel execution of independent parts of the code using the GPU).

In this way, a graph helps to distribute the computational load if one must deal with complex models containing a large number of nodes and layers.

Finally, a neural network can be compared to a composite function where each network layer can be represented as a function.

This consideration leads us to the next section, where the role of the computational graph in implementing a neural network is explained.

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Deep Learning with TensorFlow
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