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Neural Network Programming with TensorFlow

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    Maths for Neural Networks
About this book
If you're aware of the buzz surrounding the terms such as "machine learning," "artificial intelligence," or "deep learning," you might know what neural networks are. Ever wondered how they help in solving complex computational problem efficiently, or how to train efficient neural networks? This book will teach you just that. You will start by getting a quick overview of the popular TensorFlow library and how it is used to train different neural networks. You will get a thorough understanding of the fundamentals and basic math for neural networks and why TensorFlow is a popular choice Then, you will proceed to implement a simple feed forward neural network. Next you will master optimization techniques and algorithms for neural networks using TensorFlow. Further, you will learn to implement some more complex types of neural networks such as convolutional neural networks, recurrent neural networks, and Deep Belief Networks. In the course of the book, you will be working on real-world datasets to get a hands-on understanding of neural network programming. You will also get to train generative models and will learn the applications of autoencoders. By the end of this book, you will have a fair understanding of how you can leverage the power of TensorFlow to train neural networks of varying complexities, without any hassle. While you are learning about various neural network implementations you will learn the underlying mathematics and linear algebra and how they map to the appropriate TensorFlow constructs.
Publication date:
November 2017
Publisher
Packt
Pages
274
ISBN
9781788390392

 

Chapter 1. Maths for Neural Networks

Neural network users need to have a fair understanding of neural network concepts, algorithms, and the underlying mathematics. Good mathematical intuition and understanding of many techniques is necessary for a solid grasp of the inner functioning of the algorithms and for getting good results. The amount of maths required and the level of maths needed to understand these techniques is multidimensional and also depends on interest. In this chapter, you will learn neural networks by understanding the maths used to solve complex computational problems. This chapter covers the basics of linear algebra, calculus, and optimization for neural networks.

The main purpose of this chapter is to set up the fundamentals of mathematics for the upcoming chapters.

Following topics will be covered in the chapter:

  • Understanding linear algebra
  • Understanding Calculus
  • Optimization
 

Understanding linear algebra


Linear algebra is a key branch of mathematics. An understanding of linear algebra is crucial for deep learning, that is, neural networks. Throughout this chapter, we will go through the key and fundamental linear algebra prerequisites. Linear Algebra deals with linear systems of equations. Instead of working with scalars, we start working with matrices and vectors. Using linear algebra, we can describe complicated operations in deep learning.

Environment setup

Before we jump into the field of mathematics and its properties, it's essential for us to set up the development environment as it will provide us settings to execute the concepts we learn, meaning installing the compiler, dependencies, and IDE (Integrated Development Environment) to run our code base.

Setting up the Python environment in Pycharm

It is best to use an IDE like Pycharm to edit Python code as it provides development tools and built-in coding assistance. Code inspection makes coding and debugging faster and simpler, ensuring that you focus on the end goal of learning maths for neural networks.

The following steps show you how to set up local Python environment in Pycharm:

  1. Go to Preferences and verify that the TensorFlow library is installed. If not, follow the instructions at https://www.tensorflow.org/install/ to install TensorFlow:
  1. Keep the default options of TensorFlow and click on OK.
  2. Finally, right-click on the source file and click on Run 'matrices':

Linear algebra structures

In the following section, we will describe the fundamental structures of linear algebra.

Scalars, vectors, and matrices

Scalars, vectors, and matrices are the fundamental objects of mathematics. Basic definitions are listed as follows:

  • Scalar is represented by a single number or numerical value called magnitude.
  • Vector is an array of numbers assembled in order. A unique index identifies each number. Vector represents a point in space, with each element giving the coordinate along a different axis.
  • Matrices is a two-dimensional array of numbers where each number is identified using two indices (i, j).

Tensors

An array of numbers with a variable number of axes is known as a tensor. For example, for three axes, it is identified using three indices (i, j, k). 

The following image summaries a tensor, it describes a second-order tensor object. In a three-dimensional Cartesian coordinate system, tensor components will form the matrix:

      

Note

Image reference is taken from tensor wiki https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tensor

Operations

The following topics will describe the various operations of linear algebra.

Vectors

The Normfunction is used to get the size of the vector; the norm of a vector x measures the distance from the origin to the point x. It is also known as the

norm, where p=2 is known as the Euclidean norm.

The following example shows you how to calculate the

norm of a given vector:

import tensorflow as tf

vector = tf.constant([[4,5,6]], dtype=tf.float32)
eucNorm = tf.norm(vector, ord="euclidean")

with tf.Session() as sess:
print(sess.run(eucNorm))

The output of the listing is 8.77496.

Matrices

A matrix is a two-dimensional array of numbers where each element is identified by two indices instead of just one. If a real matrix X has a height of m and a width of n, then we say that X ∈ Rm × n. Here, R is a set of real numbers.

The following example shows how different matrices are converted to tensor objects:

# convert matrices to tensor objects
import numpy as np
import tensorflow as tf

# create a 2x2 matrix in various forms
matrix1 = [[1.0, 2.0], [3.0, 40]]
matrix2 = np.array([[1.0, 2.0], [3.0, 40]], dtype=np.float32)
matrix3 = tf.constant([[1.0, 2.0], [3.0, 40]])

print(type(matrix1))
print(type(matrix2))
print(type(matrix3))

tensorForM1 = tf.convert_to_tensor(matrix1, dtype=tf.float32)
tensorForM2 = tf.convert_to_tensor(matrix2, dtype=tf.float32)
tensorForM3 = tf.convert_to_tensor(matrix3, dtype=tf.float32)

print(type(tensorForM1))
print(type(tensorForM2))
print(type(tensorForM3))

The output of the listing is shown in the following code:

<class 'list'>
<class 'numpy.ndarray'>
<class 'tensorflow.python.framework.ops.Tensor'>
<class 'tensorflow.python.framework.ops.Tensor'>
<class 'tensorflow.python.framework.ops.Tensor'>
<class 'tensorflow.python.framework.ops.Tensor'>

Matrix multiplication

Matrix multiplication of matrices A and B is a third matrix, C:

C = AB

The element-wise product of matrices is called a Hadamard product and is denoted as A.B.

The dot product of two vectors x and y of the same dimensionality is the matrix product x transposing y. Matrix product C = AB is like computing Ci,j as the dot product between row i of matrix A and column j of matrix B:

The following example shows the Hadamard product and dot product using tensor objects:

import tensorflow as tf

mat1 = tf.constant([[4, 5, 6],[3,2,1]])
mat2 = tf.constant([[7, 8, 9],[10, 11, 12]])

# hadamard product (element wise)
mult = tf.multiply(mat1, mat2)

# dot product (no. of rows = no. of columns)
dotprod = tf.matmul(mat1, tf.transpose(mat2))

with tf.Session() as sess:
    print(sess.run(mult))
    print(sess.run(dotprod))

The output of the listing is shown as follows:

[[28 40 54][30 22 12]]
 [[122 167][ 46 64]]

Trace operator

The trace operator Tr(A) of matrix A gives the sum of all of the diagonal entries of a matrix. The following example shows how to use a trace operator on tensor objects:

import tensorflow as tf

mat = tf.constant([
 [0, 1, 2],
 [3, 4, 5],
 [6, 7, 8]
], dtype=tf.float32)

# get trace ('sum of diagonal elements') of the matrix
mat = tf.trace(mat)

with tf.Session() as sess:
    print(sess.run(mat))

The output of the listing is 12.0.

Matrix transpose

Transposition of the matrix is the mirror image of the matrix across the main diagonal. A symmetric matrix is any matrix that is equal to its own transpose:

The following example shows how to use a transpose operator on tensor objects:

import tensorflow as tf

x = [[1,2,3],[4,5,6]]
x = tf.convert_to_tensor(x)
xtrans = tf.transpose(x)

y=([[[1,2,3],[6,5,4]],[[4,5,6],[3,6,3]]])
y = tf.convert_to_tensor(y)
ytrans = tf.transpose(y, perm=[0, 2, 1])

with tf.Session() as sess:
   print(sess.run(xtrans))
   print(sess.run(ytrans))

The output of the listing is shown as follows:

[[1 4] [2 5] [3 6]]

Matrix diagonals

Matrices that are diagonal in nature consist mostly of zeros and have non-zero entries only along the main diagonal. Not all diagonal matrices need to be square.

Using the diagonal part operation, we can get the diagonal of a given matrix, and to create a matrix with a given diagonal, we use the diag operation from tensorflow. The following example shows how to use diagonal operators on tensor objects:

import tensorflow as tf

mat = tf.constant([
 [0, 1, 2],
 [3, 4, 5],
 [6, 7, 8]
], dtype=tf.float32)

# get diagonal of the matrix
diag_mat = tf.diag_part(mat)

# create matrix with given diagonal
mat = tf.diag([1,2,3,4])

with tf.Session() as sess:
   print(sess.run(diag_mat))
   print(sess.run(mat))

The output of this is shown as follows:

[ 0.  4.  8.]
[[1 0 0 0][0 2 0 0] [0 0 3 0] [0 0 0 4]]

Identity matrix

An identity matrix is a matrix I that does not change any vector, like V, when multiplied by I.

The following example shows how to get the identity matrix for a given size:

import tensorflow as tf

identity = tf.eye(3, 3)

with tf.Session() as sess:
   print(sess.run(identity))  

The output of this is shown as follows:

[[ 1.  0.  0.] [ 0.  1.  0.] [ 0.  0.  1.]]

Inverse matrix

The matrix inverse of I is denoted as

. Consider the following equation; to solve it using inverse and different values of b, there can be multiple solutions for x. Note the property:

The following example shows how to calculate the inverse of a matrix using the matrix_inverse operation:

import tensorflow as tf

mat = tf.constant([[2, 3, 4], [5, 6, 7], [8, 9, 10]], dtype=tf.float32)
print(mat)

inv_mat = tf.matrix_inverse(tf.transpose(mat))

with tf.Session() as sess:
print(sess.run(inv_mat))

Solving linear equations

TensorFlow can solve a series of linear equations using the solve operation. Let's first explain this without using the library and later use the solve function.

A linear equation is represented as follows:

ax + b = yy - ax = b

y - ax = b

y/b - a/b(x) = 1

Our job is to find the values for a and b in the preceding equation, given our observed points. First, create the matrix points. The first column represents x values, while the second column represents y values. Consider that X is the input matrix and A is the parameters that we need to learn; we set up a system like AX=B, therefore,

. The following example, with code, shows how to solve the linear equation:

3x+2y = 154x−y = 10

import tensorflow as tf

# equation 1
x1 = tf.constant(3, dtype=tf.float32)
y1 = tf.constant(2, dtype=tf.float32)
point1 = tf.stack([x1, y1])

# equation 2
x2 = tf.constant(4, dtype=tf.float32)
y2 = tf.constant(-1, dtype=tf.float32)
point2 = tf.stack([x2, y2])

# solve for AX=C
X = tf.transpose(tf.stack([point1, point2]))
C = tf.ones((1,2), dtype=tf.float32)

A = tf.matmul(C, tf.matrix_inverse(X))

with tf.Session() as sess:
    X = sess.run(X)
    print(X)

    A = sess.run(A)
    print(A)

b = 1 / A[0][1]
a = -b * A[0][0]
print("Hence Linear Equation is: y = {a}x + {b}".format(a=a, b=b))

The output of the listing is shown as follows:

[[ 3. 4.][ 2. -1.]]
 [[ 0.27272728 0.09090909]]
Hence Linear Equation is: y = -2.9999999999999996x + 10.999999672174463

The canonical equation for a circle is x2+y2+dx+ey+f=0; to solve this for the parameters d, e, and f, we use TensorFlow's solve operation as follows:

# canonical circle equation
# x2+y2+dx+ey+f = 0
# dx+ey+f=−(x2+y2) ==> AX = B
# we have to solve for d, e, f

points = tf.constant([[2,1], [0,5], [-1,2]], dtype=tf.float64)
X = tf.constant([[2,1,1], [0,5,1], [-1,2,1]], dtype=tf.float64)
B = -tf.constant([[5], [25], [5]], dtype=tf.float64)

A = tf.matrix_solve(X,B)

with tf.Session() as sess:
    result = sess.run(A)
    D, E, F = result.flatten()
    print("Hence Circle Equation is: x**2 + y**2 + {D}x + {E}y + {F} = 0".format(**locals()))

The output of the listing is shown in the following code:

Hence Circle Equation is: x**2 + y**2 + -2.0x + -6.0y + 5.0 = 0

Singular value decomposition

When we decompose an integer into its prime factors, we can understand useful properties about the integer. Similarly, when we decompose a matrix, we can understand many functional properties that are not directly evident. There are two types of decomposition, namely eigenvalue decomposition and singular value decomposition.

All real matrices have singular value decomposition, but the same is not true for Eigenvalue decomposition. For example, if a matrix is not square, the Eigen decomposition is not defined and we must use singular value decomposition instead.

Singular Value Decomposition (SVD) in mathematical form is the product of three matrices U, S, and V, where U is m*r, S is r*r and V is r*n:

The following example shows SVD using a TensorFlow svd operation on textual data:

import numpy as np
import tensorflow as tf
import matplotlib.pyplot as plts

path = "/neuralnetwork-programming/ch01/plots"

text = ["I", "like", "enjoy",
         "deep", "learning", "NLP", "flying", "."]
xMatrix = np.array([[0,2,1,0,0,0,0,0],
              [2,0,0,1,0,1,0,0],
              [1,0,0,0,0,0,1,0],
              [0,1,0,0,1,0,0,0],
              [0,0,0,1,0,0,0,1],
              [0,1,0,0,0,0,0,1],
              [0,0,1,0,0,0,0,1],
              [0,0,0,0,1,1,1,0]], dtype=np.float32)

X_tensor = tf.convert_to_tensor(xMatrix, dtype=tf.float32)

# tensorflow svd
with tf.Session() as sess:
    s, U, Vh = sess.run(tf.svd(X_tensor, full_matrices=False))

for i in range(len(text)):
    plts.text(U[i,0], U[i,1], text[i])

plts.ylim(-0.8,0.8)
plts.xlim(-0.8,2.0)
plts.savefig(path + '/svd_tf.png')

# numpy svd
la = np.linalg
U, s, Vh = la.svd(xMatrix, full_matrices=False)

print(U)
print(s)
print(Vh)

# write matrices to file (understand concepts)
file = open(path + "/matx.txt", 'w')
file.write(str(U))
file.write("\n")
file.write("=============")
file.write("\n")
file.write(str(s))
file.close()

for i in range(len(text)):
    plts.text(U[i,0], U[i,1], text[i])

plts.ylim(-0.8,0.8)
plts.xlim(-0.8,2.0)
plts.savefig(path + '/svd_np.png')

The output of this is shown as follows:

[[ -5.24124920e-01  -5.72859168e-01   9.54463035e-02   3.83228481e-01   -1.76963374e-01  -1.76092178e-01  -4.19185609e-01  -5.57702743e-02]
[ -5.94438076e-01   6.30120635e-01  -1.70207784e-01   3.10038358e-0
 1.84062332e-01  -2.34777853e-01   1.29535481e-01   1.36813134e-01]
[ -2.56274015e-01   2.74017543e-01   1.59810841e-01   3.73903001e-16
  -5.78984618e-01   6.36550903e-01  -3.32297325e-16  -3.05414885e-01]
[ -2.85637408e-01  -2.47912124e-01   3.54610324e-01  -7.31901303e-02
  4.45784479e-01   8.36141407e-02   5.48721075e-01  -4.68012422e-01]
[ -1.93139315e-01   3.38495038e-02  -5.00790417e-01  -4.28462476e-01
 3.47110212e-01   1.55483231e-01  -4.68663752e-01  -4.03576553e-01]
[ -3.05134684e-01  -2.93989003e-01  -2.23433599e-01  -1.91614240e-01
 1.27460942e-01   4.91219401e-01   2.09592804e-01   6.57535374e-01]
[ -1.82489842e-01  -1.61027774e-01  -3.97842437e-01  -3.83228481e-01
 -5.12923241e-01  -4.27574426e-01   4.19185609e-01  -1.18313827e-01]
[ -2.46898428e-01   1.57254755e-01   5.92991650e-01  -6.20076716e-01
 -3.21868137e-02  -2.31065080e-01  -2.59070963e-01   2.37976909e-01]]
[ 2.75726271  2.67824793  1.89221275  1.61803401  1.19154561  0.94833982
 0.61803401  0.56999218]
[[ -5.24124920e-01  -5.94438076e-01  -2.56274015e-01  -2.85637408e-01
 -1.93139315e-01  -3.05134684e-01  -1.82489842e-01  -2.46898428e-01]
[  5.72859168e-01  -6.30120635e-01  -2.74017543e-01   2.47912124e-01
 -3.38495038e-02   2.93989003e-01   1.61027774e-01  -1.57254755e-01]
[ -9.54463035e-02   1.70207784e-01  -1.59810841e-01  -3.54610324e-01
 5.00790417e-01   2.23433599e-01   3.97842437e-01  -5.92991650e-01]
[  3.83228481e-01   3.10038358e-01  -2.22044605e-16  -7.31901303e-02
 -4.28462476e-01  -1.91614240e-01  -3.83228481e-01  -6.20076716e-01]
[ -1.76963374e-01   1.84062332e-01  -5.78984618e-01   4.45784479e-01
 3.47110212e-01   1.27460942e-01  -5.12923241e-01  -3.21868137e-02]
[  1.76092178e-01   2.34777853e-01  -6.36550903e-01  -8.36141407e-02
 -1.55483231e-01  -4.91219401e-01   4.27574426e-01   2.31065080e-01]
[  4.19185609e-01  -1.29535481e-01  -3.33066907e-16  -5.48721075e-01
  4.68663752e-01  -2.09592804e-01  -4.19185609e-01   2.59070963e-01]
[ -5.57702743e-02   1.36813134e-01  -3.05414885e-01  -4.68012422e-01
 -4.03576553e-01   6.57535374e-01  -1.18313827e-01   2.37976909e-01]]

Here is the plot for the SVD of the preceding dataset:

Eigenvalue decomposition

Eigen decomposition is one of the most famous decomposition techniques in which we decompose a matrix into a set of eigenvectors and eigenvalues.

For a square matrix, Eigenvector is a vector v such that multiplication by A alters only the scale of v:

Av = λv

The scalar λ is known as the eigenvalue corresponding to this eigenvector.

Eigen decomposition of A is then given as follows:

Eigen decomposition of a matrix describes many useful details about the matrix. For example, the matrix is singular if, and only if, any of the eigenvalues are zero.

Principal Component Analysis

Principal Component Analysis (PCA) projects the given dataset onto a lower dimensional linear space so that the variance of the projected data is maximized. PCA requires the eigenvalues and eigenvectors of the covariance matrix, which is the product where X is the data matrix.

SVD on the data matrix X is given as follows:

The following example shows PCA using SVD:

import numpy as np
import tensorflow as tf
import matplotlib.pyplot as plt
import plotly.plotly as py
import plotly.graph_objs as go
import plotly.figure_factory as FF
import pandas as pd

path = "/neuralnetwork-programming/ch01/plots"
logs = "/neuralnetwork-programming/ch01/logs"

xMatrix = np.array([[0,2,1,0,0,0,0,0],
              [2,0,0,1,0,1,0,0],
              [1,0,0,0,0,0,1,0],
              [0,1,0,0,1,0,0,0],
              [0,0,0,1,0,0,0,1],
              [0,1,0,0,0,0,0,1],
              [0,0,1,0,0,0,0,1],
              [0,0,0,0,1,1,1,0]], dtype=np.float32)

def pca(mat):
    mat = tf.constant(mat, dtype=tf.float32)
    mean = tf.reduce_mean(mat, 0)
    less = mat - mean
    s, u, v = tf.svd(less, full_matrices=True, compute_uv=True)

    s2 = s ** 2
    variance_ratio = s2 / tf.reduce_sum(s2)

    with tf.Session() as session:
        run = session.run([variance_ratio])
    return run


if __name__ == '__main__':
    print(pca(xMatrix))

The output of the listing is shown as follows:

[array([  4.15949494e-01,   2.08390564e-01,   1.90929279e-01,
         8.36438537e-02,   5.55494241e-02,   2.46047471e-02,
         2.09326427e-02,   3.57540098e-16], dtype=float32)]
 

Calculus


Topics in the previous sections are covered as part of standard linear algebra; something that wasn't covered is basic calculus. Despite the fact that the calculus that we use is relatively simple, the mathematical form of it may look very complex. In this section, we present some basic forms of matrix calculus with a few examples.

Gradient

Gradient for functions with respect to a real-valued matrixA is defined as the matrix of partial derivatives of A and is denoted as follows:

TensorFlow does not do numerical differentiation; rather, it supports automatic differentiation. By specifying operations in a TensorFlow graph, it can automatically run the chain rule through the graph and, as it knows the derivatives of each operation we specify, it can combine them automatically.

The following example shows training a network using MNIST data, the MNIST database consists of handwritten digits. It has a training set of 60,000 examples and a test set of 10,000 samples. The digits are size-normalized.

Here backpropagation is performed without any API usage and derivatives are calculated manually. We get 913 correct out of 1,000 tests. This concept will be introduced in the next chapter.

The following code snippet describes how to get the mnist dataset and initialize weights and biases:

import tensorflow as tf

# get mnist dataset
from tensorflow.examples.tutorials.mnist import input_data
data = input_data.read_data_sets("MNIST_data/", one_hot=True)

# x represents image with 784 values as columns (28*28), y represents output digit
x = tf.placeholder(tf.float32, [None, 784])
y = tf.placeholder(tf.float32, [None, 10])

# initialize weights and biases [w1,b1][w2,b2]
numNeuronsInDeepLayer = 30
w1 = tf.Variable(tf.truncated_normal([784, numNeuronsInDeepLayer]))
b1 = tf.Variable(tf.truncated_normal([1, numNeuronsInDeepLayer]))
w2 = tf.Variable(tf.truncated_normal([numNeuronsInDeepLayer, 10]))
b2 = tf.Variable(tf.truncated_normal([1, 10]))

We now define a two-layered network with a nonlinear sigmoid function; a squared loss function is applied and optimized using a backward propagation algorithm, as shown in the following snippet:

# non-linear sigmoid function at each neuron
def sigmoid(x):
    sigma = tf.div(tf.constant(1.0), tf.add(tf.constant(1.0), tf.exp(tf.negative(x))))
    return sigma

# starting from first layer with wx+b, then apply sigmoid to add non-linearity
z1 = tf.add(tf.matmul(x, w1), b1)
a1 = sigmoid(z1)
z2 = tf.add(tf.matmul(a1, w2), b2)
a2 = sigmoid(z2)

# calculate the loss (delta)
loss = tf.subtract(a2, y)

# derivative of the sigmoid function der(sigmoid)=sigmoid*(1-sigmoid)
def sigmaprime(x):
    return tf.multiply(sigmoid(x), tf.subtract(tf.constant(1.0), sigmoid(x)))

# backward propagation
dz2 = tf.multiply(loss, sigmaprime(z2))
db2 = dz2
dw2 = tf.matmul(tf.transpose(a1), dz2)

da1 = tf.matmul(dz2, tf.transpose(w2))
dz1 = tf.multiply(da1, sigmaprime(z1))
db1 = dz1
dw1 = tf.matmul(tf.transpose(x), dz1)

# finally update the network
eta = tf.constant(0.5)
step = [
    tf.assign(w1,
              tf.subtract(w1, tf.multiply(eta, dw1)))
    , tf.assign(b1,
                tf.subtract(b1, tf.multiply(eta,
                                             tf.reduce_mean(db1, axis=[0]))))
    , tf.assign(w2,
                tf.subtract(w2, tf.multiply(eta, dw2)))
    , tf.assign(b2,
                tf.subtract(b2, tf.multiply(eta,
                                             tf.reduce_mean(db2, axis=[0]))))
]

acct_mat = tf.equal(tf.argmax(a2, 1), tf.argmax(y, 1))
acct_res = tf.reduce_sum(tf.cast(acct_mat, tf.float32))

sess = tf.InteractiveSession()
sess.run(tf.global_variables_initializer())

for i in range(10000):
    batch_xs, batch_ys = data.train.next_batch(10)
    sess.run(step, feed_dict={x: batch_xs,
                              y: batch_ys})
    if i % 1000 == 0:
        res = sess.run(acct_res, feed_dict=
        {x: data.test.images[:1000],
         y: data.test.labels[:1000]})
        print(res)

The output of this is shown as follows:

Extracting MNIST_data
125.0
814.0
870.0
874.0
889.0
897.0
906.0
903.0
922.0
913.0

Now, let's use automatic differentiation with TensorFlow. The following example demonstrates the use of GradientDescentOptimizer. We get 924 correct out of 1,000 tests.

import tensorflow as tf

# get mnist dataset
from tensorflow.examples.tutorials.mnist import input_data
data = input_data.read_data_sets("MNIST_data/", one_hot=True)

# x represents image with 784 values as columns (28*28), y represents output digit
x = tf.placeholder(tf.float32, [None, 784])
y = tf.placeholder(tf.float32, [None, 10])

# initialize weights and biases [w1,b1][w2,b2]
numNeuronsInDeepLayer = 30
w1 = tf.Variable(tf.truncated_normal([784, numNeuronsInDeepLayer]))
b1 = tf.Variable(tf.truncated_normal([1, numNeuronsInDeepLayer]))
w2 = tf.Variable(tf.truncated_normal([numNeuronsInDeepLayer, 10]))
b2 = tf.Variable(tf.truncated_normal([1, 10]))

# non-linear sigmoid function at each neuron
def sigmoid(x):
    sigma = tf.div(tf.constant(1.0), tf.add(tf.constant(1.0), tf.exp(tf.negative(x))))
    return sigma

# starting from first layer with wx+b, then apply sigmoid to add non-linearity
z1 = tf.add(tf.matmul(x, w1), b1)
a1 = sigmoid(z1)
z2 = tf.add(tf.matmul(a1, w2), b2)
a2 = sigmoid(z2)

# calculate the loss (delta)
loss = tf.subtract(a2, y)

# derivative of the sigmoid function der(sigmoid)=sigmoid*(1-sigmoid)
def sigmaprime(x):
    return tf.multiply(sigmoid(x), tf.subtract(tf.constant(1.0), sigmoid(x)))

# automatic differentiation
cost = tf.multiply(loss, loss)
step = tf.train.GradientDescentOptimizer(0.1).minimize(cost)

acct_mat = tf.equal(tf.argmax(a2, 1), tf.argmax(y, 1))
acct_res = tf.reduce_sum(tf.cast(acct_mat, tf.float32))

sess = tf.InteractiveSession()
sess.run(tf.global_variables_initializer())

for i in range(10000):
    batch_xs, batch_ys = data.train.next_batch(10)
    sess.run(step, feed_dict={x: batch_xs,
                              y: batch_ys})
    if i % 1000 == 0:
        res = sess.run(acct_res, feed_dict=
        {x: data.test.images[:1000],
         y: data.test.labels[:1000]})
        print(res)

The output of this is shown as follows:

96.0
 777.0
 862.0
 870.0
 889.0
 901.0
 911.0
 905.0
 914.0
 924.0

The following example shows linear regression using gradient descent:

import tensorflow as tf
import numpy
import matplotlib.pyplot as plt
rndm = numpy.random

# config parameters
learningRate = 0.01
trainingEpochs = 1000
displayStep = 50

# create the training data
trainX = numpy.asarray([3.3,4.4,5.5,6.71,6.93,4.168,9.779,6.182,7.59,2.167,
                         7.042,10.791,5.313,7.997,5.654,9.27,3.12])
trainY = numpy.asarray([1.7,2.76,2.09,3.19,1.694,1.573,3.366,2.596,2.53,1.221,
                         2.827,3.465,1.65,2.904,2.42,2.94,1.34])
nSamples = trainX.shape[0]

# tf inputs
X = tf.placeholder("float")
Y = tf.placeholder("float")

# initialize weights and bias
W = tf.Variable(rndm.randn(), name="weight")
b = tf.Variable(rndm.randn(), name="bias")

# linear model
linearModel = tf.add(tf.multiply(X, W), b)

# mean squared error
loss = tf.reduce_sum(tf.pow(linearModel-Y, 2))/(2*nSamples)

# Gradient descent
opt = tf.train.GradientDescentOptimizer(learningRate).minimize(loss)

# initializing variables
init = tf.global_variables_initializer()

# run
with tf.Session() as sess:
    sess.run(init)

    # fitting the training data
    for epoch in range(trainingEpochs):
        for (x, y) in zip(trainX, trainY):
            sess.run(opt, feed_dict={X: x, Y: y})

        # print logs
        if (epoch+1) % displayStep == 0:
            c = sess.run(loss, feed_dict={X: trainX, Y:trainY})
            print("Epoch is:", '%04d' % (epoch+1), "loss=", "{:.9f}".format(c), "W=", sess.run(W), "b=", sess.run(b))

    print("optimization done...")
    trainingLoss = sess.run(loss, feed_dict={X: trainX, Y: trainY})
    print("Training loss=", trainingLoss, "W=", sess.run(W), "b=", sess.run(b), '\n')

    # display the plot
    plt.plot(trainX, trainY, 'ro', label='Original data')
    plt.plot(trainX, sess.run(W) * trainX + sess.run(b), label='Fitted line')
    plt.legend()
    plt.show()

    # Testing example, as requested (Issue #2)
    testX = numpy.asarray([6.83, 4.668, 8.9, 7.91, 5.7, 8.7, 3.1, 2.1])
    testY = numpy.asarray([1.84, 2.273, 3.2, 2.831, 2.92, 3.24, 1.35, 1.03])

    print("Testing... (Mean square loss Comparison)")
    testing_cost = sess.run(
        tf.reduce_sum(tf.pow(linearModel - Y, 2)) / (2 * testX.shape[0]),
        feed_dict={X: testX, Y: testY})
    print("Testing cost=", testing_cost)
    print("Absolute mean square loss difference:", abs(trainingLoss - testing_cost))

    plt.plot(testX, testY, 'bo', label='Testing data')
    plt.plot(trainX, sess.run(W) * trainX + sess.run(b), label='Fitted line')
    plt.legend()
    plt.show()

The output of this is shown as follows:

Epoch is: 0050 loss= 0.141912043 W= 0.10565 b= 1.8382
 Epoch is: 0100 loss= 0.134377643 W= 0.11413 b= 1.7772
 Epoch is: 0150 loss= 0.127711013 W= 0.122106 b= 1.71982
 Epoch is: 0200 loss= 0.121811897 W= 0.129609 b= 1.66585
 Epoch is: 0250 loss= 0.116592340 W= 0.136666 b= 1.61508
 Epoch is: 0300 loss= 0.111973859 W= 0.143304 b= 1.56733
 Epoch is: 0350 loss= 0.107887231 W= 0.149547 b= 1.52241
 Epoch is: 0400 loss= 0.104270980 W= 0.15542 b= 1.48017
 Epoch is: 0450 loss= 0.101070963 W= 0.160945 b= 1.44043
 Epoch is: 0500 loss= 0.098239250 W= 0.166141 b= 1.40305
 Epoch is: 0550 loss= 0.095733419 W= 0.171029 b= 1.36789
 Epoch is: 0600 loss= 0.093516059 W= 0.175626 b= 1.33481
 Epoch is: 0650 loss= 0.091553882 W= 0.179951 b= 1.3037
 Epoch is: 0700 loss= 0.089817807 W= 0.184018 b= 1.27445
 Epoch is: 0750 loss= 0.088281371 W= 0.187843 b= 1.24692
 Epoch is: 0800 loss= 0.086921677 W= 0.191442 b= 1.22104
 Epoch is: 0850 loss= 0.085718453 W= 0.194827 b= 1.19669
 Epoch is: 0900 loss= 0.084653646 W= 0.198011 b= 1.17378
 Epoch is: 0950 loss= 0.083711281 W= 0.201005 b= 1.15224
 Epoch is: 1000 loss= 0.082877308 W= 0.203822 b= 1.13198
 optimization done...
 Training loss= 0.0828773 W= 0.203822 b= 1.13198
Testing... (Mean square loss Comparison)
 Testing cost= 0.0957726
 Absolute mean square loss difference: 0.0128952

The plots are as follows:

The following image shows the fitted line on testing data using the model:

Hessian

Gradient is the first derivative for functions of vectors, whereas hessian is the second derivative. We will go through the notation now:

Similar to the gradient, the hessian is defined only when f(x) is real-valued.

Note

The algebraic function used is

.

The following example shows the hessian implementation using TensorFlow:

import tensorflow as tf
import numpy as np

X = tf.Variable(np.random.random_sample(), dtype=tf.float32)
y = tf.Variable(np.random.random_sample(), dtype=tf.float32)

def createCons(x):
    return tf.constant(x, dtype=tf.float32)

function = tf.pow(X, createCons(2)) + createCons(2) * X * y + createCons(3) * tf.pow(y, createCons(2)) + createCons(4) * X + createCons(5) * y + createCons(6)

# compute hessian
def hessian(func, varbles):
    matrix = []
    for v_1 in varbles:
        tmp = []
        for v_2 in varbles:
            # calculate derivative twice, first w.r.t v2 and then w.r.t v1
            tmp.append(tf.gradients(tf.gradients(func, v_2)[0], v_1)[0])
        tmp = [createCons(0) if t == None else t for t in tmp]
        tmp = tf.stack(tmp)
        matrix.append(tmp)
    matrix = tf.stack(matrix)
    return matrix

hessian = hessian(function, [X, y])

sess = tf.Session()
sess.run(tf.initialize_all_variables())
print(sess.run(hessian))

The output of this is shown as follows:

 [[ 2.  2.] [ 2.  6.]]

Determinant

Determinant shows us information about the matrix that is helpful in linear equations and also helps in finding the inverse of a matrix.

For a given matrix X, the determinant is shown as follows:

The following example shows how to get a determinant using TensorFlow:

import tensorflow as tf
import numpy as np

x = np.array([[10.0, 15.0, 20.0], [0.0, 1.0, 5.0], [3.0, 5.0, 7.0]], dtype=np.float32)

det = tf.matrix_determinant(x)

with tf.Session() as sess:
    print(sess.run(det))

The output of this is shown as follows:

-15.0
 

Optimization


As part of deep learning, we mostly would like to optimize the value of a function that either minimizes or maximizes f(x) with respect to x. A few examples of optimization problems are least-squares, logistic regression, and support vector machines. Many of these techniques will get examined in detail in later chapters.

Optimizers

We will study AdamOptimizer here; TensorFlow AdamOptimizer uses Kingma and Ba's Adam algorithm to manage the learning rate. Adam has many advantages over the simple GradientDescentOptimizer. The first is that it uses moving averages of the parameters, which enables Adam to use a larger step size, and it will converge to this step size without any fine-tuning.

The disadvantage of Adam is that it requires more computation to be performed for each parameter in each training step. GradientDescentOptimizer can be used as well, but it would require more hyperparameter tuning before it would converge as quickly. The following example shows how to use AdamOptimizer:

  • tf.train.Optimizer creates an optimizer
  • tf.train.Optimizer.minimize(loss, var_list) adds the optimization operation to the computation graph

Here, automatic differentiation computes gradients without user input:

import numpy as np
import seaborn
import matplotlib.pyplot as plt
import tensorflow as tf

# input dataset
xData = np.arange(100, step=.1)
yData = xData + 20 * np.sin(xData/10)

# scatter plot for input data
plt.scatter(xData, yData)
plt.show()

# defining data size and batch size
nSamples = 1000
batchSize = 100

# resize
xData = np.reshape(xData, (nSamples,1))
yData = np.reshape(yData, (nSamples,1))

# input placeholders
x = tf.placeholder(tf.float32, shape=(batchSize, 1))
y = tf.placeholder(tf.float32, shape=(batchSize, 1))

# init weight and bias
with tf.variable_scope("linearRegression"):
 W = tf.get_variable("weights", (1, 1), initializer=tf.random_normal_initializer())
 b = tf.get_variable("bias", (1,), initializer=tf.constant_initializer(0.0))

 y_pred = tf.matmul(x, W) + b
 loss = tf.reduce_sum((y - y_pred)**2/nSamples)

# optimizer
opt = tf.train.AdamOptimizer().minimize(loss)
with tf.Session() as sess:
    sess.run(tf.global_variables_initializer())

    # gradient descent loop for 500 steps
    for _ in range(500):
     # random minibatch
     indices = np.random.choice(nSamples, batchSize)

     X_batch, y_batch = xData[indices], yData[indices]

     # gradient descent step
     _, loss_val = sess.run([opt, loss], feed_dict={x: X_batch, y: y_batch})

Here is the scatter plot for the dataset:

This is the plot of the learned model on the data:

 

Summary


In this chapter, we've introduced the mathematical concepts that are key to the understanding of neural networks and reviewed some maths associated with tensors. We also demonstrated how to perform mathematical operations within TensorFlow. We will repeatedly be applying these concepts in the following chapters.

 

 

 

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  • Manpreet Singh Ghotra

    Manpreet Singh Ghotra has more than 15 years experience in software development for both enterprise and big data software. He is currently working at Salesforce on developing a machine learning platform/APIs using open source libraries and frameworks such as Keras, Apache Spark, and TensorFlow. He has worked on various machine learning systems, including sentiment analysis, spam detection, and anomaly detection. He was part of the machine learning group at one of the largest online retailers in the world, working on transit time calculations using Apache Mahout, and the R recommendation system, again using Apache Mahout. With a master's and postgraduate degree in machine learning, he has contributed to, and worked for, the machine learning community.

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