Hands-On Deep Learning with R

Explore and implement deep learning to solve various real-world problems using modern R libraries such as TensorFlow, MXNet, H2O, and Deepnet

Key Features

• Understand deep learning algorithms and architectures using R and determine which algorithm is best suited for a specific problem
• Improve models using parameter tuning, feature engineering, and ensembling
• Apply advanced neural network models such as deep autoencoders and generative adversarial networks (GANs) across different domains

Book Description

What you will learn

• Design a feedforward neural network to see how the activation function computes an output
• Create an image recognition model using convolutional neural networks (CNNs)
• Prepare data, decide hidden layers and neurons and train your model with the backpropagation algorithm
• Apply text cleaning techniques to remove uninformative text using NLP
• Build, train, and evaluate a GAN model for face generation
• Understand the concept and implementation of reinforcement learning in R

Who this book is for

This book is for data scientists, machine learning engineers, and deep learning developers who are familiar with machine learning and are looking to enhance their knowledge of deep learning using practical examples. Anyone interested in increasing the efficiency of their machine learning applications and exploring various options in R will also find this book useful. Basic knowledge of machine learning techniques and working knowledge of the R programming language is expected.