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Hands-On Neural Network Programming with C#. Add powerful neural network capabilities to your C# enterprise applications

Hands-On Neural Network Programming with C#. Add powerful neural network capabilities to your C# enterprise applications

Matt R. Cole

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Neural networks have made a surprise comeback in the last few years and have brought tremendous innovation in the world of artificial intelligence.
The goal of this book is to provide C# programmers with practical guidance in solving complex computational challenges using neural networks and C# libraries such as CNTK, and TensorFlowSharp. This book will take you on a step-by-step practical journey, covering everything from the mathematical and theoretical aspects of neural networks, to building your own deep neural networks into your applications with the C# and .NET frameworks.

This book begins by giving you a quick refresher of neural networks. You will learn how to build a neural network from scratch using packages such as Encog, Aforge, and Accord. You will learn about various concepts and techniques, such as deep networks, perceptrons, optimization algorithms, convolutional networks, and autoencoders. You will learn ways to add intelligent features to your .NET apps, such as facial and motion detection, object detection and labeling, language understanding, knowledge, and intelligent search.

Throughout this book, you will be working on interesting demonstrations that will make it easier to implement complex neural networks in your enterprise applications.
  • 1. A Quick Refresher
  • 2. Building our first Neural Network Together
  • 3. Decision Tress and Random Forests
  • 4. Face and Motion Detection
  • 5. Training CNNs using ConvNetSharp
  • 6. Training Autoencoders Using RNNSharp
  • 7. Replacing Back Propagation with PSO
  • 8. Function Optimizations; How and Why
  • 9. Finding Optimal Parameters
  • 10. Object Detection with TensorFlowSharp
  • 11. Time Series Prediction and LSTM Using CNTK
  • 12. GRUs Compared to LSTMs, RNNs, and Feedforward Networks
  • 13. Appendix A- Activation Function Timings
  • 14. Appendix B- Function Optimization Reference
  • Title: Hands-On Neural Network Programming with C#. Add powerful neural network capabilities to your C# enterprise applications
  • Author: Matt R. Cole
  • Original title: Hands-On Neural Network Programming with C#. Add powerful neural network capabilities to your C# enterprise applications
  • ISBN: 9781789619867, 9781789619867
  • Date of issue: 2018-09-29
  • Format: Ebook
  • Item ID: e_15a2
  • Publisher: Packt Publishing