TensorFlow for Deep Learning - 2018

TensorFlowforDeepLearning

FromLinearRegressiontoReinforcementLearning

BharathRamsundarandRezaBosaghZadeh

TensorFlowforDeepLearning

byBharathRamsundarandRezaBosaghZadehCopyright©2018RezaZadeh,

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Preface

understandingofTensorFlow’spotentialasasystemforperformingtensor

calculusandwilllearnhowtouseTensorFlowfortasksoutsidethetraditional

Importantly,TensorFlowforDeepLearningisoneofthefirstdeeplearning

bookswrittenforpractitioners.Itteachesfundamentalconceptsthroughpractical

examplesandbuildsunderstandingofmachinelearningfoundationsfromthe

groundup.Thetargetaudienceforthisbookispracticingdevelopers,whoare

comfortablewithdesigningsoftwaresystems,butnotnecessarilywithcreating

learningsystems.Attimesweusesomebasiclinearalgebraandcalculus,butwe

willreviewallnecessaryfundamentals.Wealsoanticipatethatourbookwill

proveusefulforscientistsandotherprofessionalswhoarecomfortablewith

Usedforprogramlistings,aswellaswithinparagraphstorefertoprogram

elementssuchasvariableorfunctionnames,databases,datatypes,

environmentvariables,statements,andkeywords.