Input layers

The first step in creating a neural network model is to define the Input layer. This layer takes in raw data, usually in the form of numpy arrays. The shape of the Input layer defines how many variables your neural network will use. For example, if the input data has 10 columns, you define an Input layer with a shape of (10,).

In this case, you are only using one input in your network.

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Advanced Deep Learning with Keras

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Import the Input layer function from keras.layers.
Create an input layer of shape 1.

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# Import Input from tensorflow.keras.layers
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# Create an input layer of shape 1
input_tensor = ____(shape=(____,))

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In this chapter, you'll become familiar with the basics of the Keras functional API. You'll build a simple functional network using functional building blocks, fit it to data, and make predictions.

Exercise 1: Keras input and dense layers Exercise 2: Input layers

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Exercise 1: Category embeddings Exercise 2: Define team lookup Exercise 3: Define team model Exercise 4: Shared layers Exercise 5: Defining two inputs Exercise 6: Lookup both inputs in the same model Exercise 7: Merge layers Exercise 8: Output layer using shared layer Exercise 9: Model using two inputs and one output Exercise 10: Predict from your model Exercise 11: Fit the model to the regular season training data Exercise 12: Evaluate the model on the tournament test data

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Exercise 1: Three-input models Exercise 2: Make an input layer for home vs. away Exercise 3: Make a model and compile it Exercise 4: Fit the model and evaluate Exercise 5: Summarizing and plotting models Exercise 6: Model summaries Exercise 7: Plotting models Exercise 8: Stacking models Exercise 9: Add the model predictions to the tournament data Exercise 10: Create an input layer with multiple columns Exercise 11: Fit the model Exercise 12: Evaluate the model

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Exercise 1: Two-output models Exercise 2: Simple two-output model Exercise 3: Fit a model with two outputs Exercise 4: Inspect the model (I)Exercise 5: Evaluate the model Exercise 6: Single model for classification and regression Exercise 7: Classification and regression in one model Exercise 8: Compile and fit the model Exercise 9: Inspect the model (II)Exercise 10: Evaluate on new data with two metrics Exercise 11: Wrap-up