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Exercise

Experimenting with wider networks

Now you know everything you need to begin experimenting with different models!

A model called model_1 has been pre-loaded. You can see a summary of this model printed in the IPython Shell. This is a relatively small network, with only 10 units in each hidden layer.

In this exercise you'll create a new model called model_2 which is similar to model_1, except it has 100 units in each hidden layer.

After you create model_2, both models will be fitted, and a graph showing both models loss score at each epoch will be shown. We added the argument verbose=False in the fitting commands to print out fewer updates, since you will look at these graphically instead of as text.

Because you are fitting two models, it will take a moment to see the outputs after you hit run, so be patient.

Instructions
100 XP
  • Create model_2 to replicate model_1, but use 100 nodes instead of 10 for the first two Dense layers you add with the 'relu' activation. Use 2 nodes for the Dense output layer with 'softmax' as the activation.
  • Compile model_2 as you have done with previous models: Using 'adam' as the optimizer, 'categorical_crossentropy' for the loss, and metrics=['accuracy'].
  • Hit 'Submit Answer' to fit both the models and visualize which one gives better results! Notice the keyword argument verbose=False in model.fit(): This prints out fewer updates, since you'll be evaluating the models graphically instead of through text.