Machine Learning for Economics and Finance in TensorFlow 2: Deep Learning Models for Research and Industry

© Isaiah Hull 2021

I. HullMachine Learning for Economics and Finance in TensorFlow 2https://doi.org/10.1007/978-1-4842-6373-0_1

1. TensorFlow 2

Isaiah Hull¹  

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Nacka, Sweden

 

TensorFlow is an open source library for machine learning produced by the Google Brain Team. It was originally released to the public in 2015 and quickly became one of the most popular libraries for deep learning. In 2019, Google released TensorFlow 2, which was a substantial departure from TensorFlow 1. In this chapter, we will introduce TensorFlow 2, explain how it can be used in economics and finance, and then review preliminary material that will be necessary for understanding the material in later chapters. If you did not use TensorFlow 1, you may want to skip the “Changes ...