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Machine Learning with TensorFlow
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Machine Learning with TensorFlow

by Nishant Shukla
February 2018
Intermediate to advanced
272 pages
8h 42m
English
Manning Publications
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Chapter 12. Utility landscape

This chapter covers

  • Implementing a neural network for ranking
  • Image embedding using VGG16
  • Visualizing utility

A household vacuuming robot, like the Roomba, needs sensors to “see” the world. The ability to process sensory input enables robots to adjust their model of the world around them. In the case of the vacuum cleaner robot, the furniture in the room may change day to day, so the robot must be able to adapt to chaotic environments.

Let’s say you own a futuristic housemaid robot, which comes with a few basic skills but also with the ability to learn new skills from human demonstrations. For example, maybe ...

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