Modern Deep Learning Design and Application Development: Versatile Tools to Solve Deep Learning Problems

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A. YeModern Deep Learning Design and Application Developmenthttps://doi.org/10.1007/978-1-4842-7413-2_3

3. The Versatility of Autoencoders

Andre Ye¹  

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Redmond, WA, USA

 

One word is worth a thousand pictures, if it’s the right word.

—Edward Abbey, American author and essayist¹

The concept of encoding and decoding entities – ideas, images, physical material, information, and so on – is a particularly profound and important one, because it is so deeply embedded into how we experience and understand the environment around us. Encoding and decoding information is a key process in communication and learning. Every time you communicate with someone, observe the ...