What Every Engineer Should Know About Data-Driven Analytics

8 Predictive Analytics Using Deep Neural Networks

DOI: 10.1201/9781003278177-8

Introduction to Deep Learning

Deep Learning (DL) is a subfield of Machine Learning (ML), which, in turn, is a subfield of Artificial Intelligence (AI) [1, 2, 3 and 4] (Figure 8.1).

Figure 8.1 The relationship between AI, ML, and DL. (Source: Figure adapted from Moolayil, J. (2018). “Learn Keras for Deep Neural Networks: A Fast-Track Approach to Modern Deep Learning with Python.” 1^st Edition, Apress, ISBN 978-1484242391.)

Before discussing DL, let us first more formally define AI and ML. AI is basically the art of enabling machines to perform tasks that require intelligence ...