Neural Network Toolbox™

Gradient descent backpropagation

Syntax

• [net,TR] = traingd(net,TR,trainV,valV,testV)
  info = traingd('info')
  

Description

traingd is a network training function that updates weight and bias values according to gradient descent.

traingd(net,TR,trainV,valV,testV) takes these inputs,

net	Neural network
TR	Initial training record created by train
trainV	Training data created by train
valV	Validation data created by train
testV	Test data created by train

and returns

net	Trained network
TR	Training record of various values over each epoch

Each argument trainV, valV, and testV is a structure of these fields:

X	N x TS cell array of inputs for N inputs and TS time steps. X{i,ts} is an Ri x Q matrix for the ith input and TS time step.
Xi	N x Nid cell array of input delay states for N inputs and Nid delays. Xi{i,j} is an Ri x Q matrix for the ith input and jth state.
Pd	N x S x Nid cell array of delayed input states.
T	NoxTS cell array of targets for No outputs and TS time steps. T{i,ts} is an Si x Q matrix for the ith output and TS time step.
Tl	Nl x TS cell array of targets for Nl layers and TS time steps. Tl{i,ts} is an Si x Q matrix for the ith layer and TS time step.
Ai	Nl x TS cell array of layer delays states for Nl layers, TS time steps. Ai{i,j} is an Si x Q matrix of delayed outputs for layer i, delay j.

Training occurs according to traingd's training parameters, shown here with their default values:

net.trainParam.epochs	10		Maximum number of epochs to train
net.trainParam.goal	0		Performance goal
net.trainParam.showCommandLine	0		Generate command-line output
net.trainParam.showWindow	1		Show training GUI
net.trainParam.lr	0.01		Learning rate
net.trainParam.max_fail	5		Maximum validation failures
net.trainParam.min_grad	1e-10		Minimum performance gradient
net.trainParam.show	25		Epochs between displays (NaN for no displays)
net.trainParam.time	inf		Maximum time to train in seconds

Network Use

You can create a standard network that uses traingd with newff, newcf, or newelm. To prepare a custom network to be trained with traingd,

1. Set net.trainFcn to 'traingd'. This sets net.trainParam to traingd's default parameters.
2. Set net.trainParam properties to desired values.

In either case, calling train with the resulting network trains the network with traingd.

See newff, newcf, and newelm for examples.

Algorithm

traingd can train any network as long as its weight, net input, and transfer functions have derivative functions.

Backpropagation is used to calculate derivatives of performance perf with respect to the weight and bias variables X. Each variable is adjusted according to gradient descent:

• dX = lr * dperf/dX
  

Training stops when any of these conditions occurs:

• The maximum number of epochs (repetitions) is reached.
• The maximum amount of time is exceeded.
• Performance is minimized to the goal.
• The performance gradient falls below min_grad.
• Validation performance has increased more than max_fail times since the last time it decreased (when using validation).

See Also

newff, newcf, traingdm, traingda, traingdx, trainlm

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