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predictAndUpdateState

Predict responses using a trained recurrent neural network and update the network state

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Syntax

[updatedNet,YPred] = predictAndUpdateState(recNet,sequences)
[updatedNet,YPred] = predictAndUpdateState(___,Name,Value)

Description

You can make predictions using a trained deep learning network on either a CPU or GPU. Using a GPU requires Parallel Computing Toolbox™ and a supported GPU device. For information on supported devices, see GPU Support by Release (Parallel Computing Toolbox). Specify the hardware requirements using the 'ExecutionEnvironment' name-value pair argument.

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[updatedNet,YPred] = predictAndUpdateState(recNet,sequences) predicts responses for data in sequences using the trained recurrent neural network recNet and updates the network state.

This function supports recurrent neural networks only. The input recNet must have at least one recurrent layer.

[updatedNet,YPred] = predictAndUpdateState(___,Name,Value) uses any of the arguments in the previous syntaxes and additional options specified by one or more Name,Value pair arguments. For example, 'MiniBatchSize',27 makes predictions using mini-batches of size 27.

Tip

When making predictions with sequences of different lengths, the mini-batch size can impact the amount of padding added to the input data which can result in different predicted values. Try using different values to see which works best with your network. To specify mini-batch size and padding options, use the 'MiniBatchSize' and 'SequenceLength' options, respectively.

Examples

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Predict responses using a trained recurrent neural network and update the network state.

Load JapaneseVowelsNet, a pretrained long short-term memory (LSTM) network trained on the Japanese Vowels data set as described in [1] and [2]. This network was trained on the sequences sorted by sequence length with a mini-batch size of 27.

load JapaneseVowelsNet

View the network architecture.

net.Layers
ans = 
  5x1 Layer array with layers:

     1   'sequenceinput'   Sequence Input          Sequence input with 12 dimensions
     2   'lstm'            LSTM                    LSTM with 100 hidden units
     3   'fc'              Fully Connected         9 fully connected layer
     4   'softmax'         Softmax                 softmax
     5   'classoutput'     Classification Output   crossentropyex with '1' and 8 other classes

Load the test data.

[XTest,YTest] = japaneseVowelsTestData;

Loop over the time steps in a sequence. Predict the scores of each time step and update the network state.

X = XTest{94};
numTimeSteps = size(X,2);
for i = 1:numTimeSteps
    v = X(:,i);
    [net,score] = predictAndUpdateState(net,v);
    scores(:,i) = score;
end

Plot the prediction scores. The plot shows how the prediction scores change between time steps.

classNames = string(net.Layers(end).Classes);
figure
lines = plot(scores');
xlim([1 numTimeSteps])
legend("Class " + classNames,'Location','northwest')
xlabel("Time Step")
ylabel("Score")
title("Prediction Scores Over Time Steps")

Highlight the prediction scores over time steps for the correct class.

trueLabel = YTest(94)
trueLabel = categorical
     3 


lines(trueLabel).LineWidth = 3;

Figure contains an axes. The axes with title Prediction Scores Over Time Steps contains 9 objects of type line. These objects represent Class 1, Class 2, Class 3, Class 4, Class 5, Class 6, Class 7, Class 8, Class 9.

Display the final time step prediction in a bar chart.

figure
bar(score)
title("Final Prediction Scores")
xlabel("Class")
ylabel("Score")

Figure contains an axes. The axes with title Final Prediction Scores contains an object of type bar.

Input Arguments

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Trained recurrent neural network, specified as a SeriesNetwork or a DAGNetwork object. You can get a trained network by importing a pretrained network or by training your own network using the trainNetwork function.

recNet is a recurrent neural network. It must have at least one recurrent layer (for example, an LSTM network).

Sequence or time series data, specified as an N-by-1 cell array of numeric arrays, where N is the number of observations, a numeric array representing a single sequence, or a datastore.

For cell array or numeric array input, the dimensions of the numeric arrays containing the sequences depend on the type of data.

InputDescription
Vector sequencesc-by-s matrices, where c is the number of features of the sequences and s is the sequence length.
2-D image sequencesh-by-w-by-c-by-s arrays, where h, w, and c correspond to the height, width, and number of channels of the images, respectively, and s is the sequence length.
3-D image sequencesh-by-w-by-d-by-c-by-s, where h, w, d, and c correspond to the height, width, depth, and number of channels of the 3-D images, respectively, and s is the sequence length.

For datastore input, the datastore must return data as a cell array of sequences or a table whose first column contains sequences. The dimensions of the sequence data must correspond to the table above.

Name-Value Pair Arguments

Specify optional comma-separated pairs of Name,Value arguments. Name is the argument name and Value is the corresponding value. Name must appear inside quotes. You can specify several name and value pair arguments in any order as Name1,Value1,...,NameN,ValueN.

Example: [updatedNet, YPred] = predictAndUpdateState(recNet,C,'MiniBatchSize',27) makes predictions using mini-batches of size 27.

Size of mini-batches to use for prediction, specified as a positive integer. Larger mini-batch sizes require more memory, but can lead to faster predictions.

When making predictions with sequences of different lengths, the mini-batch size can impact the amount of padding added to the input data which can result in different predicted values. Try using different values to see which works best with your network. To specify mini-batch size and padding options, use the 'MiniBatchSize' and 'SequenceLength' options, respectively.

Example: 'MiniBatchSize',256

Performance optimization, specified as the comma-separated pair consisting of 'Acceleration' and one of the following:

  • 'auto' — Automatically apply a number of optimizations suitable for the input network and hardware resources.

  • 'none' — Disable all acceleration.

The default option is 'auto'.

Using the 'Acceleration' option 'auto' can offer performance benefits, but at the expense of an increased initial run time. Subsequent calls with compatible parameters are faster. Use performance optimization when you plan to call the function multiple times using new input data.

Example: 'Acceleration','auto'

Hardware resource, specified as the comma-separated pair consisting of 'ExecutionEnvironment' and one of the following:

  • 'auto' — Use a GPU if one is available; otherwise, use the CPU.

  • 'gpu' — Use the GPU. Using a GPU requires Parallel Computing Toolbox and a supported GPU device. For information on supported devices, see GPU Support by Release (Parallel Computing Toolbox). If Parallel Computing Toolbox or a suitable GPU is not available, then the software returns an error.

  • 'cpu' — Use the CPU.

Example: 'ExecutionEnvironment','cpu'

Option to pad, truncate, or split input sequences, specified as one of the following:

  • 'longest' — Pad sequences in each mini-batch to have the same length as the longest sequence. This option does not discard any data, though padding can introduce noise to the network.

  • 'shortest' — Truncate sequences in each mini-batch to have the same length as the shortest sequence. This option ensures that no padding is added, at the cost of discarding data.

  • Positive integer — For each mini-batch, pad the sequences to the nearest multiple of the specified length that is greater than the longest sequence length in the mini-batch, and then split the sequences into smaller sequences of the specified length. If splitting occurs, then the software creates extra mini-batches. Use this option if the full sequences do not fit in memory. Alternatively, try reducing the number of sequences per mini-batch by setting the 'MiniBatchSize' option to a lower value.

To learn more about the effect of padding, truncating, and splitting the input sequences, see Sequence Padding, Truncation, and Splitting.

Example: 'SequenceLength','shortest'

Direction of padding or truncation, specified as one of the following:

  • 'right' — Pad or truncate sequences on the right. The sequences start at the same time step and the software truncates or adds padding to the end of the sequences.

  • 'left' — Pad or truncate sequences on the left. The software truncates or adds padding to the start of the sequences so that the sequences end at the same time step.

Because LSTM layers process sequence data one time step at a time, when the layer OutputMode property is 'last', any padding in the final time steps can negatively influence the layer output. To pad or truncate sequence data on the left, set the 'SequencePaddingDirection' option to 'left'.

For sequence-to-sequence networks (when the OutputMode property is 'sequence' for each LSTM layer), any padding in the first time steps can negatively influence the predictions for the earlier time steps. To pad or truncate sequence data on the right, set the 'SequencePaddingDirection' option to 'right'.

To learn more about the effect of padding, truncating, and splitting the input sequences, see Sequence Padding, Truncation, and Splitting.

Value by which to pad input sequences, specified as a scalar. The option is valid only when SequenceLength is 'longest' or a positive integer. Do not pad sequences with NaN, because doing so can propagate errors throughout the network.

Example: 'SequencePaddingValue',-1

Output Arguments

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Updated network. updatedNet is the same type of network as the input network.

Predicted scores or responses, returned as a matrix or a cell array of matrices. The format of YPred depends on the type of problem.

The following table describes the format for classification problems.

TaskFormat
Sequence-to-label classificationN-by-K matrix, where N is the number of observations, and K is the number of classes.
Sequence-to-sequence classification

N-by-1 cell array of matrices, where N is the number of observations. The sequences are matrices with K rows, where K is the number of classes. Each sequence has the same number of time steps as the corresponding input sequence after applying the SequenceLength option to each mini-batch independently.

For sequence-to-sequence classification problems with one observation, sequences can be a matrix. In this case, YPred is a K-by-S matrix of scores, where K is the number of classes, and S is the total number of time steps in the corresponding input sequence.

The following table describes the format for regression problems.

TaskFormat
Sequence-to-one regressionN-by-R matrix, where N is the number of observations and R is the number of responses.
Sequence-to-sequence regression

N-by-1 cell array of numeric sequences, where N is the number of observations. The sequences are matrices with R rows, where R is the number of responses. Each sequence has the same number of time steps as the corresponding input sequence after applying the SequenceLength option to each mini-batch independently.

For sequence-to-sequence problems with one observation, sequences can be a matrix. In this case, YPred is a matrix of responses.

Algorithms

When you train a network using the trainNetwork function, or when you use prediction or validation functions with DAGNetwork and SeriesNetwork objects, the software performs these computations using single-precision, floating-point arithmetic. Functions for training, prediction, and validation include trainNetwork, predict, classify, and activations. The software uses single-precision arithmetic when you train networks using both CPUs and GPUs.

References

[1] M. Kudo, J. Toyama, and M. Shimbo. "Multidimensional Curve Classification Using Passing-Through Regions." Pattern Recognition Letters. Vol. 20, No. 11–13, pages 1103–1111.

[2] UCI Machine Learning Repository: Japanese Vowels Dataset. https://archive.ics.uci.edu/ml/datasets/Japanese+Vowels

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