Using Tensorflow in a Custom Python Model.

UserBird

To use the tensorflow in the custom python model, the code needs to provide the methods fit() and predict(), like SK-Learn.

The code below is the code that I think I need to use.

import tensorflow as tf

  # Specify that all features have real-value data
  feature_columns = [tf.contrib.layers.real_valued_column("", dimension=4)]

  # Build 3 layer DNN with 10, 20, 10 units respectively.
  classifier = tf.contrib.learn.DNNClassifier(feature_columns=feature_columns,
                                              hidden_units=[10, 20, 10],
                                              n_classes=3,
                                              model_dir="/tmp/iris_model")
  # Define the training inputs
  def get_train_inputs():
    x = tf.constant(training_set.data)
    y = tf.constant(training_set.target)

    return x, y

  # Fit model.
  classifier.fit(input_fn=get_train_inputs, steps=2000)

What I think the problem is, I need to change the input into tf.constant and send them to the fit method.

But I have no idea how the data is retrieved or the variable name that is used in the fit method.

Does anyone have a sample code, or know the walk away round?

I am new to python, ML, DDS everything so please help.

Alex_Combessie

Hello,

Interesting question. The issue here is that tensorflow models cannot be serialized through pickle as weight matrices are saved to external files. In theory you can build a wrapper around keras classifier (with tensorflow backend) to make it pickleable. It works by saving weight matrices to memory. You can have a look at https://pypi.python.org/pypi/keras-pickle-wrapper/1.0.3. This is untested, so let us know if it works.

Having said that, you can perfectly use tensorflow in a Python recipe or notebook, outside of the "Custom model" interface.

Cheers,

Alex