Chapter 17. TensorFlow and Keras in R
R is an open source platform that includes an environment and a language for statistical computing. It also has a desktop and web-based IDE known as R Studio. More information about R is available at the following link: https://www.r-project.org/. R provides support for TensorFlow and Keras by providing the following R packages:
tensorflow
package offers support for the TF core APItfestimators
package provides support for the TF estimators APIkeras
package provides support for the Keras APItfruns
package for the TensorBoard-style visualization of models and training sessions
In this chapter, we shall learn how to use TensorFlow in R and will cover the following topics:
- Installing TensorFlow and Keras packages in R
- TF core API in R
- TF estimator API in R
- Keras API in R
- TensorBoard in R
tfruns
package in R