Insert Layers

[wajahat57]

Hi

Sorry for being so lame, but I am migrating from SimpleNN directly to AutoNN and don't have much knowledge of objected oriented programming either.

With a compiled autoNN network, is it possible to insert layers, such as adding dropouts, or removing pooling layers etc?

If not, then is the only way around is to recreate another network (using Layer.create() ) with parameters copied from original one where required?

Best Regards Wajahat

[ryanwebster90]

With a compiled autoNN network, is it possible to insert layers, such as adding dropouts, or removing pooling layers etc?

Editing a network should happen before compilation. So, if you'd like to convert from SimpleNN to AutoNN and then add layers, you could use Layer.fromCompiledNet, e.g.

% convert a SimpleNN to AutoNN
net = Net(simple_nn_net);

% decompile into layers
last_layer = Layer.fromCompiledNet(net);

all_layers = last_layer.find();

As for layer insertion, it should definitely be possibly, something like this might work

% append relu onto insert_layer
insert_layer = vl_nnrelu(prev_layer);

% fix inputs of subsequent layers
next_layer.inputs{1} = insert_layer;

where "prev_layer" is the desired layer for insertion. Then recompile the network after the network has been modified.