Perceptron in Python - ML From Scratch 06

Implement a single-layer Perceptron algorithm using only built-in Python modules and numpy, and learn about the math behind this popular ML algorithm.

In this Machine Learning from Scratch Tutorial, we are going to implement a single-layer Perceptron algorithm using only built-in Python modules and numpy. We will also learn about the concept and the math behind this popular ML algorithm.

All algorithms from this course can be found on GitHub together with example tests.

Implementation¶

import numpy as np

class Perceptron:

    def __init__(self, learning_rate=0.01, n_iters=1000):
        self.lr = learning_rate
        self.n_iters = n_iters
        self.activation_func = self._unit_step_func
        self.weights = None
        self.bias = None

    def fit(self, X, y):
        n_samples, n_features = X.shape

        # init parameters
        self.weights = np.zeros(n_features)
        self.bias = 0

        y_ = np.array([1 if i > 0 else 0 for i in y])

        for _ in range(self.n_iters):

            for idx, x_i in enumerate(X):

                linear_output = np.dot(x_i, self.weights) + self.bias
                y_predicted = self.activation_func(linear_output)

                # Perceptron update rule
                update = self.lr * (y_[idx] - y_predicted)

                self.weights += update * x_i
                self.bias += update

    def predict(self, X):
        linear_output = np.dot(X, self.weights) + self.bias
        y_predicted = self.activation_func(linear_output)
        return y_predicted

    def _unit_step_func(self, x):
        return np.where(x>=0, 1, 0)

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Perceptron in Python - ML From Scratch 06

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