bidirectional_rnn.py

""" Bi-directional Recurrent Neural Network.

A Bi-directional Recurrent Neural Network (LSTM) implementation example using 
TensorFlow library. This example is using the MNIST database of handwritten 
digits (http://yann.lecun.com/exdb/mnist/)

Links:
    [Long Short Term Memory](http://deeplearning.cs.cmu.edu/pdfs/Hochreiter97_lstm.pdf)
    [MNIST Dataset](http://yann.lecun.com/exdb/mnist/).

Author: Aymeric Damien
Project: https://github.com/aymericdamien/TensorFlow-Examples/
"""

from __future__ import print_function

import tensorflow as tf
from tensorflow.contrib import rnn
import numpy as np

# Import MNIST data
from tensorflow.examples.tutorials.mnist import input_data
mnist = input_data.read_data_sets("/tmp/data/", one_hot=True)

'''
To classify images using a bidirectional recurrent neural network, we consider
every image row as a sequence of pixels. Because MNIST image shape is 28*28px,
we will then handle 28 sequences of 28 steps for every sample.
'''

# Training Parameters
learning_rate = 0.001
training_steps = 10000
batch_size = 128
display_step = 200

# Network Parameters
num_input = 28 # MNIST data input (img shape: 28*28)
timesteps = 28 # timesteps
num_hidden = 128 # hidden layer num of features
num_classes = 10 # MNIST total classes (0-9 digits)

# tf Graph input
X = tf.placeholder("float", [None, timesteps, num_input])
Y = tf.placeholder("float", [None, num_classes])

# Define weights
weights = {
    # Hidden layer weights => 2*n_hidden because of forward + backward cells
    'out': tf.Variable(tf.random_normal([2*num_hidden, num_classes]))
}
biases = {
    'out': tf.Variable(tf.random_normal([num_classes]))
}


def BiRNN(x, weights, biases):

    # Prepare data shape to match `rnn` function requirements
    # Current data input shape: (batch_size, timesteps, n_input)
    # Required shape: 'timesteps' tensors list of shape (batch_size, num_input)

    # Unstack to get a list of 'timesteps' tensors of shape (batch_size, num_input)
    x = tf.unstack(x, timesteps, 1)

    # Define lstm cells with tensorflow
    # Forward direction cell
    lstm_fw_cell = rnn.BasicLSTMCell(num_hidden, forget_bias=1.0)
    # Backward direction cell
    lstm_bw_cell = rnn.BasicLSTMCell(num_hidden, forget_bias=1.0)

    # Get lstm cell output
    try:
        outputs, _, _ = rnn.static_bidirectional_rnn(lstm_fw_cell, lstm_bw_cell, x,
                                              dtype=tf.float32)
    except Exception: # Old TensorFlow version only returns outputs not states
        outputs = rnn.static_bidirectional_rnn(lstm_fw_cell, lstm_bw_cell, x,
                                        dtype=tf.float32)

    # Linear activation, using rnn inner loop last output
    return tf.matmul(outputs[-1], weights['out']) + biases['out']

logits = BiRNN(X, weights, biases)
prediction = tf.nn.softmax(logits)

# Define loss and optimizer
loss_op = tf.reduce_mean(tf.nn.softmax_cross_entropy_with_logits(
    logits=logits, labels=Y))
optimizer = tf.train.GradientDescentOptimizer(learning_rate=learning_rate)
train_op = optimizer.minimize(loss_op)

# Evaluate model (with test logits, for dropout to be disabled)
correct_pred = tf.equal(tf.argmax(prediction, 1), tf.argmax(Y, 1))
accuracy = tf.reduce_mean(tf.cast(correct_pred, tf.float32))

# Initialize the variables (i.e. assign their default value)
init = tf.global_variables_initializer()

# Start training
with tf.Session() as sess:

    # Run the initializer
    sess.run(init)

    for step in range(1, training_steps+1):
        batch_x, batch_y = mnist.train.next_batch(batch_size)
        # Reshape data to get 28 seq of 28 elements
        batch_x = batch_x.reshape((batch_size, timesteps, num_input))
        # Run optimization op (backprop)
        sess.run(train_op, feed_dict={X: batch_x, Y: batch_y})
        if step % display_step == 0 or step == 1:
            # Calculate batch loss and accuracy
            loss, acc = sess.run([loss_op, accuracy], feed_dict={X: batch_x,
                                                                 Y: batch_y})
            print("Step " + str(step) + ", Minibatch Loss= " + \
                  "{:.4f}".format(loss) + ", Training Accuracy= " + \
                  "{:.3f}".format(acc))

    print("Optimization Finished!")

    # Calculate accuracy for 128 mnist test images
    test_len = 128
    test_data = mnist.test.images[:test_len].reshape((-1, timesteps, num_input))
    test_label = mnist.test.labels[:test_len]
    print("Testing Accuracy:", \
        sess.run(accuracy, feed_dict={X: test_data, Y: test_label}))