This course focuses on LSTM networks, a powerful extension of RNNs that handle long-term dependencies better than simple RNNs. Learners will build, optimize, and evaluate LSTM models for time series forecasting.
Overview
Syllabus
- Unit 1: Introduction to Time Series Forecasting with LSTMs
- Tracking Data Shapes During Preprocessing
- Exploring Sequence Length Impact on Data
- Building Your First LSTM Model
- Exploring LSTM Activation Functions
- Unit 2: Building an LSTM for Time Series Forecasting
- Explicit Input Layers for LSTM Models
- Adjusting LSTM Layer Complexity
- Evaluating LSTM Models with RMSE
- Impact of Training Duration on LSTMs
- Unit 3: Evaluating and Visualizing LSTM Model Performance
- Calculating RMSE for Model Comparison
- Adding MAE to Model Evaluation
- Implementing MAPE for Percentage Error Analysis
- Enhancing LSTM Visualization for Better Insights
- Unit 4: Optimizing LSTM Performance for Time Series Forecasting
- Preventing Overfitting with Dropout Layers
- Applying L1 and L2 Regularization Techniques
- Stabilizing LSTM Training with Batch Normalization
- Implementing Early Stopping for Efficient Training