Theano tutorials?

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I see that deeplearning.net has been taken down, save for a handful for pages. I’ve run into functions like the below before, which I don’t really understand what’s happening or why.

This particular function came from a PyMC3 adaptation of a 2017 Google whitepaper. For the PyMC3 code, reference link 3.

Bayesian Methods for Media Mix Modeling with Carryover and Shape Effects – Google Research (whitepaper)

Bayesian Media Mix Modeling using PyMC3, for Fun and Profit | by Luca Fiaschi | HelloTech (hellofresh.com) (dumbed down writeup)

A Bayesian Approach to Media Mix Modeling by Michael Johns & Zhenyu Wang - YouTube (video reviewing the writeup)

def geometric_adstock(x, alpha=0.8,L=12,normalize=True):
    w = tt.as_tensor_variable([tt.power(alpha,i) for i in range(L)])
    xx = tt.stack([tt.concatenate([tt.zeros(i), x[:x.shape[0] -i]]) for i in range(L)])
   
    if not normalize:
        y = tt.dot(w,xx)
    else:
        y = tt.dot(w/tt.sum(w), xx)
    return y

Could someone link some fairly in-depth Theano turorials?

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Maybe this one can help:

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This is awesome, thank you!

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See also: https://theano-pymc.readthedocs.io/en/latest/

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