203_activation.py

"""
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Dependencies:
torch: 0.4
matplotlib
"""
import torch
import torch.nn.functional as F
from torch.autograd import Variable
import matplotlib.pyplot as plt

# fake data
x = torch.linspace(-5, 5, 200)  # x data (tensor), shape=(100, 1)
x = Variable(x)
x_np = x.data.numpy()   # numpy array for plotting

# following are popular activation functions
y_relu = torch.relu(x).data.numpy()
y_sigmoid = torch.sigmoid(x).data.numpy()
y_tanh = torch.tanh(x).data.numpy()
y_softplus = F.softplus(x).data.numpy() # there's no softplus in torch
# y_softmax = torch.softmax(x, dim=0).data.numpy() softmax is a special kind of activation function, it is about probability

# plt to visualize these activation function
plt.figure(1, figsize=(8, 6))
plt.subplot(221)
plt.plot(x_np, y_relu, c='red', label='relu')
plt.ylim((-1, 5))
plt.legend(loc='best')

plt.subplot(222)
plt.plot(x_np, y_sigmoid, c='red', label='sigmoid')
plt.ylim((-0.2, 1.2))
plt.legend(loc='best')

plt.subplot(223)
plt.plot(x_np, y_tanh, c='red', label='tanh')
plt.ylim((-1.2, 1.2))
plt.legend(loc='best')

plt.subplot(224)
plt.plot(x_np, y_softplus, c='red', label='softplus')
plt.ylim((-0.2, 6))
plt.legend(loc='best')

plt.show()