The generator is run in parallel to the model, for efficiency. For instance, this allows you to do real-time data augmentation on images on CPU in parallel to training your model on GPU.
fit_generator(object, generator, steps_per_epoch, epochs = 1,
verbose = getOption("keras.fit_verbose", default = 1), callbacks = NULL,
view_metrics = getOption("keras.view_metrics", default = "auto"),
validation_data = NULL, validation_steps = NULL, class_weight = NULL,
max_queue_size = 10, workers = 1, initial_epoch = 0)Keras model object
A generator (e.g. like the one provided by
flow_images_from_directory() or a custom R generator function).
The output of the generator must be a list of one of these forms:
- (inputs, targets) - (inputs, targets, sample_weights)
This list (a single output of the generator) makes a single batch.
Therefore, all arrays in this list must have the same length (equal to
the size of this batch). Different batches may have different sizes.
For example, the last batch of the epoch is commonly smaller than the
others, if the size of the dataset is not divisible by the batch size.
The generator is expected to loop over its data indefinitely. An epoch
finishes when steps_per_epoch batches have been seen by the model.
Total number of steps (batches of samples) to yield
from generator before declaring one epoch finished and starting the next
epoch. It should typically be equal to the number of samples if your
dataset divided by the batch size.
Integer. Number of epochs to train the model.
An epoch is an iteration over the entire data provided, as defined by
steps_per_epoch. Note that in conjunction with initial_epoch,
epochs is to be understood as "final epoch". The model is not trained
for a number of iterations given by epochs, but merely until the epoch
of index epochs is reached.
Verbosity mode (0 = silent, 1 = progress bar, 2 = one line per epoch).
List of callbacks to apply during training.
View realtime plot of training metrics (by epoch). The
default ("auto") will display the plot when running within RStudio,
metrics were specified during model compile(), epochs > 1 and
verbose > 0. Use the global keras.view_metrics option to establish a
different default.
this can be either:
a generator for the validation data
a list (inputs, targets)
a list (inputs, targets, sample_weights). on which to evaluate the loss and any model metrics at the end of each epoch. The model will not be trained on this data.
Only relevant if validation_data is a generator.
Total number of steps (batches of samples) to yield from generator before
stopping at the end of every epoch. It should typically be equal to the number
of samples of your validation dataset divided by the batch size.
Optional named list mapping class indices (integer) to a weight (float) value, used for weighting the loss function (during training only). This can be useful to tell the model to "pay more attention" to samples from an under-represented class.
Maximum size for the generator queue. If unspecified,
max_queue_size will default to 10.
Maximum number of threads to use for parallel processing. Note that
parallel processing will only be performed for native Keras generators (e.g.
flow_images_from_directory()) as R based generators must run on the main thread.
epoch at which to start training (useful for resuming a previous training run)
Training history object (invisibly)
Other model functions: compile,
evaluate.keras.engine.training.Model,
evaluate_generator, fit,
get_config, get_layer,
keras_model_sequential,
keras_model, multi_gpu_model,
pop_layer,
predict.keras.engine.training.Model,
predict_generator,
predict_on_batch,
predict_proba,
summary.keras.engine.training.Model,
train_on_batch