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Neural networks for regression

Neural network models are structured as a series of layers that reflect the way the brain processes information. The regression neural network models available in Statistics and Machine Learning Toolbox™ are fully connected, feedforward neural networks for which you can adjust the size of the fully connected layers and change the activation functions of the layers.

To train a regression neural network model, use the Regression Learner app. For greater flexibility, train a regression neural network model using fitrnet in the command-line interface. After training, you can predict responses for new data by passing the model and the new predictor data to predict.

If you want to create more complex deep learning networks and have Deep Learning Toolbox™, you can try the Deep Network Designer (Deep Learning Toolbox) app.

Apps

Regression LearnerTrain regression models to predict data using supervised machine learning

Blocks

RegressionNeuralNetwork PredictPredict responses using neural network regression model (Since R2021b)

Functions

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fitrnetTrain neural network regression model (Since R2021a)
compactReduce size of machine learning model
limeLocal interpretable model-agnostic explanations (LIME) (Since R2020b)
partialDependenceCompute partial dependence (Since R2020b)
permutationImportancePredictor importance by permutation (Since R2024a)
plotPartialDependenceCreate partial dependence plot (PDP) and individual conditional expectation (ICE) plots
shapleyShapley values (Since R2021a)
crossvalCross-validate machine learning model
kfoldLossLoss for cross-validated partitioned regression model
kfoldPredictPredict responses for observations in cross-validated regression model
kfoldfunCross-validate function for regression
lossLoss for regression neural network (Since R2021a)
resubLossResubstitution regression loss
predictPredict responses using regression neural network (Since R2021a)
resubPredictPredict responses for training data using trained regression model

Objects

RegressionNeuralNetworkNeural network model for regression (Since R2021a)
CompactRegressionNeuralNetworkCompact neural network model for regression (Since R2021a)
RegressionPartitionedNeuralNetworkCross-validated regression neural network model (Since R2023b)

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