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57 changes: 57 additions & 0 deletions machine_learning/mlp_activation_comparison.py
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import matplotlib.pyplot as plt
import numpy as np
from sklearn.datasets import make_moons
from sklearn.model_selection import train_test_split
from sklearn.neural_network import MLPClassifier


def compare_activations() -> None:
"""
Demonstrates the effect of different activation functions on a simple dataset
using scikit-learn's MLPClassifier.

>>> compare_activations() # doctest: +SKIP
This function trains models and plots decision boundaries for each activation.
"""
x, y = make_moons(n_samples=200, noise=0.25, random_state=3)
x_train, x_test, y_train, y_test = train_test_split(
x, y, stratify=y, random_state=42
)

activations = ["identity", "logistic", "tanh", "relu"]

for activation in activations:
mlp = MLPClassifier(
hidden_layer_sizes=[50],
max_iter=1000,
activation=activation,
random_state=0,
)
mlp.fit(x_train, y_train)

print(
f"Activation: {activation}, "
f"Train Accuracy: {mlp.score(x_train, y_train):.2f}, "
f"Test Accuracy: {mlp.score(x_test, y_test):.2f}"
)

# Decision boundary
x_min, x_max = x[:, 0].min() - 0.5, x[:, 0].max() + 0.5
y_min, y_max = x[:, 1].min() - 0.5, x[:, 1].max() + 0.5
xx, yy = np.meshgrid(
np.linspace(x_min, x_max, 200),
np.linspace(y_min, y_max, 200),
)
z = mlp.predict(np.c_[xx.ravel(), yy.ravel()])
z = z.reshape(xx.shape)

plt.contourf(xx, yy, z, alpha=0.3)
plt.scatter(x_train[:, 0], x_train[:, 1], c=y_train, marker="o", label="Train")
plt.scatter(x_test[:, 0], x_test[:, 1], c=y_test, marker="s", label="Test")
plt.title(f"Activation: {activation}")
plt.legend()
plt.show()


if __name__ == "__main__":
compare_activations()