tf.nn.rnn_cell.RNNCell

Abstract object representing an RNN cell.

Inherits From: Layer

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Main aliases

`tf.contrib.rnn.RNNCell`

Compat aliases for migration

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tf.compat.v1.nn.rnn_cell.RNNCell

tf.nn.rnn_cell.RNNCell(
    trainable=True, name=None, dtype=None, **kwargs
)

Every RNNCell must have the properties below and implement call with the signature (output, next_state) = call(input, state). The optional third input argument, scope, is allowed for backwards compatibility purposes; but should be left off for new subclasses.

This definition of cell differs from the definition used in the literature. In the literature, 'cell' refers to an object with a single scalar output. This definition refers to a horizontal array of such units.

An RNN cell, in the most abstract setting, is anything that has a state and performs some operation that takes a matrix of inputs. This operation results in an output matrix with self.output_size columns. If self.state_size is an integer, this operation also results in a new state matrix with self.state_size columns. If self.state_size is a (possibly nested tuple of) TensorShape object(s), then it should return a matching structure of Tensors having shape [batch_size].concatenate(s) for each s in self.batch_size.

Attributes
graph	DEPRECATED FUNCTION
output_size	Integer or TensorShape: size of outputs produced by this cell.
scope_name
state_size	size(s) of state(s) used by this cell. It can be represented by an Integer, a TensorShape or a tuple of Integers or TensorShapes.

Methods

get_initial_state

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get_initial_state(
    inputs=None, batch_size=None, dtype=None
)

zero_state

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zero_state(
    batch_size, dtype
)

Return zero-filled state tensor(s).

Args
batch_size	int, float, or unit Tensor representing the batch size.
dtype	the data type to use for the state.

Returns
If state_size is an int or TensorShape, then the return value is a N-D tensor of shape [batch_size, state_size] filled with zeros. If state_size is a nested list or tuple, then the return value is a nested list or tuple (of the same structure) of 2-D tensors with the shapes [batch_size, s] for each s in state_size.