How to save ANN_MLP by appending to file containing other data?

asked 2017-10-05 09:22:36 -0600

updated 2017-10-05 11:41:27 -0600

I'm using OpenCV 3.2. I need to save a trained ANN_MLP network, but it needs to be saved in the same file as other serialised data from the application (the api specifies only one set-up file), so I need a save() method that appends to existing data in a file.

Is there a way to save ANN_MLP by appending to an existing file and then read it back again?

Failing that, is is possible to "train" a network by setting the weight matrices, instead of using train() or load()? This would enable me to simply write/read the matrices that describe the network.

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I have solved the second part of this question: it is possible to create a working network by copying the matrices. The tricky part is that there is no setWeights() method, so you have to copy the weights using:

mlp->getWeights(i).copyTo(mlp2->getWeights(i));

Only copyTo() will actually copy to the internal data of mlp2; assignment and clone() will not work.

nmcfarlane ( 2017-10-05 11:29:43 -0600 )edit

this is the "back door".

what if you use

my_nn->write(some_existing_filestorage);

to save it, and

Ptr<ANN_MLP> new_nn = Algorithm::read<ml::ANN_MLP>(some_existing_filestorage);

to retrieve it ?

berak ( 2017-10-05 11:45:55 -0600 )edit

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cv::FileStorage fs; fs.open("mlp.xml", cv::FileStorage::WRITE); mlp->write(fs); fs.release(); mlp2 = ANN_MLP::create(); fs.open("mlp.xml", cv::FileStorage::READ); mlp2->read(fs.root()); fs.release();

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