This code normalizes feature values in training and testing datasets by dividing them by 255.0, effectively converting pixel values from a range of [0, 255] to [0, 1]. This is a common normalization technique in deep learning, suitable for image classification problems.
x_train = train_features/255.0
x_test = test_features/255.0
import numpy as np
def normalize_features(train_features, test_features):
"""
Normalizes the training and testing features by dividing them by a scalar value.
Args:
train_features (numpy.ndarray): Training features.
test_features (numpy.ndarray): Testing features.
Returns:
x_train (numpy.ndarray): Normalized training features.
x_test (numpy.ndarray): Normalized testing features.
"""
# Ensure input data are numpy arrays
train_features = np.asarray(train_features)
test_features = np.asarray(test_features)
# Define the normalization scalar value
NORMALIZATION_SCALAR = 255.0
# Normalize the features
x_train = train_features / NORMALIZATION_SCALAR
x_test = test_features / NORMALIZATION_SCALAR
return x_train, x_test
# Example usage:
x_train, x_test = normalize_features(train_features, test_features)
x_train = train_features / 255.0
x_test = test_features / 255.0
This code normalizes the feature values in the training and testing datasets by dividing them by 255.0.
train_features
and test_features
are numpy arrays or pandas DataFrames containing feature values.