How can I train a Convolutional Neural Network for a Regression task?

I recently learned about Matlab's 2016a version having introduced CNN implementations and functions. What I want to ask is if it is possible to construct a CNN to fit a function (regression). Just like you would use 'fitnet' from Neural Network Toolbox. Can I train a new CNN to do that?

Answer 1

[Tejas]

Hello Ioannis,

A Convolutional Neural Network (CNN) can indeed be trained for regression tasks. This documentation provides an example of Convolutional Neural Network (CNN) used for regression task. In the example, CNN predicts the angles of rotation (regression task) for handwritten digits:

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