Deep-Learning Nan loss reasons

Question

Perhaps too general a question, but can anyone explain what would cause a Convolutional Neural Network to diverge?

Specifics:

I am using Tensorflow\'s iris_tra

Answer 1

In my case I got NAN when setting distant integer LABELs. ie:

• Labels [0..100] the training was ok,
• Labels [0..100] plus one additional label 8000, then I got NANs.

So, not use a very distant Label.

EDIT You can see the effect in the following simple code:

from keras.models import Sequential
from keras.layers import Dense, Activation
import numpy as np

X=np.random.random(size=(20,5))
y=np.random.randint(0,high=5, size=(20,1))

model = Sequential([
            Dense(10, input_dim=X.shape[1]),
            Activation('relu'),
            Dense(5),
            Activation('softmax')
            ])
model.compile(optimizer = "Adam", loss = "sparse_categorical_crossentropy", metrics = ["accuracy"] )

print('fit model with labels in range 0..5')
history = model.fit(X, y, epochs= 5 )

X = np.vstack( (X, np.random.random(size=(1,5))))
y = np.vstack( ( y, [[8000]]))
print('fit model with labels in range 0..5 plus 8000')
history = model.fit(X, y, epochs= 5 )

The result shows the NANs after adding the label 8000:

fit model with labels in range 0..5
Epoch 1/5
20/20 [==============================] - 0s 25ms/step - loss: 1.8345 - acc: 0.1500
Epoch 2/5
20/20 [==============================] - 0s 150us/step - loss: 1.8312 - acc: 0.1500
Epoch 3/5
20/20 [==============================] - 0s 151us/step - loss: 1.8273 - acc: 0.1500
Epoch 4/5
20/20 [==============================] - 0s 198us/step - loss: 1.8233 - acc: 0.1500
Epoch 5/5
20/20 [==============================] - 0s 151us/step - loss: 1.8192 - acc: 0.1500
fit model with labels in range 0..5 plus 8000
Epoch 1/5
21/21 [==============================] - 0s 142us/step - loss: nan - acc: 0.1429
Epoch 2/5
21/21 [==============================] - 0s 238us/step - loss: nan - acc: 0.2381
Epoch 3/5
21/21 [==============================] - 0s 191us/step - loss: nan - acc: 0.2381
Epoch 4/5
21/21 [==============================] - 0s 191us/step - loss: nan - acc: 0.2381
Epoch 5/5
21/21 [==============================] - 0s 188us/step - loss: nan - acc: 0.2381