我想在神经网络术语的背景下:

Epoch:当你的网络最终遍历整个训练集(即，每个训练实例一次)时，它完成了一个Epoch。

为了定义迭代(也就是步骤)，你首先需要知道批处理的大小:

Batch Size: You probably wouldn't like to process the entire training instances all at one forward pass as it is inefficient and needs a huge deal of memory. So what is commonly done is splitting up training instances into subsets (i.e., batches), performing one pass over the selected subset (i.e., batch), and then optimizing the network through backpropagation. The number of training instances within a subset (i.e., batch) is called batch_size. Iteration: (a.k.a training steps) You know that your network has to go over all training instances in one pass in order to complete one epoch. But wait! when you are splitting up your training instances into batches, that means you can only process one batch (a subset of training instances) in one forward pass, so what about the other batches? This is where the term Iteration comes into play: Definition: The number of forwarding passes (The number of batches that you have created) that your network has to do in order to complete one epoch (i.e., going over all training instances) is called Iteration.

例如，当你有10,000个训练实例，你想用10的大小进行批处理;你必须进行10,000/10 = 1,000次迭代才能完成1个epoch。

希望这能回答你的问题!

我想在神经网络术语的背景下:

Epoch:当你的网络最终遍历整个训练集(即，每个训练实例一次)时，它完成了一个Epoch。

为了定义迭代(也就是步骤)，你首先需要知道批处理的大小:

Batch Size: You probably wouldn't like to process the entire training instances all at one forward pass as it is inefficient and needs a huge deal of memory. So what is commonly done is splitting up training instances into subsets (i.e., batches), performing one pass over the selected subset (i.e., batch), and then optimizing the network through backpropagation. The number of training instances within a subset (i.e., batch) is called batch_size. Iteration: (a.k.a training steps) You know that your network has to go over all training instances in one pass in order to complete one epoch. But wait! when you are splitting up your training instances into batches, that means you can only process one batch (a subset of training instances) in one forward pass, so what about the other batches? This is where the term Iteration comes into play: Definition: The number of forwarding passes (The number of batches that you have created) that your network has to do in order to complete one epoch (i.e., going over all training instances) is called Iteration.

例如，当你有10,000个训练实例，你想用10的大小进行批处理;你必须进行10,000/10 = 1,000次迭代才能完成1个epoch。

希望这能回答你的问题!

根据我的理解，当你需要训练一个NN时，你需要一个包含许多数据项的大型数据集。在训练神经网络时，数据项一个一个地进入神经网络，这称为迭代;当整个数据集通过时，它被称为epoch。

一个epoch包含几个迭代。这就是这个时代。让我们把epoch定义为训练神经网络时在数据集上的迭代次数。

epoch是用于训练的样本子集的迭代，例如，神经网络中的梯度下降算法。一个很好的参考:http://neuralnetworksanddeeplearning.com/chap1.html

请注意，该页面有一个使用epoch的梯度下降算法的代码

def SGD(self, training_data, epochs, mini_batch_size, eta,
        test_data=None):
    """Train the neural network using mini-batch stochastic
    gradient descent.  The "training_data" is a list of tuples
    "(x, y)" representing the training inputs and the desired
    outputs.  The other non-optional parameters are
    self-explanatory.  If "test_data" is provided then the
    network will be evaluated against the test data after each
    epoch, and partial progress printed out.  This is useful for
    tracking progress, but slows things down substantially."""
    if test_data: n_test = len(test_data)
    n = len(training_data)
    for j in xrange(epochs):
        random.shuffle(training_data)
        mini_batches = [
            training_data[k:k+mini_batch_size]
            for k in xrange(0, n, mini_batch_size)]
        for mini_batch in mini_batches:
            self.update_mini_batch(mini_batch, eta)
        if test_data:
            print "Epoch {0}: {1} / {2}".format(
                j, self.evaluate(test_data), n_test)
        else:
            print "Epoch {0} complete".format(j)

看看代码。对于每个历元，我们随机生成梯度下降算法输入的子集。为什么epoch是有效的，也解释了这一页。请看一看。

要理解它们之间的区别，你必须理解梯度下降算法及其变体。

在我开始回答这个问题之前，我想先了解一下背景。

批处理是完整的数据集。它的大小是可用数据集中训练示例的总数。

小批量大小是学习算法在单次传递(向前和向后)中处理的示例数量。

迷你批是给定迷你批大小的数据集的一小部分。

迭代是算法已经看到的数据批次的数量(或者简单地说，算法已经在数据集上完成的次数)。

epoch是一个学习算法看到完整数据集的次数。现在，这可能不等于迭代的次数，因为数据集也可以小批量处理，本质上，一次传递可能只处理数据集的一部分。在这种情况下，迭代的数量不等于epoch的数量。

在批处理梯度下降的情况下，整个批处理在每个训练通过。因此，梯度下降优化器的收敛比Mini-batch梯度下降更平滑，但需要更多的时间。如果存在最优条件，分批梯度下降法保证能找到最优条件。

随机梯度下降是小批量梯度下降的一种特殊情况，其中小批量大小为1。