# chainer.functions.batch_renormalization¶

chainer.functions.batch_renormalization(x, gamma, beta, rmax, dmax, eps=2e-05, running_mean=None, running_var=None, decay=0.9, update_statistics=False)[source]

Batch renormalization function.

This is an extension of batch normalization, which ensures that the training and inference models generate the same outputs that depend on individual examples rather than the entire minibatch.

Note

This function does not perform in-place update to running_mean and running_var by default, contrary to batch_normalization(). If the function is called, it will not be possible to access the updated running mean and variance statistics, because they are members of the function object, which cannot be accessed by the caller. If it is desired to update the running statistics, call the function with update_statistics=True option.

Note

For the consistency with Batch Normalization, this function intentionally ignores some of the theoretical flaws in Algorithm 1 of the Batch Renormalization paper:

• F.batch_renormalization maintains the moving average of variances $$\sigma^2$$, while the original paper maintains the moving average of standard deviations $$\sigma$$.

• F.batch_renormalization applies Bessel’s correction to update the moving average of variances.

BatchRenormalization to manage the model parameters (gamma, beta) and the statistics (running_mean, running_var).