diff --git a/deeplearning4j/README.md b/deeplearning4j/README.md
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+### Sample deeplearning4j Project
+This is a sample project for the [deeplearning4j](https://deeplearning4j.org) library.
+
+### Relevant Articles:
+- [A Guide to deeplearning4j](http://www.baeldung.com/a-guide-to-deeplearning4j/)
diff --git a/deeplearning4j/pom.xml b/deeplearning4j/pom.xml
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+
+ 4.0.0
+ com.baeldung.deeplearning4j
+ deeplearning4j
+ jar
+ 1.0-SNAPSHOT
+ deeplearning4j
+
+
+ UTF-8
+ 1.8
+ 1.8
+ 0.9.1
+
+
+
+
+
+ org.nd4j
+ nd4j-native-platform
+ ${dl4j.version}
+
+
+
+ org.deeplearning4j
+ deeplearning4j-core
+ ${dl4j.version}
+
+
+
+
+
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diff --git a/deeplearning4j/src/main/java/com/baeldung/deeplearning4j/IrisClassifier.java b/deeplearning4j/src/main/java/com/baeldung/deeplearning4j/IrisClassifier.java
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+package com.baeldung.deeplearning4j;
+
+import org.datavec.api.records.reader.RecordReader;
+import org.datavec.api.records.reader.impl.csv.CSVRecordReader;
+import org.datavec.api.split.FileSplit;
+import org.datavec.api.util.ClassPathResource;
+import org.deeplearning4j.datasets.datavec.RecordReaderDataSetIterator;
+import org.deeplearning4j.eval.Evaluation;
+import org.deeplearning4j.nn.conf.MultiLayerConfiguration;
+import org.deeplearning4j.nn.conf.NeuralNetConfiguration;
+import org.deeplearning4j.nn.conf.layers.DenseLayer;
+import org.deeplearning4j.nn.conf.layers.OutputLayer;
+import org.deeplearning4j.nn.multilayer.MultiLayerNetwork;
+import org.deeplearning4j.nn.weights.WeightInit;
+import org.nd4j.linalg.activations.Activation;
+import org.nd4j.linalg.api.ndarray.INDArray;
+import org.nd4j.linalg.dataset.DataSet;
+import org.nd4j.linalg.dataset.SplitTestAndTrain;
+import org.nd4j.linalg.dataset.api.iterator.DataSetIterator;
+import org.nd4j.linalg.dataset.api.preprocessor.DataNormalization;
+import org.nd4j.linalg.dataset.api.preprocessor.NormalizerStandardize;
+import org.nd4j.linalg.lossfunctions.LossFunctions;
+
+import java.io.IOException;
+
+public class IrisClassifier {
+
+ private static final int CLASSES_COUNT = 3;
+ private static final int FEATURES_COUNT = 4;
+
+ public static void main(String[] args) throws IOException, InterruptedException {
+
+ DataSet allData;
+ try (RecordReader recordReader = new CSVRecordReader(0, ',')) {
+ recordReader.initialize(new FileSplit(new ClassPathResource("iris.txt").getFile()));
+
+ DataSetIterator iterator = new RecordReaderDataSetIterator(recordReader, 150, FEATURES_COUNT, CLASSES_COUNT);
+ allData = iterator.next();
+ }
+
+ allData.shuffle(42);
+
+ DataNormalization normalizer = new NormalizerStandardize();
+ normalizer.fit(allData);
+ normalizer.transform(allData);
+
+ SplitTestAndTrain testAndTrain = allData.splitTestAndTrain(0.65);
+ DataSet trainingData = testAndTrain.getTrain();
+ DataSet testData = testAndTrain.getTest();
+
+ MultiLayerConfiguration configuration = new NeuralNetConfiguration.Builder()
+ .iterations(1000)
+ .activation(Activation.TANH)
+ .weightInit(WeightInit.XAVIER)
+ .learningRate(0.1)
+ .regularization(true).l2(0.0001)
+ .list()
+ .layer(0, new DenseLayer.Builder().nIn(FEATURES_COUNT).nOut(3)
+ .build())
+ .layer(1, new DenseLayer.Builder().nIn(3).nOut(3)
+ .build())
+ .layer(2, new OutputLayer.Builder(LossFunctions.LossFunction.NEGATIVELOGLIKELIHOOD)
+ .activation(Activation.SOFTMAX)
+ .nIn(3).nOut(CLASSES_COUNT).build())
+ .backprop(true).pretrain(false)
+ .build();
+
+ MultiLayerNetwork model = new MultiLayerNetwork(configuration);
+ model.init();
+ model.fit(trainingData);
+
+ INDArray output = model.output(testData.getFeatureMatrix());
+
+ Evaluation eval = new Evaluation(CLASSES_COUNT);
+ eval.eval(testData.getLabels(), output);
+ System.out.println(eval.stats());
+
+ }
+
+}
diff --git a/deeplearning4j/src/main/resources/iris.txt b/deeplearning4j/src/main/resources/iris.txt
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..8b4511f8be
--- /dev/null
+++ b/deeplearning4j/src/main/resources/iris.txt
@@ -0,0 +1,150 @@
+5.1,3.5,1.4,0.2,0
+4.9,3.0,1.4,0.2,0
+4.7,3.2,1.3,0.2,0
+4.6,3.1,1.5,0.2,0
+5.0,3.6,1.4,0.2,0
+5.4,3.9,1.7,0.4,0
+4.6,3.4,1.4,0.3,0
+5.0,3.4,1.5,0.2,0
+4.4,2.9,1.4,0.2,0
+4.9,3.1,1.5,0.1,0
+5.4,3.7,1.5,0.2,0
+4.8,3.4,1.6,0.2,0
+4.8,3.0,1.4,0.1,0
+4.3,3.0,1.1,0.1,0
+5.8,4.0,1.2,0.2,0
+5.7,4.4,1.5,0.4,0
+5.4,3.9,1.3,0.4,0
+5.1,3.5,1.4,0.3,0
+5.7,3.8,1.7,0.3,0
+5.1,3.8,1.5,0.3,0
+5.4,3.4,1.7,0.2,0
+5.1,3.7,1.5,0.4,0
+4.6,3.6,1.0,0.2,0
+5.1,3.3,1.7,0.5,0
+4.8,3.4,1.9,0.2,0
+5.0,3.0,1.6,0.2,0
+5.0,3.4,1.6,0.4,0
+5.2,3.5,1.5,0.2,0
+5.2,3.4,1.4,0.2,0
+4.7,3.2,1.6,0.2,0
+4.8,3.1,1.6,0.2,0
+5.4,3.4,1.5,0.4,0
+5.2,4.1,1.5,0.1,0
+5.5,4.2,1.4,0.2,0
+4.9,3.1,1.5,0.1,0
+5.0,3.2,1.2,0.2,0
+5.5,3.5,1.3,0.2,0
+4.9,3.1,1.5,0.1,0
+4.4,3.0,1.3,0.2,0
+5.1,3.4,1.5,0.2,0
+5.0,3.5,1.3,0.3,0
+4.5,2.3,1.3,0.3,0
+4.4,3.2,1.3,0.2,0
+5.0,3.5,1.6,0.6,0
+5.1,3.8,1.9,0.4,0
+4.8,3.0,1.4,0.3,0
+5.1,3.8,1.6,0.2,0
+4.6,3.2,1.4,0.2,0
+5.3,3.7,1.5,0.2,0
+5.0,3.3,1.4,0.2,0
+7.0,3.2,4.7,1.4,1
+6.4,3.2,4.5,1.5,1
+6.9,3.1,4.9,1.5,1
+5.5,2.3,4.0,1.3,1
+6.5,2.8,4.6,1.5,1
+5.7,2.8,4.5,1.3,1
+6.3,3.3,4.7,1.6,1
+4.9,2.4,3.3,1.0,1
+6.6,2.9,4.6,1.3,1
+5.2,2.7,3.9,1.4,1
+5.0,2.0,3.5,1.0,1
+5.9,3.0,4.2,1.5,1
+6.0,2.2,4.0,1.0,1
+6.1,2.9,4.7,1.4,1
+5.6,2.9,3.6,1.3,1
+6.7,3.1,4.4,1.4,1
+5.6,3.0,4.5,1.5,1
+5.8,2.7,4.1,1.0,1
+6.2,2.2,4.5,1.5,1
+5.6,2.5,3.9,1.1,1
+5.9,3.2,4.8,1.8,1
+6.1,2.8,4.0,1.3,1
+6.3,2.5,4.9,1.5,1
+6.1,2.8,4.7,1.2,1
+6.4,2.9,4.3,1.3,1
+6.6,3.0,4.4,1.4,1
+6.8,2.8,4.8,1.4,1
+6.7,3.0,5.0,1.7,1
+6.0,2.9,4.5,1.5,1
+5.7,2.6,3.5,1.0,1
+5.5,2.4,3.8,1.1,1
+5.5,2.4,3.7,1.0,1
+5.8,2.7,3.9,1.2,1
+6.0,2.7,5.1,1.6,1
+5.4,3.0,4.5,1.5,1
+6.0,3.4,4.5,1.6,1
+6.7,3.1,4.7,1.5,1
+6.3,2.3,4.4,1.3,1
+5.6,3.0,4.1,1.3,1
+5.5,2.5,4.0,1.3,1
+5.5,2.6,4.4,1.2,1
+6.1,3.0,4.6,1.4,1
+5.8,2.6,4.0,1.2,1
+5.0,2.3,3.3,1.0,1
+5.6,2.7,4.2,1.3,1
+5.7,3.0,4.2,1.2,1
+5.7,2.9,4.2,1.3,1
+6.2,2.9,4.3,1.3,1
+5.1,2.5,3.0,1.1,1
+5.7,2.8,4.1,1.3,1
+6.3,3.3,6.0,2.5,2
+5.8,2.7,5.1,1.9,2
+7.1,3.0,5.9,2.1,2
+6.3,2.9,5.6,1.8,2
+6.5,3.0,5.8,2.2,2
+7.6,3.0,6.6,2.1,2
+4.9,2.5,4.5,1.7,2
+7.3,2.9,6.3,1.8,2
+6.7,2.5,5.8,1.8,2
+7.2,3.6,6.1,2.5,2
+6.5,3.2,5.1,2.0,2
+6.4,2.7,5.3,1.9,2
+6.8,3.0,5.5,2.1,2
+5.7,2.5,5.0,2.0,2
+5.8,2.8,5.1,2.4,2
+6.4,3.2,5.3,2.3,2
+6.5,3.0,5.5,1.8,2
+7.7,3.8,6.7,2.2,2
+7.7,2.6,6.9,2.3,2
+6.0,2.2,5.0,1.5,2
+6.9,3.2,5.7,2.3,2
+5.6,2.8,4.9,2.0,2
+7.7,2.8,6.7,2.0,2
+6.3,2.7,4.9,1.8,2
+6.7,3.3,5.7,2.1,2
+7.2,3.2,6.0,1.8,2
+6.2,2.8,4.8,1.8,2
+6.1,3.0,4.9,1.8,2
+6.4,2.8,5.6,2.1,2
+7.2,3.0,5.8,1.6,2
+7.4,2.8,6.1,1.9,2
+7.9,3.8,6.4,2.0,2
+6.4,2.8,5.6,2.2,2
+6.3,2.8,5.1,1.5,2
+6.1,2.6,5.6,1.4,2
+7.7,3.0,6.1,2.3,2
+6.3,3.4,5.6,2.4,2
+6.4,3.1,5.5,1.8,2
+6.0,3.0,4.8,1.8,2
+6.9,3.1,5.4,2.1,2
+6.7,3.1,5.6,2.4,2
+6.9,3.1,5.1,2.3,2
+5.8,2.7,5.1,1.9,2
+6.8,3.2,5.9,2.3,2
+6.7,3.3,5.7,2.5,2
+6.7,3.0,5.2,2.3,2
+6.3,2.5,5.0,1.9,2
+6.5,3.0,5.2,2.0,2
+6.2,3.4,5.4,2.3,2
+5.9,3.0,5.1,1.8,2
diff --git a/pom.xml b/pom.xml
index ff4b490c6b..c3915e4fce 100644
--- a/pom.xml
+++ b/pom.xml
@@ -248,6 +248,7 @@
mockserver
undertow
vertx-and-rxjava
+ deeplearning4j