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I'm a beginner with scikiti-learn library. I have an ANN with 3 input, 2 hidden layers and 3 output.

mlp = MLPClassifier(hidden_layer_sizes= hidden_layers,max_iter=iterations, activation=activation_fun)

I read on the documentation that the classifier uses softmax for the output activation function and cross-entropy loss function. I have a multi-class problem where the three outputs will predict the classes 0,1,2. My question is that. How can I retrieve the vectors that enconds the classes 0,1,2? example: [1,0,0] -> 0 [0,1,0] -> 1 [0,0,1] -> 2

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How did you create the labels in the first place? You can know which corresponds to which by using scikit-learn's Label Encoder. This handles the labeling and at the end you can use inverse transformation to get the label names.

For one-hot-encoding the labels, you can use Label Binarizer, which again has an inverse defined in the link.

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  • $\begingroup$ Than you for your help :) we have to use Label Encoder when we have to encode textual data in numerical label? I have already numerical labels. I tested it, but return the same labels. I'd like know the output vector of the neural network.. or maybe I don't understand how to apply it $\endgroup$ – Paul Nov 15 '19 at 9:26
  • $\begingroup$ Then it's probably in numerical order. If you already tested the label encoder, you can try the inverse transform defined in the link above to make sure they are so. $\endgroup$ – serali Nov 15 '19 at 9:35
  • $\begingroup$ @Paul please also check the edited part $\endgroup$ – serali Nov 15 '19 at 9:45
  • $\begingroup$ It convert the label 0,1,2 into three vector. but how can I be sure that the same encoding is used by the mlp classifier? $\endgroup$ – Paul Nov 15 '19 at 14:18
  • $\begingroup$ Here is the source code for the predict function for MLP. It returns the inverse transforms of the label binarizer. github.com/scikit-learn/scikit-learn/blob/1495f6924/sklearn/… $\endgroup$ – serali Nov 15 '19 at 14:52
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If you are interested on the probability output of your model, simply call mlp.predict_proba(X)

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