Keras Loss & Accuracy Plot Helper Function

matplotlib.py

import matplotlib.pyplot as plt

# Plot model history more easily

# when plotting, smooth out the points by some factor (0.5 = rough, 0.99 = smooth)
# method taken from `Deep Learning with Python` by François Chollet

def smooth_curve(points, factor=0.75):
    smoothed_points = []
    for point in points:
        if smoothed_points:
            previous = smoothed_points[-1]
            smoothed_points.append(previous * factor + point * (1 - factor))
        else:
            smoothed_points.append(point)
    return smoothed_points


def set_plot_history_data(ax, history, which_graph):

    if which_graph == 'acc':
        train = smooth_curve(history.history['acc'])
        valid = smooth_curve(history.history['val_acc'])

    if which_graph == 'loss':
        train = smooth_curve(history.history['loss'])
        valid = smooth_curve(history.history['val_loss'])

    plt.xkcd() # make plots look like xkcd
        
    epochs = range(1, len(train) + 1)
        
    trim = 5 # remove first 5 epochs
    # when graphing loss the first few epochs may skew the (loss) graph
    
    ax.plot(epochs[trim:], train[trim:], 'dodgerblue', label=('Training'))
    ax.plot(epochs[trim:], train[trim:], 'dodgerblue', linewidth=15, alpha=0.1)
    
    ax.plot(epochs[trim:], valid[trim:], 'g', label=('Validation'))
    ax.plot(epochs[trim:], valid[trim:], 'g', linewidth=15, alpha=0.1)

    
def get_max_validation_accuracy(history):
    validation = smooth_curve(history.history['val_acc'])
    ymax = max(validation)
    return 'Max validation accuracy ≈ ' + str(round(ymax, 3)*100) + '%'


def plot_history(history):    
    
    fig, (ax1, ax2) = plt.subplots(nrows=2,
                                   ncols=1,
                                   figsize=(10, 6),
                                   sharex=True,
                                   gridspec_kw = {'height_ratios':[5, 2]})

    set_plot_history_data(ax1, history, 'acc')
    
    set_plot_history_data(ax2, history, 'loss')
    
    # Accuracy graph
    ax1.set_ylabel('Accuracy')
    ax1.set_ylim(bottom=0.5, top=1)
    ax1.legend(loc="lower right")
    ax1.spines['top'].set_visible(False)
    ax1.spines['right'].set_visible(False)
    ax1.xaxis.set_ticks_position('none')
    ax1.spines['bottom'].set_visible(False)
    
    # max accuracty text
    plt.text(0.97,
             0.97,
             get_max_validation_accuracy(history),
             horizontalalignment='right',
             verticalalignment='top',
             transform=ax1.transAxes,
             fontsize=12)

    # Loss graph
    ax2.set_ylabel('Loss')
    ax2.set_yticks([])
    ax2.plot(legend=False)
    ax2.set_xlabel('Epochs')
    ax2.spines['top'].set_visible(False)
    ax2.spines['right'].set_visible(False)

    plt.tight_layout()

# how to use:
# assuming you are using Keras

history = model.fit(x, y, ...)

plot_history(history)

Thank you for the bug report. At some point in the last year something changed -- I believe Keras no longer has acc ❓ 🤔

I have this code as a PyPI package: https://pypi.org/project/keras-hist-graph/
And there's a repository for it too: https://github.com/whyboris/keras-hist-graph

I've not been doing much Keras lately, so I might not fix it for a while 🤷 -- if you happen to figure something out - please open a PR 🙇