Experiment 2: Design a Neural Network for Classifying Movie Reviews (Binary

Classification) Using IMDB Dataset

### Title

Design and implement a neural network for binary classification of movie reviews
using the IMDB dataset in TensorFlow and Keras.

### Aim

To develop a deep learning model that classifies movie reviews as **positive** or

**negative** using the IMDB dataset.

### Objectives

- Load and preprocess the IMDB dataset for training.

- Build a neural network using **word embeddings** for text classification.

- Train the model to predict review sentiment (positive = 1, negative = 0).

- Evaluate the model’s performance on test data and visualize results.

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## Step-by-Step Explanation of the Program

### 1. Import Necessary Libraries

```python

import tensorflow as tf

from tensorflow import keras

from tensorflow.keras import layers

import numpy as np

import matplotlib.pyplot as plt

```

- **Purpose**: These libraries provide tools for building, training, and visualizing the
neural network. TensorFlow and Keras handle the model, while Matplotlib plots
accuracy.

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### 2. Load the IMDB Dataset

```python

vocab_size = 10000 # Use the top 10,000 frequent words

max_length = 250 # Limit reviews to 250 words

(x_train, y_train), (x_test, y_test) =

keras.datasets.imdb.load_data(num_words=vocab_size)

```

- **Purpose**: Loads 50,000 movie reviews (25,000 for training, 25,000 for testing),
labeled as positive or negative. Only the top 10,000 words are kept to simplify
processing.

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### 3. Pad Sequences to Ensure Equal Length

```python

x_train = keras.preprocessing.sequence.pad_sequences(x_train, maxlen=max_length)

x_test = keras.preprocessing.sequence.pad_sequences(x_test, maxlen=max_length)

```

- **Purpose**: Ensures all reviews are the same length (250 words) by adding zeros
(padding) or cutting off excess words. This is required for the neural network to
process inputs uniformly.

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### 4. Build the Neural Network Model

```python

model = keras.Sequential([

layers.Embedding(vocab_size, 32), # Converts words to 32-dimensional vectors

layers.GlobalAveragePooling1D(), # Reduces sequence to a fixed-size vector

layers.Dense(16, activation="relu"), # Extracts features with 16 neurons

layers.Dense(1, activation="sigmoid") # Outputs probability of a positive review

])

```
- **Purpose**: Creates a sequential model:

- **Embedding**: Turns words into dense vectors for meaning.

- **Pooling**: Averages the vectors for consistent input size.

- **Dense Layers**: Learn patterns and output a probability (0 to 1).

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### 5. Compile the Model

```python

model.compile(optimizer="adam", loss="binary_crossentropy", metrics=["accuracy"])

```

- **Purpose**: Configures the model:

- **Optimizer (Adam)**: Adjusts weights efficiently.

- **Loss (Binary Crossentropy)**: Measures prediction error for binary classification.

- **Metrics (Accuracy)**: Tracks correct predictions.

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### 6. Train the Model

```python

history = model.fit(x_train, y_train, epochs=10, batch_size=512,

validation_data=(x_test, y_test))

```

- **Purpose**: Trains the model over 10 epochs (passes through the data), processing
512 reviews per batch. Validation on test data monitors performance during training.

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### 7. Evaluate the Model

```python

test_loss, test_acc = model.evaluate(x_test, y_test)

print(f"Test Accuracy: {test_acc:.4f}")

```
- **Purpose**: Tests the model on unseen data (x_test, y_test) and reports accuracy,
showing how well it generalizes.

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### 8. Plot Training and Validation Accuracy

```python

plt.plot(history.history["accuracy"], label="Training Accuracy")

plt.plot(history.history["val_accuracy"], label="Validation Accuracy")

plt.xlabel("Epochs")

plt.ylabel("Accuracy")

plt.legend()

plt.show()

```

- **Purpose**: Plots accuracy over epochs to visualize learning progress. Training

accuracy should rise steadily, while validation accuracy shows real-world
performance.

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## Expected Output

- **Test Accuracy**: Expect 85-88% accuracy on the test set after 10 epochs.

- **Accuracy Plot**: Training accuracy increases smoothly, while validation accuracy

plateaus slightly lower, indicating good learning without severe overfitting.

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## Conclusion

- The experiment successfully built a neural network to classify IMDB movie reviews as
positive or negative.

- Using **word embeddings** and dense layers, the model achieved 85-88% accuracy.

- The accuracy plot confirms effective training and reasonable generalization to new
data.
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## Sample Output (Hypothetical)

Below is a sample of what you might see when running the code:

```

Epoch 1/10

49/49 [==============================] - 3s 57ms/step - loss:

0.6928 - accuracy: 0.5023 - val_loss: 0.6927 - val_accuracy: 0.5000

Epoch 2/10

49/49 [==============================] - 2s 40ms/step - loss:

0.6912 - accuracy: 0.5100 - val_loss: 0.6900 - val_accuracy: 0.5200

...

Epoch 10/10

49/49 [==============================] - 1s 22ms/step - loss:

0.2523 - accuracy: 0.9021 - val_loss: 0.3105 - val_accuracy: 0.8750

782/782 [==============================] - 1s 2ms/step - loss:

0.3105 - accuracy: 0.8750

Test Accuracy: 0.8750

```

**[Accuracy Plot Displayed]**: A graph showing training accuracy rising to ~90% and
validation accuracy stabilizing at ~87-88%.

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This response fits within two pages and provides a complete overview of the
experiment. You can run this code in a Python environment with TensorFlow installed
to see the results, including the accuracy plot, firsthand. Let me know if you need
further clarification!