conv_backward.py

import numpy as np
from zero_pad import zero_pad

def conv_backward(dZ, cache):
    """
    Implement the backward propagation for a convolution function
    
    Arguments:
    dZ -- gradient of the cost with respect to the output of the conv layer (Z), numpy array of shape (m, n_H, n_W, n_C)
    cache -- cache of values needed for the conv_backward(), output of conv_forward()
    
    Returns:
    dA_prev -- gradient of the cost with respect to the input of the conv layer (A_prev),
               numpy array of shape (m, n_H_prev, n_W_prev, n_C_prev)
    dW -- gradient of the cost with respect to the weights of the conv layer (W)
          numpy array of shape (f, f, n_C_prev, n_C)
    db -- gradient of the cost with respect to the biases of the conv layer (b)
          numpy array of shape (1, 1, 1, n_C)
    """
    
    # Retrieve information from "cache"
    (A_prev, W, b, hparameters) = cache
    
    # Retrieve dimensions from A_prev's shape
    (m, n_H_prev, n_W_prev, n_C_prev) = A_prev.shape
    
    # Retrieve dimensions from W's shape
    (f, f, n_C_prev, n_C) = W.shape
    
    # Retrieve information from "hparameters"
    stride = hparameters["stride"]
    pad = hparameters["pad"]
    
    # Retrieve dimensions from dZ's shape
    (m, n_H, n_W, n_C) = dZ.shape
    
    # Initialize dA_prev, dW, db with the correct shapes
    dA_prev = np.zeros((m, n_H_prev, n_W_prev, n_C_prev))                       
    dW = np.zeros((f,f, n_C_prev, n_C))
    db = np.zeros((1,1,1,n_C))

    # Pad A_prev and dA_prev
    A_prev_pad = zero_pad(A_prev, pad)
    dA_prev_pad = zero_pad(dA_prev, pad)
    
    for i in range(m):                       # loop over the training examples
        
        # select ith training example from A_prev_pad and dA_prev_pad
        a_prev_pad = A_prev_pad[i]
        da_prev_pad = dA_prev_pad[i]
        
        for h in range(n_H):                   # loop over vertical axis of the output volume
            for w in range(n_W):               # loop over horizontal axis of the output volume
                for c in range(n_C):           # loop over the channels of the output volume
                    
                    # Find the corners of the current "slice"
                    vert_start = h * stride
                    vert_end = vert_start + f
                    horiz_start = w * stride
                    horiz_end = horiz_start + f
                    
                    # Use the corners to define the slice from a_prev_pad
                    a_slice = a_prev_pad[vert_start:vert_end,horiz_start:horiz_end,:]

                    # Update gradients for the window and the filter's parameters using the code formulas given above
                    da_prev_pad[vert_start:vert_end, horiz_start:horiz_end, :] += W[:,:,:,c] * dZ[i, h, w, c]
                    dW[:,:,:,c] += a_slice * dZ[i, h, w, c]
                    db[:,:,:,c] += dZ[i, h, w, c]
                    
        # Set the ith training example's dA_prev to the unpadded da_prev_pad (Hint: use X[pad:-pad, pad:-pad, :])
        dA_prev[i, :, :, :] = da_prev_pad[pad:-pad, pad:-pad,:]
    
    # Making sure your output shape is correct
    assert(dA_prev.shape == (m, n_H_prev, n_W_prev, n_C_prev))
    
    return dA_prev, dW, db