【TensorFlow基础】tf.add 和 tf.nn.bias_add 的区别

1. tf.add(x,  y, name)

Args:
　　x: A `Tensor`. Must be one of the following types: `bfloat16`, `half`, `float32`, `float64`, `uint8`, `int8`, `int16`, `int32`, `int64`, `complex64`, `complex128`, `string`.
　　y: A `Tensor`. Must have the same type as `x`.
　　name: A name for the operation (optional).

Returns:
　　A `Tensor`. Has the same type as `x`.

2. tf.nn.bias_add(value, bias, data_format=None, name=None)

Adds `bias` to `value`.

This is (mostly) a special case of `tf.add` where `bias` is restricted to 1-D. Broadcasting is supported, so `value` may have any number of dimensions. Unlike `tf.add`, the type of `bias` is allowed to differ from `value` in the case where both types are quantized.

Args:
　　value: A `Tensor` with type `float`, `double`, `int64`, `int32`, `uint8`, `int16`, `int8`, `complex64`, or `complex128`.
　　bias: A 1-D `Tensor` with size matching the last dimension of `value`. Must be the same type as `value` unless `value` is a quantized type, in which case a different quantized type may be used. 　　
　　data_format: A string. 'NHWC' and 'NCHW' are supported. 　　
　　name: A name for the operation (optional).
Returns:
　　A `Tensor` with the same type as `value`.

3. tf.add 和 tf.nn.bias_add 的区别

• tf.nn.bias_add 是 tf.add 中的一个特例，tf.nn.bias_add 中 bias 一定是 1 维的张量；
• tf.nn.bias_add 中 value 最后一维长度和 bias 的长度一定得一样；
• tf.nn.bias_add 中，当 value 是 quantized type 时，bias 可以取不同的 quantized type。但什么是 quantized type？TensorFlow API 中 tf.DType 页面显示，'tf.qint8'、'tf.quint8'、'tf.qint16'、'tf.quint16'、'tf.qint32'类型就是Quantized type。但这些类别具体如何使用并不知晓。

References

TensorFlow API 1.10