TensorFlow – save, restore, freeze models

It can be quite tricky getting around to deploying TF models –

In fact there are multiple ways to save/load TF models, with each serving a slightly different purpose / use-case.

• simple_save
• saver
• estimator
• keras
• tflite

 

References:

• https://blog.metaflow.fr/tensorflow-how-to-freeze-a-model-and-serve-it-with-a-python-api-d4f3596b3adc
• https://gist.github.com/omimo/5d393ed5b64d2ca0c591e4da04af6009

Code:

• TensorFlow8_cifar.py
• TensorFlow8_cifar_load.py
• freeze.py