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") training_loop(ds_train) } ``` After two hundred epochs, overall loss is at 2.67, with the MSE component at 1.8 and FNN at 0.09. Obtaining the attractor from the test set We use the test set to inspect the latent code:

# A tibble: 6,242 x 10
      V1    V2         V3        V4        V5         V6        V7        V8       V9       V10
   <dbl> <dbl>      <dbl>     <dbl>     <dbl>      <dbl>     <dbl>     <dbl>    <dbl>     <dbl>
 1 0.439 0.401 -0.000614  -0.0258   -0.00176  -0.0000276  0.000276  0.00677  -0.0239   0.00906 
 2 0.415 0.504  0.0000481 -0.0279   -0.00435  -0.0000970  0.000921  0.00509  -0.0214   0.00921 
 3 0.389 0.619  0.000848  -0.0240   -0.00661  -0.000171   0.00106   0.00454  -0.0150   0.00794 
 4 0.363 0.729  0.00137   -0.0143   -0.00652  -0.000244   0.000523  0.00450  -0.00594  0.00476 
 5 0.335 0.809  0.00128   -0.000450 -0.00338  -0.000307  -0.000561  0.00407   0.00394 -0.000127
 6 0.304 0.828  0.000631   0.0126    0.000889 -0.000351  -0.00167   0.00250   0.0115  -0.00487 
 7 0.274 0.769 -0.000202   0.0195    0.00403  -0.000367  -0.00220  -0.000308  0.0145  -0.00726 
 8 0.246 0.657 -0.000865   0.0196    0.00558  -0.000359  -0.00208  -0.00376   0.0134  -0.00709 
 9 0.224 0.535 -0.00121    0.0162    0.00608  -0.000335  -0.00169  -0.00697   0.0106  -0.00576 
10 0.211 0.434 -0.00129    0.0129    0.00606  -0.000306  -0.00134  -0.00927   0.00820 -0.00447 
# … with 6,232 more rows

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Do you need to perform a spatial interpolation on point data using an interactive graphical interface? You can exploit GUInterp: try it at https://ranghetti.shinyapps.io/guinterp/; install the {guinterp} package with the command remotes::install_github("ranghetti/guinterp"); launch guinterp::guinterp(); enjoy. A typical spatial interpolation workflow includes ...

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