tensorflow 中 boolean_mask的具体含义和例程解析

tensorflow里的一个函数，boolean_mask(a,b) 将使a (m维)矩阵仅保留与b中“True”元素同下标的部分。在做目标检测（YOLO）时常常用到。

"""Apply boolean mask to tensor.  Numpy equivalent is `tensor[mask]`.
```python
# 1-D example
tensor = [0, 1, 2, 3]
mask = np.array([True, False, True, False])
boolean_mask(tensor, mask)  # [0, 2]
```

In general, `0 < dim(mask) = K <= dim(tensor)`, and `mask`'s shape must match
the first K dimensions of `tensor`'s shape. 

We then have:
  `boolean_mask(tensor, mask)[i, j1,...,jd] = tensor[i1,...,iK,j1,...,jd]`
where `(i1,...,iK)` is the ith `True` entry of `mask` (row-major order).
The `axis` could be used with `mask`