Exclude certain output classes during training of convolutional neural network - tensorflow

I have a large data set of 2D objects which I want to classify. I have set up a 2D convolutional neural network using keras and everything works acceptably.
However, at the moment I do not use all available prior information, specifically each input object can only belong to a small subsets of all output classes. However, this is different for each object, meaning I cannot simply train multiple networks.
Therefore, is there a way to add this information to the neural network, i.e. for each object exclude certain output classes during training and testing?

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Where are the filter image data in this TensorFlow example?

I'm trying to consume this tutorial by Google to use TensorFlow Estimator to train and recognise images: https://www.tensorflow.org/tutorials/estimators/cnn
The data I can see in the tutorial are: train_data, train_labels, eval_data, eval_labels:
((train_data,train_labels),(eval_data,eval_labels)) =
tf.keras.datasets.mnist.load_data();
In the convolutional layers, there should be feature filter image data to multiply with the input image data? But I don't see them in the code.
As from this guide, the input image data matmul with filter image data to check for low-level features (curves, edges, etc.), so there should be filter image data too (the right matrix in the image below)?: https://adeshpande3.github.io/A-Beginner%27s-Guide-To-Understanding-Convolutional-Neural-Networks
The filters are the weight matrices of the Conv2d layers used in the model, and are not pre-loaded images like the "butt curve" you gave in the example. If this were the case, we would need to provide the CNN with all possible types of shapes, curves, colours, and hope that any unseen data we feed the model contains this finite sets of images somewhere in them which the model can recognise.
Instead, we allow the CNN to learn the filters it requires to sucessfully classify from the data itself, and hope it can generalise to new data. Through multitudes of iterations and data( which they require a lot of), the model iteratively crafts the best set of filters for it to succesfully classify the images. The random initialisation at the start of training ensures that all filters per layer learn to identify a different feature in the input image.
The fact that earlier layers usually corresponds to colour and edges (like above) is not predefined, but the network has realised that looking for edges in the input is the only way to create context in the rest of the image, and thereby classify (humans do the same initially).
The network uses these primitive filters in earlier layers to generate more complex interpretations in deeper layers. This is the power of distributed learning: representing complex functions through multiple applications of much simpler functions.

Is it possible to train a CNN on a dataset and test it on another dataset with different classes?

I am new to deep learning, and I am doing a research using CNNs. I need to train a CNN model on a dataset of images (landmark images) and test the same model using a different dataset (landmark images too). One of the motivations is to see the ability of the model to generalize. But the problems is: Since the dataset used for train and test is not the same, the classes are not the same! Possibly, the number of classes too, which means that the predictions made on the test dataset are not trust worthy (Since the weights of the output layer have been calculated based on different classes belonging to train dataset). Is there any way to evaluate a model on a different dataset without affecting test accuracy?
The performance of a neural network on one dataset will not generally be the same as its performance on another. Images in one dataset can be more difficult to distinguish than those in another. As a rule of thumb: if your landmark datasets are similar, it's likely that performance will be similar. However, this is not always the case: subtle differences between the datasets can result in significantly different performance.
You can account for the potentially different performance on the two datasets by training another network on the other dataset. This will give you a baseline of what to expect when you try to generalize your network to it.
You can apply your neural network trained for one set of classes to another set of classes. There are two main approaches to this:
Transfer learning. This is where the last layer of your trained network is replaced with a new layer(s) that is trained, by itself, to classify the new images. (Use for many classes. Can use for few classes.)
All-Transfer learning. Rather than replacing the last layer, add a new layer after it and only train the final layers. (Use for few classes.)
Both approaches are much quicker than training a neural network from scratch.
I assume that you are facing a classification problem.
What do you explicitly mean? Do you have classes A B and C in your train-dataset and the same classes in your test-dataset with a different labeling, or do you have completly different classes in your test-dataset with respect to your train-dataset?
You can solve the first problem by creating a mapping from trainlabel to testlabel or vice versa.
The second one depends on what you are trying to achieve... If you want the model to predict classes, which were never trained, you wont get any outcome.

Tensorflow's Neurons

I want to be able to make inferential analysis on my neural network by accessing the weights and making decision based on what I've found. In other words, If I've got my list of weights of a particular neuron in a hidden layer, then I want to be able to manipulate that neuron in any way I want. I want to mess with the Neuron's output. I'm using tensorflow for my neural network.

how to make an object detector from an image classifier?

I have a tensorflow model (retrained inception model) which can classify 5 classes of vehicles. Now i need to make an object detector for all these 5 classes with this trained model. Can it be done by removing the last layer ? can any one suggest me how to proceed further
If you really need to use your pretrained network, then you can detect potential boxes of interest then apply your network on each. These boxes can be determined with an "objectness" method, such as EdgeBox.
However, on nowadays, object detection is usually obtained by a more integrated way, such those obtained with faster RCNN. Such an approach integrates a layer named Region Proposal Network (RPN), that determine the region of interest, jointly with the recognition of the classes.
to the best of my knowledge, one of the best recent approaches is Yolo, but it is natively based on Darknet.

combine layers from different neural networks

I am using tensorflow to train two instances of the same neural network with two different datasets. the network itself is quite simple with an input and output layer and 6 hidden layers (each layer is a 20 meurons followed by a non-linear activation function).
I can train the network with two different datasets and that is fine. Now, what i want to do is basically create a new network which is a combination of these two trained networks. In particular, I want the input and the first 3 layers to be from one of the trained network and the last 3 layers and the output layer to be from the other network. I am very new to tensorflow and have not found a way to do this. Can someone point me to the API or some way to do this sort of hybrid networks?
Constructing your network with Keras will make this easy; see the keras documentation for how to reuse layers across networks.
You might be asking about multitask learning aspect,well it can be simplified by seperating the weight matrix of each individual variables trained with different datasets and sum there weight layers individually to a sharable_weight_layer variable after a, b trained networks and finally evaluate your model as summed network in multitasking method.