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+\documentclass[tikz]{standalone}
+
+\usepackage{amsmath}
+\usepackage{tikz}
+\usetikzlibrary{arrows}
+\usetikzlibrary{calc}
+\usepackage{ifthen}
+
+\newcommand{\vct}[1]{\boldsymbol{#1}}
+\newcommand{\pd}[2]{\frac{\partial #1}{\partial #2}}
+
+\tikzstyle{fprop} = [draw,fill=blue!20,minimum size=2em,align=center]
+\tikzstyle{bprop} = [draw,fill=red!20,minimum size=2em,align=center]
+
+\begin{document}
+
+\begin{tikzpicture}[xscale=1.75] %
+    % define number of layers
+    \def\nl{2};
+    % model input
+    \node at (0, 0) (input) {$\vct{x}$};
+    % draw fprop through model layers
+    \foreach \l in {0,...,\nl} {
+        \node[fprop] at (2 * \l + 1, 0) (fprop\l) {\texttt{layers[\l]} \\ \texttt{.fprop}};
+        \ifthenelse{\l > 0}{
+            \node at (2 * \l, 0) (hidden\l) {$\vct{h}_\l$};
+            \draw[->] (hidden\l) -- (fprop\l);
+            \draw[->] let \n1={\l - 1} in (fprop\n1) -- (hidden\l);
+        }{
+            \draw[->] (input) -- (fprop\l);
+        }
+    }
+    % model output
+    \node at (2 * \nl + 2, 0) (output) {$\mathbf{y}$};
+    % error function
+    \node[fprop] at (2 * \nl + 3, 0) (errorfunc) {\texttt{error}};
+    % error value
+    \node at (2 * \nl + 3, -1) (error) {$\bar{E}$};
+    % targets
+    \node at (2 * \nl + 4, -1) (tgt) {$\vct{t}$};
+    % error gradient
+    \node[bprop] at (2 * \nl + 3, -2) (errorgrad) {\texttt{error} \\ \texttt{.grad}};
+    % gradient wrt outputs
+    \node at (2 * \nl + 2, -2) (gradoutput) {$\pd{\bar{E}}{\vct{y}}$};
+    \draw[->] (fprop\nl) -- (output);
+    \draw[->] (output) -- (errorfunc);
+    \draw[->] (errorfunc) -- (error);
+    \draw[->] (error) -- (errorgrad);
+    \draw[->] (errorgrad) -- (gradoutput);
+    \draw[->] (tgt) |- (errorfunc);
+    \draw[->] (tgt) |- (errorgrad);
+    \foreach \l in {0,...,\nl} {
+        \node[bprop] at (2 * \l + 1, -2) (bprop\l) {\texttt{layers[\l]} \\ \texttt{.bprop}};
+        \ifthenelse{\l > 0}{
+            \node at (2 * \l, -2) (grad\l) {$\pd{\bar{E}}{\vct{h}_\l}$};
+            \draw[<-] (grad\l) -- (bprop\l);
+            \draw[<-] let \n1={\l - 1} in (bprop\n1) -- (grad\l);
+        }{}
+    }
+    \node at (0, -2) (gradinput) {$\pd{\bar{E}}{\vct{x}}$};
+    \draw[->] (bprop0) -- (gradinput);
+    \draw[->] (gradoutput) -- (bprop\nl);
+\end{tikzpicture}
+
+\end{document}
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