Gave the batch normalization layer an automatic testing mode that causes

it to use the saved average mean and invstd to scale the data instead of
normalizing the batch.

dlib/dnn/layers.h

@@ -301,7 +301,7 @@ namespace dlib
     class bn_
     {
     public:
-        bn_()
+        bn_() : num_updates(0), running_stats_window_size(1000), running_nim_out_of_date(true)
         {}
 
         template <typename SUBNET>
@@ -317,6 +317,16 @@ namespace dlib
 
             gamma(params,0) = 1;
             beta(params,gamma.size()) = 0;
+
+            running_means.set_size(1,
+                            sub.get_output().k(),
+                            sub.get_output().nr(),
+                            sub.get_output().nc());
+            running_invstds.copy_size(running_means);
+            running_means = 0;
+            running_invstds = 1;
+            num_updates = 0;
+            running_nim_out_of_date = true;
         }
 
         template <typename SUBNET>
@@ -324,7 +334,30 @@ namespace dlib
         {
             auto g = gamma(params,0);
             auto b = beta(params,gamma.size());
-            tt::batch_normalize(output, means, invstds, sub.get_output(), g, b); 
+            if (sub.get_output().num_samples() > 1)
+            {
+                tt::batch_normalize(output, means, invstds, sub.get_output(), g, b); 
+
+                const double decay = num_updates/(num_updates+1.0);
+                if (num_updates <running_stats_window_size)
+                    ++num_updates;
+                tt::affine_transform(running_means, running_means, means, decay, 1-decay, 0);
+                tt::affine_transform(running_invstds, running_invstds, invstds, decay, 1-decay, 0);
+                running_nim_out_of_date = true;
+            }
+            else // we are running in testing mode so we just linearly scale the input tensor.
+            {
+                if (running_nim_out_of_date)
+                {
+                    running_nim_out_of_date = false;
+                    running_nim.copy_size(running_means);
+                    tt::multiply(running_nim, running_means, running_invstds);
+                    running_nim *= -1;
+                }
+                output.copy_size(sub.get_output());
+                tt::affine_transform(output, sub.get_output(), running_invstds, running_nim);
+                tt::affine_transform(output, output, g, b);
+            }
         } 
 
         template <typename SUBNET>
@@ -347,6 +380,10 @@ namespace dlib
             serialize(item.beta, out);
             serialize(item.means, out);
             serialize(item.invstds, out);
+            serialize(item.running_means, out);
+            serialize(item.running_invstds, out);
+            serialize(item.num_updates, out);
+            serialize(item.running_stats_window_size, out);
         }
 
         friend void deserialize(bn_& item, std::istream& in)
@@ -360,6 +397,11 @@ namespace dlib
             deserialize(item.beta, in);
             deserialize(item.means, in);
             deserialize(item.invstds, in);
+            deserialize(item.running_means, in);
+            deserialize(item.running_invstds, in);
+            deserialize(item.num_updates, in);
+            deserialize(item.running_stats_window_size, in);
+            item.running_nim_out_of_date = true;
         }
 
     private:
@@ -367,8 +409,13 @@ namespace dlib
         tt::batch_normalize_gradient bng;
         resizable_tensor params;
         alias_tensor gamma, beta;
-        resizable_tensor means;
-        resizable_tensor invstds;
+        resizable_tensor means, running_means;
+        resizable_tensor invstds, running_invstds;
+        unsigned long num_updates;
+        unsigned long running_stats_window_size;
+        
+        bool running_nim_out_of_date;
+        resizable_tensor running_nim;
     };
 
     template <typename SUBNET>