What is the purpose of the seed parameter in flow_from_directory?

Question

Neural networks

Class ImageDataGenerator, the flow_from_directory function has a parameter:

seed: Optional random seed for shuffling and transformations.

When does this parameter apply and what values ​​does it take?

Answer 1

If not specified, there will be "random" permutations. If you need repeatability from run to run, you must specify some value.