def apply_perturbations(i, j, X, increase, theta, clip_min, clip_max):
  """
  TensorFlow implementation for apply perturbations to input features based
  on salency maps
  :param i: index of first selected feature
  :param j: index of second selected feature
  :param X: a matrix containing our input features for our sample
  :param increase: boolean; true if we are increasing pixels, false otherwise
  :param theta: delta for each feature adjustment
  :param clip_min: mininum value for a feature in our sample
  :param clip_max: maximum value for a feature in our sample
  : return: a perturbed input feature matrix for a target class
  """
  warnings.warn(
      "This function is dead code and will be removed on or after 2019-07-18")

  # perturb our input sample
  if increase:
    X[0, i] = np.minimum(clip_max, X[0, i] + theta)
    X[0, j] = np.minimum(clip_max, X[0, j] + theta)
  else:
    X[0, i] = np.maximum(clip_min, X[0, i] - theta)
    X[0, j] = np.maximum(clip_min, X[0, j] - theta)

  return X