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leaky rectified linear unit

Q: Where does leaky rectified linear unit come from?

Named after the rectified linear unit, where “leaky” denotes how the negative half of the function becomes slightly negative, being “leaky” in comparison to the default ReLU, which is zero.

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Frequency: Zipf frequency 2.67 in modern English

Syllables: leaky rec-ti-fied -lin-ear u-nit
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noun

A variation of the rectified linear unit, defined as f(x)=x when x≥0 and f(x)=αx for some small α, e.g. 0.01, when x<0.

Etymology

Named after the rectified linear unit, where “leaky” denotes how the negative half of the function becomes slightly negative, being “leaky” in comparison to the default ReLU, which is zero.

Inflected Forms

leaky rectified linear units (plural)

Derived Forms

LReLU

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What does leaky rectified linear unit mean?: A variation of the rectified linear unit, defined as f(x)=x when x≥0 and f(x)=αx for some small α, e.g. 0.01, when x<0.
Where does leaky rectified linear unit come from?: Named after the rectified linear unit, where “leaky” denotes how the negative half of the function becomes slightly negative, being “leaky” in comparison to the default ReLU, which is zero.

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