Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

maxout

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 0.00 in modern English

Syllables
max-out
IPA
15
Scrabble Score
6
Letters
2
Syllables
6
Unique Chars

Meaning

noun

A certain approach to neural networks that attempts to improve on the dropout technique. Its activation function is the maximum of the inputs.

Uncountable

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Etymology

Blend of maximum + dropout; coined in a 2013 paper by Ian J. Goodfellow et al.

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What does maxout mean?
A certain approach to neural networks that attempts to improve on the dropout technique. Its activation function is the maximum of the inputs.
Where does maxout come from?
Blend of maximum + dropout; coined in a 2013 paper by Ian J. Goodfellow et al.

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