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>Activation Functions</H1
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>Activation Functions -- Constants representing activation functions.</DIV
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> These constants represent the activation functions available within the fann library.
The list will grow over time, but probably not shrink.
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>FANN_THRESHOLD</DT
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> - Threshold activation function.
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> This activation function gives output that is either 0 or 1.</P
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>FANN_THRESHOLD_SYMMETRIC</DT
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> - Threshold activation function.
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> This activation function gives output that is either -1 or 1.</P
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>FANN_LINEAR</DT
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> - Linear activation function.
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> This activation function gives output that is unbounded.</P
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>FANN_SIGMOID</DT
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> Sigmoid activation function. One of the most used activation functions.
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> This activation function gives output that is between 0 and 1.</P
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>FANN_SIGMOID_STEPWISE</DT
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> Stepwise linear approximation to sigmoid. Faster than sigmoid but a bit less precise.
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> This activation function gives output that is between 0 and 1.</P
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> Symmetric sigmoid activation function, AKA tanh. One of the most used activation functions.
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> This activation function gives output that is between -1 and 1.</P
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> Stepwise linear approximation to symmetric sigmoid. Faster than symmetric sigmoid but a bit less precise.
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> This activation function gives output that is between -1 and 1.</P
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