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Optimization and Control · Mathematics 2020-02-24 Yize Chen , Yuanyuan Shi , Baosen Zhang

Understanding the inner working mechanism of deep neural networks (DNNs) is essential and important for researchers to design and improve the performance of DNNs. In this work, the entropy analysis is leveraged to study the neurons…

Computer Vision and Pattern Recognition · Computer Science 2019-11-06 Longwei Wang , Peijie Chen

Leaky integrate-and-fire (LIF) models are mean-field limits, with a large number of neurons, used to describe neural networks. We consider inhomogeneous networks structured by a connec-tivity parameter (strengths of the synaptic weights)…

Neurons and Cognition · Quantitative Biology 2017-06-20 Benoît Perthame , Delphine Salort , Gilles Wainrib

We study the asymptotic law of a network of interacting neurons when the number of neurons becomes infinite. Given a completely connected network of neurons in which the synaptic weights are Gaussian correlated random variables, we describe…

Probability · Mathematics 2013-12-16 Olivier Faugeras , James MacLaurin

Artificial networks have been studied through the prism of statistical mechanics as disordered systems since the 80s, starting from the simple models of Hopfield's associative memory and the single-neuron perceptron classifier. Assuming…

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Maximum entropy principle (MEP) offers an effective and unbiased approach to inferring unknown probability distributions when faced with incomplete information, while neural networks provide the flexibility to learn complex distributions…

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With electric power systems becoming more compact and increasingly powerful, the relevance of thermal stress especially during overload operation is expected to increase ceaselessly. Whenever critical temperatures cannot be measured…

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In the first chapter of Shannon's "A Mathematical Theory of Communication," it is shown that the maximum entropy rate of an input process of a constrained system is limited by the combinatorial capacity of the system. Shannon considers…

Information Theory · Computer Science 2009-11-20 Georg Böcherer , Valdemar Cardoso da Rocha Junior , Cecilio Pimentel

We address the approximation of entropy solutions to initial-boundary value problems for nonlinear strictly hyperbolic conservation laws using neural networks. A general and systematic framework is introduced for the design of efficient and…

Analysis of PDEs · Mathematics 2025-09-16 Igor Ciril , Khalil Haddaoui , Yohann Tendero

We use deep sparsely connected neural networks to measure the complexity of a function class in $L^2(\mathbb R^d)$ by restricting connectivity and memory requirement for storing the neural networks. We also introduce representation system -…

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Logic Tensor Networks (LTN) is a Neuro-Symbolic framework that effectively incorporates deep learning and logical reasoning. In particular, LTN allows defining a logical knowledge base and using it as the objective of a neural model. This…

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This paper proposes a deep Convolutional Neural Network(CNN) with strong generalization ability for structural topology optimization. The architecture of the neural network is made up of encoding and decoding parts, which provide down- and…

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We investigate the topics of sensitivity and robustness in feedforward and convolutional neural networks. Combining energy landscape techniques developed in computational chemistry with tools drawn from formal methods, we produce empirical…

Machine Learning · Statistics 2018-12-06 Timothy E. Wang , Yiming Gu , Dhagash Mehta , Xiaojun Zhao , Edgar A. Bernal

In this paper, we aim at establishing an approximation theory and a learning theory of distribution regression via a fully connected neural network (FNN). In contrast to the classical regression methods, the input variables of distribution…

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Artificial neural networks have been proposed as potential algorithms that could benefit from being implemented and run on quantum computers. In particular, they hold promise to greatly enhance Artificial Intelligence tasks, such as image…

Quantum Physics · Physics 2021-03-04 Stefano Mangini , Francesco Tacchino , Dario Gerace , Chiara Macchiavello , Daniele Bajoni

The concept of Relative Divergence of one Grading Function from another is extended from totally ordered chains to power sets of finite event spaces. Shannon Entropy concept is extended to normalized grading functions on such power sets.…

Probability · Mathematics 2022-07-15 Alexander Dukhovny

Classification is a ubiquitous and fundamental problem in artificial intelligence and machine learning, with extensive efforts dedicated to developing more powerful classifiers and larger datasets. However, the classification task is…

Machine Learning · Computer Science 2025-12-22 Mario Franco , Gerardo Febres , Nelson Fernández , Carlos Gershenson

The choice of activation function can significantly influence the performance of neural networks. The lack of guiding principles for the selection of activation function is lamentable. We try to address this issue by introducing our…

Machine Learning · Computer Science 2018-10-16 Yiwei Li , Enzhi Li