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As an essential characteristics of fractional calculus, the memory effect is served as one of key factors to deal with diverse practical issues, thus has been received extensive attention since it was born. By combining the fractional…

Optimization and Control · Mathematics 2021-07-13 Wanli Xie , Wen-Ze Wu , Chong Liu , Mark Goh

Spiking Neural Networks (SNNs) draw inspiration from biological neurons to enable brain-like computation, demonstrating effectiveness in processing temporal information with energy efficiency and biological realism. Most existing SNNs are…

Neural and Evolutionary Computing · Computer Science 2026-03-03 Chengjie Ge , Yufeng Peng , Zihao Li , Qiyu Kang , Xueyang Fu , Xuhao Li , Qixin Zhang , Junhao Ren , Zheng-Jun Zha

Fractional integral operators connected with real-valued scalar functions of matrix argument are applied in problems of mathematics, statistics and natural sciences. In this article we start considering the case of a Gauss hypergeometric…

Mathematical Physics · Physics 2014-09-09 A. M. Mathai , H. J. Haubold

The mathematical complexity and high dimensionality of neural networks slow both training and deployment, demanding heavy computational resources. This has driven the search for alternative architectures built from novel components,…

Applied Physics · Physics 2025-12-15 Jake McNaughton , A. H. Abbas , Ivan S. Maksymov

Artificial neural networks (ANN), typically referred to as neural networks, are a class of Machine Learning algorithms and have achieved widespread success, having been inspired by the biological structure of the human brain. Neural…

Machine Learning · Computer Science 2022-04-08 Murilo Gustineli

Accumulated detailed knowledge about the neuronal activities in human brains has brought more attention to bio-inspired spiking neural networks (SNNs). In contrast to non-spiking deep neural networks (DNNs), SNNs can encode and transmit…

Neural and Evolutionary Computing · Computer Science 2024-10-22 Yi Yang , Richard M. Voyles , Haiyan H. Zhang , Robert A. Nawrocki

Activation in deep neural networks is fundamental to achieving non-linear mappings. Traditional studies mainly focus on finding fixed activations for a particular set of learning tasks or model architectures. The research on flexible…

Neural and Evolutionary Computing · Computer Science 2020-08-20 Renlong Jie , Junbin Gao , Andrey Vasnev , Min-ngoc Tran

Despite broad interest in applying deep learning techniques to scientific discovery, learning interpretable formulas that accurately describe scientific data is very challenging because of the vast landscape of possible functions and the…

Machine Learning · Computer Science 2021-02-17 Fuchang Gao , Boyu Zhang

This article introduces two new fractional operators with sine ($\sin$) and cosine ($\cos$) kernels, motivated by their fundamental role in modeling AC signals in electrical circuits. The operators are designed to improve the analysis of…

Optimization and Control · Mathematics 2025-07-04 Ioannis Dassios

The modulating functions method has been used for the identification of linear and nonlinear systems. In this paper, we generalize this method to the on-line identification of fractional order systems based on the Riemann-Liouville…

Numerical Analysis · Mathematics 2013-03-18 Da-Yan Liu , Taous-Meriem Laleg-Kirati , Olivier Gibaru , Wilfrid Perruquetti

The primary goal of this research is to propose a novel architecture for a deep neural network that can solve fractional differential equations accurately. A Gaussian integration rule and a $L_1$ discretization technique are used in the…

Machine Learning · Computer Science 2023-09-15 Ali Nosrati Firoozsalari , Hassan Dana Mazraeh , Alireza Afzal Aghaei , Kourosh Parand

Recent experimental work has suggested that the neural firing rate can be interpreted as a fractional derivative, at least when signal variation induces neural adaptation. Here, we show that the actual neural spike-train itself can be…

Neurons and Cognition · Quantitative Biology 2010-11-01 Sander M. Bohte , Jaldert O. Rombouts

This paper presents a new approach of constructing $\alpha$-fractal interpolation functions (FIFs) using neural network operators, integrating concepts from approximation theory. Initially, we construct $\alpha$-fractals utilizing neural…

Machine Learning · Computer Science 2025-05-13 Aaqib Ayoub Bhat , Asif Khan , M. Mursaleen

The conformable derivative has been promoted in numerous publications as a new fractional derivative operator. This article provides a critical reassessment of this claim. We demonstrate that the conformable derivative is not a fractional…

Analysis of PDEs · Mathematics 2025-12-30 Aziz El Ghazouani , Fouad Ibrahim Abdou Amir , Khoulane Mohamed , M'hamed Elomari

Memory plays a vital role in the temporal evolution of interactions of complex systems. To address the impact of memory on the temporal pattern of networks, we propose a simple preferential connection model, in which nodes have a…

Physics and Society · Physics 2020-01-16 F. Rabbani , T. Khraisha , F. Abbasi , G. R. Jafari

Fractional learning algorithms are trending in signal processing and adaptive filtering recently. However, it is unclear whether the proclaimed superiority over conventional algorithms is well-grounded or is a myth as their performance has…

Machine Learning · Computer Science 2022-11-23 Abdul Wahab , Shujaat Khan , Imran Naseem , Jong Chul Ye

Fractional difference operators possess nonlocal structure which largely affects and complicates the qualitative analysis of fractional difference equations. In this article, we discuss the effect of this memory property on asymptotic…

General Mathematics · Mathematics 2022-05-02 Jagan Mohan Jonnalagadda

Neural operators (NOs) are designed to learn maps between infinite-dimensional function spaces. We propose a novel reframing of their use. By introducing an auxiliary base-space, any finite-dimensional function can be viewed as an operator…

Machine Learning · Computer Science 2026-05-11 Vasilis Niarchos , Angelos Sirbu , Sokratis Trifinopoulos

This paper presents a data-integrated framework for learning the dynamics of fractional-order nonlinear systems in both discrete-time and continuous-time settings. The proposed framework consists of two main steps. In the first step,…

Systems and Control · Electrical Eng. & Systems 2025-06-19 Bahram Yaghooti , Chengyu Li , Bruno Sinopoli

Activation functions play a key role in neural networks so it becomes fundamental to understand their advantages and disadvantages in order to achieve better performances. This paper will first introduce common types of non linear…

Machine Learning · Computer Science 2018-04-10 Dabal Pedamonti