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The Convolutional Neural Networks (CNNs) have been the dominant and effective approach for general computer vision tasks. Recently, Kolmogorov-Arnold neural networks (KANs), based on the Kolmogorov-Arnold representation theorem, have shown…

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We investigate Kolmogorov-Arnold networks (KANs) for non-linear equalization of 112 Gb/s PAM4 passive optical networks (PONs). Using pruning and extensive hyperparameter search, we outperform linear equalizers and convolutional neural…

Signal Processing · Electrical Eng. & Systems 2024-12-02 Rodrigo Fischer , Patrick Matalla , Sebastian Randel , Laurent Schmalen

Despite their immense success, deep convolutional neural networks (CNNs) can be difficult to optimize and costly to train due to hundreds of layers within the network depth. Conventional convolutional operations are fundamentally limited by…

Computer Vision and Pattern Recognition · Computer Science 2025-11-07 Ray Congrui Yu , Sherry Wu , Jiang Gui

The recently proposed Kolmogorov-Arnold network (KAN) is a promising alternative to multi-layer perceptrons (MLPs) for data-driven modeling. While original KAN layers were only capable of representing the addition operator, the…

Machine Learning · Computer Science 2025-07-28 Benjamin C. Koenig , Suyong Kim , Sili Deng

Recent advancements in deep learning for image classification predominantly rely on convolutional neural networks (CNNs) or Transformer-based architectures. However, these models face notable challenges in medical imaging, particularly in…

Computer Vision and Pattern Recognition · Computer Science 2025-02-26 Zhuoqin Yang , Jiansong Zhang , Xiaoling Luo , Zheng Lu , Linlin Shen

Kolmogorov-Arnold Networks (KAN) \cite{liu2024kan} were very recently proposed as a potential alternative to the prevalent architectural backbone of many deep learning models, the multi-layer perceptron (MLP). KANs have seen success in…

Machine Learning · Computer Science 2025-02-10 Yixuan Wang , Jonathan W. Siegel , Ziming Liu , Thomas Y. Hou

Kolmogorov-Arnold Networks (KANs) are a class of neural networks that have received increased attention in recent literature. In contrast to MLPs, KANs leverage parameterized, trainable activation functions and offer several benefits…

Machine Learning · Computer Science 2025-11-14 Jamison Moody , James Usevitch

While most modern machine learning methods offer speed and accuracy, few promise interpretability or explainability -- two key features necessary for highly sensitive industries, like medicine, finance, and engineering. Using eight datasets…

Machine Learning · Computer Science 2025-04-08 Nataly R. Panczyk , Omer F. Erdem , Majdi I. Radaideh

Graph Neural Networks (GNNs) have shown strong performance on graph-structured data, but their reliance on graph connectivity often limits scalability and efficiency. Kolmogorov-Arnold Networks (KANs), a recent architecture with learnable…

Machine Learning · Computer Science 2025-08-12 Yuan-Hung Chao , Chia-Hsun Lu , Chih-Ya Shen

In this work we propose CVKAN, a complex-valued Kolmogorov-Arnold Network (KAN), to join the intrinsic interpretability of KANs and the advantages of Complex-Valued Neural Networks (CVNNs). We show how to transfer a KAN and the necessary…

Machine Learning · Computer Science 2025-12-01 Matthias Wolff , Florian Eilers , Xiaoyi Jiang

Kolmogorov Arnold Networks (KANs), built upon the Kolmogorov Arnold representation theorem (KAR), have demonstrated promising capabilities in expressing complex functions with fewer neurons. This is achieved by implementing learnable…

Kolmogorov-Arnold networks (KANs) as an alternative to multi-layer perceptrons (MLPs) are a recent development demonstrating strong potential for data-driven modeling. This work applies KANs as the backbone of a neural ordinary differential…

Machine Learning · Computer Science 2024-09-23 Benjamin C. Koenig , Suyong Kim , Sili Deng

The field of scientific machine learning, which originally utilized multilayer perceptrons (MLPs), is increasingly adopting Kolmogorov-Arnold Networks (KANs) for data encoding. This shift is driven by the limitations of MLPs, including poor…

Machine Learning · Computer Science 2025-11-04 Salah A. Faroughi , Farinaz Mostajeran , Amin Hamed Mashhadzadeh , Shirko Faroughi

Multilayer Perceptrons (MLPs) have long been a cornerstone in deep learning, known for their capacity to model complex relationships. Recently, Kolmogorov-Arnold Networks (KANs) have emerged as a compelling alternative, utilizing highly…

Machine Learning · Computer Science 2024-09-17 Farhad Pourkamali-Anaraki

This paper presents, for the first time, a framework for Kolmogorov-Arnold Networks (KANs) in power system applications. Inspired by the recently proposed KAN architecture, this paper proposes physics-informed Kolmogorov-Arnold Networks…

Systems and Control · Electrical Eng. & Systems 2025-06-05 Hang Shuai , Fangxing Li

Permutation equivariant neural networks employing parameter-sharing schemes have emerged as powerful models for leveraging a wide range of data symmetries, significantly enhancing the generalization and computational efficiency of the…

Machine Learning · Computer Science 2026-03-10 Ran Elbaz , Guy Bar-Shalom , Yam Eitan , Fabrizio Frasca , Haggai Maron

The discovery of high-performance thermoelectric materials requires models that are both accurate and interpretable. Traditional machine learning approaches, while effective at property prediction, often act as black boxes and provide…

Materials Science · Physics 2025-12-15 Marco Fronzi , Michael J. Ford , Kamal Singh Nayal , Olexandr Isayev , Catherine Stampfl

Multi-Layer Perceptrons (MLPs) rely on pre-defined, fixed activation functions, imposing a static inductive bias that forces the network to approximate complex topologies solely through increased depth and width. Kolmogorov-Arnold Networks…

Machine Learning · Computer Science 2026-03-10 Andrés Ortiz , Nicolás J. Gallego-Molina , Carmen Jiménez-Mesa , Juan M. Górriz , Javier Ramírez

Kolmogorov-Arnold Networks (KANs) have garnered attention for replacing fixed activation functions with learnable univariate functions, but they exhibit practical limitations, including high computational costs and performance deficits in…

Machine Learning · Computer Science 2025-07-08 Hanseon Joo , Hayoung Choi , Ook Lee , Minjong Cheon

Function approximation is a critical task in various fields. However, existing neural network approaches struggle with locally complex or discontinuous functions due to their reliance on a single global model covering the entire problem…

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