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Deep learning has long been dominated by multi-layer perceptrons (MLPs), which have demonstrated superiority over other optimizable models in various domains. Recently, a new alternative to MLPs has emerged - Kolmogorov-Arnold Networks…

Computer Vision and Pattern Recognition · Computer Science 2024-09-30 Alessandro Cacciatore , Valerio Morelli , Federica Paganica , Emanuele Frontoni , Lucia Migliorelli , Daniele Berardini

Kolmogorov-Arnold Networks (KANs) replace scalar weights with per-edge vectors of basis coefficients, thereby increasing expressivity and accuracy while also resulting in a multiplicative increase in parameters and memory. We propose…

Machine Learning · Computer Science 2026-02-10 Matthew Raffel , Adwaith Renjith , Lizhong Chen

Kolmogorov-Arnold Networks (KANs) offer a theoretically grounded alternative to multi-layer perceptrons by representing multivariate functions as compositions of univariate basis functions. However, a critical limitation of KANs is the need…

Machine Learning · Computer Science 2026-05-08 Francesco Alesiani , Henrik Christiansen , Federico Errica

Symbolic discovery of governing equations is a long-standing goal in scientific machine learning, yet a fundamental trade-off persists between interpretability and scalable learning. Classical symbolic regression methods yield explicit…

Machine Learning · Computer Science 2026-03-26 Salah A Faroughi , Farinaz Mostajeran , Amirhossein Arzani , Shirko Faroughi

In this work, we explore the use of a novel neural network architecture, the Kolmogorov-Arnold Networks (KANs) as feature extractors for sensor-based (specifically IMU) Human Activity Recognition (HAR). Where conventional networks perform a…

Machine Learning · Computer Science 2024-06-19 Mengxi Liu , Daniel Geißler , Dominique Nshimyimana , Sizhen Bian , Bo Zhou , Paul Lukowicz

Kolmogorov-Arnold Networks (KANs) approximate multivariate functions using learnable univariate edge functions, typically parameterized by B-spline bases. Although effective, spline-based implementations can be computationally expensive. A…

Machine Learning · Statistics 2026-05-22 Roberto Cavoretto , Alessandra De Rossi , Adeeba Haider , Amir Noorizadegan

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

Kolmogorov-Arnold Networks (KANs) have recently emerged as a promising alternative to traditional neural architectures, yet their application to speech processing remains under explored. This work presents the first investigation of KANs…

Computation and Language · Computer Science 2025-05-27 Alkis Koudounas , Moreno La Quatra , Eliana Pastor , Sabato Marco Siniscalchi , Elena Baralis

This paper presents the application of Kolmogorov-Arnold Networks (KAN) in classifying metal surface defects. Specifically, steel surfaces are analyzed to detect defects such as cracks, inclusions, patches, pitted surfaces, and scratches.…

Machine Learning · Computer Science 2025-01-22 Maciej Krzywda , Mariusz Wermiński , Szymon Łukasik , Amir H. Gandomi

We explore the integration of Kolmogorov Networks (KANs) into molecular dynamics (MD) simulations to improve interatomic potentials. We propose that widely used potentials, such as the Lennard-Jones (LJ) potential, the embedded atom model…

Materials Science · Physics 2024-07-26 Yuki Nagai , Masahiko Okumura

Recent developments have introduced Kolmogorov-Arnold Networks (KAN), an innovative architectural paradigm capable of replicating conventional deep neural network (DNN) capabilities while utilizing significantly reduced parameter counts…

Hardware Architecture · Computer Science 2025-09-09 Wei-Hsing Huang , Jianwei Jia , Yuyao Kong , Faaiq Waqar , Tai-Hao Wen , Meng-Fan Chang , Shimeng Yu

In this paper, we introduce FC-KAN, a Kolmogorov-Arnold Network (KAN) that leverages combinations of popular mathematical functions such as B-splines, wavelets, and radial basis functions on low-dimensional data through element-wise…

Machine Learning · Computer Science 2026-03-17 Hoang-Thang Ta , Duy-Quy Thai , Abu Bakar Siddiqur Rahman , Grigori Sidorov , Alexander Gelbukh

Pansharpening aims to fuse high-resolution spatial details from panchromatic images with the rich spectral information of multispectral images. Existing deep neural networks for this task typically rely on static activation functions, which…

Computer Vision and Pattern Recognition · Computer Science 2026-03-17 Haoyu Zhang , Haojing Chen , Zhen Zhong , Liangjian Deng

Kolmogorov-Arnold Networks (KANs) offer a structured and interpretable framework for multivariate function approximation by composing univariate transformations through additive or multiplicative aggregation. This paper establishes…

Machine Learning · Computer Science 2025-12-05 Wei Liu , Eleni Chatzi , Zhilu Lai

Kolmogorov-Arnold Networks (KANs), whose design is inspired-rather than dictated-by the Kolmogorov superposition theorem, have emerged as a structured alternative to MLPs. This review provides a systematic and comprehensive overview of the…

Machine Learning · Computer Science 2026-05-28 Amir Noorizadegan , Sifan Wang , Leevan Ling , Juan P. Dominguez-Morales

We introduce KANICE (Kolmogorov-Arnold Networks with Interactive Convolutional Elements), a novel neural architecture that combines Convolutional Neural Networks (CNNs) with Kolmogorov-Arnold Network (KAN) principles. KANICE integrates…

Computer Vision and Pattern Recognition · Computer Science 2024-10-23 Md Meftahul Ferdaus , Mahdi Abdelguerfi , Elias Ioup , David Dobson , Kendall N. Niles , Ken Pathak , Steven Sloan

Kolmogorov-Arnold Networks (KANs) have garnered significant attention for their promise of improved parameter efficiency and explainability compared to traditional Deep Neural Networks (DNNs). KANs' key innovation lies in the use of…

Hardware Architecture · Computer Science 2025-12-02 Sohaib Errabii , Olivier Sentieys , Marcello Traiola

Algorithmic speedup of training common neural architectures is made difficult by the lack of structure guaranteed by the function compositions inherent to such networks. In contrast to multilayer perceptrons (MLPs), Kolmogorov-Arnold…

Machine Learning · Computer Science 2026-03-06 Ben S. Southworth , Jonas A. Actor , Graham Harper , Eric C. Cyr

Existing low-light image enhancement methods are difficult to fit the complex nonlinear relationship between normal and low-light images due to uneven illumination and noise effects. The recently proposed Kolmogorov-Arnold networks (KANs)…

Computer Vision and Pattern Recognition · Computer Science 2025-02-07 Aoxiang Ning , Minglong Xue , Jinhong He , Chengyun Song

Recent advancements in neural network design have given rise to the development of Kolmogorov-Arnold Networks (KANs), which enhance speed, interpretability, and precision. This paper presents the Fractional Kolmogorov-Arnold Network (fKAN),…

Machine Learning · Computer Science 2024-06-12 Alireza Afzal Aghaei