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The multilayer perceptron (MLP), a fundamental paradigm in current artificial intelligence, is widely applied in fields such as computer vision and natural language processing. However, the recently proposed Kolmogorov-Arnold Network (KAN),…

Machine Learning · Computer Science 2024-08-19 Zhuoqin Yang , Jiansong Zhang , Xiaoling Luo , Zheng Lu , Linlin Shen

Multilayer Perceptron (MLP), as a simple yet powerful model, continues to be widely used in classification and regression tasks. However, traditional MLPs often struggle to efficiently capture nonlinear relationships in load data when…

Machine Learning · Computer Science 2025-05-13 Yizhou Ma , Zhuoqin Yang , Luis-Daniel Ibáñez

Kolmogorov-Arnold Networks (KANs) have recently emerged as a compelling alternative to multilayer perceptrons, offering enhanced interpretability via functional decomposition. However, existing KAN architectures, including spline-,…

Machine Learning · Computer Science 2026-02-19 Sidharth S. Menon , Ameya D. Jagtap

Limited by the complexity of basis function (B-spline) calculations, Kolmogorov-Arnold Networks (KAN) suffer from restricted parallel computing capability on GPUs. This paper proposes a novel ReLU-KAN implementation that inherits the core…

Machine Learning · Computer Science 2024-08-13 Qi Qiu , Tao Zhu , Helin Gong , Liming Chen , Huansheng Ning

Kolmogorov-Arnold Networks (KANs) have gained significant attention as an alternative to traditional multilayer perceptrons, with proponents claiming superior interpretability and performance through learnable univariate activation…

Machine Learning · Computer Science 2025-09-16 Yuntian Hou , Tianrui Ji , Di Zhang , Angelos Stefanidis

This systematic review explores the theoretical foundations, evolution, applications, and future potential of Kolmogorov-Arnold Networks (KAN), a neural network model inspired by the Kolmogorov-Arnold representation theorem. KANs…

Machine Learning · Computer Science 2025-06-09 Shriyank Somvanshi , Syed Aaqib Javed , Md Monzurul Islam , Diwas Pandit , Subasish Das

For years, many neural networks have been developed based on the Kolmogorov-Arnold Representation Theorem (KART), which was created to address Hilbert's 13th problem. Recently, relying on KART, Kolmogorov-Arnold Networks (KANs) have…

Machine Learning · Computer Science 2025-08-19 Hoang-Thang Ta , Duy-Quy Thai , Phuong-Linh Tran-Thi

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

Recent work has established an alternative to traditional multi-layer perceptron neural networks in the form of Kolmogorov-Arnold Networks (KAN). The general KAN framework uses learnable activation functions on the edges of the…

Machine Learning · Computer Science 2025-01-28 Eric A. F. Reinhardt , P. R. Dinesh , Sergei Gleyzer

The development of Kolmogorov-Arnold networks (KANs) marks a significant shift from traditional multi-layer perceptrons in deep learning. Initially, KANs employed B-spline curves as their primary basis function, but their inherent…

Machine Learning · Computer Science 2024-06-21 Alireza Afzal Aghaei

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

Kolmogorov-Arnold Networks (KANs) represent an innovation in neural network architectures, offering a compelling alternative to Multi-Layer Perceptrons (MLPs) in models such as Convolutional Neural Networks (CNNs), Recurrent Neural Networks…

Machine Learning · Computer Science 2025-02-12 Hoang-Thang Ta , Duy-Quy Thai , Anh Tran , Grigori Sidorov , Alexander Gelbukh

In this paper, we present an innovative federated learning (FL) approach that utilizes Kolmogorov-Arnold Networks (KANs) for classification tasks. By utilizing the adaptive activation capabilities of KANs in a federated framework, we aim to…

Machine Learning · Computer Science 2024-11-12 Engin Zeydan , Cristian J. Vaca-Rubio , Luis Blanco , Roberto Pereira , Marius Caus , Abdullah Aydeger

Inspired by the Kolmogorov-Arnold representation theorem, we propose Kolmogorov-Arnold Networks (KANs) as promising alternatives to Multi-Layer Perceptrons (MLPs). While MLPs have fixed activation functions on nodes ("neurons"), KANs have…

Machine Learning · Computer Science 2025-02-11 Ziming Liu , Yixuan Wang , Sachin Vaidya , Fabian Ruehle , James Halverson , Marin Soljačić , Thomas Y. Hou , Max Tegmark

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

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

Federated Kolmogorov-Arnold Networks (F-KANs) have already been proposed, but their assessment is at an initial stage. We present a comparison between KANs (using B-splines and Radial Basis Functions as activation functions) and Multi-…

Machine Learning · Computer Science 2024-10-14 Arthur Mendonça Sasse , Claudio Miceli de Farias

In the realm of deep learning, the Kolmogorov-Arnold Network (KAN) has emerged as a potential alternative to multilayer projections (MLPs). However, its applicability to vision tasks has not been extensively validated. In our study, we…

Computer Vision and Pattern Recognition · Computer Science 2024-06-24 Minjong Cheon

The research undertakes a comprehensive comparative analysis of Kolmogorov-Arnold Networks (KAN) and Multi-Layer Perceptrons (MLP), highlighting their effectiveness in solving essential computational challenges like nonlinear function…

Machine Learning · Computer Science 2026-01-16 Aradhya Gaonkar , Nihal Jain , Vignesh Chougule , Nikhil Deshpande , Sneha Varur , Channabasappa Muttal

Kolmogorov-Arnold Networks (KANs) offer a promising framework for approximating complex nonlinear functions, yet the original B-spline formulation suffers from significant computational overhead due to De Boor algorithm. While recent…

Machine Learning · Computer Science 2026-02-10 Shao-Ting Chiu , Siu Wun Cheung , Ulisses Braga-Neto , Chak Shing Lee , Rui Peng Li
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