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Hyperspectral image classification is a crucial but challenging task due to the high dimensionality and complex spatial-spectral correlations inherent in hyperspectral data. This paper employs Wavelet-based Kolmogorov-Arnold Network…

Computer Vision and Pattern Recognition · Computer Science 2024-10-10 Seyd Teymoor Seydi , Zavareh Bozorgasl , Hao Chen

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

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) have gained attention for their potential to outperform Multi-Layer Perceptrons (MLPs) in terms of parameter efficiency and interpretability. Unlike traditional MLPs, KANs use learnable non-linear…

Hardware Architecture · Computer Science 2026-03-19 Sohaib Errabii , Olivier Sentieys , Marcello Traiola

This paper introduces a novel application of Kolmogorov-Arnold Networks (KANs) to time series forecasting, leveraging their adaptive activation functions for enhanced predictive modeling. Inspired by the Kolmogorov-Arnold representation…

Signal Processing · Electrical Eng. & Systems 2025-10-28 Cristian J. Vaca-Rubio , Luis Blanco , Roberto Pereira , Màrius Caus

The Kolmogorov-Arnold representation theorem states that any continuous multivariable function can be exactly represented as a finite superposition of continuous single variable functions. Subsequent simplifications of this representation…

Machine Learning · Statistics 2025-08-04 Sergei Gleyzer , Hanh Nguyen , Dinesh P. Ramakrishnan , Eric A. F. Reinhardt

This paper introduces Kolmogorov-Arnold Networks (KAN) as an enhancement to the traditional linear probing method in transfer learning. Linear probing, often applied to the final layer of pre-trained models, is limited by its inability to…

Machine Learning · Computer Science 2024-09-13 Sheng Shen , Rabih Younes

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…

Computer Vision and Pattern Recognition · Computer Science 2026-04-28 Zhaoxiang Liu , Zhicheng Ma , Kaikai Zhao , Kai Wang , Shiguo Lian

By utilising their adaptive activation functions, Kolmogorov-Arnold Networks (KANs) can be applied in a novel way for the diverse machine learning tasks, including cyber threat detection. KANs substitute conventional linear weights with…

Cryptography and Security · Computer Science 2026-04-01 Mohammed Hassanin

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 (KAN) has recently attracted significant attention as a promising alternative to traditional Multi-Layer Perceptrons (MLP). Despite their theoretical appeal, KAN require validation on large-scale benchmark…

Machine Learning · Computer Science 2024-09-12 Chang Dong , Liangwei Zheng , Weitong Chen

Deep learning models have revolutionized various domains, with Multi-Layer Perceptrons (MLPs) being a cornerstone for tasks like data regression and image classification. However, a recent study has introduced Kolmogorov-Arnold Networks…

Machine Learning · Computer Science 2024-10-04 Mohammadamin Moradi , Shirin Panahi , Erik Bollt , Ying-Cheng Lai

Kolmogorov-Arnold Networks (KANs) have seen great success in scientific domains thanks to spline activation functions, becoming an alternative to Multi-Layer Perceptrons (MLPs). However, spline functions may not respect symmetry in tasks,…

Machine Learning · Computer Science 2025-08-18 Lexiang Hu , Yisen Wang , Zhouchen Lin

Kolmogorov-Arnold networks (KANs) represent data features by learning the activation functions and demonstrate superior accuracy with fewer parameters, FLOPs, GPU memory usage (Memory), shorter training time (TraT), and testing time (TesT)…

Computer Vision and Pattern Recognition · Computer Science 2026-01-19 Yanheng Wang , Xiaohan Yu , Yongsheng Gao , Jianjun Sha , Jian Wang , Shiyong Yan , Kai Qin , Yonggang Zhang , Lianru Gao

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 Network (KAN) has attracted growing interest for its strong function approximation capability. In our previous work, KAN and its variants were explored in score regression for blind image quality assessment (BIQA).…

Image and Video Processing · Electrical Eng. & Systems 2025-05-29 Ze Chen , Shaode Yu

Kolmogorov-Arnold Networks(KANs), as a theoretically efficient neural network architecture, have garnered attention for their potential in capturing complex patterns. However, their application in computer vision remains relatively…

Computer Vision and Pattern Recognition · Computer Science 2024-11-15 Yueyang Cang , Yu hang liu , Li Shi

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

Kolmogorov-Arnold Networks (KANs) have recently emerged as a powerful alternative to traditional multilayer perceptrons. However, their reliance on predefined, bounded grids restricts their ability to approximate functions on unbounded…

Machine Learning · Computer Science 2025-10-10 Alireza Moradzadeh , Srimukh Prasad Veccham , Lukasz Wawrzyniak , Miles Macklin , Saee G. Paliwal

Although Kolmogorov-Arnold-based interpretable networks (KANs) possess strong theoretical expressiveness, they suffer from severe parameter explosion and limited ability to capture high-frequency features in high-dimensional tasks. To…

Machine Learning · Computer Science 2026-05-26 Jusheng Zhang , Yijia Fan , Kaitong Cai , Keze Wang , Wenhao Wang