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Inspired by the Kolmogorov-Arnold representation theorem and Kurkova's principle of using approximate representations, we propose the Kurkova-Kolmogorov-Arnold Network (KKAN), a new two-block architecture that combines robust multi-layer…

Machine Learning · Computer Science 2024-12-24 Juan Diego Toscano , Li-Lian Wang , George Em Karniadakis

The landscape of Kolmogorov-Arnold Networks (KANs) is rapidly expanding, yet lacks a unified theoretical framework and a clear principle for efficient architecture design. This paper addresses these gaps with three core contributions.…

Artificial Intelligence · Computer Science 2026-01-22 Zhijie Chen , Xinglin Zhang , Hongshu Guo , Yue-Jiao Gong

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

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

The Kolmogorov-Arnold representation theorem offers a theoretical alternative to Multi-Layer Perceptrons (MLPs) by placing learnable univariate functions on edges rather than nodes. While recent implementations such as Kolmogorov-Arnold…

Machine Learning · Computer Science 2026-01-28 Oscar Eliasson

Kolmogorov-Arnold Networks (KAN) is a groundbreaking model recently proposed by the MIT team, representing a revolutionary approach with the potential to be a game-changer in the field. This innovative concept has rapidly garnered worldwide…

Machine Learning · Computer Science 2024-06-05 Kunpeng Xu , Lifei Chen , Shengrui Wang

In this paper, we present Convolutional Kolmogorov-Arnold Networks, a novel architecture that integrates the learnable spline-based activation functions of Kolmogorov-Arnold Networks (KANs) into convolutional layers. By replacing…

Computer Vision and Pattern Recognition · Computer Science 2025-04-01 Alexander Dylan Bodner , Antonio Santiago Tepsich , Jack Natan Spolski , Santiago Pourteau

This paper presents an experimental study of Kolmogorov-Arnold Networks (KANs) applied to computer vision tasks, particularly image classification. KANs introduce learnable activation functions on edges, offering flexible non-linear…

Computer Vision and Pattern Recognition · Computer Science 2024-12-02 Karthik Mohan , Hanxiao Wang , Xiatian Zhu

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) employ B-spline bases on a fixed grid, providing no intrinsic multi-scale decomposition for non-smooth function approximation. We introduce Fractal Interpolation KAN (FI-KAN), which incorporates learnable…

Machine Learning · Computer Science 2026-03-31 Gnankan Landry Regis N'guessan

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

Deeply stacked KANs are practically impossible due to high training difficulties and substantial memory requirements. Consequently, existing studies can only incorporate few KAN layers, hindering the comprehensive exploration of KANs. This…

Computer Vision and Pattern Recognition · Computer Science 2026-02-04 Xingyu Qiu , Xinghua Ma , Dong Liang , Gongning Luo , Wei Wang , Kuanquan Wang , Shuo Li

Kolmogorov-Arnold Networks (KANs) introduce a paradigm of neural modeling that implements learnable functions on the edges of the networks, diverging from the traditional node-centric activations in neural networks. This work assesses the…

Computer Vision and Pattern Recognition · Computer Science 2024-10-21 Basim Azam , Naveed Akhtar

Recurrent Neural Networks (RNNs) have revolutionized many areas of machine learning, particularly in natural language and data sequence processing. Long Short-Term Memory (LSTM) has demonstrated its ability to capture long-term dependencies…

Machine Learning · Computer Science 2025-08-01 Remi Genet , Hugo Inzirillo

Transformers stand as the cornerstone of mordern deep learning. Traditionally, these models rely on multi-layer perceptron (MLP) layers to mix the information between channels. In this paper, we introduce the Kolmogorov-Arnold Transformer…

Machine Learning · Computer Science 2024-09-18 Xingyi Yang , Xinchao Wang

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

This study evaluates the generalization performance and representation efficiency (parsimony) of a previously introduced Tensor Basis Kolmogorov-Arnold Network (TBKAN) architecture for data-driven turbulence modeling. The TBKAN framework…

Fluid Dynamics · Physics 2025-05-27 Nikhila Kalia , Ryley McConkey , Eugene Yee , Fue-Sang Lien

Kolmogorov Arnold Networks (KANs) represent a new class of neural architectures that replace conventional linear transformations and node-based nonlinearities with spline-based function approximations distributed along network edges.…

Machine Learning · Computer Science 2026-01-30 Kazi Ahmed Asif Fuad , Lizhong Chen

In this paper, we introduce BSRBF-KAN, a Kolmogorov Arnold Network (KAN) that combines B-splines and radial basis functions (RBFs) to fit input vectors during data training. We perform experiments with BSRBF-KAN, multi-layer perception…

Computation and Language · Computer Science 2024-10-31 Hoang-Thang Ta

Graph neural networks (GNNs) excel in learning from network-like data but often lack interpretability, making their application challenging in domains requiring transparent decision-making. We propose the Graph Kolmogorov-Arnold Network…

Machine Learning · Computer Science 2025-06-02 Gianluca De Carlo , Andrea Mastropietro , Aris Anagnostopoulos