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A Family of Recurrence Generated Functions Based on “Half–Hyperbolic Tangent Activation Function”

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Abstract

In this note we construct a family of recurrence generated parametric half hyperbolic tangent activation functions. We prove precise upper and lower estimates for the Hausdorff approximation of the sign function by means of this family. Numerical examples, illustrating our results are given.

Published in Biomedical Statistics and Informatics (Volume 2, Issue 2)
DOI 10.11648/j.bsi.20170202.18
Page(s) 87-94
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Keywords

Parametric Hyperbolic Tangent Activation Function (PHTA), Parametric Half Hyperbolic Tangent Activation Function (PHHTA), Sign Function, Hausdorff Distance

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