We introduce a novel computational unit for neural networks that features multiple biases, challenging the traditional perceptron structure. This unit emphasizes the importance of preserving uncorrupted information as it is passed from one unit to the next, applying activation functions later in the process with specialized biases for each unit. Through both empirical and theoretical analyses, we show that by focusing on increasing biases rather than weights, there is potential for significant enhancement in a neural network model's performance. This approach offers an alternative perspective on optimizing information flow within neural networks. Commented source code at https://github. com/CuriosAI/dac-dev.

Increasing biases can be more efficient than increasing weights

Carlo Metta;
2024

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We introduce a novel computational unit for neural networks that features multiple biases, challenging the traditional perceptron structure. This unit emphasizes the importance of preserving uncorrupted information as it is passed from one unit to the next, applying activation functions later in the process with specialized biases for each unit. Through both empirical and theoretical analyses, we show that by focusing on increasing biases rather than weights, there is potential for significant enhancement in a neural network model's performance. This approach offers an alternative perspective on optimizing information flow within neural networks. Commented source code at https://github. com/CuriosAI/dac-dev.
2024
Istituto di Scienza e Tecnologie dell'Informazione "Alessandro Faedo" - ISTI
979-8-3503-1892-0
Artificial Neural Network
Deep Learning
Computer Vision
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Descrizione: This is the Submitted version (preprint) of the following paper: Metta C. et al. “Increasing biases can be more efficient than increasing weights”, Proceedings - 2024 IEEE Winter Conference on Applications of Computer Vision, WACV 2024. The final published version is available on the publisher website (https://ieeexplore.ieee.org/document/10483732).
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