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    • Artificial Intelligence
    • Machine Learning
    • Deep Learning

    Background:

    • Activation functions are critical for neural network nonlinearity and mapping complex data patterns.
    • Traditional activation functions like Sigmoid, Tanh, and Rectified Linear Unit (ReLU) have limitations in modeling complex relationships.

    Purpose of the Study:

    • To propose a novel methodology for adaptively customizing activation functions.
    • To enhance neural network performance by adding minimal parameters to existing functions.
    • To improve mapping abilities and model complex relationships in data.

    Main Methods:

    • A new methodology is proposed to adaptively customize activation functions by adding few parameters to traditional ones (Sigmoid, Tanh, ReLU).
    • Theoretical and experimental analyses were conducted to evaluate convergence acceleration and performance improvement.
    • Experiments utilized various network architectures (AlexNet, VggNet, GoogLeNet, ResNet, DenseNet) and datasets (CIFAR10, CIFAR100, miniImageNet, PASCAL VOC, COCO).
    • Comparison experiments included different optimization strategies (SGD, Momentum, AdaGrad, AdaDelta, ADAM) and recognition tasks (classification, detection).

    Main Results:

    • The proposed adaptive activation function methodology demonstrated significant improvements in convergence speed, precision, and generalization.
    • The method showed superior overall performance compared to popular functions like ReLU and adaptive functions like Swish across diverse experiments.
    • Effectiveness was validated across various network models, datasets, optimization strategies, and recognition tasks.

    Conclusions:

    • The proposed methodology offers a simple yet highly effective approach to enhance neural network performance.
    • Adaptive activation functions customized with minimal parameters can significantly boost convergence, precision, and generalization.
    • This technique provides a valuable tool for improving deep learning model performance in various applications.