An activation function that only allows a specified number, usually one, of the out-bound connection to win. These connections will share in the sum of the output, whereas the other neurons will recieve zero. This activation function can be useful for "winner take all" layers.

For a list of all members of this type, see ActivationCompetitive Members .

System.Object
   BasicActivationFunction
      ActivationCompetitive

Thread Safety

Public static (Shared in Visual Basic) members of this type are safe for multithreaded operations. Instance members are not guaranteed to be thread-safe.

Requirements

Namespace: Encog.Neural.Activation

Assembly: encog-core-cs (in encog-core-cs.dll)

See Also

ActivationCompetitive Members | Encog.Neural.Activation Namespace