Superior-Order Approximation Functions for Artificial Neural Networks Applications
摘要
In addition to the functions from previous two chapters (sigmoidal activation functions, presented in Chap. 1 and radial basis activation functions described in Chap. 2 ), it exists other important mathematical functions, having a multitude of applications in analog signal processing and artificial neural networks (Popa EURASIP J Adv Sig Process 2012:129, 2012; Popa Electronics 12:24, 2023). These functions are detailed analyzed in this chapter and the most accurate approximation functions are proposed, in order to generate them. Two important objectives are considered: as good as possible accuracy of the approximation and reasonable hardware resources required for their implementation in CMOS technology using fundamental CMOS computational circuits (further described in Chap. 4 ).