Activation

Compute activation function values and write them to the passed vector/matrix.

bool vector::Activation(
  vector&                   vect_out,      // vector to get values
  ENUM_ACTIVATION_FUNCTION  activation,    // activation function
   ...                                     // additional parameters
   );

bool matrix::Activation(
  matrix&                   matrix_out,    // matrix to get values
  ENUM_ACTIVATION_FUNCTION  activation     // activation function
   );

bool matrix::Activation(
  matrix&                   matrix_out,    // matrix to get values
  ENUM_ACTIVATION_FUNCTION  activation,    // activation function
  ENUM_MATRIX_AXIS          axis,          // axis
   ...                                     // additional parameters
   );

Parameters

vect_out/matrix_out: [out] Vector or matrix to get the computed values of the activation function.
activation: [in] Activation function from the ENUM_ACTIVATION_FUNCTION enumeration.
axis: [in] ENUM_MATRIX_AXIS enumeration value (AXIS_HORZ — horizontal axis, AXIS_VERT — vertical axis).
…: [in] Additional parameters required for some activation functions. If no parameters are specified, default values are used.

Return Value

Returns true if successful, otherwise - false.

Additional Parameters

Some activation functions accept additional parameters. If no parameters are specified, default values are used

AF_ELU  (Exponential Linear Unit)
     double alpha=1.0

   Activation function: if(x>=0) f(x) = x
                      else f(x) = alpha * (exp(x)-1)

AF_LINEAR
     double alpha=1.0
     double beta=0.0

   Activation function: f(x) = alpha*x + beta

AF_LRELU   (Leaky REctified Linear Unit)
     double alpha=0.3

   Activation function: if(x>=0) f(x)=x
                      else f(x) = alpha*x

AF_RELU  (REctified Linear Unit)
     double alpha=0.0
     double max_value=0.0
     double treshold=0.0

   Activation function: if(alpha==0) f(x) = max(x,0)
                      else if(x>max_value) f(x) = x
                      else f(x) = alpha*(x - treshold)

AF_SWISH
     double beta=1.0

   Activation function: f(x) = x / (1+exp(-x*beta))

AF_TRELU   (Thresholded REctified Linear Unit)
     double theta=1.0

   Activation function: if(x>theta) f(x) = x
                      else f(x) = 0

AF_PRELU   (Parametric REctified Linear Unit)
     double alpha[] - learned array of coeefficients

   Activation function: if(x[i]>=0) f(x)[i] = x[i]
                      else f(x)[i] = alpha[i] * x[i]

Note

In artificial neural networks, the activation function of a neuron determines the output signal, which is defined by an input signal or a set of input signals. The selection of the activation function has a big impact on the neural network performance. Different model parts (layers) can use different activation functions.

Examples of using additional parameters:

vector x={0.1, 0.4, 0.9, 2.0, -5.0, 0.0, -0.1};
   vector y;

   x.Activation(y,AF_ELU);
   Print(y);
   x.Activation(y,AF_ELU,2.0);
   Print(y);

   Print("");
   x.Activation(y,AF_LINEAR);
   Print(y);
   x.Activation(y,AF_LINEAR,2.0);
   Print(y);
   x.Activation(y,AF_LINEAR,2.0,5.0);
   Print(y);

   Print("");
   x.Activation(y,AF_LRELU);
   Print(y);
   x.Activation(y,AF_LRELU,1.0);
   Print(y);
   x.Activation(y,AF_LRELU,0.1);
   Print(y);

   Print("");
   x.Activation(y,AF_RELU);
   Print(y);
   x.Activation(y,AF_RELU,2.0,0.5);
   Print(y);
   x.Activation(y,AF_RELU,2.0,0.5,1.0);
   Print(y);

   Print("");
   x.Activation(y,AF_SWISH);
   Print(y);
   x.Activation(y,AF_SWISH,2.0);
   Print(y);

   Print("");
   x.Activation(y,AF_TRELU);
   Print(y);
   x.Activation(y,AF_TRELU,0.3);
   Print(y);

   Print("");
   vector a=vector::Full(x.Size(),2.0);
   x.Activation(y,AF_PRELU,a);
   Print(y);

/*  Results
   [0.1,0.4,0.9,2,-0.993262053000915,0,-0.095162581964040]
   [0.1,0.4,0.9,2,-1.986524106001829,0,-0.190325163928081]

   [0.1,0.4,0.9,2,-5,0,-0.1]
   [0.2,0.8,1.8,4,-10,0,-0.2]
   [5.2,5.8,6.8,9,-5,5,4.8]

   [0.1,0.4,0.9,2,-1.5,0,-0.03]
   [0.1,0.4,0.9,2,-5,0,-0.1]
   [0.1,0.4,0.9,2,-0.5,0,-0.01]

   [0.1,0.4,0.9,2,0,0,0]
   [0.2,0.8,0.9,2,-10,0,-0.2]
   [-1.8,-1.2,0.9,2,-12,-2,-2.2]

   [0.052497918747894,0.239475064044981,0.6398545523625035,1.761594155955765,-0.03346425462142428,0,-0.047502081252106]
   [0.054983399731247,0.275989792451045,0.7723340415895611,1.964027580075817,-0.00022698934351217,0,-0.045016600268752]

   [0,0,0,2,0,0,0]
   [0,0.4,0.9,2,0,0,0]

   [0.1,0.4,0.9,2,-10,0,-0.2]
*/

Last updated on 2026-07-24

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