Python/maths/elu_activation.py
2023-04-28 10:03:31 +05:30

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"""
Implements the Exponential Linear Unit or ELU function.
The function takes a vector of K real numbers and a real number alpha as
input and then applies the ELU function to each element of the vector.
Script inspired from its corresponding Wikipedia article
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rectifier_(neural_networks)
"""
import numpy as np
def elu_activation(vector: np.ndarray, alpha: float) -> np.ndarray:
"""
Implements the ELU activation function.
Parameters:
vector: np.array
alpha: float
return:
elu (np.array): The input numpy array after applying elu.
Mathematically, f(x) = x, x>0 else (alpha * (e^x -1)), x<=0, alpha >=0
Examples:
>>> elu_activation(vector=np.array([2.3,0.6,-2,-3.8,9]), alpha=0.3)
array([ 2.3 , 0.6 , -0.25939942, -0.29328877, 9. ])
>>> elu_activation(vector=np.array([-9.2,-0.3,-2.45,0.45]), alpha=0.067)
array([-0.06699323, -0.01736518, -0.06121833, 0.45 ])
"""
return np.where(vector > 0, vector, (alpha * (np.exp(vector) - 1)))
if __name__ == "__main__":
import doctest
doctest.testmod()