backpropagation

English dictionary entry

Meanings

noun
  1. An error correction technique used in neural networks.
  2. A phenomenon in which the action potential of a neuron creates a voltage spike both at the end of the axon, as normally, and also back through to the dendrites from which much of the original input current originated.

Word forms

backpropagation backpropagations

Etymology

From back + propagation.

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Translations

Finnish: vastavirta-algoritmi French: rétropropagation Swedish: bakåtpropagering Swedish: bakåtspridning
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