Neural Networks · Level 2 of 5
Network Width
The number of units or features in a network stage.
Width and depth affect capacity and computational cost differently.
Example
A hidden layer contains 512 units.
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Network Width. The number of units or features in a network stage. Width and depth affect capacity and computational cost differently. For example: A hidden layer contains 512 units.
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This is part of the vocabulary used to read network diagrams and understand parameter updates.
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