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Truncated Backpropagation

RNNs · Level 3 of 5

Truncated Backpropagation

Limiting gradient propagation through a sequence to a shorter span.

It reduces memory and computation but restricts learned credit assignment across time.

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Training detaches the recurrent state every fixed number of steps.

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Truncated Backpropagation. Limiting gradient propagation through a sequence to a shorter span. It reduces memory and computation but restricts learned credit assignment across time. For example: Training detaches the recurrent state every fixed number of steps.

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