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backpropagation

noun

Etymology

From back + propagation.

  1. derived from propagatio
  2. derived from propagacion
  3. borrowed from propagation
  4. compounded as backpropagation — “back + propagation”

Definitions

  1. An error correction technique used in neural networks.

    • In machine learning, backpropagation of error (‘backprop’) is the algorithm most often used to train deep neural networks and is the most successful learning procedure for these networks.

  2. A phenomenon in which the action potential of a neuron creates a voltage spike both at…

    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.

The neighborhood

Derived

backprop, backpropagational

Vish — recursive loop

No curated loop yet for backpropagation. Loops are being traced one word at a time while the ingestion pipeline matures.

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