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What is: FractalNet?

SourceFractalNet: Ultra-Deep Neural Networks without Residuals
Year2000
Data SourceCC BY-SA - https://paperswithcode.com

FractalNet is a type of convolutional neural network that eschews residual connections in favour of a "fractal" design. They involve repeated application of a simple expansion rule to generate deep networks whose structural layouts are precisely truncated fractals. These networks contain interacting subpaths of different lengths, but do not include any pass-through or residual connections; every internal signal is transformed by a filter and nonlinearity before being seen by subsequent layers.