Paddle/paddle/gserver/activations/ActivationFunction.h

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#pragma once
#include <string>
#include <vector>
#include "paddle/utils/Error.h"

namespace paddle {

struct Argument;
/**
 * @brief Activation function is a function that transforms a set of input
 * signals into an output signals. The purpose of the activation function
 * is to introduce non-liearilty into the network.
 *
 * @note Common activation function are provieded, including linear,
 * sigmoid, softmax, sequence_max, relu, brelu, tanh, stanh,
 * softrelu, abs, square, exponential.
 *
 */
class ActivationFunction {
public:
  static ActivationFunction* create(const std::string& type);
  static std::vector<std::string> getAllRegisteredTypes();

  ActivationFunction() {}

  virtual ~ActivationFunction() {}

  /**
   * @brief Foward propagation
   *
   * act.value <- f(act.value),
   * where f is the activation function.
   * Suppose that before calling forward(), act.value is x and
   * after forward() is called, act.value is y, then y = f(x).
   *
   * Usually, act is Layer::output_
   */
  virtual Error __must_check forward(Argument& act) = 0;

  /**
   * @brief Backward propagaion
   *
   * x and y are defined in the above comment for forward().
   * - Before calling backward(), act.grad = dE / dy, where E is the error/cost
   * - After backward() returns, act.grad = dE / dx = (dE/dy) * (dy/dx)
   */
  virtual Error __must_check backward(Argument& act) = 0;

  virtual const std::string& getName() const = 0;
};

}  // namespace paddle