We consider the problem of designing models to leverage a recently introduced approximate model averaging technique called dropout. We define a simple new model called maxout (so named because its output is the max of a set of inputs, and because it is a natural companion to dropout) designed to both facilitate optimization by dropout and improve the accuracy of dropout's fast approximate model averaging technique. We empirically verify that the model successfully accomplishes both of these tasks. We use maxout and dropout to demonstrate state of the art classification performance on four benchmark datasets: MNIST, CIFAR-10, CIFAR-100, and SVHN.
Goodfellow et al. REF proposed a new model called Maxout which aims to both facilitate optimization by Dropout and improve the accuracy of Dropout's fast approximate model average technique.
Maxout Networks
JMLR WCP 28 (3): 1319-1327, 2013
Computer Science Mathematics