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Develops the definition, Bernoulli-mask formulation, co-adaptation rationale, subnetwork interpretation, and PyTorch implementation.

Dropout

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A regularization method that randomly turns off units during training to reduce co-adaptation and improve generalization.

Dropout is a regularization method for overfitting neural networks. During training, it randomly sets selected perceptron outputs to zero, preventing the network from depending too heavily on a small group of units. section 9.0 section 9.3.6

For unit i in layer l, let δᵢ be a binary mask: δᵢ = 1 with probability pᵢ and δᵢ = 0 with probability 1 − pᵢ. The masked activation is therefore δᵢaᵢ. Dropout is enabled during training and disabled during inference. section 9.3.6

The mask discourages co-adaptation, where correlated units repeatedly produce similar outputs. Because any unit may disappear in a training iteration, learning spreads across multiple units, producing behavior analogous to L2 regularization. section 9.3.6

A three-node layer as an ensemble

A three-node layer has 2³ = 8 possible on/off configurations. Each configuration acts as a subnetwork, with its probability determined by the individual keep probabilities; for example, all three units being active has probability p₀p₁p₂. section 9.3.6

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