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This commit adds comprehensive support for multiple activation functions and modern optimizers to the neural network library. New Features: - Activation functions: ReLU, Leaky ReLU, Tanh, Softmax, ELU, SELU, Linear (in addition to existing Sigmoid) - Optimizers: SGD, Momentum, Adam with configurable hyperparameters - Layer-level activation configuration - Network-level optimizer configuration - Unified activation interface with forward and gradient functions Implementation Details: - Created activation.h with 8 activation functions and their gradients - Created optimizer.h with 3 optimizer implementations - Updated Layer class to support configurable activation types - Updated Network class to use optimizer pattern - Updated backpropagation to use correct activation gradients - Added comprehensive test suite for all new features Tests: - test_activations_optimizers.cpp validates all activation functions - Tests verify optimizer behavior (SGD, Momentum, Adam) - Integration tests ensure network works with new features - All tests passing Documentation: - Updated README with comprehensive feature list - Added "What's Available" and "What's Missing" sections - Updated usage examples to show new activation and optimizer APIs - Added examples for all activation functions and optimizers Bug Fixes: - Added missing <memory> and <omp.h> includes - Removed duplicate Sigmoid/SigGrad functions from network.h
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- Fix SigGrad template function compilation error by using Diff(T(1), mat) instead of Diff<T>(1, mat) to properly cast the literal - Fix printf format specifiers in matrix.cpp (%0.2l -> %ld, %0.2d -> %d, %0.2u -> %u) - Remove invalid precision specifiers from integer format strings These changes resolve the compilation errors that were preventing the PR build from succeeding.
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- Fix SigGrad template function compilation error by using Diff(T(1), mat) instead of Diff<T>(1, mat) to properly cast the literal - Fix printf format specifiers in matrix.cpp (%0.2l -> %ld, %0.2d -> %d, %0.2u -> %u) - Remove invalid precision specifiers from integer format strings These changes resolve the compilation errors that were preventing the PR build from succeeding. Co-authored-by: Claude <noreply@anthropic.com>
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This commit adds comprehensive support for multiple activation functions and modern optimizers to the neural network library.
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