<p>In which types of learning tasks are linear units more useful than sigmoid activation functions in the output layer of a multi-layer neural network?</p>

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When should I use a linear unit instead of sigmoid in the output layer?
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# When should I use a linear unit instead of sigmoid in the output layer?

(Asked by: username_0 on 2024-12-31)

In which types of learning tasks are linear units more useful than sigmoid activation functions in the output layer of a multi-layer neural network?

**Tags:** machine-learning, deep-learning, comparison, activation-functions, sigmoid


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