Body: <p>There are at least three questions on this site related to this</p>
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  <li><a href="https://ai.stackexchange.com/q/21532/2444">What is the effect of using pooling layers in CNNs?</a></li>
  <li><a href="https://ai.stackexchange.com/q/9563/2444">Is pooling a kind of dropout?</a></li>
  <li><a href="https://ai.stackexchange.com/q/13580/2444">What are the benefits of using max-pooling in convolutional neural networks?</a></li>
  </ol>
  <p>I got the following useful information regarding the purpose of pooling. As per my understanding, the purposes of pooling, based on priority, in general, are as follows:</p>
  <ol>
  <li>To decrease the size of the feature maps</li>
  <li>To make the model stronger in feature extraction</li>
  </ol>
  <p>Are there any other purposes of pooling in CNN other than them?</p>
  
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Comments.Text: Without pooling, how do you recommend making the image smaller?
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Comments.Text: @user253751 It can be one of the purpose.
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Title: What are the purposes of pooling in CNNs?
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ThreadText: # What are the purposes of pooling in CNNs?
  
  (Asked by: username_0 on 2021-03-15)
  
  There are at least three questions on this site related to this
  
  1. [What is the effect of using pooling layers in CNNs?](https://ai.stackexchange.com/q/21532/2444)
  2. [Is pooling a kind of dropout?](https://ai.stackexchange.com/q/9563/2444)
  3. [What are the benefits of using max-pooling in convolutional neural networks?](https://ai.stackexchange.com/q/13580/2444)
  
  I got the following useful information regarding the purpose of pooling. As per my understanding, the purposes of pooling, based on priority, in general, are as follows:
  
  1. To decrease the size of the feature maps
  2. To make the model stronger in feature extraction
  
  Are there any other purposes of pooling in CNN other than them?
  
  **Tags:** convolutional-neural-networks, pooling
  
  > **Comments:**
  > **username_1**: Without pooling, how do you recommend making the image smaller?  
  > **username_0**: @user253751 It can be one of the purpose.  
  
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