Large deviations of Gaussian neural networks with ReLU activation
We prove a large deviation principle for deep neural networks with Gaussian weights and at most linearly growing activation functions, such as ReLU. This generalizes earlier work, in which bounded and continuous activation functions were considered. In practice, linearly growing activation functions such as ReLU are most commonly used. We furthermore simplify previous expressions for the rate function and provide a power-series expansions for the ReLU case.
Authors
- Quirin Vogel (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-9478-8622)
Institutions
- University of Klagenfurt (AT)
- Ludwig-Maximilians-Universität München (DE)
Publication Details
- Journal
- Statistics & Probability Letters
- Published
- 2025-11-25
- DOI
- https://doi.org/10.1016/j.spl.2025.110611
- Citations
- 1
- Primary Topic
- Stochastic Gradient Optimization Techniques
- Type
- article
- Field-Weighted Citation Impact
- 2.48