linear combination
noun
: a mathematical entity (such as 4x + 5y + 6z) which is composed of sums and differences of elements (such as variables, matrices, or functions) especially when the coefficients are not all zero
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So any arbitrary image from the LED array would, at least in a first approximation, just be a linear combination of the signals from each of the individual LED lights that had been illuminated.
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IEEE Spectrum, 29 Aug. 2018
So if heritability is 1.0 all of the variation is due genetic variation; offspring are just a linear combination of their parents.
—Razib Khan, Discover Magazine, 28 June 2012
The gender difference found is along a dimension in multivariate space that is a linear combination of the original variables transformed into latent variables...
—Neuroskeptic, Discover Magazine, 9 Jan. 2012
In a generic lattice, lattice points are generated by taking all possible linear combinations of some set of vectors (arrows pointing in different directions).
—Quanta Magazine, 8 Sep. 2015
Without an activation function, every neural network, no matter how complex, would be reducible to a linear combination of its inputs.
—Timothy B. Lee, Ars Technica, 18 Dec. 2018
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IEEE Spectrum, 29 Aug. 2018
So if heritability is 1.0 all of the variation is due genetic variation; offspring are just a linear combination of their parents.
—Razib Khan, Discover Magazine, 28 June 2012
The gender difference found is along a dimension in multivariate space that is a linear combination of the original variables transformed into latent variables...
—Neuroskeptic, Discover Magazine, 9 Jan. 2012
In a generic lattice, lattice points are generated by taking all possible linear combinations of some set of vectors (arrows pointing in different directions).
—Quanta Magazine, 8 Sep. 2015
Without an activation function, every neural network, no matter how complex, would be reducible to a linear combination of its inputs.
—Timothy B. Lee, Ars Technica, 18 Dec. 2018
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