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package org.deeplearning4j.nn.conf.dropout;

import org.deeplearning4j.nn.layers.LayerHelper;
import org.nd4j.linalg.api.ndarray.INDArray;

public interface DropoutHelper extends LayerHelper {

    /**
     * @return Check if this dropout helper is supported in the current environment
     */
    boolean checkSupported();

    /**
     * Apply the dropout during forward pass
     * @param inputActivations       Input activations (pre dropout)
     * @param resultArray            Output activations (post dropout). May be same as (or different to) input array
     * @param dropoutInputRetainProb Probability of retaining an activation
     */
    void applyDropout(INDArray inputActivations, INDArray resultArray, double dropoutInputRetainProb);

    /**
     * Perform backpropagation. Note that the same dropout mask should be used for backprop as was used during the last
     * call to {@link #applyDropout(INDArray, INDArray, double)}
     * @param gradAtOutput Gradient at output (from perspective of forward pass)
     * @param gradAtInput  Result array - gradient at input. May be same as (or different to) gradient at input
     */
    void backprop(INDArray gradAtOutput, INDArray gradAtInput);


}