In a dedicated section of your spreadsheet, initialize your parameters: Weights (
Go to Parameters sheet, cell N1, type 0.5 .
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): Use the SUMPRODUCT formula to multiply inputs by their respective weights and add the bias. Formula Example: =SUMPRODUCT(Inputs, Weights) + Bias Activation Function (
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In P17 (total loss): =AVERAGE(P14:P17)