Multilayer perceptron (MLP)

Multilayer perceptron (MLP) was originally introduced in [Rosenblatt, 1958]. It is a simplest type of feedforward artificial neural network that consists of multiple layers of interconnected artificial neurons (perceptrons).

MLP consitsts of neurons, each neuron holds a number. In the picture above we can see an input layer of neurons \(x_1, \ldots, x_n\) and one neuron \(z\) of the output layer. To calculate \(z\) one needs to apply \(2\) operation:

• linear tranformation

\[ y = \sum\limits_{i=1}^n w_i x_i + w_0 \]

• activation function

\[ z = \psi(y), \quad \psi(y) = \mathbb I[y > 0]. \]

If we have several neurons \(z_1, \ldots, z_m\) in the output layer, then the linear transformation between layers can be written as

(35)\[ z_j = \sum\limits_{i=1}^n w_{ij} x_i + b_j, \quad j = 1, \ldots, m.\]

Question

Denote \(\boldsymbol x^{\mathsf T} = (x_1, \ldots, x_n)\), \(\boldsymbol z^{\mathsf T} = (z_1, \ldots, z_m)\), \(\boldsymbol W = (w_{ij})\). How to rewrite (35) in matrix form?