Threshold

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The minimum weighted sum required for the Perceptron to output 1.

As used in Paper 02 — The Perceptron: A Probabilistic Model for Information Storage and Organization in the Brain →

The minimum weighted sum required for the Perceptron to output 1. If the sum is below the threshold, it outputs 0. Also called the bias (when reformulated as a learnable parameter). Later papers replace the hard threshold with smooth activation functions.