Machine learning foundations· 2015
Dropout as a Bayesian Approximation: Representing Model Uncertainty in Deep Learning
On the reading lists
- #294 in the Top 500 (2026 edition)
- #24 in Machine learning foundations (2026 edition)
Why it matters
Reinterpreted dropout as approximate Bayesian inference, enabling inexpensive predictive uncertainty estimates.
Condensed from the expert lists' notes.
The record
- First released
- 2015 (from arXiv 1506.02142)
- Published
- 2016
- Citations
- 13,239 citations, as counted by Papers With Code (CC BY-SA 4.0)
- Named by
- both expert lists
- Score
- 0.449 · computed rank 294 · consensus 0.33, must-read 0, citations percentile 1 (2010s · foundations), awards 0, existing lists 0. Method
Data sources
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