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# MLCDropoutLayer

A layer that deactivates neurons randomly to avoid overfitting.

```
class MLCDropoutLayer
```

## Topics

### Creating Dropout Layers

[`init(rate:seed:)`](/documentation/MLCompute/MLCDropoutLayer/init(rate:seed:))

Creates a dropout layer with the probability rate and random number generator seed you specify.

### Inspecting a Dropout Layer

[`rate`](/documentation/MLCompute/MLCDropoutLayer/rate)

The dropout rate you use for each element.

[`seed`](/documentation/MLCompute/MLCDropoutLayer/seed)

The seed you use to generate random numbers.


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