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What is internal layer execution order in Keras Functional API?
Updated May 16, 2026
Short answer
Execution follows the directed acyclic graph (DAG) defined by tensor dependencies.
Deep explanation
Unlike Sequential models, Functional API builds a computation graph where nodes are layers and edges are tensors. Execution order is determined by dependency resolution, not sequential order.
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