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SCSS-APSA has lower computational complexity, and can achieve comparable, or even better filtering performance than that of CSS-APSA. In addition, we propose a modification of the sigmoidal active function. The modified sigmoidal active function is a form of scaling transformation based on the conventional one. Applying the modified function to the CSS-APSA, we can obtain the modified CSS-APSA (MCSS-APSA). Moreover, the extra parameter of MCSS-APSA provides the power to accelerate the convergence rate of CSS-APSA. Following the simplification operations of SCSS-APSA, the computational complexity of MCSS-APSA can also be reduced. Therefore, we get the simplified MCSS-APSA (SMCSS-APSA). 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