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+/*
+ * Copyright (c) 2018 ARM Limited.
+ *
+ * SPDX-License-Identifier: MIT
+ *
+ * Permission is hereby granted, free of charge, to any person obtaining a copy
+ * of this software and associated documentation files (the "Software"), to
+ * deal in the Software without restriction, including without limitation the
+ * rights to use, copy, modify, merge, publish, distribute, sublicense, and/or
+ * sell copies of the Software, and to permit persons to whom the Software is
+ * furnished to do so, subject to the following conditions:
+ *
+ * The above copyright notice and this permission notice shall be included in all
+ * copies or substantial portions of the Software.
+ *
+ * THE SOFTWARE IS PROVIDED "AS IS", WITHOUT WARRANTY OF ANY KIND, EXPRESS OR
+ * IMPLIED, INCLUDING BUT NOT LIMITED TO THE WARRANTIES OF MERCHANTABILITY,
+ * FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE AND NONINFRINGEMENT. IN NO EVENT SHALL THE
+ * AUTHORS OR COPYRIGHT HOLDERS BE LIABLE FOR ANY CLAIM, DAMAGES OR OTHER
+ * LIABILITY, WHETHER IN AN ACTION OF CONTRACT, TORT OR OTHERWISE, ARISING FROM,
+ * OUT OF OR IN CONNECTION WITH THE SOFTWARE OR THE USE OR OTHER DEALINGS IN THE
+ * SOFTWARE.
+ */
+#include "YOLOLayer.h"
+
+#include "ActivationLayer.h"
+
+#include "arm_compute/core/Types.h"
+#include "tests/validation/Helpers.h"
+
+namespace arm_compute
+{
+namespace test
+{
+namespace validation
+{
+namespace reference
+{
+template <typename T, typename std::enable_if<is_floating_point<T>::value, int>::type>
+SimpleTensor<T> yolo_layer(const SimpleTensor<T> &src, const ActivationLayerInfo &info, int32_t num_classes)
+{
+    // Create reference
+    SimpleTensor<T> dst{ src.shape(), src.data_type() };
+
+    // Compute reference
+    const T a(info.a());
+    const T b(info.b());
+
+    for(int i = 0; i < src.num_elements(); ++i)
+    {
+        const size_t z = index2coord(dst.shape(), i).z() % (num_classes + 5);
+
+        if(z != 2 && z != 3)
+        {
+            dst[i] = activate_float<T>(src[i], a, b, info.activation());
+        }
+        else
+        {
+            dst[i] = src[i];
+        }
+    }
+
+    return dst;
+}
+
+template <>
+SimpleTensor<uint8_t> yolo_layer<uint8_t>(const SimpleTensor<uint8_t> &src, const ActivationLayerInfo &info, int32_t num_classes)
+{
+    SimpleTensor<float>   src_tmp = convert_from_asymmetric(src);
+    SimpleTensor<float>   dst_tmp = yolo_layer<float>(src_tmp, info, num_classes);
+    SimpleTensor<uint8_t> dst     = convert_to_asymmetric(dst_tmp, src.quantization_info());
+    return dst;
+}
+
+template SimpleTensor<float> yolo_layer(const SimpleTensor<float> &src, const ActivationLayerInfo &info, int32_t num_classes);
+template SimpleTensor<half> yolo_layer(const SimpleTensor<half> &src, const ActivationLayerInfo &info, int32_t num_classes);
+} // namespace reference
+} // namespace validation
+} // namespace test
+} // namespace arm_compute