def maxout_layer(input, num_output, num_pieces, name=’fc_maxout’):

 with tf.variable_scope(name):
 maxout_pieces = []
 for i in range(num_pieces):
 new_fc = fc(input, num_output, name=’%s_%d’ % (name,i + 1))
 maxout_pieces.append(new_fc)
 maxout_pieces_tensor = tf.convert_to_tensor(maxout_pieces)
 #print(maxout_pieces_tensor.get_shape().as_list())
 return tf.transpose(tf.reduce_max(maxout_pieces_tensor, -1))