def METHOD_NAME(self, inputs):
    x = inputs  # single input layer, input defined in create_model()
    for layer in self.dense_layers:  # hidden layers
        x = layer(x)  # h1 = f(input), h2 = f(h1), ... using act func
    for layer in self.dropout:  # no dropout layers used in this example
        x = layer(x)
    x = self.dense_layers_out(x)  # single output layer, output = f(h_last)
    return x