def METHOD_NAME(self,
                     input,
                     num_layers,
                     bn_size,
                     growth_rate,
                     dropout,
                     name=None):
    conv = input
    for layer in range(num_layers):
        conv = self.make_dense_layer(
            conv,
            growth_rate,
            bn_size,
            dropout,
            name=name + '_' + str(layer + 1))
    return conv