A dedicated environment for the simulation of backpropagation neural networks on a general-purpose hypercube parallel computer

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作者
Li, WL [1 ]
Kerckhoffs, EJH [1 ]
Rothkrantz, LJM [1 ]
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[1] Delft Univ Technol, Fac Informat Technol & Syst, NL-2628 BZ Delft, Netherlands
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neural networks; error backpropagation; parallel processing; hypercube computer; software environment;
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081203 ; 0835 ;
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In this paper we discuss a home-made dedicated software environment for the simulation of Backpropagation Neural Networks on a 64-node nCUBE2 (a 2(nd) generation hypercube parallel computer). The software runs on a UNIX workstation (SUN) that through PVM connects to the (Silicon Graphics Iris) host of the parallel machine. The interface allows for user-friendly menu-based access. Application examples of the environment are considered. In an appendix, the parallel implementation of the Backpropagation Neural Network (with use of a mixture of neuron and weight parallelism) is briefly discussed as well as the parallel performance results achieved.
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