Title :
Training a self-organizing map distributed on a PVM network
Author :
Bandeira, Nuno ; Lobo, Victor Jose ; Moura-Pires, Fernando
Author_Institution :
Dept. Inf., Lisbon Univ., Portugal
Abstract :
A distributed version of Kohonen´s self organizing map (SOM) algorithm is presented, and it´s implementation on a parallel virtual machine (PVM) network running on Intel based PCs with Microsoft Windows 95 is described. Numerical results are given for different work loads
Keywords :
distributed algorithms; learning (artificial intelligence); microcomputer applications; self-organising feature maps; virtual machines; Intel based PC; Microsoft Windows 95; PVM network; distributed SOM algorithm; parallel virtual machine network; self-organizing map training; Computer networks; Distributed algorithms; Neural networks; Neurons; Organizing; Parallel algorithms; Parallel architectures; Parallel machines; Personal communication networks; Virtual machining;
Conference_Titel :
Neural Networks Proceedings, 1998. IEEE World Congress on Computational Intelligence. The 1998 IEEE International Joint Conference on
Conference_Location :
Anchorage, AK
Print_ISBN :
0-7803-4859-1
DOI :
10.1109/IJCNN.1998.682310
