Title :
Mapping of multilayer perceptron networks to tree shape parallel neurocomputer
Author :
Hamalainen, Timo ; Klapuri, Harri ; Saarinen, Jukka ; Kaski, Kimmo
Author_Institution :
Electron. Lab., Tampere Univ. of Technol., Finland
Abstract :
Mapping of multilayer perceptron networks are presented for a parallel neurocomputer system called TUTNC (Tampere University of Technology Neural Computer). The tree shape architecture of the system offers implementation possibilities at several levels of parallelism for both forward mode of operation and network training. An example mapping is given for error backpropagation training utilizing combined neuron and weight parallel schemes. The performance is measured for some example network sizes, and estimations are given for a larger system
Keywords :
backpropagation; multilayer perceptrons; neural net architecture; parallel processing; performance evaluation; TUTNC neural computer; Tampere University of Technology; error backpropagation; forward mode; mapping; multilayer perceptron networks; network training; tree shape architecture; tree shape parallel neurocomputer; Backpropagation; Computer architecture; Computer errors; Computer networks; Concurrent computing; Multilayer perceptrons; Neurons; Parallel processing; Shape; Size measurement;
Conference_Titel :
Neural Networks, 1996., IEEE International Conference on
Conference_Location :
Washington, DC
Print_ISBN :
0-7803-3210-5
DOI :
10.1109/ICNN.1996.549027
