Title :
Experimental results of CMOS-implemented conscience mechanism applied for WTA networks
Author :
Tomasz Talaska;Rafal Dlugosz;Jakub Dalecki;Witold Pedrycz;Ryszard Wojtyna
Author_Institution :
University of Technology and Life Sciences, Faculty of Telecommunication and Electrical Engineering, ul. Kaliskiego 7, 85-791 Bydgoszcz, Poland
Abstract :
This paper presents experimental results demonstrating a positive effect of using conscience mechanism in on chip learning Kohonen networks. Application of this mechanism allows to eliminate so called ldquodead neuronsrdquo, which do not take part in the competition during the learning phase, thus increasing the quantization error of the network. Both Matlab simulations and measurement results are shown.
Keywords :
"Neurons","Neural networks","CMOS technology","Neural network hardware","Network-on-a-chip","Silicon","Electronic mail","Quantization","Computational modeling","Semiconductor device measurement"
Conference_Titel :
Signals and Electronic Systems, 2008. ICSES ´08. International Conference on
Print_ISBN :
978-83-88309-47-2
DOI :
10.1109/ICSES.2008.4673368
