Highly parallel computation network with means for reducing the algebraic degree of the objective function
US4755963A · kind A · utility
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| Filing date | Apr 14, 1986 |
| Grant date | Jul 5, 1988 |
| Priority date | — |
| Expiry date | Apr 14, 2006 |
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- Technology area (CPC G)Physics
- CPC primaryG06N3/065
- WIPO fieldComputer technology
- WIPO sectorElectrical engineering
Abstract
A highly interconnected analog network is constructed with inter-neurons that account for energy function terms of order greater than two. The network comprises analog amplifiers that are connected with a resistive interconnection matrix which connects each amplifier output to the input of all other amplifiers. The connections embodied in the matrix are achieved with conductances whose values are computed in accordance with the set of problem restrictions, while the cost variables of the problem which are to be minimized are incorporated in the input signals.
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