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NeuSim: A Modular Neural Networks Simulator for Beowulf Clusters

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Bio-Inspired Applications of Connectionism (IWANN 2001)

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We present a neural networks simulator that we have called NeuSim, designed to work in Beowulf clusters. We have been using this simulator during the last years over several architectures and soon we want to distribute it under GPL license. In this work we offer a detailed description of the simulator, as well as the performance results obtained with a Beowulf cluster of 24 nodes.

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  1. Dpto. de Electrónica. Facultad de Ciencias, Universidad de Extremadura, Avd. de Elvas, s/n, 06071, Badajoz, SPAIN

    Carlos J. García Orellana, Ramón Gallardo Caballero, Horacio M. González Velasco & Francisco J. López Aligué

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  1. Departamento de Inteligencia Artificial, Universidad Nacional de Educación a Distancia, Senda del Rey, s/n., 28040, Madrid, Spain

    José Mira

  2. Departamento de Arquitectura y Tecnología de Computadores, Universidad de Granada, Campus Fuentenueva, 18071, Granada, Spain

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García Orellana, C.J., Gallardo Caballero, R., González Velasco, H.M., López Aligué, F.J. (2001). NeuSim: A Modular Neural Networks Simulator for Beowulf Clusters. In: Mira, J., Prieto, A. (eds) Bio-Inspired Applications of Connectionism. IWANN 2001. Lecture Notes in Computer Science, vol 2085. Springer, Berlin, Heidelberg. https://doi.org/10.1007/3-540-45723-2_8

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