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We develop in the present paper a design procedure for neural networks with sparse coefficient matrices. Our results guarantee that the synthesized neural networks have predetermined sparse interconnection structures and store any set of desired memory patterns as reachable memory vectors. We show that a sufficient condition for the existence of a sparse neural network design is self feedback for every neuron in the network. Our design procedure for neural networks with sparse interconnecting structure can take into account various problems encountered in VLSI realizations of such networks. For example, our procedure can be used to design neural networks with few or without any line-crossings resulting from the network interconnections. Several specific examples are included to demonstrate the applicability of the methodology advanced herein.
This work was supported by the National Science Foundation under grant ECS 91-07728.
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Liu, D., Michel, A.N. (1993). Sparsely interconnected artificial neural networks for associative memories. In: Mira, J., Cabestany, J., Prieto, A. (eds) New Trends in Neural Computation. IWANN 1993. Lecture Notes in Computer Science, vol 686. Springer, Berlin, Heidelberg. https://doi.org/10.1007/3-540-56798-4_140
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