Rochester Connectionist Simulator. Volume 1. User Manual.

Abstract

Connectionist networks consist of simple computational elements (units) which communicate by sending their level of activation via links to other elements. The units have a small number of states, and compute simple functions of their inputs. Associated with each link is a weight, indicating the significance of activation arriving over that link. The behaviour of the network is determined by the pattern of connections, the weights on the links, and the unit functions. The Rochester Connectionist Simulator supports construction and simulation of a wide variety of networks. The main design criterion has been flexibility. Each unit can compute a different function any amount of data may be associated with each unit, and an arbitrary connection pattern may be specified. This Simulator is a connectionist network simulator written in the C programming language and designed to be run on the UNIX operating system. This report comprises the User and Programmer's Manuals for the simulator. The documentation includes: 1) User Manual; 2) Graphics Interface User Manual; 3) Advanced Programming Manual; 4) Graphics Interface Programmer's Manual; and 5) Back Propagation Library User Manual. (KR)

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Document Details

Document Type
Technical Report
Publication Date
Apr 25, 1987
Accession Number
ADA196981

Entities

People

  • K. J. Lynne
  • Nigel H. Goddard
  • T. Mintz

Organizations

  • University of Rochester

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  • Computer science

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  • Parallel and Distributed Computing.