• DocumentCode
    1472992
  • Title

    Efficient implementation of piecewise linear activation function for digital VLSI neural networks

  • Author

    Myers, D.J. ; Hutchinson, R.A.

  • Author_Institution
    British Telecom Res. Labs., Ipswich, UK
  • Volume
    25
  • Issue
    24
  • fYear
    1989
  • Firstpage
    1662
  • Lastpage
    1663
  • Abstract
    A piecewise linear approximation to the sigmoidal neuron activation function is proposed, which maps compactly into a digital integrated circuit realisation.
  • Keywords
    VLSI; digital integrated circuits; neural nets; digital VLSI neural networks; digital integrated circuit realisation; implementation; piecewise linear activation function; piecewise linear approximation; sigmoidal neuron activation function;
  • fLanguage
    English
  • Journal_Title
    Electronics Letters
  • Publisher
    iet
  • ISSN
    0013-5194
  • Type

    jour

  • DOI
    10.1049/el:19891114
  • Filename
    91853
    • Link To Document
    https://search.isc.ac/dl/search/defaultta.aspx?DTC=49&DC=1472992