• DocumentCode
    1510017
  • Title

    An asynchronous distributed architecture model for the Boltzmann machine control mechanism

  • Author

    De Gloria, Alesandro ; Olivieri, Mauro

  • Author_Institution
    DIBE, Genoa Univ., Italy
  • Volume
    7
  • Issue
    6
  • fYear
    1996
  • fDate
    11/1/1996 12:00:00 AM
  • Firstpage
    1538
  • Lastpage
    1541
  • Abstract
    We present a study addressing a hardware implementation of the Boltzmann machine that relies on the concept of asynchronous digital system. The constraint of concurrently switching only unconnected neurons is dynamically satisfied by using an asynchronous distributed control mechanism. The design of the control architecture is derived from a formal definition of the problem by means of the trace theory. Computer simulations show the efficiency of the proposed approach
  • Keywords
    Boltzmann machines; distributed control; distributed processing; formal specification; neural net architecture; Boltzmann machine; asynchronous digital system; asynchronous distributed architecture model; asynchronous distributed control; concurrent switching; formal definition; trace theory; Algorithm design and analysis; Application software; Broadcasting; Computer architecture; Computer simulation; Digital systems; Distributed control; Hardware; Machine control; Neurons;
  • fLanguage
    English
  • Journal_Title
    Neural Networks, IEEE Transactions on
  • Publisher
    ieee
  • ISSN
    1045-9227
  • Type

    jour

  • DOI
    10.1109/72.548186
  • Filename
    548186