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Multilayer neural networks with extensively many hidden units

Statistical Mechanics 2009-11-07 v1 Disordered Systems and Neural Networks

Abstract

The information processing abilities of a multilayer neural network with a number of hidden units scaling as the input dimension are studied using statistical mechanics methods. The mapping from the input layer to the hidden units is performed by general symmetric Boolean functions whereas the hidden layer is connected to the output by either discrete or continuous couplings. Introducing an overlap in the space of Boolean functions as order parameter the storage capacity if found to scale with the logarithm of the number of implementable Boolean functions. The generalization behaviour is smooth for continuous couplings and shows a discontinuous transition to perfect generalization for discrete ones.

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@article{arxiv.cond-mat/0104011,
  title  = {Multilayer neural networks with extensively many hidden units},
  author = {Michal Rosen-Zvi and Andreas Engel and Ido Kanter},
  journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:cond-mat/0104011},
  year   = {2009}
}

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4 pages, 2 figures

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