dwelly@saddle-lk.cs.UAlberta.CA (Andrew Dwelly) (04/24/91)
Archive-name: ai/neural-nets/atree/1991-04-23 Archive-directory: menaik.cs.ualberta.ca:/pub/atree/ [129.128.4.241] Original-posting-by: dwelly@saddle-lk.cs.UAlberta.CA (Andrew Dwelly) Original-subject: Adaptive Logic Networks Reposted-by: emv@msen.com (Edward Vielmetti, MSEN) comp.ai comp.ai.neural-net comp.database can.ai Readers of this group may be interested to hear that we shall shortly be releasing some unusual neural net software on the net. In the meanwhile it is availble by anonymous FTP from menaik.cs.ualberta.ca [129.128.4.241]. Applications we have tried up to now include: Land Use Classification Census Analysis Prosthesis control ...and a number of pattern recognition tasks such as OCR. We feel that the algorithms are suitable for large scale data analysis (hence the crossposting to comp.database), and are now searching for other industrial and business applications. The algorithm is a radical departure from normal neural-net techniques because it is based on the synthesis of an Adaptive Logic Network (ALN). In the process of learning, the system constructs a boolean digital circuit to perform the task. Training is rapid, and the execution of the resulting network is extremely fast (and could easily be turned into hardware for even more speed). The software includes a library of routines for the "C" programmer, a small language for data analysis, documentation (in TeX) and some examples. Why are we releasing it ? We are hoping for a wider group of users, comments on the existing software, and partners for future developments. Please send all mail on the subject to: arms@cs.ualberta.ca or dwelly@cs.ualberta.ca Bill Armstrong. Andrew Dwelly. Rolf Manderscheid. -- ****************************************************************************** Andy Dwelly : dwelly@cs.ualberta.ca, Tel: 403-492-7591 !@#$%$#, %^&*%, - Listen, who swears ? Christopher Robin has fallen downstairs. ****************************************************************************** -- comp.archives file verification menaik.cs.ualberta.ca total 213 drwxr-xr-x 2 556 512 Apr 23 17:59 examples -rw-r--r-- 1 556 189 Apr 23 17:58 xmalloc.c -rw-r--r-- 1 556 16474 Apr 23 17:58 synan.y -rw-r--r-- 1 556 33123 Apr 23 17:58 synan.c -rw-r--r-- 1 556 16681 Apr 23 17:58 neuronnet.idraw -rwxr-xr-x 1 556 4476 Apr 23 17:58 histogram -rw-r--r-- 1 556 298 Apr 23 17:58 make.bat -rw-r--r-- 1 556 2957 Apr 23 17:58 lf.h -rw-r--r-- 1 556 47647 Apr 23 17:58 atree.tex -rw-r--r-- 1 556 13358 Apr 23 17:58 lf.c -rw-r--r-- 1 556 8256 Apr 23 17:58 atree.h -rw-r--r-- 1 556 5214 Apr 23 17:58 alloca.c -rw-r--r-- 1 556 44529 Apr 23 17:58 atree.c -rw-r--r-- 1 556 701 Apr 23 17:58 README -rw-r--r-- 1 556 5506 Apr 23 17:58 OVERVIEW -rw-r--r-- 1 556 549 Apr 23 17:58 Makefile -rw-r--r-- 1 556 246 Apr 23 17:58 MANIFEST -rw-r--r-- 1 556 12488 Apr 23 17:58 COPYING found atree ok menaik.cs.ualberta.ca:/pub/atree/