BNNS

BNNS is an open source (GPL) software that uses the Response Function Plots visualization method to train artificial neural networks.

BNNS features basic support for previewing of RFP in its native size and scaling of RFPs, preview of Testing/Training patterns, logging of MSE, and much more.

What is new in this release:

• This version improves CLI based on user comments, and adds the use of readline and history libraries.
• It adds config file support, --conf-file cmd line opt.
• It adds command line options to control the row size of windows.
• It adds the mandatory command line option --task-name.
• It includes a section 1 man page installed by 'make install`.
• It improves pattern preparation scripts.
• It fixes loss of frozen weight info on update of learning rate.
• It fixes processing of events from empty RFP slots, making empty slots visible.
• It fixes calculation of MSE across the output layer.
• It applies a threshold of 255 to PGM images in order to have values in {0,255}.

What is new in version 2.0 Beta 5:

• This maintenance release adds support for gcc versions above 4.4, uses a default position for the extrapolation window to avoid a deadlock in XCB-enabled Xlib reported on Ubuntu 12.04.1 LTS, drops an obsolete xpm.h include causing compilation errors because libxpm presence was not checked by the configure script, changes interpretation of the --scale-factor value, and introduces a set of supported values.