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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Aug. 24, 2021
Filed:
Aug. 24, 2017
International Business Machines Corporation, Armonk, NY (US);
Ahmet S. Ozcan, San Jose, CA (US);
J. Campbell Scott, San Jose, CA (US);
INTERNATIONAL BUSINESS MACHINES CORPORATION, Armonk, NY (US);
Abstract
Self-adjusting thresholds for synaptic activity in neural networks are provided. In various embodiments, for each of a plurality of neurons within an artificial neural network, an overlap value is determined corresponding to active inputs connected to the neuron via synapses having non-zero synaptic weights. A count of those of the plurality of neurons whose overlap exceeds an activation threshold of the neural network is determined. The count is compared to a predetermined neuronal activity target. The activation threshold of the neural network is adjusted to approach the predetermined neuronal activity target.