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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Aug. 20, 2024
Filed:
Sep. 03, 2021
Nec Corporation, Tokyo, JP;
Masaaki Tanio, Tokyo, JP;
NEC CORPORATION, Tokyo, JP;
Abstract
A parameter determination apparatus adds a third layer between first and second layers of the neural network. The third layer includes a third node not including a non-linear activation function. Outputs of first nodes of the first layer is inputted to the third node The number of the third node of the third layer is smaller than the number of second nodes of the second layer. The parameter determination apparatus further learns a weight between the third and second layers as a part of the parameters and selects, as a part of the parameters, one valid path used as a valid connecting path in the neural network for each second node from connecting paths that connect the third node and the second nodes on the basis of the learned weight.