learnk

Kohonen weight learning function

Syntax

[dW,LS] = learnk(W,P,Z,N,A,T,E,gW,gA,D,LP,LS)
info = learnk('code')


Description

learnk is the Kohonen weight learning function.

[dW,LS] = learnk(W,P,Z,N,A,T,E,gW,gA,D,LP,LS) takes several inputs,

W	S-by-R weight matrix (or S-by-1 bias vector)
P	R-by-Q input vectors (or ones(1,Q))
Z	S-by-Q weighted input vectors
N	S-by-Q net input vectors
A	S-by-Q output vectors
T	S-by-Q layer target vectors
E	S-by-Q layer error vectors
gW	S-by-R gradient with respect to performance
gA	S-by-Q output gradient with respect to performance
D	S-by-S neuron distances
LP	Learning parameters, none, LP = []
LS	Learning state, initially should be = []

and returns

dW	S-by-R weight (or bias) change matrix
LS	New learning state

Learning occurs according to learnk’s learning parameter, shown here with its default value.

LP.lr - 0.01

Learning rate

info = learnk('code') returns useful information for each code character vector:

'pnames'	Names of learning parameters
'pdefaults'	Default learning parameters
'needg'	Returns 1 if this function uses gW or gA

Examples

Here you define a random input P, output A, and weight matrix W for a layer with a two-element input and three neurons. Also define the learning rate LR.

p = rand(2,1);
a = rand(3,1);
w = rand(3,2);
lp.lr = 0.5;

Because learnk only needs these values to calculate a weight change (see “Algorithm” below), use them to do so.

dW = learnk(w,p,[],[],a,[],[],[],[],[],lp,[])

Network Use

To prepare the weights of layer i of a custom network to learn with learnk,

1. Set net.trainFcn to 'trainr'. (net.trainParam automatically becomes trainr’s default parameters.)

2. Set net.adaptFcn to 'trains'. (net.adaptParam automatically becomes trains’s default parameters.)

3. Set each net.inputWeights{i,j}.learnFcn to 'learnk'.

4. Set each net.layerWeights{i,j}.learnFcn to 'learnk'. (Each weight learning parameter property is automatically set to learnk’s default parameters.)

To train the network (or enable it to adapt),

1. Set net.trainParam (or net.adaptParam) properties as desired.

2. Call train (or adapt).

Algorithms

learnk calculates the weight change dW for a given neuron from the neuron’s input P, output A, and learning rate LR according to the Kohonen learning rule:

dw = lr*(p'-w), if a ~= 0; = 0, otherwise

References

Kohonen, T., Self-Organizing and Associative Memory, New York, Springer-Verlag, 1984

Version History

Introduced before R2006a