Re: Backpropagation: How Many Weights?

> Here is my problem:  I am trying to create a small COM object that will
> allow me to run a NN from a web-page.  The com object does not have to
> train the the NN just run the backpropagation algorithm with given
> weights.
>
> The group that I am working with provided me with 3288 Weights for a NN
> that has 4 layers.  Input layer 81 nodes, hidden layer 1 32 nodes, hidden
> layer 2 16 nodes and output layer 8 nodes.
>
> To get howmany weights, I thought it would calculated this way.
>
> 81 * 32 = 2592
>
> 32 * 16 = 512
>
> 16 * 8  = 128
>
> Total Weights = 2592 + 512 + 128 = 3232
>
> There is a difference of 3288 - 3232 = 56 weights
>
> Can someone tell me if I am calculating the above correctly or am I
> missing something.

32 + 16 + 8 (biases for each node in layers except input one)

HTH
Sz.