The point of this library is to allow very simple neural networks to be easily created, with no extra fluff.
This library can be easily installed with yarn or npm. The installation commands is as follows.
npm install simple-neural-network-js # Install with NPM
yarn add simple-neural-network-js # Install with yarn
You can create a new neural network with the following command.
var numInputs = 2;
var numOutputs = 2;
var numHiddenLayers = 2;
var numNeuronsPerHiddenLayer = 6;
var neuralNetwork = new NeuralNetwork(numInputs, numOutputs, numHiddenLayers, numNeuronsPerHiddenLayer);
The NeuralNetwork
constructor accepts parameters that defined the number of inputs and outputs the neural
network should have, the number of hidden layers that should exist and the number of neurons that should be
present in each hidden layer.
To get outputs from the neural network, you must supply it with an array of inputs. This array's length should be equal to the number of inputs you set when creating the neural network.
Ideally the inputs should be in a range from -1 to +1, but this is not required.
Outputs are returned as an array of values from 0 to +1.
The update
method is used to supply inputs to the neural network and retrieve outputs. An example usage is
shown below.
var inputs = [0.12, 0.24];
var outputs = neuralNetwork.update(inputs);
The weights between the neurons be retrieved or overrided with the getWeights
and setWeights
methods. Examples
of how to use these methods are shown below.
var weights = neuralNetwork.getWeights();
var newWeights = [];
for (var i=0; i < weights.length; i++) {
newWeights.push(weights[i] * 0.5);
}
neuralNetwork.setWeights(newWeights);
Weights are returned by the getWeights
as a single dimension array.
New weights must be provided to the setWeights
method in the same order as they are retrieved by the getWeights
method.