title: k-winners-take-all neural net with Theta(1) time complexity.
abstract: In this article we present a k-winners-take-all (k-WTA) neural net that is established based on the concept of the constant time sorting machine by Hsu and Wang. It fits some specific applications, such as real-time processing, since its Theta(1) time complexity is independent to the problem size. The proposed k-WTA neural net produces the solution in constant time while the Hopfield network requires a relatively long transient to converge to the solution from some initial states.
authors.affiliation: Dept. of Electr. Eng., Nat. Taiwan Univ., Taipei.
authors.forename: T C
authors.initials: TC
authors.lastname: Hsu
authors.forename: S D
authors.initials: SD
authors.lastname: Wang