I would like to integrate with Matlab preferably and harness GPU or other HPC hardware if possible...but opening scope of question broader that this

has anyone tried Mathematica's Neural network tool? Do you rate if for fast throughput for training? I can find this study so far: https://grey.colorado.edu/emergent/index.php/Comparison_of_Neural_Network_Simulators

Perhaps a pool of researchers in this area can pitch in together and can keep a 'living' catalogue... I am happy to put to do my bit..

Open Source alternatives can be found in the R system for statistical computation, e.g. packages "nnet" and "RSNNS". Package nnet is implemented in C and RSNNS in C++, both with an R interface. More, see:

Package nnet:

Venables, W. N. & Ripley, B. D. (2002) Modern Applied Statistics with S. Fourth Edition. Springer, New York. ISBN 0-387-95457-0

http://cran.r-project.org/web/packages/nnet/

Christoph Bergmeir, Jose M. Benitez (2012). Neural Networks in R Using the Stuttgart Neural Network Simulator: RSNNS. Journal of Statistical Software, 46(7), 1-26. http://www.jstatsoft.org/v46/i07/

http://cran.r-project.org/web/packages/RSNNS/

... but there are even more packages, see the CRAN task view about machine learning:

http://cran.r-project.org/web/views/MachineLearning.html

Thomas

Hello thomas,

Thankyou kindly. I will check this out.

Regards

Did you try:

-Weka:

http://www.cs.waikato.ac.nz/ml/weka/

-Encog:

http://www.heatonresearch.com/encog

KR

Thankyou. there seem to be too many options. I have chosen to work with R as I have used it before and it also features classical regression to compare against. Here is a worked example for those interested: http://gekkoquant.com/2012/05/26/neural-networks-with-r-simple-example/

https://mandymejia.wordpress.com/2014/08/18/three-ways-to-use-matlab-from-r/  because total migration is a headache and looks like nowadays everyone needs to have a few bridges in between somewhat suitable software environments... 

http://stackoverflow.com/questions/7743768/using-nnet-for-prediction-am-i-doing-it-right

Hi....

You might want to check out Neuroph Studio..... It comes self contained, and is highly customizeable....

Best of Luck

Hi,

You can try   the "Statistica" programe 

Best wishes

I would recommend R, using the RStudio environment. There are lots of packages and good online support/forums. Try RSNNS for various machine learning tools.

Or, try the Anaconda Python distribution with includes SciKit-Learn. If you can get Anaconda Accelerate you can use parallel processing / GPU for faster processing.

Hope it helps.