Ackley, Hinton & Sejnowski, A Learning Algorithm for Boltzmann Machines, 1985 · §4.4, fig. 5 · Ratcliff 1978

The Speed–Accuracy Trade-OffAnnealing speed, completion errors and reaction times in a Boltzmann machine

Retrieval speed

abrupt quench · snap decisiondeep, gentle anneal

Bit flips on V1, η

Query

Completion arena V1 clamped above, H in the middle, V2 competing below

Speed against accuracy one point per block

x: mean sweeps until V2 settles (its last change). y: share of trials where only the right V2 unit is on. Lines join blocks with the same network and η.

Reaction times the last block

■ correct ■ errors — Wald (inverse Gaussian) fitted to the correct times, the first-passage law of a drifting random walk

Completion arena V1 clamped above, H in the middle, V2 competing below

Speed against accuracy one point per block

Reaction times the last block

Block summary