Patent Document ID: 9721204
Application ID: 14065388
Patent Flag: 1

Claim One:
1. A method of performing a parameter sweep over a neural network, comprising: serializing the neural network into a first group of interconnected neurons and a second group of interconnected neurons by determining a one-way dependency between an input of the first group of interconnected neurons and an output of the second group of interconnected neurons, the one way dependency determined based on the input of the first group of interconnected neurons being different from the output of the second group of interconnected neurons; pruning a first input parameter of the first group of interconnected neurons based on whether the first input parameter is used as a parameter for a function of the first group of interconnected neurons; and pruning a second input parameter of the second group of interconnected neurons based on whether the second input parameter is used as a parameter for a function of the second group of interconnected neurons.