ANNETT-O: an ontology for describing artificial neural network evaluation, topology and training

Abstract

Deep learning models, while effective and versatile, are becoming increasingly complex, often including multiple overlapping networks of arbitrary depths, multiple objectives and non-intuitive training methodologies. This makes it increasingly difficult for researchers and practitioners to design, train and understand them. In this paper we present ANNETT-O, a much-needed, generic and computer-actionable vocabulary for researchers and practitioners to describe their deep learning configurations, training procedures and experiments. The proposed ontology focuses on topological, training and evaluation aspects of complex deep neural configurations, while keeping peripheral entities more succinct. Knowledge bases implementing ANNETT-O can support a wide variety of queries, providing relevant insights to users. In addition to a detailed description of the ontology, we demonstrate its suitability to the task via a number of hypothetical use-cases of increasing complexity.

Analysing the requirements for an Open Research Knowledge Graph: use cases, quality requirements, and construction strategies

“…Various domain-specific ontologies exist, for instance, mathematics [65] (e.g. definitions, assertions, proofs), machine learning [62,74] (e.g. dataset, metric, model, experiment), and physics [96] (e.g.…”

“…process, method, material). In contrast, Klampanos et al [62] present a very domain-specific ontology for artificial neural networks. (B) Granularity of the ontology: Which granularity of the ontology is required to conceptualise scholarly knowledge?…”

Analysing the Requirements for an Open Research Knowledge Graph: Use Cases, Quality Requirements and Construction Strategies

“…Various domain-specific ontologies exist, for instance, mathematics [64] (e.g. definitions, assertions, proofs), machine learning [61,73] (e.g. dataset, metric, model, experiment), and physics [95] (e.g.…”

Requirements Analysis for an Open Research Knowledge Graph

“…There are various domain-specific ontologies, for instance, mathematics [42] (e.g. definitions, assertions, proofs) and machine learning [40,49] (e.g. dataset, metric, model, experiment).…”

“…Process, Method, Material). In contrast, Klampanos et al [40] present a very domain-specific ontology for artificial neural networks. 2.…”