Neural Network Algorithms Library

Overview

This library provides neural network algorithms — activations, layers, losses, and model — designed for robust and efficient real-time use on resource-constrained embedded systems (no heap, deterministic, float-only). It builds on the shared numerical primitives (linear algebra, solvers, optimization, regularization) provided by numerical-toolbox-cpp, which it consumes via CMake FetchContent.

Getting Started

The library is a set of CMake targets. Consume it from your own project with FetchContent:

include(FetchContent)
FetchContent_Declare(
    neural_network_toolbox
    GIT_REPOSITORY https://github.com/embedded-pro/neural-network-toobox-cpp.git
    GIT_TAG        main
)
FetchContent_MakeAvailable(neural_network_toolbox)

target_link_libraries(my_app PRIVATE neural_network.activation neural_network.layer neural_network.losses neural_network.model)

The numerical-toolbox dependency is fetched automatically. Includes are namespaced by domain, e.g. #include "neural_network/activation/ReLU.hpp" and — for shared primitives — #include "numerical/math/Matrix.hpp".

Documentation

Category	Description
Neural Network	Activations, Layers, Losses, Model

Each category page lists its algorithms with a brief description and links to the detailed documentation.

Booklet

The entire documentation set is also published as a single book — read it online as a GitHub Pages site or download the latest PDF from the Releases page. Both are generated automatically from doc/ (cover, Summary/table of contents, one chapter per category, consolidated references, back cover).

Build it locally with Pandoc + XeLaTeX installed:

python scripts/build-booklet.py --format all   # writes build/booklet/{NeuralNetworkToolbox.pdf,index.html}

Simulator

The simulator/ directory contains an interactive Qt-based GUI application (Neural Network) for visualizing and experimenting with the library's algorithms. It is a desktop tool for development and exploration, separate from the core embedded-targeted library.