A HIGH PERFORMANCE OPTIMIZATION TECHNIQUE FOR POLE BALANCING PROBLEM

Abstract

High performance computing techniques can be used effectively for solution of the complex scientific problems. Pole balancing problem is a basic benchmark tool of robotic field, which is an important field of Artificial Intelligence research areas. In this study, a solution is developed for pole balancing problem using Artificial Neural Network (ANN) and high performance computation technique. Algorithm, that basis of the Reinforcement Learning method which is used to find the force of pole's balance, is transfered to parallel environment. In Implementation, C is preferred as programming language and Message Passing Interface (MPI) is used for parallel computation technique. Self–Organizing Map (SOM) ANN model's neurons (artificial neural nodes) and their weights are distributed to six processors of a server computer which equipped with each quad core processor (total 24 processors). In this way, performance values are obtained for different number of artificial neural nodes. Success of method based on results is discussed