Github user manishamde commented on a diff in the pull request:
https://github.com/apache/spark/pull/1290#discussion_r19717451
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+---
+layout: global
+title: Artificial Neural Networks - MLlib
+displayTitle: <a href="mllib-guide.html">MLlib</a> - Artificial Neural
Networks
+---
+
+# Introduction
+
+This document describes the MLlib's Artificial Neural Network (ANN)
implementation.
+
+The implementation currently consist of the following files:
+
+* 'ArtificialNeuralNetwork.scala': implements the ANN
+* 'ANNSuite': implements automated tests for the ANN and its gradient
+* 'ANNDemo': a demo that approximates three functions and shows a
graphical representation of
+the result
+
+# Summary of usage
+
+The "ArtificialNeuralNetwork" object is used as an interface to the neural
network. It is
+called as follows:
+
+```
+val annModel = ArtificialNeuralNetwork.train(rdd, hiddenLayersTopology,
maxNumIterations)
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How common is it to have different number of nodes in the hidden layer? I
am wondering whether there should be support for a simpler method ```def
train(rdd, numNodesHiddenLayers, maxNumIterations)``` and perhaps even a
simpler ```def train(rdd)``` with good default settings to help users get
started.
@mengxr @jkbradley Would the upcoming MLlib API feature make this
suggestion moot with support for default parameters?
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