Error Propagation
No estimate
No hardware requirements for this model
The weights for this model have not been published, so it cannot be downloaded or run on your own hardware at any size. It is reachable only through its provider, and no graphics card changes that.
On record
Full specification
Everything on record for this model. Most of it describes how it was trained rather than how it runs — useful context for judging how much work went into it, and how it compares with models built at a different scale.
Origin
Who built this model, where, and when it was published.
- Organisation
- University of California San Diego,Carnegie Mellon University (CMU)
- Organisation type
- Academia,Academia
- Country
- United States of America
- Published
- 3 January 1986
- Authors
- D. E. Rumelhart, G. E. Hinton, and R. J. Williams
What it does
The problem areas the model was built for. A model can carry several of each.
- Domain
- Other
- Task
- Text classification, Image classification
Size
How large the model is and how much data it was trained on. Parameters are the figure that decides whether it fits on a given graphics card.
- Training data
- 64 tokens
How it is classified
Labels the source dataset applies when tracking notable models, and how confident it is in the entry.
- Why it is tracked
- Highly cited
- Record confidence
- Unknown
- Citations
- 27,322
Sources
Where this record came from and when it was last checked.
- Reference
- Learning internal representations by error propagation
- Last updated
- 28 November 2025
What the numbers mean
What this model is
Error Propagation was published by University of California San Diego,Carnegie Mellon University (CMU), in the country recorded as United States of America, during January 1986. The publishing organisation is categorised as academia,Academia.
It works in the domain of Other, and is recorded as performing the task of text classification, Image classification.
Its weights were never published, so it can only be reached through its provider. No graphics card changes that.
Training and provenance
It was trained on a corpus of about 64 tokens of text.
Its inclusion criterion: highly cited.
Answers
Error Propagation — common questions
Error Propagation— who created it?
It was published by University of California San Diego,Carnegie Mellon University (CMU), based in United States of America, an organisation categorised as academia,Academia.
Error Propagation— when was it released?
It was published in January 1986. Capability per parameter has improved considerably since, so a newer model of the same size is often the better use of the same hardware.
Error Propagation— what is it used for?
It works in the domain of Other, and is recorded as handling the task of text classification, Image classification. Models frequently carry more than one of each, and the tags describe purpose rather than capability limits.
Error Propagation— what GPU do I need to run it?
None. This is a closed model — its weights were never published, so it cannot be downloaded or run on your own hardware at any price. It is reachable only through its provider.
Error Propagation— is it open source?
The licensing was never recorded in our source data. We treat unstated licensing as closed, because an unrecorded licence is not one to rely on.
Error Propagation— how many parameters does it have?
No parameter count has been published for it, which is why no memory or speed figure appears on this page.
The other direction
Looking at it from the other side?
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