The \foreach command is very useful for quickly creating structured graphics like this neural network diagram.
Edit and compile if you like:
\documentclass{article} \usepackage{tikz} \begin{document} \pagestyle{empty} \def\layersep{2.5cm} \begin{tikzpicture}[shorten >=1pt,->,draw=black!50, node distance=\layersep] \tikzstyle{every pin edge}=[<-,shorten <=1pt] \tikzstyle{neuron}=[circle,fill=black!25,minimum size=17pt,inner sep=0pt] \tikzstyle{input neuron}=[neuron, fill=green!50]; \tikzstyle{output neuron}=[neuron, fill=red!50]; \tikzstyle{hidden neuron}=[neuron, fill=blue!50]; \tikzstyle{annot} = [text width=4em, text centered] % Draw the input layer nodes \foreach \name / \y in {1,...,4} % This is the same as writing \foreach \name / \y in {1/1,2/2,3/3,4/4} \node[input neuron, pin=left:Input \#\y] (I-\name) at (0,-\y) {}; % Draw the hidden layer nodes \foreach \name / \y in {1,...,5} \path[yshift=0.5cm] node[hidden neuron] (H-\name) at (\layersep,-\y cm) {}; % Draw the output layer node \node[output neuron,pin={[pin edge={->}]right:Output}, right of=H-3] (O) {}; % Connect every node in the input layer with every node in the % hidden layer. \foreach \source in {1,...,4} \foreach \dest in {1,...,5} \path (I-\source) edge (H-\dest); % Connect every node in the hidden layer with the output layer \foreach \source in {1,...,5} \path (H-\source) edge (O); % Annotate the layers \node[annot,above of=H-1, node distance=1cm] (hl) {Hidden layer}; \node[annot,left of=hl] {Input layer}; \node[annot,right of=hl] {Output layer}; \end{tikzpicture} % End of code \end{document}
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