Title

Performance evaluation of variations to the standard back-propagation algorithm

Abstract

A number of techniques have been proposed recently, which attempt to improve the generalization capabilities of Back-propagation neural networks (BPNNs). Among them, weight-decay, cross-validation, and weight-smoothing are probably the most simple and the most frequently used. This paper presents an empirical performance comparison among the above approaches using two real world databases. In addition, in order to further improve generalization, a combination of all the above approaches has been considered and tested. Experimental results illustrate that the coupling of all the three approaches together, significantly outperforms each other individual approach.

Publication Date

12-1-1994

Publication Title

Southcon Conference Record

Number of Pages

71-76

Document Type

Article; Proceedings Paper

Identifier

scopus

Personal Identifier

scopus

Socpus ID

0028737033 (Scopus)

Source API URL

https://api.elsevier.com/content/abstract/scopus_id/0028737033

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