Generalization by neural networks

• Published in: IEEE transactions on knowledge and data engineering Vol. 4; no. 2; pp. 177 - 185
• Main Authors: Shekhar, S., Amin, M.B.
• Format: Journal Article
• Language: English
• Published: IEEE 01.04.1992
• Subjects: Algorithm design and analysis; Annealing; Backpropagation algorithms; Convergence; Curve fitting; Handwriting recognition; Neural networks; Noise shaping; Stochastic processes; Testing

The authors discuss the requirements of learning for generalization, where the traditional methods based on gradient descent have limited success. A stochastic learning algorithm based on simulated annealing in weight space is presented. The authors verify the convergence properties and feasibility...