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Title: Neural network construction via back-propagation

Conference ·
OSTI ID:10194019

A method is presented that combines back-propagation with multi-layer neural network construction. Back-propagation is used not only to adjust the weights but also the signal functions. Going from one network to an equivalent one that has additional linear units, the non-linearity of these units and thus their effective presence is then introduced via back-propagation (weight-splitting). The back-propagated error causes the network to include new units in order to minimize the error function. We also show how this formalism allows to escape local minima.

Research Organization:
Stanford Linear Accelerator Center, Menlo Park, CA (United States)
Sponsoring Organization:
USDOE, Washington, DC (United States)
DOE Contract Number:
AC03-76SF00515
OSTI ID:
10194019
Report Number(s):
SLAC-PUB-6516; CONF-9406278-1; ON: DE95002867; TRN: 94:023949
Resource Relation:
Conference: Stanford PDP research meeting,Stanford, CA (United States),23 Jun 1994; Other Information: PBD: Jun 1994
Country of Publication:
United States
Language:
English

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