A new approach to improving generalization ability of feed-foward neural networks

Qiang HUA, Yue GAO, Xi-Zhao WANG, Bo-Yi ZHAO

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Abstract

In order to improve the generalization ability of feed-forward neural networks, a new objective function of learning procedure for training single hidden layer network is proposed. This objective function is composed of two information entropy, one is the cross entropy as the main optimization term and the other is the fuzzy entropy as the regularization term. In this paper, we are fused the concept of entropy to the network training process by the regularization method. We also derive the new learning rule of neural network. Our experimental results show that the generalization ability of networks by the proposed algorithm is better than other well-known learning methods in the same time complexity.

Original languageEnglish
Title of host publicationProceedings : 2010 International Conference on Machine Learning and Cybernetics, ICMLC 2010
PublisherIEEE
Pages1413-1419
Number of pages7
ISBN (Electronic)9781424465262
ISBN (Print)9781424465279
DOIs
Publication statusPublished - 2010
Externally publishedYes
Event2010 International Conference on Machine Learning and Cybernetics, ICMLC 2010 - Qingdao, China
Duration: 11 Jul 201014 Jul 2010

Publication series

NameInternational Conference on Machine Learning and Cybernetics (ICMLC)
PublisherIEEE
ISSN (Print)2160-133X
ISSN (Electronic)2160-1348

Conference

Conference2010 International Conference on Machine Learning and Cybernetics, ICMLC 2010
Country/TerritoryChina
CityQingdao
Period11/07/1014/07/10

Bibliographical note

The comments and suggestions from the reviewers greatly improve this paper. This work is supported by the national natural science foundation of China (60903088, 60903089,), by the natural science foundation of Hebei Province (F2008000635, F2009000227), by the key project foundation of applied fundamental research of Hebei Province (08963522D).

Keywords

  • Feed-forward neural networks
  • Generalization ability
  • Gradient descent method
  • Information entropy
  • Regularization

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