Numerical solution of a calculus of variations problem using the feedforward neural network architecture

Advances in Engineering Software

Volumn 27, Issue 3, 1996, Pages 213-225

  Meade Jr , Andrew J ^a   Sonneborn, Hans C ^a  

^a RICE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Calculus of variations; Feedforward artificial neural networks; Neural computation

Indexed keywords

APPROXIMATION THEORY; CALCULATIONS; CONSTRAINT THEORY; ERROR ANALYSIS; PARAMETER ESTIMATION; TRANSFER FUNCTIONS; VARIATIONAL TECHNIQUES;

FEEDFORWARD NEURAL NETWORKS;

EID: 0030400183     PISSN: 09659978     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0965-9978(96)00029-4     Document Type: Article

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