The local minima of the error surface of the 2-2-1 XOR network

Annals of Mathematics and Artificial Intelligence

Volumn 25, Issue 1-2, 1999, Pages 107-136

  Sprinkhuizen Kuyper, Ida G ^a   Boers, Egbert J W ^a  

^a LEIDEN UNIVERSITY   (Netherlands)

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EID: 0033450527     PISSN: 10122443     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1023/a:1018969803819     Document Type: Article

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