Optimal design of connectivity in neural network training

Biomedical Sciences Instrumentation

Volumn 36, Issue , 2000, Pages 27-32

  Jordanov, Ivan ^a   Brown, Robert ^a  

^a CARDIFF METROPOLITAN UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Global optimization; Neural network learning; Stochastic methods

Indexed keywords

NEURAL NETWORKS; OPTIMIZATION; RANDOM PROCESSES;

GLOBAL OPTIMIZATION; NEURAL NETWORK TRAINING;

BIOMEDICAL ENGINEERING;

ARTIFICIAL NEURAL NETWORK; CONFERENCE PAPER; ERROR; LEARNING; STOCHASTIC MODEL;

NEURAL NETWORKS (COMPUTER);

EID: 0034100383     PISSN: 00678856     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Conference Paper

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