A pruning method for neural networks and its application for optimization in electromagnetics

IEEE Transactions on Magnetics

Volumn 40, Issue 2 II, 2004, Pages 1160-1163

  Guimarães, Frederico G ^a   Ramírez, Jaime A ^a  

^a FEDERAL UNIVERSITY OF MINAS GERAIS   (Brazil)

Author keywords

Neural networks; Optimization and design; Pruning

Indexed keywords

ALGORITHMS; ELECTROMAGNETISM; FUNCTIONS; LOUDSPEAKERS; MAGNETS; MATHEMATICAL MODELS; OPTIMIZATION; TOPOLOGY;

ERROR FUNCTIONS; MODEL PARAMETERS; OPTIMIZATION AND DESIGN; PRUNING;

NEURAL NETWORKS;

EID: 2342446706     PISSN: 00189464     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1109/TMAG.2004.825329     Document Type: Article

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