Knowledge discovery using a neural network simultaneous optimization algorithm on a real world classification problem

European Journal of Operational Research

Volumn 168, Issue 3, 2006, Pages 1009-1018

  Sexton, Randall S ^a   McMurtrey, Shannon ^b   Cleavenger, Dean ^c  

^a MISSOURI STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b NOVA SOUTHEASTERN UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF SOUTH CAROLINA BEAUFORT   (United States)

Author keywords

Artificial intelligence; Backpropagation; Classification; Genetic algorithm; Neural networks

Indexed keywords

ARTIFICIAL INTELLIGENCE; BACKPROPAGATION; DATA PROCESSING; GENETIC ALGORITHMS; MATHEMATICAL MODELS; NEURAL NETWORKS; OPTIMIZATION;

CLASSIFICATION; KNOWLEDGE DISCOVERY; NEURAL NETWORK MODELS; NEURAL NETWORK SIMULTANEOUS OPTIMIZATION ALGORITHMS (NNSOA);

KNOWLEDGE ACQUISITION;

EID: 25144464662     PISSN: 03772217     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ejor.2004.05.018     Document Type: Conference Paper

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