Optimizing back-propagation networks via a calibrated heuristic algorithm with an orthogonal array

Expert Systems with Applications

Volumn 34, Issue 3, 2008, Pages 1630-1641

  Wang, Tai Yue ^a   Huang, Chien Yu ^a  

^a NATIONAL CHENG KUNG UNIVERSITY   (Taiwan)

Author keywords

Back propagation network; Heuristic algorithm; Orthogonal array

Indexed keywords

ANALYSIS OF VARIANCE (ANOVA); CLASSIFICATION (OF INFORMATION); INTERACTIVE COMPUTER SYSTEMS; NEURAL NETWORKS; OPTIMIZATION; PROBLEM SOLVING; TAGUCHI METHODS;

BACK-PROPAGATION NETWORKS; INTERACTIVE EFFECTS; ORTHOGONAL ARRAYS;

HEURISTIC ALGORITHMS;

EID: 37349101788     PISSN: 09574174     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.eswa.2007.01.013     Document Type: Article

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