Feed-forward neural networks training: A comparison between genetic algorithm and back-propagation learning algorithm

International Journal of Innovative Computing, Information and Control

Volumn 7, Issue 10, 2011, Pages 5839-5850

  Che, Zhen Guo ^a   Chiang, Tzu An ^b   Che, Zhen Hua ^c  

^a NATIONAL CHIAO TUNG UNIVERSITY   (Taiwan)

^b NATIONAL TAIPEI UNIVERSITY OF BUSINESS   (Taiwan)

^c NATIONAL TAIPEI UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY   (Taiwan)

Author keywords

Back propagation neural network; Feed forward neural network; Genetic algorithm

Indexed keywords

BACK PROPAGATION NEURAL NETWORKS; BACKPROPAGATION LEARNING ALGORITHM; EXPERIMENT DATA; MEASUREMENT INDICATORS; TRAINING SPEED; WEIGHTING ADJUSTMENT;

BACKPROPAGATION ALGORITHMS; EXPERIMENTS; GENETIC ALGORITHMS; LEARNING ALGORITHMS; TORSIONAL STRESS;

NEURAL NETWORKS;

EID: 80053525768     PISSN: 13494198     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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