| Automatic Generation of Neural Network Architecture Using Evolutionary Computation Contributor(s): Johnson, R. P. (Author), Jain, Lakhmi C. (Author), Vonk, E. (Author) |
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ISBN: 9810231067 ISBN-13: 9789810231064 Publisher: World Scientific Publishing Company OUR PRICE: $63.65 Product Type: Hardcover Published: November 1997 |
| Additional Information |
| BISAC Categories: - Computers | Neural Networks - Computers | Networking - General - Computers | Computer Science |
| Dewey: 006.32 |
| LCCN: 97028485 |
| Series: Advances in Fuzzy Systems-Applications and Theory |
| Physical Information: 192 pages |
| Descriptions, Reviews, Etc. |
| Publisher Description: This book describes the application of evolutionary computation in the automatic generation of a neural network architecture. The architecture has a significant influence on the performance of the neural network. It is the usual practice to use trial and error to find a suitable neural network architecture for a given problem. The process of trial and error is not only time-consuming but may not generate an optimal network. The use of evolutionary computation is a step towards automation in neural network architecture generation.An overview of the field of evolutionary computation is presented, together with the biological background from which the field was inspired. The most commonly used approaches to a mathematical foundation of the field of genetic algorithms are given, as well as an overview of the hybridization between evolutionary computation and neural networks. Experiments on the implementation of automatic neural network generation using genetic programming and one using genetic algorithms are described, and the efficacy of genetic algorithms as a learning algorithm for a feedforward neural network is also investigated. |