Knowledge Incorporation into Neural Networks From Fuzzy Rules

  • Authors:
  • Yaochu Jin;Bernhard Sendhoff

  • Affiliations:
  • Dept. of Industrial Engineering, The State University of New Jersey, Piscataway, New Jersey, USA, e-mail: yaochu.jin@alliedsignal.com;Institut für Neuroinformatik, Ruhr-Universitäat Bochum, D–44780 Bochum, Germany, e-mail: bernhard.sendhoff@neuroinformatik.ruhr-uni-bochum.de

  • Venue:
  • Neural Processing Letters
  • Year:
  • 1999

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Abstract

The incorporation of prior knowledge into neural networks can improve neural network learning in several respects, for example, a faster learning speed and better generalizationability. However, neural network learning is data driven andthere is no general way to exploit knowledge which is not in the formof data input-output pairs. In this paper, we propose two approaches forincorporating knowledge into neural networks from fuzzyrules. These fuzzy rules are generated based on expert knowledge orintuition. In the first approach, information from the derivative ofthe fuzzy system is used to regularize the neural network learning,whereas in the second approach the fuzzy rules are used as a catalyst.Simulation studies show that both approaches increasethe learning speed significantly.