Improving generalization capabilities of dynamic neural networks

  • Authors:
  • Miroslaw Galicki;Lutz Leistritz;Ernst Bernhard Zwick;Herbert Witte

  • Affiliations:
  • Institute of Medical Statistics, Computer Sciences and Documentation, Friedrich Schiller University, Jena, Germany, and Department of Management, University of Zielona Góra, Zielona Góra ...;Institute of Medical Statistics, Computer Sciences and Documentation, Friedrich Schiller University Jena, Germany;Department of Pediatric Orthopedics, Karl-Franzens-University, Graz, Austria;Institute of Medical Statistics, Computer Sciences and Documentation, Friedrich Schiller University, Jena, Germany

  • Venue:
  • Neural Computation
  • Year:
  • 2004

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Abstract

This work addresses the problem of improving the generalization capabilities of continuous recurrent neural networks. The learning task is transformed into an optimal control framework in which the weights and the initial network state are treated as unknown controls. A new learning algorithm based on a variational formulation of Pontrayagin's maximum principle is proposed. Under reasonable assumptions, its convergence is discussed. Numerical examples are given that demonstrate an essential improvement of generalization capabilities after the learning process of a dynamic network.