Radial basis function networks, regression weights, and the expectation-maximization algorithm Academic Article uri icon

abstract

  • We propose a modified radial basis function (RBF) network in which the regression weights are used to replace the constant weights in the output layer. It is shown that the modified RBF network can reduce the number of hidden units significantly. A computationally efficient algorithm, known as the expectation-maximization (EM) algorithm, is used to estimate the parameters of the regression weights. A salient feature of this algorithm is that it decomposes a complicated multiparameter optimization problem into L separate small-scale optimization problems, where L is the number of hidden units. The superior performance of the modified RBF network over the standard RBF network is illustrated by computer simulations. 1997 IEEE.

published proceedings

  • IEEE TRANSACTIONS ON SYSTEMS MAN AND CYBERNETICS PART A-SYSTEMS AND HUMANS

altmetric score

  • 6

author list (cited authors)

  • Langari, R., Wang, L., & Yen, J.

citation count

  • 26

complete list of authors

  • Langari, R||Wang, L||Yen, J

publication date

  • December 1997