Modified clustering algorithms for radial basis function networks

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2006-06
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Eng Aik, Lim
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Some training algorithms for training radial basis function networks are presented in this dissertation. These training algorithms are based on clustering methods which have a number of advantages such as faster training time and reduced network architecture compared to the standard radial basis function network. These proposed training algorithms were implemented in the radial basis function network created by the newrb function from MATLAB. These modified version of clustering radial basis function (RBF) networks were tested against the standard radial basis function networks and standard clustering RBF networks in forecasting. Since the use of neural network techniques as a predictor is considered as a reliable yet cost-effective method for the purpose, the experimental models were tested on three real world application problems, particularly in Air pollutant problem, biochemical oxygen demand (BOD) problem and phytoplankton problem. The average improvement of each proposed modified clustering-REF networks over these standard clustering-RBF networks has been found to be 40.{)3%, 41.64%, 42.32% and 34.99%. Clearly, the results ·show that the performance of the RBF networks using the proposed modified clustering algorithms has been improved and this proved the proposed model features a more satisfactory prediction performance and yet effective in forecasting purposes.
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Clustering algorithms , Function networks
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