Automatic Generation Of Neural Network Architecture Using Evolutionary Computation

R P Johnson (Australian Defence Sci & Tech, Australia),Lakhmi C Jain (Univ Of South Australia, Australia),E Vonk (Vrije Univ, Amsterdam, The Netherlands)

Automatic Generation Of Neural Network Architecture Using Evolutionary Computation
Format
Hardback
Publisher
World Scientific Publishing Co Pte Ltd
Country
Singapore
Published
4 November 1997
Pages
192
ISBN
9789810231064

Automatic Generation Of Neural Network Architecture Using Evolutionary Computation

R P Johnson (Australian Defence Sci & Tech, Australia),Lakhmi C Jain (Univ Of South Australia, Australia),E Vonk (Vrije Univ, Amsterdam, The Netherlands)

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.

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