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Please use this identifier to cite or link to this item: http://hdl.handle.net/11375/5610
Title: The application of monotonicity constraints to the back propagation neural network training algorithm
Authors: Archer, Norman P.
Wang, Shouhong
McMaster University, Faculty of Business
Keywords: Business;Business
Publication Date: Jun-1990
Series/Report no.: Research and working paper series (McMaster University. Faculty of Business)
no. 343
Abstract: <p>When statistical data are used in supervised training of a neural network employing the back propagation least mean square algorithm, the behavior of the classification boundary during training is often unpredictable. This research suggests the application of monotonicity constraints to the back propagation learning algorithm. When the training sample set is pre-processed by a linear classification function, this can improve neural network performance and efficiency in classification applications where the feature vector is related monotonically to the pattern vector. This technique can be applied to any classification problem which possesses monotonicity properties, such as managerial pattern recognition problems and others.</p>
Description: <p>30, [7] leaves : ; Includes bibliographical references (leaves 24-27). ; Probable date of paper: June, 1990. Based on enumeration of series.</p>
URI: http://hdl.handle.net/11375/5610
Identifier: dsb/68
1067
4944090
Appears in Collections:DeGroote School of Business Working Paper Series

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