caa a22 4500 477096948 CHVBK 20180405111530.0 cr unu---uuuuu 170330e19960101xx s 000 0 eng 10.1007/BF01187692 doi (NATIONALLICENCE)springer-10.1007/BF01187692 PNS modules for the synthesis of parallel self-organizing hierarchical neural networks [Elektronische Daten] [Faramarz Valafar, Okan Ersoy] The PNS module is discussed as the building block for the synthesis of parallel, self-organizing, hierarchical, neural networks (PSHNNs). The PNS module contains three submodules (units), the first two of which are created as simple neural network constructs and the last of which is a statistical unit. The first two units are fractile in nature, meaning that each such unit may itself consist of a number of parallel PNS modules in a fractile fashion. Through a mechanism of statistical acceptance or rejection of input vectors for classification, the sample space is divided into a number of regions. The input vectors belonging to each region are classified by a dedicated set of PNS modules. This strategy results in considerably higher accuracy of classification and better generalization as compared to previous neural network models. If the delta rule network is used to generate the first two units, each region approximates a linearly separable region. In this sense, the total system becomes similar to a piecewise linear model. The various regions are determined nonlinearly by the first and third units of the PNS modules. Birkhäuser, 1996 Valafar Faramarz School of Electrical Engineering, Purdue University, 47907, West Lafayette, Indiana aut Ersoy Okan School of Electrical Engineering, Purdue University, 47907, West Lafayette, Indiana aut Circuits, Systems and Signal Processing Birkhäuser-Verlag 15/1(1996-01-01), 23-50 0278-081X 15:1<23 1996 15 34 https://doi.org/10.1007/BF01187692 text/html Onlinezugriff via DOI 1 research-article jats NATIONALLICENCE 856 40 https://doi.org/10.1007/BF01187692 text/html Onlinezugriff via DOI NATIONALLICENCE 700 1- Valafar Faramarz School of Electrical Engineering, Purdue University, 47907, West Lafayette, Indiana aut NATIONALLICENCE 700 1- Ersoy Okan School of Electrical Engineering, Purdue University, 47907, West Lafayette, Indiana aut NATIONALLICENCE 773 0- Circuits, Systems and Signal Processing Birkhäuser-Verlag 15/1(1996-01-01), 23-50 0278-081X 15:1<23 1996 15 34 Metadata rights reserved Springer special CC-BY-NC licence nationallicence BK010053 XK010053 XK010000 NATIONALLICENCE NATIONALLICENCE NL-springer