Title :
Extracting rules from feedforward Boolean neural networks
Author :
Ludermir, Teresa B.
Author_Institution :
Dept. de Inf., Univ. Fed. de Pernambuco, Recife, Brazil
Abstract :
A method to extract rules from a feedforward Boolean neural networks (BNN) is described. We argue that rule extraction in BNN is more feasible and more natural than in other artificial neural networks models. This technique allows the understanding of how the neural networks reach a solution of a problem. A straight forward application of rule extraction from neural networks is the design of expert systems
Keywords :
expert systems; feedforward neural nets; knowledge acquisition; knowledge representation; expert systems design; feedforward Boolean neural networks; rules extraction; Artificial neural networks; Cognition; Costs; Expert systems; Feedforward neural networks; Humans; Hybrid intelligent systems; Information retrieval; Motor drives; Neural networks;
Conference_Titel :
Neural Networks, 1998. Proceedings. Vth Brazilian Symposium on
Conference_Location :
Belo Horizonte
Print_ISBN :
0-8186-8629-4
DOI :
10.1109/SBRN.1998.730995