DocumentCode
2831211
Title
A new dynamic optimal learning rate for a two-layer neural network
Author
Zhang, Tong ; Chen, C. L Philip ; Wang, Chi-Hsu ; Tam, Sik Chung
Author_Institution
Dept. of Comput. & Inf. Sci., Univ. of Macau, Chung, China
fYear
2012
fDate
June 30 2012-July 2 2012
Firstpage
55
Lastpage
59
Abstract
The learning rate is crucial for the training process of a two-layer neural network (NN). Therefore, many researches have been done to find the optimal learning rate so that maximum error reduction can be achieved in all iterations. However, in this paper, we found that the best learning rate can be further improved. In saying so, we have revised the direction to search for a new dynamic optimal learning rate, which can have a better convergence in less iteration count than previous approach. There exists a ratio k between out new optimal learning rate and the previous one after the first iteration. In contrast to earlier approaches, the new optimal learning rate of the two-layer NN has a better performance in the same experiment. So we can conclude that our new dynamic optimal learning rate can be a very useful one for the applications of neural networks.
Keywords
convergence; iterative methods; learning (artificial intelligence); neural nets; convergence; dynamic optimal learning rate; iteration count; maximum error reduction; training process; two-layer neural network; Artificial neural networks; Convergence; Equations; Heuristic algorithms; Training; Vectors; learning rate; neural network; new optimal learning rate; ratio k; two-layer NN;
fLanguage
English
Publisher
ieee
Conference_Titel
System Science and Engineering (ICSSE), 2012 International Conference on
Conference_Location
Dalian, Liaoning
Print_ISBN
978-1-4673-0944-8
Electronic_ISBN
978-1-4673-0943-1
Type
conf
DOI
10.1109/ICSSE.2012.6257148
Filename
6257148
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