Title : 
Effect of sinusoidal function on backpropagation learning
         
        
            Author : 
Karimi, Bijan ; Ashenayi, Kaveh ; Seyed, Taraneh Baradaran
         
        
            Author_Institution : 
New Haven Univ., CT, USA
         
        
        
        
        
        
            Abstract : 
The backpropagation (BP) method is modified by replacing the sigmoid function by a sinusoidal function. The leaving law is also modified. The modified procedure shows great improvement over the original BP in terms of the number of neurons and the learning time
         
        
            Keywords : 
backpropagation; neural nets; backpropagation learning; learning time; leaving law; neurons; sinusoidal function; Artificial neural networks; Backpropagation; Brain modeling; Character recognition; Computer networks; Equations; Frequency; Humans; Neural networks; Neurons;
         
        
        
        
            Conference_Titel : 
Simulation Symposium, 1992. Proceedings., 25th Annual
         
        
            Conference_Location : 
Orlando, FL
         
        
            Print_ISBN : 
0-8186-2765-4
         
        
        
            DOI : 
10.1109/SIMSYM.1992.227582