Fuzzy Adaptive Resonance Theory Combining Overlapped Category in consideration of connections

Adaptive resonance theory (ART) is an unsupervised neural network. Fuzzy ART (FART) is a variation of ART, allows both binary and continuous input patterns. However, fuzzy ART has the category proliferation problem. In this study, to solve this problem, we propose a new fuzzy ART algorithm: fuzzy ART combining overlapped category in consideration of connections (C-FART). C-FART has two important features. One is to make connections between similar categories. The other is to combine overlapping categories into with connections one category. We investigate the behavior of C-FART, and compare C-FART with the conventional FART.