Neural classifier construction using regularization, pruning and test error estimation.

Hintz-Madsen, Mads; Kai Hansen, Lars; Larsen, Jan; With Pedersen, Morten; Larsen, Michael · Neural Netw · 1998

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Abstract

In this paper we propose a method for construction of feed-forward neural classifiers based on regularization and adaptive architectures. Using a penalized maximum likelihood scheme, we derive a modified form of the entropic error measure and an algebraic estimate of the test error. In conjunction with optimal brain damage pruning, a test error estimate is used to select the network architecture. The scheme is evaluated on four classification problems.