• DocumentCode
    2225298
  • Title

    General approximation theorem on feedforward networks

  • Author

    Huang, Guang-Bin ; Babri, Haroon A.

  • Author_Institution
    Sch. of Electr. & Electron. Eng., Nanyang Technol. Inst., Singapore
  • fYear
    1997
  • fDate
    9-12 Sep 1997
  • Firstpage
    698
  • Abstract
    We show that standard feedforward neural networks with as few as a single hidden layer and arbitrary bounded nonlinear (continuous or noncontinuous) activation functions which have two unequal limits in infinities can uniformly approximate (in contrast to approximate measurably) arbitrary bounded continuous mappings on Rn with any precision. Especially, in a compact set of Rn, standard feedforward neural networks with as few as a single hidden layer and arbitrary bounded nonlinear (continuous or noncontinuous) activation functions can uniformly approximate arbitrary continuous mappings with any precision. These results also hold for multi-hidden layer standard feedforward neural networks. We found that the boundedness and unequal limits at infinities conditions on the activation functions are sufficient, but not necessary
  • Keywords
    approximation theory; feedforward neural nets; transfer functions; arbitrary bounded continuous mappings; bounded nonlinear activation functions; continuous activation functions; feedforward neural networks; general approximation theorem; multiple hidden layers; noncontinuous activation functions; sufficient conditions; unequal limits; uniform approximation; Concrete; Convergence; Electric variables measurement; Extraterrestrial measurements; Feedforward neural networks; H infinity control; Measurement standards; Multi-layer neural network; Neural networks; Sufficient conditions;
  • fLanguage
    English
  • Publisher
    ieee
  • Conference_Titel
    Information, Communications and Signal Processing, 1997. ICICS., Proceedings of 1997 International Conference on
  • Print_ISBN
    0-7803-3676-3
  • Type

    conf

  • DOI
    10.1109/ICICS.1997.652067
  • Filename
    652067