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
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