• DocumentCode
    228505
  • Title

    Universal approximation using probabilistic neural networks with sigmoid activation functions

  • Author

    Murugadoss, R. ; Ramakrishnan, M.

  • Author_Institution
    Dept. of Comput. Sci. & Eng., Sathyabama Univ., Chennai, India
  • fYear
    2014
  • fDate
    1-2 Aug. 2014
  • Firstpage
    1
  • Lastpage
    4
  • Abstract
    In this paper we demonstrate that finite linear combinations of compositions of a fixed, univariate function and a set of affine functional can uniformly approximate any continuous function of n real variables with support in the unit hypercube; only mild conditions are imposed on the univariate function. Our results settle an open question about representability in the class of single bidden layer neural networks. In particular, we show that arbitrary decision regions can be arbitrarily well approximated by continuous feedforward neural networks with only a single internal, hidden layer and any continuous sigmoidal nonlinearity. The paper discusses approximation properties of other possible types of nonlinearities that might be implemented by artificial neural networks. The daily registration has N cases that each of the well-known stimulus-answer couples represents. The objective of this work is to develop a function that allows finding the vector of entrance variables t to the vector of exit variables P. F is any function, in this case the electric power consumption. Their modeling with Artificial Neural Network (ANN) is Multi a Perceptron Layer (PMC). Another form of modeling it is using Interpolation Algorithms (AI).
  • Keywords
    approximation theory; interpolation; multilayer perceptrons; probability; AI; ANN; PMC; affine functional; approximation properties; arbitrary decision regions; artificial neural networks; continuous feedforward neural networks; continuous function; continuous sigmoidal nonlinearity; electric power consumption; entrance variables; exit variables; finite linear combinations; fixed-univariate function; interpolation algorithms; mild conditions; multiperceptron layer; probabilistic neural networks; real variables; sigmoid activation functions; single-hidden layer neural networks; single-internal hidden layer; stimulus-answer couples; unit hypercube; universal approximation; Power systems; Robustness; Vectors; Welding; FPGA; Neural Networks; Schematic Tools; Sigmoid Activation Function;
  • fLanguage
    English
  • Publisher
    ieee
  • Conference_Titel
    Advances in Engineering and Technology Research (ICAETR), 2014 International Conference on
  • Conference_Location
    Unnao
  • ISSN
    2347-9337
  • Type

    conf

  • DOI
    10.1109/ICAETR.2014.7012920
  • Filename
    7012920