RE: Hidden nodes???

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Sat, 19 Jul 1997 12:38:10 +0800

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Dear Keith,

I believe you have asked the right question. However, there is still no =
simple answer for=20
it. Some advice (for MLP's) could be found from Lippmann (1987) and Pao =
(1989: p.129). My experience is you could go and look for study =
(reported in journals & papers) using similar input-output patterns and =
tryout their structure first (if they have any good suggestions at all). =
Then, you may want to look for something better with your own =
trial-and-error.

cheers,
Jonathan

In case

1. Y.H. Pao, (1989) Adaptive Pattern Recognition and Neural Networks. =
Addison-Wesley.
2. R.P. Lippmann (1987) IEEE ASSP Magazine, Vol. 4, No.2, April 1987, =
pp, 4-22.
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From: 	Shree Ganesh Keith Ragoonaden[SMTP:keithr@erdw.ethz.ch]
Sent: 	1997|~7$e18$e $U$E 11:29
To: 	jonchan@hkusub.hku.hk
Subject: 	Hidden nodes???

Dear all,
I have a question to ask about the hidden layer. Asuming that one has an
input layer with X units and an output layer with Y units. What is the
formula that relates the input and output units with those of the hidden
layer? Moreover, what is the criteria for defining the number of hidden
units if one has X input and Y output units?
I would truly appreciate your cooperation on this issue as there seem to =
be
no apparent solution in the SNNS v4.1 manual. I look forward to here =
from
you soon.
Yours sincerely,

Keith Ragoonaden
Computer Scientist/Software Engineer
=3DB5-Palaeontology group, Geologie Institute
Erdwissenschaften (D-ERDW) Department
Sonneggstrasse 5
ETH Zentrum
CH-8092 Zuerich
Switzerland

Tel :    (++41)-1-6323694
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