An Adaptive Learning and Self-Deleting Neural Network for Vector Quantization

Michiharu MAEDA, Hiromi MIYAJIMA, Sadayuki MURASHIMA

Summary :

This paper describes an adaptive neural vector quantization algorithm with a deleting approach of weight (reference) vectors. We call the algorithm an adaptive learning and self-deleting algorithm. At the beginning, we introduce an improved topological neighborhood and an adaptive vector quantization algorithm with little depending on initial values of weight vectors. Then we present the adaptive learning and self-deleting algorithm. The algorithm is represented as the following descriptions: At first, many weight vectors are prepared, and the algorithm is processed with Kohonen's self-organizing feature map. Next, weight vectors are deleted sequentially to the fixed number of them, and the algorithm processed with competitive learning. At the end, we discuss algorithms with neighborhood relations compared with the proposed one. The proposed algorithm is also good in the case of a poor initialization of weight vectors. Experimental results are given to show the effectiveness of the proposed algorithm.

• Publication: IEICE TRANSACTIONS on Fundamentals Vol.E79-A No.11 pp.1886-1893
• Publication Date: 1996/11/25
• Type of Manuscript: PAPER
• Category: Nonlinear Problems

Authors

Michiharu MAEDA
Hiromi MIYAJIMA
Sadayuki MURASHIMA

Keyword

self-organizing neural networks,  adaptive learning,  deleting algorithm,  vector quantization,  mean square error