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[Tom Fuller]

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Supervised Competitive Learning

Thomas H. Fuller, Jr. and Takayuki D. Kimura, 

Abstract:

Supervised Competitive Learning (SCL) assembles a set of learning modules into
a supervised learning system to address the stability-plasticity dilemma.  
Each learning module acts as a similarity detector for a prototype, and 
includes prototype resetting (akin to that of ART) to respond to new 
prototypes. SCL has usually employed backpropagation networks as the learning 
modules.  It has been tested with two feature abstractors: about 30 
energy-based features, and a combination of energy-based and graphical 
features (about 60).  About 75 subjects have been involved.  In recent
testing (15 college students), SCL recognized 99% (energy features only) of 
test digits, 91% (energy) and 96.6% (energy/graphical) of test letters, and
85% of test gestures (energy/graphical).  SCL has also been tested with 
fuzzy sets as learning modules for recognizing handwritten digits and 
handwritten gestures, recognizing 97% of test digits, and 91% of test gestures.

This is Technical Report WUCS-93-45 at Washington University in St. Louis, which
has some hardcopies available. It is reprinted from Journal of Intelligent Material
Systems and Structures (March 1994. pages 232-246)  This work was supported by the 
Kumon Machine Project.


Department of Computer Science
Washington University
Campus Box 1045
One Brookings Drive
St. Louis, MO  63130-4899



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