Extrapolation preprint

[Tony Browne]

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A preprint is available for download, of the paper 
'Representation and Extrapolation in Multi-Layer 
Perceptrons' by Antony Browne (to appear in `Neural 
Computation'). 20 Pages, 27 References.

Abstract: To give an adequate explanation of cognition and 
perform certain practical tasks connectionist systems must 
be able to extrapolate. This work has explored the 
relationship between input representation and 
extrapolation, using simulations of multi-layer perceptrons 
trained to model the identity function. It has been 
discovered that representation has a marked effect on 
extrapolation. 

Keywords: Extrapolation, distributed representation, 
localist representation, identity task, circular 
convolution.

Download Instructions: Go to 
http://www.lgu.ac.uk/~abrowne/abrowne.htm and scroll down 
to the section 'Downloadable Technical Reports and 
Preprints'. Click on the file to download (in zipped 
Postscript or PDF format).

Comments Welcome

If you have problems downloading, please e-mail me.

Tony Browne


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Dr. Antony Browne
Reader in Intelligent Systems
School of Computing, Information Systems & Mathematics
London Guildhall University
100 Minories, London EC3 1JY, UK
E-mail: abrowne at lgu.ac.uk
http://www.lgu.ac.uk/~abrowne/abrowne.htm
Tel: (+44) 0207 320 1708 or 1700
Fax: (+44) 0207 320 1717
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