Generalisation Capabilities of a Distributed Neural Classifier
Arnaud Ribert, Abdel Ennaji, Y. Lecourtier · 1999
This article describes a new approach to the automated construction of a distributed neural classifier. The methodology is based upon supervised hierarchical clustering which enables one to determine reliable regions in the representation space. The proposed methodology proceeds by associating each of these regions with a Multi-Layer Perceptron (MLP). Each MLP has to recognise elements inside its region, while rejecting all others. Experimental results for a real problem (handwritten digit recognition) reveal an interesting generalisation behaviour of the distributed classifier in comparison to the knearest neighbour algorithm as well as a single MLP. 1.