MLP iterative construction algorithm
Thomas F. Rathbun, Steven K. Rogers, Martin P. DeSimio, Mark E. Oxley · Proceedings of SPIE, the International Society for Optical Engineering/Proceedings of SPIE · 1997
The MLP Iterative Construction Algorithm (MICA) designs a Multi-Layer Perceptron (MLP) neural network as it trains. MICA adds Hidden Layer Nodes one at a time, separating classes on a pair-wise basis, until the data is projected into a linear separable space by class. Then MICA trains the Output Layer Nodes, which results in an MLP that achieves 100% accuracy on the training data. MICA, like Backprop, produces an MLP that is a minimum mean squared error approximation of the Bayes optimal discriminant function. Moreover, MICA's training technique yields novel feature selection technique and hidden node pruning technique