Boosting backpropagation algorithm by stimulus-sampling: Application in computer-aided medical diagnosis.

Neural networks (NNs), in general, and multi-layer perceptron (MLP), in particular, represent one of the most efficient classifiers among the machine learning (ML) algorithms. Inspired by the stimulus-sampling paradigm, it is plausible to assume that the association of stimuli with the neurons in th...

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Publicado en:Journal of Biomedical Informatics Vol. 63; pp. 74 - 82
Autores principales: Gorunescu, Florin, Belciug, Smaranda
Formato: research Journal Article
Publicado: Academic Press Inc. Oct2016
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          Gorunescu, Florin
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        affil: Department of Biostatistics and Informatics, University of Medicine and Pharmacy of Craiova, Craiova 200349, Romania
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          Algorithms
          Neural Networks (Computer)
          Diagnosis, Computer Assisted
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      ab: Neural networks (NNs), in general, and multi-layer perceptron (MLP), in particular, represent one of the most efficient classifiers among the machine learning (ML) algorithms. Inspired by the stimulus-sampling paradigm, it is plausible to assume that the association of stimuli with the neurons in the output layer of a MLP can increase its performance. The stimulus-sampling process is assumed memoryless (Markovian), in the sense that the choice of a particular stimulus at a certain step, conditioned by the whole prior evolution of the learning process, depends only on the network's answer at the previous step. This paper proposes a novel learning technique, by enhancing the standard backpropagation algorithm performance with the aid of a stimulus-sampling procedure applied to the output neurons. The network uses the observable behavior that varies throughout the training process by stimulating the correct answers through corresponding rewards/penalties assigned to the output neurons. The proposed model has been applied in computer-aided medical diagnosis using five real-life breast cancer, colon cancer, diabetes, thyroid, and fetal heartbeat databases. The statistical comparison to well-established ML algorithms proved beyond doubt its efficiency and robustness.
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