Artificial Neural Networks - Short Answers
Artificial Neural Networks - Short Answers
Ex: Classification
5. What is unsupervised learning?
In unsupervised learning there is no explicit teacher, and the system forms clusters or
natural groupings of the unlabeled input patterns.
Ex: Clustering
2. The weight function on the connection from the color node to the jth node at the next
level may be of the form
network
Logical XOR function truth table is as shown in figure. Here 0s represent one
class and 1s another class. These samples are not linearly seperable. Cannot
be separated with a single line implemented with perceptron. This is called
XOR problem.
18. Give two applications of feedforward networks trained using Backpropagation algorithm.
1. Weaning from mechanically assisted ventilation: It is a two-class medical
classification problem for weaning patients from respiratory assistance.
2. Classification of myoelectric signals : It is a classification problem in which
myoelectric signals are distinguished.
3. Forecasting commodity prices: This is a financial forecasting problem, predicting
values for flour prices in three cities. (any commodity)
4. Controlling a gantry crane : This is a problem in automatic control, in which the
behavior of a gantry crane is to be understood and manipulated
5. What is Boosting?
Boosting is an approach which improves performance by systematic repeated application
of base learning algorithm such as back-propagation and the combining the results of
these iterations.
6. What is Bagging?
: In bagging a random sample is taken from the training set, and the base algorithm is
applied on the choosen sample to obtain a hypothesis. The process is repeated T times
and the final bagging hypothesis is calculated is calculated as
ht
H bagging t 1
T