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Improving Error Back Propagation Algorithm by using Cross Entropy Error Function and Adaptive Learning Rate

by Elsadek Hussien Ibrahim, Zahraa Elsayed Mohamed
International Journal of Computer Applications
Foundation of Computer Science (FCS), NY, USA
Volume 161 - Number 8
Year of Publication: 2017
Authors: Elsadek Hussien Ibrahim, Zahraa Elsayed Mohamed
10.5120/ijca2017913242

Elsadek Hussien Ibrahim, Zahraa Elsayed Mohamed . Improving Error Back Propagation Algorithm by using Cross Entropy Error Function and Adaptive Learning Rate. International Journal of Computer Applications. 161, 8 ( Mar 2017), 5-9. DOI=10.5120/ijca2017913242

@article{ 10.5120/ijca2017913242,
author = { Elsadek Hussien Ibrahim, Zahraa Elsayed Mohamed },
title = { Improving Error Back Propagation Algorithm by using Cross Entropy Error Function and Adaptive Learning Rate },
journal = { International Journal of Computer Applications },
issue_date = { Mar 2017 },
volume = { 161 },
number = { 8 },
month = { Mar },
year = { 2017 },
issn = { 0975-8887 },
pages = { 5-9 },
numpages = {9},
url = { https://ijcaonline.org/archives/volume161/number8/27166-2017913242/ },
doi = { 10.5120/ijca2017913242 },
publisher = {Foundation of Computer Science (FCS), NY, USA},
address = {New York, USA}
}
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%A Zahraa Elsayed Mohamed
%T Improving Error Back Propagation Algorithm by using Cross Entropy Error Function and Adaptive Learning Rate
%J International Journal of Computer Applications
%@ 0975-8887
%V 161
%N 8
%P 5-9
%D 2017
%I Foundation of Computer Science (FCS), NY, USA
Abstract

Improving the efficiency and convergence rate of the Multilayer Backpropagation Neural Network Algorithms is an important area of research. The last researches have witnessed an increasing attention to entropy based criteria in adaptive systems. Several principles were proposed based on the maximization or minimization of cross entropy function. One way of entropy criteria in learning systems is to minimize the entropy of the error between two variables: typically, one is the output of the learning system and the other is the target. In this paper, improving the efficiency and convergence rate of multilayer Backpropagation (BP) Neural Networks was proposed. The usual mean square error (MSE) minimization principle is substituted by the minimization of entropy error function (EEM) of the differences between the multilayer perceptions output and the desired target. On this method improving the convergence rate of the backpropagation algorithm is also by adapting the learning rate the determined learning rate is different for each epoch and depends on the weights and gradient values of the previous one. Experimental results show that the proposed method considerably improves the convergence rates of the backpropagation algorithm.

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Index Terms

Computer Science
Information Sciences

Keywords

Artificial neural network back propagation mean square error entropy error learning rate.