A study on the use of statistical tests for experimentation with neural networks

Abstract

In this work, we get focused on the use of statistical techniques for behavior analysis of Artificial Neural Networks in the task of classification. A study of the non-parametric tests use is presented, using some well-known models of neural networks. The results show the need of using non-parametric statistic, because the Artificial Neural Networks used do not verify the hypothesis required for classical parametric tests. © Springer-Verlag Berlin Heidelberg 2007.