The usage of golden section in calculating the efficient solution in artificial neural networks training by multi-objective optimization

Abstract

In this work a modification was made on the algorithm of Artificial Neural Networks (NN) Training of the Multilayer Perceptron type (MLP) based on multi-objective optimization (MOBJ), to increase its computational efficiency. Usually, the number of efficient solutions to be generated is a parameter that must be provided by the user. In this work, this number is automatically determined by an algorithm, through the usage of golden section, being generally less when specified, showing a sensible reduction in the processing time and keeping the high generalization capability of the obtained solution from the original method. © Springer-Verlag Berlin Heidelberg 2007.