INCREMENTAL NEURAL LEARNING BY DYNAMIC AND SPATIAL CHANGING WEIGHTS
Noriyasu Homma*,** Madan M. Gupta**
* Department of Radiological Technology College of Medical Sciences, Tohoku University 2-1 Seiryo-machi, Aoba-ku, Sendai, 980-8575, Japan Email: homma@abe.ecei.tohoku.ac.jp
** Intelligent Systems Research Laboratory College of Engineering, University of Saskatchewan 57 Campus Drive, Saskatoon, Saskatchewan, S7N 5A9, Canada Email: guptam@sask.usask.ca
In this paper a new neural network model is presented for incremental learning tasks where networks are required to learn new knowledge without forgetting the old one. An essential core of the proposed neural network structure is their dynamic and spatial changing connection weights (DSCWs). A learning scheme is developed for the formulation of the dynamic changing weights, while a structural adaptation is formulated by the spatial changing (growing) connecting weights. To avoid disturbing the past knowledge by the creation of new connections, a restoration mechanism is introduced by using the DSCWs. Usefulness of the proposed model is demonstrated by using a system identification task.
Keywords: Neural networks, brain models, learning algorithms, function approximation, classification, long-term memory and short-term memory
Session slot T-We-A04: Neural network analysis and learning/Area code 3e : Fuzzy and Neural Systems

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