A non-linear version of the multivariate statistical technique of canonical correlation analysis (CCA) is proposed through the integration of a radial basis function (RBF) network. The advantage of the RBF network is that the solution of linear CCA can be used to train the network and hence the training effort is minimal. Also the canonical variables can be extracted simultaneously. It is shown...

In this paper, we study the incorporation of the support vector machine (SVM) into the (hierarchical) mixture of experts model to form a support vector mixture. We show that, in both classification and regression problems, the use of a support vector mixture leads to quadratic programming (QP) problems that are very similar to those for a SVM, with no increase in the dimensionality of the QP pr...

In this paper, a supervised technique for training radial basis function (RBF) neural network classifiers is proposed. Such a technique, unlike traditional ones, considers the class memberships of training samples to select the centers and widths of the kernel functions associated with the hidden neurons of an RBF network. The result is twofold: a significant reduction in the overall classifica...

Pattern classiication may be viewed as an ill-posed, inverse problem to which the method of regularization be applied. In doing so, a proper theoretical framework is provided for the application of radial basis function (RBF) networks to pattern classiication, with strong links to the classical kernel regression estimator (KRE)-based classiiers that estimate the underlying posterior class densi...

We present a new incremental radial basis function network suitable for classiication and regression problems. Center positions are continuously updated through soft competitive learning. The width of the radial basis functions is derived from the distance to topological neighbors. During the training the observed error is accumulated locally and used to determine where to insert the next unit....

Among the neural network models RBF(Radial Basis Function) network seems to be quite effective for a pattern recognition task such as handwritten numeral recognition since it is extremely flexible to accommodate various and minute variations in data. Recently we obtained a good recognition rate for handwritten numerals by using an RBF network. In this paper we show how to design an RBF network ...

Recently two general methods for explaining classification models and their predictions have been introduced. Both methods are based on an idea that importance of a feature or a group of features in a specific model can be estimated by simulating lack of knowledge about the values of the feature(s). For the majority of models this requires an approximation by averaging over all possible feature...

In continuous optimisation, Surrogate Models (SMs) are often indispensable components of optimisation algorithms aimed at tackling real-world problems whose candidate solutions are very expensive to evaluate. Because of the inherent spatial intuition behind these models, they are naturally suited to continuous problems but they do not seem applicable to combinatorial problems except for the spe...

3D face models accurately capture facial surfaces, making it possible for precise description of facial activities. In this paper, we present a novel mesh-based method for 3D facial expression recognition using two local shape descriptors. To characterize shape information of the local neighborhood of facial landmarks, we calculate the weighted statistical distributions of surface differential ...

A radial basis function (RBF) has the general form