This paper presents a set of optimizations in learning algorithms commonly used for training radial basis function neural networks. These optimizations are applied to a RBF neural network used in identifying helicopter types processing their rotor sounds. The first method uses an optimum learning rate in each iteration of train process. This method increases the speed of learning process and al...

This paper presents a novel algorithm that modifies the speech uttered by a source speaker to sound as if produced by a target speaker. In particular, we address the issue of transformation of the vocal tract characteristics from one speaker to another. The approach is based on estimating spectral envelopes using radial basis function (RBF) networks, which is one of the well-known models of art...

Forecasting the unit cost of a semiconductor product is an important task to the manufacturer. However, it is not easy to deal with the uncertainty in the unit cost. In order to effectively forecast the semiconductor unit cost, a collaborative and artificial intelligence approach is proposed in this study. In the proposed methodology, a group of domain experts is formed. These domain experts ar...

Face detection from cluttered images is very challenging due to the diverse variation of face appearance and the complexity of image background. In this paper, we propose a neural network based approach for locating frontal views of human faces in cluttered images. We use a radial basis function network (RBFN) for separation of face and non-face patterns and the complexity of RBFN is reduced by...

In this paper, a novel hybrid Radial Basis Function Neural Network (RBF–NN) ensemble model is proposed for rainfall forecasting based on Kernel Partial Least Squares Regression (K–PLSR). In the process of ensemble modeling, the first stage the initial data set is divided into different training sets by used Bagging and Boosting technology. In the second stage, these training sets are input to t...

Neural networks are intended to be used in future nanoelectronic systems since neural architectures seem to be robust against malfunctioning elements and noise in their weights. In this paper we analyze the fault-tolerance of Radial Basis Function networks to StuckAt-Faults at the trained weights and at the output of neurons. Moreover, we determine upper bounds on the mean square error arising ...

Image compression is a key technology in the development of various multi-media computer services and telecommunication applications such as video conferencing, interactive education and numerous other areas. Image compression techniques aim at removing (or minimizing) redundancy in data, yet maintains acceptable image reconstruction. In general the images used for compression are of different ...

The National Weather Service (NWS) Mesocyclone Detection Algorithms (MDA) use empirical rules to process velocity data from the Weather Surveillance Radar 1988 Doppler (WSR-88D). In this study Support Vector Machines (SVM) are applied to mesocyclone detection. Comparison with other classification methods like neural networks and radial basis function networks show that SVM are more effective in...

Radial basis neural (RBF) networks provide an excellent solution to many pattern recognition and classi cation problems. However, RBF networks are also a local representation technique that enables the easy conversion of the hidden units into symbolic rules. This paper examines rules extracted from RBF networks. We use the iris ower classication task and a vibration diagnosis classi cation task...

A method is described for using Radial Basis Function (RBF) neural networks to generate a certainty factor reliability measure along with the network's normal output. The certainty factor approach is then compared with another technique for measuring RBF reliability, Parzen windows. Both methods are implemented into RBF networks, and the results of using each approach are compared. Advantages a...