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Self-organizing and self-evolving neurons: a new neural network for optimization.

Sitao Wu1, Tommy W S Chow

  • 1Department of Electronic Engineering, City University of Hong Kong, Kowloon SAR, Hong Kong.

IEEE Transactions on Neural Networks
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This study introduces self-organizing and self-evolving agents (SOSENs) neural networks. SOSENs improve convergence speed and global optimum achievement compared to traditional simulated annealing (SA) methods.

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Published on: March 2, 2015

Area of Science:

  • Artificial Intelligence
  • Computational Neuroscience
  • Machine Learning

Background:

  • Traditional optimization algorithms like simulated annealing (SA) can be slow and may not always find the global optimum.
  • Neural networks often require complex training procedures and can be computationally intensive.

Purpose of the Study:

  • To propose a novel neural network architecture, self-organizing and self-evolving agents (SOSENs), that enhances optimization performance.
  • To investigate the self-evolving and self-organizing capabilities of individual neurons within the SOSENs framework.
  • To compare the efficiency and effectiveness of SOSENs against standard SA algorithms.

Main Methods:

  • Each neuron in the SOSENs network utilizes a simulated annealing (SA) algorithm for self-evolution.
  • Multiple SA instances are run in parallel within the SOSENs searching space to increase the probability of finding the global optimum.
  • The self-organizing behavior of neurons is analyzed, drawing parallels with algorithms like self-organizing maps (SOM), particle swarm optimization (PSO), and self-organizing migrating algorithms (SOMA).

Main Results:

  • SOSENs demonstrate faster convergence rates compared to single SA.
  • The average results obtained by SOSENs are superior to those achieved by a single SA.
  • SOSENs require fewer temperature changes to reach the global minimum than SA.
  • Parallel SOSENs exhibit reduced computational time compared to SA.

Conclusions:

  • SOSENs offer an effective approach to neural network optimization, combining self-organization and self-evolution.
  • The distributed, self-evolving nature of SOSENs leads to improved performance and efficiency in finding global optima.
  • SOSENs present a promising alternative to existing optimization techniques, particularly for complex problems requiring rapid and accurate solutions.