title: Order of Search in Fuzzy ART and Fuzzy ARTMAP: Effect of the Choice Parameter.
abstract: This paper focuses on two ART architectures, the Fuzzy ART and the Fuzzy ARTMAP. Fuzzy ART is a pattern clustering machine, while Fuzzy ARTMAP is a pattern classification machine. Our study concentrates on the order according to which categories in Fuzzy ART, or the ART(a) model of Fuzzy ARTMAP are chosen. Our work provides a geometrical, and clearer understanding of why, and in what order, these categories are chosen for various ranges of the choice parameter of the Fuzzy ART module. This understanding serves as a powerful tool in developing properties of learning pertaining to these neural network architectures; to strengthen this argument, it is worth mentioning that the order according to which categories are chosen in ART 1 and ARTMAP provided a valuable tool in proving important properties about these architectures. Copyright 1996 Elsevier Science Ltd.
authors.affiliation: University of New Mexico, USA
authors.forename: Gregory L.
authors.initials: GL
authors.lastname: Heileman
authors.forename: George
authors.initials: G
authors.lastname: Bebis
authors.forename: Hans
authors.initials: H
authors.lastname: Fernlund
authors.forename: Michael
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Georgiopoulos