title: Identification of nonlinear dynamic systems using functional link artificial neural networks.
abstract: We have presented an alternate ANN structure called functional link ANN (FLANN) for nonlinear dynamic system identification using the popular backpropagation algorithm. In contrast to a feedforward ANN structure, i.e., a multilayer perceptron (MLP), the FLANN is basically a single layer structure in which nonlinearity is introduced by enhancing the input pattern with nonlinear functional expansion. With proper choice of functional expansion in a FLANN, this network performs as good as and in some cases even better than the MLP structure for the problem of nonlinear system identification.
authors.affiliation: Dept. of Appl. Electron. & Instrum. Eng., Regional Eng. Coll., Orissa.
authors.forename: J C
authors.initials: JC
authors.lastname: Patra
authors.forename: R N
authors.initials: RN
authors.lastname: Pal
authors.forename: B N
authors.initials: BN
authors.lastname: Chatterji
authors.forename: G
authors.initials: G
authors.lastname: Panda