title: A new RBF neural network with boundary value constraints.
abstract: We present a novel topology of the radial basis function (RBF) neural network, referred to as the boundary value constraints (BVC)-RBF, which is able to automatically satisfy a set of BVC. Unlike most existing neural networks whereby the model is identified via learning from observational data only, the proposed BVC-RBF offers a generic framework by taking into account both the deterministic prior knowledge and the stochastic data in an intelligent manner. Like a conventional RBF, the proposed BVC-RBF has a linear-in-the-parameter structure, such that it is advantageous that many of the existing algorithms for linear-in-the-parameters models are directly applicable. The BVC satisfaction properties of the proposed BVC-RBF are discussed. Finally, numerical examples based on the combined D-optimality-based orthogonal least squares algorithm are utilized to illustrate the performance of the proposed BVC-RBF for completeness.
authors.forename: Xia
authors.initials: X
authors.lastname: Hong
authors.forename: Sheng
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Chen
mesh_terms: D000465:Algorithms; D001185:Artificial Intelligence; D016018:Least-Squares Analysis; D016571:Neural Networks, Computer