title: A multiscale scheme for approximating the Quantron's discriminating function.
abstract: Finding an accurate approximation of a discriminating function in order to evaluate its extrema is a common problem in the field of machine learning. A new type of neural network, the Quantron, generates a complicated wave function whose global maximum value is crucial for classifying patterns. To obtain an analytical approximation of this maximum, we present a multiscale scheme based on compactly supported inverted parabolas. Motivated by the Quantron's architecture as well as Laplace's method, this scheme stems from the multiresolution analysis (MRA) developed in the theory of wavelets. This approximation method will be performed, first, one scale at a time and, second, as a global approach. Convergence will be proved and results analyzed.
authors.affiliation: Department of Mathematical and Industrial Engineering, Ecole Polytechnique de Montréal, Montréal, QC H3C 3A7 Canada. jfconnolly@livia.etsmtl.ca
authors.forename: Jean-François
authors.initials: JF
authors.lastname: Connolly
authors.forename: Richard
authors.initials: R
authors.lastname: Labib
mesh_terms: D000200:Action Potentials; D000465:Algorithms; D001185:Artificial Intelligence; D006801:Humans; D008564:Membrane Potentials; D016571:Neural Networks, Computer; D009474:Neurons / Q000502:physiology; D010363:Pattern Recognition, Automated / Q000379:methods*; D010507:Periodicity; D013569:Synapses / Q000502:physiology; D009435:Synaptic Transmission / Q000502:physiology; D013997:Time Factors