Research Article

Improved Extension Neural Network and Its Applications

Table 2

Comparison of the classification performance of various neural networks.

ANN modelStructureNo. of training dataNo. of connectionsLearning speed (epochs)Training errorTesting error

Perceptron4-375122000.1730.213
MLP4-4-3-37537500.0270.040
PNN4-75-37552510.00.053
CPN4-20-375140600.1070.160
ENN4-3752490.00.040
IENN4-3672490.00.027

MLP: multilayer perceptron; PNN: probabilistic neural network; CPN: counter propagation network; ENN: extension neural network; IENN: improved extension neural network.