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  <title>Multilayer Perceptron: NSGA II for a New Multi-Objective Learning Method for Training and Model Complexity</title>
  <journal>Journal of Electronic Systems</journal>
  <author>Kaoutar Senhaji, Hassan Ramchoun, Mohamed Ettaouil</author>
  <volume>7</volume>
  <issue>4</issue>
  <year>2017</year>
  <doi></doi>
  <url>http://www.dline.info/jes/fulltext/v7n4/jesv7n4_1.pdf</url>
  <abstract>The multi-layer perceptron has proved its efficiencies in several fields as pattern and voice recognition. Unfortunately,
the classical training for MLP suffers from a poor generalization. In this respect, we have proposed a new multiobjective
training model with constraints which satisfies two objectives. The first one is the learning objective: minimizing the perceptron
error and the second is the complexity objective: optimizing number of weights and neurons. The proposed model will provide
a balance between the multi-layer perceptron learning and the complexity to get a good generalization. Our model has been
solved using an evolutionary approach called the Non-Dominated Sorting Genetic Algorithm (NSGA II). This approach has
led to a good representation of the Pareto set for the MLP network, from which an improved generalization performance model
is selected.</abstract>
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