NDLI: On the efficiency of OLS reduced probabilistic neural networks for aircraft-flare discrimination

Content Provider	IEEE Xplore Digital Library
Author	Labonte, G.
Copyright Year	2003
Description	Author affiliation: Dept. of Math. & Comput. Sci., R. Mil. Coll. of Canada, Kingston, Ont., Canada (Labonte, G.)
Abstract	Probabilistic neural networks (PNN) are the instruments of choice when it comes to critical decision making. Indeed, their output is not a simple yes-or-no decision; they are able to produce the probability that the features received as their input correspond to an object of any one of many classes. In work reported elsewhere, we have devised such a network for the discrimination of aircrafts from their decoy flares. It is very efficient, consistently exhibiting a recognition success rate of the order of 98-99%. However, because these neural networks are based on the Parzen-windows method, they must contain a very large number of neurons in order to be efficient. This can represent a serious disadvantage when they are to be incorporated in a real time system. It is thus advantageous to be able to reduce their size, without affecting appreciably their performance. We report in this article on the success we have had with adapting and applying an Orthogonal Least Squares (OLS) reduction method to the probabilistic neural network we built previously. We show that this method allows for a reduction of the number of neurons by as much as 81.9% with a decrease in performance of only 0.6%. Even a drastic reduction of 97.7% of number of neurons still produces a network with a 93.5% success rate. A side benefit of the application of this method to PNNs, is an ordered list of the images that the neural network considers as the best representatives of their class of objects.
Sponsorship	Int. Neural Network Soc. IEEE Neural Networks Soc
Starting Page	2306
Ending Page	2311
File Size	406023
Page Count	6
File Format	PDF
ISBN	0780378989
ISSN	10987576
DOI	10.1109/IJCNN.2003.1223771
Language	English
Publisher	Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers, Inc. (IEEE)
Publisher Date	2003-07-20
Publisher Place	USA
Access Restriction	Subscribed
Rights Holder	Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers, Inc. (IEEE)
Subject Keyword	Neural networks Decision making Real time systems Infrared imaging Target tracking Mathematics Computer science Military aircraft Military computing Educational institutions
Content Type	Text
Resource Type	Article

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