This paper proposes a hybrid algorithm by combining backtracking search algorithm (BSA) and a neural network with random weights (NNRWs), called BSA-NNRWs-N. BSA is utilized to optimize the hidden layer parameters of the single layer feed-forward network (SLFN) and NNRWs is used to derive the output layer weights. In addition, to avoid over-fitting on the validation set, a new cost function is proposed to replace the root mean square error (RMSE). In the new cost function, a constraint is added by considering RMSE on both training and validation sets. Experiments on classification and regression data sets show promising performance of the proposed BSA-NNRWs-N.
['Bingqing Wang', 'Lijin Wang', 'Yilong Yin', 'Yunlong Xu', 'Wenting Zhao', 'Yuchun Tang']
An Improved Neural Network with Random Weights Using Backtracking Search Algorithm