A weight initialization method for improving training speed in feedforward neural network

Training feedforward networks with the Marquardt algorithm

Martin Hagan, Mohammad Bagher Menhaj · IEEE Transactions on Neural Networks · 1994 · 7.7K citations

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Improving the learning speed of 2-layer neural networks by choosing initial values of the adaptive weights

Dat Nguyen, Bernard Widrow · 1990 · 1.4K citations

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Avoiding false local minima by proper initialization of connections

Lodewyk F.A. Wessels, Etienne Barnard · IEEE Transactions on Neural Networks · 1992 · 220 citations

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High-order and multilayer perceptron initialization

Georg Thimm, Emile Fiesler · IEEE Transactions on Neural Networks · 1997 · 173 citations · Full text

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Initializing back propagation networks with prototypes

Régis Lengelle · Neural Networks · 1993 · 133 citations

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