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From: vaidyana@cb.ecn.purdue.edu (Ramaswamy Vaidyanathan)
Newsgroups: comp.ai.neural-nets
Subject: Alternatives to backprop
Keywords: Backprop, Learning Algorithms
Message-ID: <1152@cb.ecn.purdue.edu>
Date: 7 Sep 89 06:59:13 GMT
Organization: Purdue University Engineering Computer Network
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Hi!
I am interested in comparing the performance of other supervised
learning algorithms, vis-a-vis backpropagation.  I am using backprop
for what is essentially a pattern recognition problem. The network 
should be able to generalize well. The inputs are continuous, but a
a one hidden layer net seems sufficient.

Can some knowledgable netter suggest suitable alternatives, with 
appropriate references. Has anyone done similar work before?
Please email your responses to

vaidyana@lips.ecn.purdue.edu

or 

vaidyana@cb.ecn.purdue.edu

I will summarise the responses and post for the benefit of all.

Thanks in advance.

Vaidya.