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From: esrmm@warwick.ac.uk (Denis Anthony)
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Subject: Adding 0.1 to logistic
Keywords: Logistic
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Date: 23 May 91 10:01:18 GMT
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I attended a seminar yesterday, at which it was stated that adding 0.1
to the logistic function in back prop speeds up learning by 50% (in one
application anyway).

If this a known phenomenum, and if so is there any reason for it ?

Denis