[comp.ai.neural-nets] Alternatives to backprop

vaidyana@cb.ecn.purdue.edu (Ramaswamy Vaidyanathan) (09/07/89)

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.