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When training set is unbalanced, the conventional least square error (LSE) training strategy is less efficient to train neural network (NN) for classification because it often lead the NN to overcompensate for the dominant group. Therefore, in this paper a dynamic threshold learning algorithm (DTLA) is proposed as the substitute for the conventional LSE algorithm. This method uses multiple dynamic threshold parameters to gradually remove some training patterns that can be classified correctly by current Radial Basis Function (RBF) network out of the training set during training process, which changes the unbalanced training problem into a balanced training problem and improves the classification rate of the small group. Moreover, we use the dynamical threshold learning algorithm to classify the remote sensing images, when the unbalanced level of classes is high, a good effect is obtained.
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Li, BY., Peng, J., Chen, YQ., Jin, YQ. (2006). Classifying Unbalanced Pattern Groups by Training Neural Network. In: Wang, J., Yi, Z., Zurada, J.M., Lu, BL., Yin, H. (eds) Advances in Neural Networks - ISNN 2006. ISNN 2006. Lecture Notes in Computer Science, vol 3972. Springer, Berlin, Heidelberg. https://doi.org/10.1007/11760023_2
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