Holographic Neural Network: Performance Comparison with Other Neural Networks

摘要

The artificial neural network shows promise for use in recognition of highresolution radar images of ships. The holographic neural network (HNN) promises a very large data storage capacity and excellent generalization capability, both of which can be achieved with only a few learning trials, unlike most neural networks which require on the order of thousands of learning trials. The HNN is specially designed for pattern association storage, and mathematically realizes the storage and retrieval mechanisms of holograms. The pattern recognition capability of the HNN was studied, and its performance was compared with five other commonly used neural networks: the Adaline, Hamming, bidirectional associative memory, recirculation, and back propagation networks. The patterns used for testing represented artificial high resolution radar images of ships, and appear as a two dimensional topology of peaks with various amplitudes. The performance comparisons showed that the HNN does not perform as well as the other neural networks when using the same test data. However, modification of the data to make it appear more Gaussian distributed, improved the performance of the network. The HNN performs best if the data is completely Gaussian distributed.