Logical Combinations of Neural Networks

In general, neural networks based modeling involves trying multiple networks with different architectures and/or training parameters in order to achieve the best accuracy. Only the single best-trained neural network is chosen, while the rest are discarded. However, using only the single best network may never give the best solution in every situation. Many researchers, therefore, propose methods to improve the accuracy of neural networks based modeling. In this paper, the idea of the logical combinations of neural networks is proposed and discussed in detail. The logical combination is constructed by combining the corresponding outputs of the neural networks with the logical “And” node. The experimental results based on simulated data show that the modeling accuracy is significantly improved when compared to using only the single best-trained neural network.