A New Oscillating-Error Technique for Classifiers
  This paper describes a new method for reducing the error in a classifier. It
uses an error correction update that includes the very simple rule of either
adding or subtracting the error adjustment, based on whether the variable value
is currently larger or smaller than the desired value. While a traditional
neuron would sum the inputs together and then apply a function to the total,
this new method can change the function decision for each input value. This
gives added flexibility to the convergence procedure, where through a series of
transpositions, variables that are far away can continue towards the desired
value, whereas variables that are originally much closer can oscillate from one
side to the other. Tests show that the method can successfully classify some
benchmark datasets. It can also work in a batch mode, with reduced training
times and can be used as part of a neural network architecture. Some
comparisons with an earlier wave shape paper are also made.
