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Structural Engineering and Mechanics
  Volume 12, Number 5, November 2001 , pages 527-540
DOI: https://doi.org/10.12989/sem.2001.12.5.527
 


Whole learning algorithm of the neural network for modeling nonlinear and dynamic behavior of RC members
Kayo Satoh, Nobuhiro Yoshikawa, Yoshiaki Nakano and Won-Jik Yang (Japan)

 
Abstract
    A new sort of learning algorithm named whole learning algorithm is proposed to simulate
the nonlinear and dynamic behavior of RC members for the estimation of structural integrity. A
mathematical technique to solve the multi-objective optimization problem is applied for the learning of the
feedforward neural network, which is formulated so as to minimize the Euclidean norm of the error
vector defined as the difference between the outputs and the target values for all the learning data sets.
The change of the outputs is approximated in the first-order with respect to the amount of weight
modification of the network. The governing equation for weight modification to make the error vector
null is constituted with the consideration of the approximated outputs for all the learning data sets. The
solution is neatly determined by means of the Moore-Penrose generalized inverse after summarization of
the governing equation into the linear simultaneous equations with a rectangular matrix of coefficients.
The learning efficiency of the proposed algorithm from the viewpoint of computational cost is verified in
three types of problems to learn the truth table for exclusive or, the stress-strain relationship described by
the Ramberg-Osgood model and the nonlinear and dynamic behavior of RC members observed under an
earthquake.
 
Key Words
    neural network; whole learning algorithm; Moore-Penrose generalized inverse; material non-linearity; RC members; earthquake response.
 
Address
Kayo Satoh, Nobuhiro Yoshikawa, Yoshiaki Nakano and Won-Jik Yang, Institute of Industrial Science, The University of Tokyo, 4-6-1 Komaba, Meguro-ku, Tokyo 153-8505, Japan
 

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