Surface reconstruction based on extreme learning machine

In this paper, extreme learning machine (ELM) is used to reconstruct a surface with a high speed. It is shown that an improved ELM, called polyharmonic extreme learning machine (P-ELM), is proposed to reconstruct a smoother surface with a high accuracy and robust stability. The proposed P-ELM improves ELM in the sense of adding a polynomial in the single-hidden-layer feedforward networks to approximate the unknown function of the surface. The proposed P-ELM can not only retain the advantages of ELM with an extremely high learning speed and a good generalization performance but also reflect the intrinsic properties of the reconstructed surface. The detailed comparisons of the P-ELM, RBF algorithm, and ELM are carried out in the simulation to show the good performances and the effectiveness of the proposed algorithm.