A data-attribute-space-oriented double parallel (DASODP) structure for enhancing extreme learning machine: Applications to regression datasets

Extreme learning machine (ELM), a simple single-hidden-layer feed-forward neural network with fast implementation, has been successfully applied in many fields. This paper proposes an ELM with a constructional structure (CS-ELM) for improving the performance of ELM in dealing with regression problems. In the CS-ELM, there are some partial input subnets (PISs). The first step in designing the PISs is to divide the data-attribute-space into several sub-spaces through using an improved extension clustering algorithm (IECA). The input data attributes in the same sub-space can build a PIS and the similar information of the data attributes is stored in the corresponding PIS. Additionally, a double parallel structure is applied in the CS-ELM, in which there is a special channel that directly connects the input layer neurons to the output layer neurons. In this regard, the proposed procedure can be called ELM with a data-attribute-space-oriented double parallel (DASODP) structure (DASODP-ELM). To test the validity of the proposed method, it is applied to 4 regression applications. The experimental results indicate that, compared with ELM, DASODP-ELM with less number of parameters can achieve higher regression precision in the generalization phase. (C) 2015 Elsevier Ltd. All rights reserved.