An accelerated back propagation training algorithm

The concept of backpropagation training with a gradual increase in accuracy is presented. The concept may be incorporated with the basic backpropagation algorithm or with the backpropagation algorithm with a momentum weight change to result in significant speed improvements without increasing the size of the network or requiring additional support hardware. Experimental results show that the proposed modification, on the average, doubles the convergence rate of the backpropagation algorithm and the backpropagation algorithm with a momentum weight change.>