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From: jimmy@ecowar.demon.co.uk (Jimmy Shadbolt)
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Subject: Re: # of hidden nodes for Radial Basis Function Networks 
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In article <CyAH5D.F4u@unx.sas.com> saswss@hotellng.unx.sas.com writes:

>
>In article <38jam0$gmq@gate.fzi.de>, berthold@fzi.de (Michael Berthold) writes:
>|> ...
>|> For most algorithms a too high
>|> number of RBF-nodes won't hurt -- that is in terms of performance,
>|> *not* speed :-)
>

        IMHO most "constructive" algorithms are unable to (i) prune 
        underutilised RBFs (ii) add/delete RBFs "on the fly". Can 
        somebody shed some light on this topic?

        Thanks

        Drago

