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What is the purpose of adding a new codevector in the Growing Neural Gas algorithm?
What is the purpose of adding a new codevector in the Growing Neural Gas algorithm?
- To increase the number of data points that can be represented
- To improve the overall quantization error of the network
- To balance the distribution of codevectors in the input space (correct)
- To introduce more complexity into the network structure
How is the new codevector position determined when adding a new node in the Growing Neural Gas algorithm?
How is the new codevector position determined when adding a new node in the Growing Neural Gas algorithm?
- The new codevector is placed at the average position of the winning codevector and its neighbors (correct)
- The new codevector is placed at a random position within the input space
- The new codevector is placed at the position of the winning codevector
- The new codevector is placed at the midpoint between the winning codevector and its farthest neighbor
What is the purpose of decreasing the error variables of the winning codevector and its neighbor after adding a new codevector?
What is the purpose of decreasing the error variables of the winning codevector and its neighbor after adding a new codevector?
- To improve the overall performance of the Growing Neural Gas algorithm
- To prevent the network from becoming overly complex
- To ensure that the new codevector is not immediately selected as the winner
- To balance the distribution of quantization errors across all codevectors (correct)
What is the purpose of removing edges with an age larger than amax in the Growing Neural Gas algorithm?
What is the purpose of removing edges with an age larger than amax in the Growing Neural Gas algorithm?
What is the purpose of adding the squared distance between the data and the winner to a local error variable in the Growing Neural Gas algorithm?
What is the purpose of adding the squared distance between the data and the winner to a local error variable in the Growing Neural Gas algorithm?
What is the purpose of updating the winner and its direct topological neighbors towards the input data in the Growing Neural Gas algorithm?
What is the purpose of updating the winner and its direct topological neighbors towards the input data in the Growing Neural Gas algorithm?
What is the main idea behind the Neural Gas algorithm?
What is the main idea behind the Neural Gas algorithm?
Which of the following is a key step in the Neural Gas algorithm?
Which of the following is a key step in the Neural Gas algorithm?
How does the Neural Gas algorithm model the topological structure of the data?
How does the Neural Gas algorithm model the topological structure of the data?
What is the purpose of using Hebbian Learning in the Neural Gas algorithm?
What is the purpose of using Hebbian Learning in the Neural Gas algorithm?
What is the purpose of the codevectors in the Neural Gas algorithm?
What is the purpose of the codevectors in the Neural Gas algorithm?
How are the codevectors in the Neural Gas algorithm updated?
How are the codevectors in the Neural Gas algorithm updated?
What is the purpose of the exponential scaling factor $e^{-λ(x - w_i)}$ in the codevector update rule?
What is the purpose of the exponential scaling factor $e^{-λ(x - w_i)}$ in the codevector update rule?
What is the effect of increasing the value of the parameter $λ$ in the exponential scaling factor?
What is the effect of increasing the value of the parameter $λ$ in the exponential scaling factor?
What is the purpose of selecting a random data point $x$ in the Growing Neural Gas algorithm?
What is the purpose of selecting a random data point $x$ in the Growing Neural Gas algorithm?
What is the purpose of the 'winner-take-most' strategy implemented by the exponential scaling factor?
What is the purpose of the 'winner-take-most' strategy implemented by the exponential scaling factor?
Which of the following statements about the Growing Neural Gas algorithm is true?
Which of the following statements about the Growing Neural Gas algorithm is true?
What is the purpose of the learning rate parameter $μ$ in the codevector update rule?
What is the purpose of the learning rate parameter $μ$ in the codevector update rule?
