Recently, an interactive algorithm was proposed for the construction of generalized additive
neural networks. Although the proposed method is sound, it has two drawbacks. It is …

For a new technology to make the step from experimental technology to mainstream
technology, tools need to be created to facilitate the use of the developed technology in the …

Artificial neural networks have been proposed in medical research as an alternative to some
regression models such as the generalized linear models, being the multilayer perceptron …

In biomedical research, generalized artificial neural networks (GANNs) have been proposed
as an alternative to a multi-layer perceptron owing to their greater ability to generate more …

Some of the major security risks associated with spam e-mail are the spreading of computer
viruses and the facilitation of phishing exercises. Spam is therefore regarded as one of the …

Logistic regression occupies a central position in the field of credit scoring as it is relatively
well understood and an explicit formula can be derived on which credit decisions may be …

The prediction of mortality has shown to be a challenge for hospital management. To help in
this task, metrics were developed to predict the evolution of the disease severity. One of the …

A aplicação das redes neuronais artificiais tem vindo a aumentar em várias áreas de
conhecimento, muito em parte devido à flexibilidade que caracteriza estes modelos, e que …

Global navigation satellite system reflectometry (GNSS-R) remote sensing is a new remote
sensing technique of satellite navigation application. Essentially, it entails a method of …

When estimating a generalized additive model, a crucial decision that must be made is the
choice of underlying technique that will be used to estimate those transformations that …