RT Journal Article T1 Improving learning and generalization capabilities of the C-Mantec constructive neural network algorithm. A1 Gómez-Gallego, Iván A1 Mesa, Héctor A1 Ortega-Zamorano, Francisco A1 Jerez-Aragonés, José Manuel A1 Franco, Leónardo K1 Redes neuronales (Informática) K1 Aprendizaje automático (Inteligencia artificial) K1 Proceso de vectores (Informática) AB C-Mantec neural network constructive algorithm Ortega (C-Mantec neural network algorithm implementation on MATLAB. https://github.com/IvanGGomez/CmantecPaco, 2015) creates very compact architectures with generalization capabilities similar to feed-forward networks trained by the well-known back-propagation algorithm. Nevertheless, constructive algorithms suffer much from the problem of overfitting, and thus, in this work the learning procedure is first analyzed for networks created by this algorithm with the aim of trying to understand the training dynamics that will permit optimization possibilities. Secondly, several optimization strategies are analyzed for the position of class separating hyperplanes, and the results analyzed on a set of public domain benchmark data sets. The results indicate that with these modifications a small increase in prediction accuracy of C-Mantec can be obtained but in general this was not better when compared to a standard support vector machine, except in some cases when a mixed strategy is used. PB Springer YR 2019 FD 2019-08-01 LK https://hdl.handle.net/10630/40267 UL https://hdl.handle.net/10630/40267 LA eng NO Gómez, I., Mesa, H., Ortega-Zamorano, F. et al. Improving learning and generalization capabilities of the C-Mantec constructive neural network algorithm. Neural Comput & Applic 32, 8955–8963 (2020). DS RIUMA. Repositorio Institucional de la Universidad de Málaga RD 19 ene 2026