METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR LEARNING IN A NEURAL NETWORK

A method and apparatus for speeding and enhancing the "learning" function of a computer configured as a multilayered, feed format artificial neural network using logistic functions as an activation function. The enhanced learning method provides a linear probing method for determining local minima values computed first along the gradient of the weight space and then adjusting the slope and direction of a linear probe line after determining the likelihood that a "ravine" has been encountered in the terrain of the weight space.