Computational Intelligence

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A straightforward way to conduct the sensitivity analysis on the input–output pair

is through experiments (Beielstein et al. 2002). The experimental results can be

plotted for graphical visualization. We hope this will provide insights into how the

algorithm’s parameters can be tuned for best overall performance.

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Extreme care must be taken when interpreting the values of weights in a neural

network. Just because a weig ht is large doesn’t mean that the processing element

(PE) on the input side of it is particularly important. A high input-to-hidden weig ht

doesn’t necessarily make that input PE any more important