I am working on a project on data mining using neural networks.Am using java.I would like to extract rules from the trained neural network to make it comprehensive.I would like help on a good algorithm or code(in java)to perform the task.Pliz help

The literature records some number of efforts directed at rule extraction from trained artificial neural networks, such as:

http://citeseer.ist.psu.edu/262926.html
http://citeseer.ist.psu.edu/261232.html
http://www.di.uniba.it/~castella/papers/NNW2000.pdf
http://www.cis.ysu.edu/~alazar/pdf/anniec.pdf
http://www.ci.louisville.edu/zurada/papers/SetionoLeowZuradaTNN02.pdf
http://osiris.sunderland.ac.uk/~cs0kmc/MyPapers/icann99.pdf

Obviously, one could simply train a neural network and fire it over a large set of (designed) query points to produce a training data set for a conventional tree- or rule-induction algorithm (CART, ID3, RIPPER, ITRULE, etc.). It would seem more straightforward to me to just run such an algorithm over the original data, though.

-Will Dwinnell
http://will.dwinnell.com

Hi,

I m also working on rule extraction from neural network project.
I m not sure which algorithm to use as there are lots of algo availabel.
If some body give me idea for that may be source code (in C++ or java) it would be help full to me.

jignesh.

i see that you work in the same point for my master
you can find several techniques for rule extraction from artifitial neural network eg(REFNE) by zahi chou
if you need any paper give me your mail I can send u

i see that you work in the same point for my master
you can find several techniques for rule extraction from artifitial neural network eg(REFNE) by zahi chou
if you need any paper give me your mail I can send u

i see that you work in the same point for my master
you can find several techniques for rule extraction from artifitial neural network eg(REFNE) by zahi chou
if you need any paper give me your mail I can send u

i see that you work in the same point for my master
you can find several techniques for rule extraction from artifitial neural network eg(REFNE) by zahi chou
if you need any paper give me your mail I can send u

Hi,

I m also working on rule extraction from neural network project.
I m not sure which algorithm to use as there are lots of algo availabel.
If some body give me idea for that may be source code (in C++ or java) it would be help full to me.

jignesh.