Obtaining mathematical equation from neural network toolbox after training

My ANN is for 3 inputs, N neurons in a single hidden layer and output. Tansig transfer function was used in the hidden layer and purelin in the output layer. Using the weight and bias values, I obtained my model equation

    y = LW*(tansig(IW*X + b1 )) + b2

and transformed it into

    y = A*((2/(1 + exp(-2*(B*X + b1)))) - 1) + b2

where A = LW values in (1xN) array

B = IW values in (Nx3) array

X = 3 input values in (3x1) array

b1 = layer 1 bias values in (Nx1) array and b2, bias value for layer 2 is a single value (1x1)

My model equation only works in matlab environment because my constants A, B and b1 are in array form.

I need to have A and b1 values as single constant values, and B as a (1x3) array to have B1, B2 and B3 for the 3 inputs. but I don't know how to achieve this..

PLEASE is there anyone that can tell how to make my equation a standalone that works anywhere, like excel & others..??

[Greg Heath]

You did not take into account the default mapminmax scaling of inputs and output

[Julix]

Thanks. But I did not do that because I don't think the input normalization and output de-normalization has effect on the output values. The extracted equation was used to compute values for y, and in matlab environment, the results were same with the simulated output of the network

[Greg Heath]

I'm not sure that I understand your argument.

If you are saying that the weights do not depend on the type of normalization, you are incorrect.

Answer 1

[circuit_designer5172]

I believe you are mostly correct in your analysis. To transform out of arrays you can add a summation in front of the equation. Then, in excel each row will represent one input and you will have a column for the contribution to "y" from that input. Then, you just sum them together to get the network output. Hope that is clear!

[Julix]

Thanks.. But I wish there was a more simplified method.

Answer 2

[Bhupendra Suryawansi]

My ANN is for 5 inputs and 1 output, N neurons in a single hidden layer and output. Tansig transfer function was used in the hidden layer and purelin in the output layer. i have normalized my input data from 0.1 to 0.9 values using the equation y(norm) = =(0.1+0.8*((Xexp value-Xmin value)/(Xmax value-Xmin value))). Should i change my TANSIG function formula ? and what would be that ? how can i get that which varies the value between 0.1 to 0.9 only.

[Greg Heath]

Why are you bothering to normalize? MATLAB handles normalization automatically.

Just look at the examples used in the help and doc documentation.

Hope this helps.

Greg

Answer 3

[Bhupendra Suryawansi]

Can anybody tell me the output equation for Cascade-forward back-propagation network? Means, how to represent the output equation for the Cascade-forward back-propagation neural network? (for five inputs, one output and single hidden layer)

Answer 4

[pathakunta]

My ANN is for 5 inputs and 1 output, N neurons in a single hidden layer and output. Tansig transfer function was used in the hidden layer and purelin in the output layer. i have normalized my input data from 0.1 to 0.9 values using the equation y(norm) = =(0.1+0.8*((Xexp value-Xmin value)/(Xmax value-Xmin value))). Should i change my TANSIG function formula ? and what would be that ? how can i get that which varies the value between 0.1 to 0.9 only.