ConSTrainer: A Generic Toolkit for Connectionist Dataset Selection

  • Apostolos N. Refenes
Conference paper
Part of the Informatik-Fachberichte book series (INFORMATIK, volume 252)

Abstract

Con ST rainer is a window-based toolkit dedicated to the task of collecting and validating datasets for training connectionist networks. Unlike other connectionist development tools, Con ST rainer is an application- and network-independent tool which can be configured to suit the requirements of a variety of applications through a simple-to-use configuration facility The facility allows the user to create and modify both domain/ranges and domain/range parameters alike. For each parameter in the training exemplar Con ST rainer supports the definition of mutually supportive and mutually exclusive parameter sets. A powerful set of consistency and validation checks is also supported, including vector orthogonality, weightsum checking, and re-ordering of the training dataset. This paper introduces the Con ST rainer toolkit and discusses its utilization in a non-trivial application for diagnostic decision support in Histopathology.

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© Springer-Verlag Berlin Heidelberg 1990

Authors and Affiliations

  • Apostolos N. Refenes
    • 1
  1. 1.Department of Computer ScienceUniversity College LondonLondonUK

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