标题：A Comparison of Elman and Radial Basis Function (RBF) Neural Networks in Optimization of Fuzzy outputs for Epilepsy Risk Levels Classification from EEG Signals
期刊名称：International Journal of Soft Computing & Engineering
电子版ISSN：2231-2307
出版年度：2013
卷号：2
期号：6
页码：295-303
出版社：International Journal of Soft Computing & Engineering
摘要：In this paper; we investigate the optimization of fuzzy outputs in the classification of epilepsy risk levels from EEG (Electroencephalogram) signals using two categories (Recurrent &Non Recurrent) of neural networks. The fuzzy techniques are applied as a first level classifier to classify the risk levels of epilepsy based on extracted parameters like energy, variance, peaks, sharp and spike waves, duration, events and covariance from the EEG signals of the patient. Elman neural network (with error Back propagation training) & Radial Basis Function (RBF) neural network are identified as post classifiers on the classified data to obtain the optimized risk level that characterizes the patient’s epilepsy risk level. The Performance Index (PI) and Quality Value (QV) are calculated for the above methods. A group of ten patients with known epilepsy findings are used in this study. High PI such as 97.87 %, and 98.92% was obtained at QV’s of 23.31, and 23.98 in Elman and RBF neural network optimization when compared to the value of 40% and 6.25 through fuzzy techniques respectively. We find that the RBF (Non Recurrent) neural network out performs Elman Network in optimizing the epilepsy risk levels.
