Indicator space configuration for early warning of violent political conflicts by genetic algorithms

Petya Ivanova () and Todor Tagarev ()

Annals of Operations Research, 2000, vol. 97, issue 1, 287-311

Abstract: Recognition of preconflict situations has a powerful potential for early warning of violent political conflicts. This paper focuses on the design and application of artificial neural networks as classifiers of preconflict situations. Achieving a desired level of performance of the neural network relies on the appropriate construction of recognition space (selection of indicators) and the choice of network architecture. A fast and effective method for the design of reliable neural recognition systems is described. It is based on genetic algorithm techniques and optimizes both the configuration of input space and the network parameters. The implementation of the methodology provides for increased performance of the classifier in terms of accuracy, generalization capacity, computational and data requirements. Copyright Kluwer Academic Publishers 2000

Keywords: genetic algorithms; indicator selection; neural networks; early warning; pattern recognition (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Date: 2000
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