[R] What training algorithm does nnet package use?

[Gavin Simpson]

On Thu, 2006-11-23 at 09:39 +0000, Wee-Jin Goh wrote:
> Hello,
> 
> Thanks for that. I've taken a look at the source code, and I see that  
> the bulk of the processing is done in C, with R acting as a wrapper.  
> Below is the function I think is doing the training in the network.
> 
> I'm guessing it's the standard Backpropagation with a decay term  
> algorithm? Can anyone confirm if that's correct?
> 
> Cheers,
> Wee-Jin

How about you take a look at Section 8.10 in MASS (the book; Venables &
Ripley (2002) Modern Applied Statistics in S 4th Edition, Springer.) and
Brian Ripley's 1996 book Pattern Recognition and Neural Networks,
Cambridge University Press.

Both of which are documented in the help page for nnet; see ?nnet. nnet
(the package) is support software for these books so you should consult
these references.

nnet is a package within the VR bundle by the way.

G

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