Perceptron learning, Delta learning and LMS learning are learning methods…

2014

Perceptron learning, Delta learning and LMS learning are learning methods which falls under the category of

  1. A.

    Error correction learning – learning with a teacher

  2. B.

    Reinforcement learning – learning with a critic

  3. C.

    Hebbian learning

  4. D.

    Competitive learning – learning without a teacher

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Correct answer: A

Correct classification: Perceptron learning, Delta learning and LMS learning belong to error-correction supervised learning (learning with a teacher).

Key points:

  • Supervision: A teacher provides desired outputs; the algorithm uses the difference between actual and desired outputs (the error) to update weights.

  • Perceptron learning: Used for binary classification with a hard threshold activation. Weights are adjusted when the prediction is incorrect (update driven by the sign of the error).

  • Delta rule (Widrow–Hoff) and LMS: These perform gradient-descent on the mean squared error. The typical update is proportional to (desired output − actual output) times the input, which directly reduces squared error.

  • Difference between perceptron and delta/LMS: Perceptron uses a non-differentiable threshold and updates based on misclassification; delta/LMS assume differentiable responses and minimize squared error continuously.

  • Therefore these methods are categorized as error-correction (supervised) learning — learning with a teacher.

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