Reconstruction of multivariate signals using q-Gaussian radial basis function Network

Radial basis function Networks (RBFNs) have been successfully employed in different Machine Learning problems. The use of different radial basis functions in RBFN has been reported in the literature. Here, we discuss the use of the q-Gaussian function as a radial basis function employed in RBFNs. An interesting property of the q-Gaussian function is that it can continuously and smoothly reproduce different radial basis functions, like the Gaussian, the Inverse Multiquadratic, and the Cauchy functions, by changing a real parameter q. In addition, we discuss the mixed use of different shapes of radial basis functions in only one RBFN. For this purpose, a Genetic Algorithm is employed to select the number of hidden neurons, width of each RBF, and q parameter of the q-Gaussian associated with each radial unit.