Connected hidden neurons (CHNNet): an artificial neural network for rapid convergence

Abstract

Despite artificial neural networks being inspired by the functionalities of biological neural networks, unlike biological neural networks, conventional artificial neural networks are often structured hierarchically, which can impede the flow of information between neurons as the neurons in the same layer have no connections between them. Hence, we propose a more robust model of artificial neural networks where the hidden neurons, residing in the same hidden layer, are interconnected that leads to rapid convergence. With the experimental study of our proposed model as fully connected layers in deep networks, we demonstrate that the model results in a noticeable increase in convergence rate compared to the conventional feed-forward neural network.