# Fast Training Algorithms for Deep Convolutional Fuzzy Systems with Application to Stock Index Prediction

## TL;DR

This paper introduces fast, layer-wise training algorithms for deep convolutional fuzzy systems, including parameter sharing, and demonstrates their effectiveness in stock index prediction and time-series modeling.

## Contribution

It proposes a novel bottom-up layer-by-layer training scheme for DCFS and introduces parameter sharing to improve efficiency.

## Key findings

- Effective prediction of stock index using DCFS
- Layer-wise training simplifies model design
- Parameter sharing reduces memory and computation

## Abstract

A deep convolutional fuzzy system (DCFS) on a high-dimensional input space is a multi-layer connection of many low-dimensional fuzzy systems, where the input variables to the low-dimensional fuzzy systems are selected through a moving window across the input spaces of the layers. To design the DCFS based on input-output data pairs, we propose a bottom-up layer-by-layer scheme. Specifically, by viewing each of the first-layer fuzzy systems as a weak estimator of the output based only on a very small portion of the input variables, we design these fuzzy systems using the WM Method. After the first-layer fuzzy systems are designed, we pass the data through the first layer to form a new data set and design the second-layer fuzzy systems based on this new data set in the same way as designing the first-layer fuzzy systems. Repeating this process layer-by-layer we design the whole DCFS. We also propose a DCFS with parameter sharing to save memory and computation. We apply the DCFS models to predict a synthetic chaotic plus random time-series and the real Hang Seng Index of the Hong Kong stock market.

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Source: https://tomesphere.com/paper/1812.11226