A Novel Input Variable Selection and Structure Optimization Algorithm for Multilayer Perceptron-Based Soft Sensors

Table 1

The statistical results of artificial dataset.

	MLP	SBS-MLP	NNGEO-MLP	dLASSO-MLP	GNNG-MLP
MSE	0.1752	0.1653	0.1503	0.1223	0.1015
	0.8979	0.9033	0.9105	0.9335	0.9437
Neurons	62	29.15	24.55	20.10	12
FS+	40	7.1500	2.9000	3.1000	0.4500
FS−	0	0	0.3500	0	0.1000