Radial Basis Function
A radial basis function (RBF) is a real-valued function whose value depends only on the distance from the origin, so that ; or alternatively on the distance from some other point c, called a center, so that . Any function that satisfies the property is a radial function. The norm is usually Euclidean distance, although other distance functions are also possible. For example by using Lukaszyk-Karmowski metric, it is possible for some radial functions to avoid problems with ill conditioning of the matrix solved to determine coefficients wi (see below), since the is always greater than zero.
Sums of radial basis functions are typically used to approximate given functions. This approximation process can also be interpreted as a simple kind of neural network.
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