The Effect of Learning Rate on Fractal Image Coding Using Artificial Neural Networks

The amount by which the artificial neural network weights are updated during the training process is called the learning rate. More precisely, the learning rate is an adjustable parameter used in training neural networks in which small values, often in the interval [0, 1], are handled. The learning rate determines how quickly the model updates its weights to adapt to the problem. Smaller learning rates require more training periods due to small changes to the weights per refresh cycle, while larger learning rates lead to faster changes and require fewer training periods. In this paper, the effect of changing the learning rate value in the artificial neural network designed to solve the inverse problem of fractals was studied. Some results were obtained showing the impact of this change, whether when using large values of the learning rate or small values based on the type of fractal shape required to identify the recursive functions that generate it.