A learning algorithm for piecewise linear regression

A new learning algorithm for solving piecewise linear regression problems is proposed. It is able to train a proper multilayer feedforward neural network so as to reconstruct a target function assuming a different linear behavior on each set of a polyhedral partition of the input domain. The proposed method combine local estimation, clustering in weight space, classification and regression in order to achieve the desired result. A simulation on a benchmark problem shows the good properties of this new learning algorithm.