Includes bibliographical references (p. [151]-162) and index.
Chapter 1. Introduction. 1.1. The neuron -- 1.2. Modeling neurons -- 1.3. The feedforward neural network -- 1.4. Historical perspective on computing with artificial neurons.
Appendix A. The feedforward neural network. A.1. Mathematics of the feedforward process -- A.2. The backpropagation algorithm -- A.3. Alternatives to backpropagation.
Appendix B. Feature saliency.
Appendix C. Matlab code for various neural networks. C.1. Matlab code for principal components normalization -- C.2. Hopfield network -- C.3. Generalized neural network -- C.4. Generalized neural network example -- C.5. ART-like network -- C.6. Simple perceptron algorithm -- C.7. Kohonen self-organizing feature map.
Appendix D. Glossary of terms -- References -- Index.
Chapter 10. A plethora of applications. 10.1. Function approximation -- 10.2. Function approximation-Boston housing example -- 10.3. Function approximation-cardiopulmonary modeling -- 10.4. Pattern recognition-tree classifier example -- 10.5. Pattern recognition-handwritten number recognition example -- 10.6. Pattern recognition-electronic nose example -- 10.7. Pattern recognition-airport scanner texture recognition example -- 10.8. Self organization-serial killer data-mining example -- 10.9. Pulse-coupled neural networks-image segmentation example.
Chapter 7. Supervised training methods. 7.1. The effects of training data on neural network performance -- 7.2. Rules of thumb for training neural networks -- 7.3. Training and testing.
Chapter 8. Unsupervised training methods. 8.1. Self-organizing maps (SOMs) -- 8.2. Adaptive resonance theory network.
This tutorial text provides the reader with an understanding of artificial neural networks (ANNs) and their application, beginning with the biological systems which inspired them, through the learning methods that have been developed and the data collection processes, to the many ways ANNs are being used today. The material is presented with a minimum of math (although the mathematical details are included in the appendices for interested readers), and with a maximum of hands-on experience. All specialized terms are included in a glossary. The result is a highly readable text that will teach the engineer the guiding principles necessary to use and apply artificial neural networks.
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Priddy, Kevin L.
Keller, Paul E.
Society of Photo-optical Instrumentation Engineers.