Artificial Neural Networks: An Overview and their Use in the Analysis of the AMPHORA-3 Dataset

The Artificial Adaptive Systems (AAS) are theories with which generative algebras are able to create artificial models simulating natural phenomenon. Artificial Neural Networks (ANNs) are the more diffused and best-known learning system models in the AAS. This article describes an overview of ANNs, noting its advantages and limitations for analyzing dynamic, complex, non-linear, multidimensional processes. An example of a specific ANN application to alcohol consumption in Spain, as part of the EU AMPHORA-3 project, during 1961–2006 is presented. Study's limitations are noted and future needed research using ANN methodologies are suggested.

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