Knowledge processing in neural architecture

In recent years there has been an increasing interest in the use of artificial neural networks (ANNs) for technical applications (e.g. Rogers 1990). Particularly attractive is the application of ANNs in those domains where at present humans outperform any currently available high performance computers, e.g. in areas like auditory perception, vision, or sensory-motor control. Neural information processing is expected to have a wide applicability in areas that require a high degree of flexibility and the ability to operate in uncertain environments where information usually is partial, fuzzy, or even contradictory. The computing power of biological neural networks stems to a large extend from a highly parallel, fine-grained and distributed processing and storage of information as well as from the capability of learning.