论文信息 - Using a familiar package to demonstrate a difficult concept: using an excel spreadsheet model to explain the concepts of neural networks to undergraduates

Using a familiar package to demonstrate a difficult concept: using an excel spreadsheet model to explain the concepts of neural networks to undergraduates

A course introducing neural networks to second year undergraduates with mixed disciplinary backgrounds needed a tool to reduce the overheads of simplifying the complex mathematical and programming skills normally associated with the subject. An Excel model was produced that had the added benefit of reducing anxiety, as all students taking the course are competent with Excel spreadsheets.

William Fone

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