Building neural networks

Foundations. Motivation. Neural-Network Fundamentals. Single Neuron Computations. Network Computations. Network Simulation. Foundations Summary. Suggested Readings. Bibliography. Paradigms. The Backpropagation Network. The Counterpropagation Network. Adaptive Resonance Theory. The Multidirectional Associative Memory. The Hopfield Memory. Network-Learning Summary. Suggested Readings. Bibliography. Application Design. Developing a Data Representation. Pattern Representation Methods. Exemplar Analysis. Training and Performance Evaluation. A Practical Example. Application-Design Summary. Suggested Readings. Bibliography. Associative Memories. Associative-Memory Definitions. Character Recognition. State-Space Search. Image Interpolation. Diagnostic Aids. Associative-Memory Summary. Suggested Readings. Bibliography. Business and Financial Applications. Financial Modeling. Market Prediction. Bond Rating. Predicting Commodity Futures. Financial-Applications Summary. Suggested Readings. Bibliography. Pattern Classification. NETtalk. Radar-Signature Classifier. Prostate-Cancer Detection. Pattern-Classification Summary. Suggested Readings. Bibliography. Image Processing. Image-Processing Networks. Gender Recognition from Facial Images. Imagery Feature Discovery. Aircraft Tracking in Video Imagery. Image-Processing Summary. Suggested Readings. Bibliography. Process Control and Robotics. Control Theory. Cart/Pole Balancer. Bipedal-Locomotion Control. Robotic Manipulator Control. Control-Application Summary. Suggested Readings. Bibliography. Fuzzy Neural Systems. Fuzzy Logic. Implementation of a Fuzzy Network. Fuzzy Neural Inference. Fuzzy Control of BPN Learning. Fuzzy Neural-System Summary. Suggested Readings. Bibliography. Answers to Selected Exercises. Index. 0201539217T04062001