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! (FAQ means "Frequently Asked Questions") Date: 16.09.1991
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before the group's creation ?]
! The newsgroup comp.ai.neural-nets is inteded as a form for people who want
to use or explore the capabilities of Neural Networks or Neural-Network-like
structures.
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before the group's creation ?]
! The newsgroup comp.ai.neural-nets is inteded as a forum for people who want
to use or explore the capabilities of Neural Networks or Neural-Network-like
structures.
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"Start discussion: this-and-that"
(People who react on this, please remove the
! "Start discussion:" label from the subject line of your replies)
It is quite difficult to keep a discussion from drifting into chaos,
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"Start discussion: this-and-that"
(People who react on this, please remove the
! "Start discussion: " label from the subject line of your replies)
It is quite difficult to keep a discussion from drifting into chaos,
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to be no secure way to avoid this.
On the other hand, comp.ai.neural-nets has not had many problems
! with this effect until today, so let's just go and hope... :->
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to be no secure way to avoid this.
On the other hand, comp.ai.neural-nets has not had many problems
! with this effect in the past, so let's just go and hope... :->
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A vague description is as follows:
! A network of many very simple processors connected by communication channels
! which carry numeric (as opposed to symbolic) data.
The design motivation is what distinguishes neural networks from other
mathematical techniques:
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A vague description is as follows:
! A NN is a network of many very simple processors ("units"), each with a
! (small amount of) local memory, who are connected by unidirectional
! communication channels ("connections"), which carry numeric (as
! opposed to symbolic) data.
! The units operate only on their local data and on the inputs
! they receive via the connections.
!
The design motivation is what distinguishes neural networks from other
mathematical techniques:
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Pao, Y. H. (1989). Adaptive Pattern Recognition and Neural Networks
Addison-Wesley Publishing Company, Inc. (ISBN 0-201-12584-6)
+ Comments: "An excellent book that ties together classical approaches
+ to pattern recognition with Neural Nets. Most other NN books do not
+ even mention conventional approaches."
Rumelhart, D. E., Hinton, G. E. and Williams, R. J. (1986). Learning
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software from the '70s. For anyone who wants to do active research in the
field I consider it quite inadequate"; "Okay, but too shallow"; "Quite
! easy to understand".
Zeidenberg. M. (1990). Neural Networks in Artificial Intelligence.
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software from the '70s. For anyone who wants to do active research in the
field I consider it quite inadequate"; "Okay, but too shallow"; "Quite
! easy to understand";
! "The best bedtime reading for Neural Networks. I have given
! this book to numerous collegues who want to know NN basics, but who never
! plan to implement anything. An excellent book to give your manager."
Zeidenberg. M. (1990). Neural Networks in Artificial Intelligence.
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-A11.) Any journals and magazines about Neural Networks ?
- [preliminary]
- [Name of journals, their editors and publishers, comments on speed
- of reviewing and publishing, whether they accept TeX format or ASCII by
- e-mail, etc.]
A. Dedicated Neural Network Journals:
! 1. Neural Networks
! through INNS (International Neural Network Society)
! 2. IEEE Transactions on Neural Networks
! $75 for non-members, $10 for IEEE sponsoring society members,
! $15 for other IEEE members.
! Address: IEEE Service Center, CP Department/P.O. Box 1331,
! 455 Hoes Lane, Piscataway, NJ 08855-1331.
! 3. Neural Computation
! Published quarterly
! MIT Press, 55 Hayward Street, Cambridge, MA 02142,
! Telephone: ++617-253-2889.
! 4. Journal of Neural Network Computing
! The hands-on journal, with emphasis placed on applications.
! Published quarterly. Edited by Harold Szu.
! Subscription is $145 per year. To order, call: ++800-950-1216.
! 5. International Journal of Neural Systems
! Published quarterly
! Eds. B. Lautrup & S. Brunak
! World Scientific Publ. Co.
! Farrer Rd. P.O.Box 128, Singapore 9128
! or: 687 Hartwell St., Teaneck, N.J. 07666 U.S.A
! or: 73 Lynton Mead, Totteridge, London N20 8DH, England
! 6. Connection Science (Journal of Neural Computing, AI and Cognitive Research)
! published quarterly
! Ed. N.E. Sharkey
! Carfax Publ. Co., P.O.Box 25, Abingdon, Oxfordshire OX14 3UE, UK
- B. Journals occasionally concerned with NNs
- 1. AI Expert
- Regularly includes ANN related articles, product
- announcements, and application reports.
- Listings of ANN programs are available on AI Expert affiliated BBS's
- Miller Freeman Publishing Co., for subscription call ++415-267-7672.
- 2. Journal of Cognitive Neuroscience
- Published quarterly.
- $53 for individuals, $35 for students or retired persons.
- MIT Press, 55 Hayward Street, Cambridge, MA 02142
- Telephone: ++617-253-2889.
- 3. Cognitive Science
- 4. Biological Cybernetics
- 5. Complex Systems
- 6. International Journal of Modern Physics C
- published quarterly
- Eds. G. Fox, H. Herrmann and K. Kaneko
- World Scientific Publ. Co.
- Farrer Rd. P.O.Box 128, Singapore 9128
- or: 687 Hartwell St., Teaneck, N.J. 07666 U.S.A
- or: 73 Lynton Mead, Totteridge, London N20 8DH, England
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-A11.) Any journals and magazines about Neural Networks ?
+ [to be added: comments on speed of reviewing and publishing,
+ whether they accept TeX format or ASCII by e-mail, etc.]
+
A. Dedicated Neural Network Journals:
! =====================================
! Title: Neural Networks
! Publish: Pergamon Press
! Address: Pergamon Journals Inc., Fairview Park, Elmsford,
! New York 10523, USA and Pergamon Journals Ltd.
! Headington Hill Hall, Oxford OX3, 0BW, England
! Freq.: 6 issues/year (vol. 1 in 1988)
! Cost/Yr: Free with INNS membership ($45?), Individual $65, Institution $175
! ISSN #: 0893-6080
! Remark: Official Journal of International Neural Network Society (INNS).
! Contains Original Contributions, Invited Review Articles, Letters
! to Editor, Invited Book Reviews, Editorials, Announcements and INNS
! News, Software Surveys. This is probably the most popular NN journal.
! (Note: Remarks supplied by Mike Plonski "
plo...@aero.org")
! -------
! Title: Neural Computation
! Publish: MIT Press
! Address: MIT Press Journals, 55 Hayward Street Cambridge,
! MA 02142-9949, USA, Phone:
(617) 253-2889! Freq.: Quarterly (vol. 1 in 1989)
! Cost/Yr: Individual $45, Institution $90, Students $35; Add $9 Outside USA
! ISSN #: 0899-7667
! Remark: Combination of Reviews (10,000 words), Views (4,000 words)
! and Letters (2,000 words). I have found this journal to be of
! outstanding quality.
! (Note: Remarks supplied by Mike Plonski "
plo...@aero.org")
! -----
! Title: IEEE Transaction on Neural Networks
! Publish: Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers (IEEE)
! Address: IEEE Service Cemter, 445 Hoes Lane, P.O. Box 1331, Piscataway, NJ,
! 08855-1331 USA. Tel:
(201) 981-0060! Cost/Yr: $10 for Members belonging to participating IEEE societies
! Freq.: Quarterly (vol. 1 in March 1990)
! Remark: Devoted to the science and technology of neural networks
! which disclose significant technical knowledge, exploratory
! developments and applications of neural networks from biology to
! software to hardware. Emphasis is on artificial neural networks.
! Specific aspects include self organizing systems, neurobiological
! connections, network dynamics and architecture, speech recognition,
! electronic and photonic implementation, robotics and controls.
! Includes Letters concerning new research results.
! (Note: Remarks are from journal announcement)
! -----
! Title: Journal of Neural Network Computing,
! Technology, Design, and Applications
! Publish: Auerback Publishers
! Address: Auerback Publishers, 210 South Street, Boston, MA 02111-9812
! Tel:
(800) 950-1216! Freq.: Quarterly (vol. 1 in Summer 1989)
! Cost/Yr: $145 in USA
! Remark: 3 to 5 in-depth articles per issue; Bookshelf Section which
! provides a several page introduction to a specific topic
! (e.g. feedforward networks) and a list of references for further
! reading on that topic; Software Reviews. Good quality, but a little
! expensive for personal subscriptions. I got my corporate library
! to buy it so I wouldn't have to.
! (Note: Remarks supplied by Mike Plonski "
plo...@aero.org")
! -----
! Title: International Journal of Neural Systems
! Publish: World Scientific Publishing
! Address: USA: World Scientific Publishing Co., 687 Hartwell Street, Teaneck,
! NJ 07666. Tel:
(201) 837-8858; Eurpoe: World Scientific Publishing
! Co. Pte. Ltd., 73 Lynton Mead, Totteridge, London N20-8DH, England.
! Tel: (01) 4462461; Other: World Scientific Publishing Co. Pte. Ltd.,
! Farrer Road, P.O. Box 128, Singapore 9128. Tel: 2786188
! Freq.: Quarterly (Vol. 1 in 1990?)
! Cost/Yr: Individual $42, Institution $88 (plus $9-$17 for postage)
! ISSN #: 0129-0657 (IJNS)
! Remark: The International Journal of Neural Systems is a quarterly journal
! which covers information processing in natural and artificial neural
! systems. It publishes original contributions on all aspects of this
! broad subject which involves physics, biology, psychology, computer
! science and engineering. Contributions include research papers,
! reviews and short communications. The journal presents a fresh
! undogmatic attitude towards this multidisciplinary field with the
! aim to be a forum for novel ideas and improved understanding of
! collective and cooperative phenomena with computational capabilities.
! (Note: Remarks supplied by B. Lautrup (editor),
! "
LAUTRUP%nbivax...@CUNYVM.CUNY.EDU" )
! ------
! Title: Neural Network News
! Publish: AIWeek Inc.
! Address: Neural Network News, 2555 Cumberland Parkway, Suite 299, Atlanta, GA
! 30339 USA. Tel:
(404) 434-2187! Freq.: Monthly (beginning September 1989)
! Cost/Yr: USA and Canada $249, Elsewhere $299
! Remark: Commericial Newsletter
! ------
! Title: Network: Computation in Neural Systems
! Publish: IOP Publishing Ltd
! Address: Europe: IOP Publishing Ltd, Techno House, Redcliffe Way, Bristol
! BS1 6NX, UK; IN USA: American Institute of Physics, Subscriber
! Services 500 Sunnyside Blvd., Woodbury, NY 11797-2999
! Freq.: Quarterly (1st issue 1990)
! Cost/Yr: USA: $180, Europe: 110 pounds
! Remark: Description: "a forum for integrating theoretical and experimental
! findings across relevant interdisciplinary boundaries." Contents:
! Submitted articles reviewed by two technical referees paper's
! interdisciplinary format and accessability." Also Viewpoints and
! Reviews commissioned by the editors, abstracts (with reviews) of
! articles published in other journals, and book reviews.
! Comment: While the price discourages me (my comments are based upon
! a free sample copy), I think that the journal succeeds very well. The
! highest density of interesting articles I have found in any journal.
! (Note: Remarks supplied by brandt kehoe "
ke...@csufres.CSUFresno.EDU")
! ------
! Title: Connection Science: Journal of Neural Computing,
! Artificial Intelligence and Cognitive Research
! Publish: Carfax Publishing
! Address: Europe: Carfax Publishing Company, P. O. Box 25, Abingdon,
! Oxfordshire OX14 3UE, UK. USA: Carafax Publishing Company,
! 85 Ash Street, Hopkinton, MA 01748
! Freq.: Quarterly (vol. 1 in 1989)
! Cost/Yr: Individual $82, Institution $184, Institution (U.K.) 74 pounds
! -----
! Title: International Journal of Neural Networks
! Publish: Learned Information
! Freq.: Quarterly (vol. 1 in 1989)
! Cost/Yr: 90 pounds
! ISSN #: 0954-9889
! Remark: The journal contains articles, a conference report (at least the
! issue I have), news and a calendar.
! (Note: remark provided by J.R.M. Smits "
an...@sci.kun.nl")
! -----
! Title: Concepts in NeuroScience
! Publish: World Scientific Publishing
! Address: Same Address (?) as for International Journal of Neural Systems
! Freq.: Twice per year (vol. 1 in 1989)
! Remark: Mainly Review Articles(?)
! (Note: remarks by Osamu Saito "
saito%nttica...@relay.cs.net)
! -----
! Title: International Journal of Neurocomputing
! Publish: ecn Neurocomputing GmbH
! Freq.: Quarterly (vol. 1 in 1989)
! Remark: Commercial journal, not the academic periodicals
! (Note: remarks by Osamu Saito "
saito%nttica...@relay.cs.net)
! -----
! Title: Neurocomputers
! Publish: Gallifrey Publishing
! Address: Gallifrey Publishing, PO Box 155, Vicksburg, Michigan, 49097, USA
! Tel:
(616) 649-3772! Freq. Monthly (1st issue 1987?)
! ISSN #: 0893-1585
! Editor: Derek F. Stubbs
! Cost/Yr: $32 (USA, Canada), $48 (elsewhere)
! Remark: I only have one exemplar so I cannot give you much detail about
! the contents. It is a very small one (12 pages) but it has a lot
! of (short) information in it about e.g. conferences, books,
! (new) ideas etc. I don't think it is very expensive but I'm not sure.
! (Note: remark provided by J.R.M. Smits "
an...@sci.kun.nl")
! ------
! Title: JNNS Newsletter (Newsletter of the Japan Neural Network Society)
! Publish: The Japan Neural Network Society
! Freq.: Quarterly (vol. 1 in 1989)
! Remark: (IN JAPANESE LANGUAGE) Official Newsletter of the Japan Neural
! Network Society(JNNS)
! (Note: remarks by Osamu Saito "
saito%nttica...@relay.cs.net)
! -------
! Title: Neural Networks Today
! Remark: I found this title in a bulletin board of october last year.
! It was a message of Tim Pattison, tim...@augean.OZ
! (Note: remark provided by J.R.M. Smits "
an...@sci.kun.nl")
! -----
! Title: Computer Simulations in Brain Science
! -----
! Title: Internation Journal of Neuroscience
! -----
! Title: Neural Network Computation
! Remark: Possibly the same as "Neural Computation"
+ B. NN Related Journals
+ ======================
+
+ Title: Complex Systems
+ Publish: Complex Systems Publications
+ Address: Complex Systems Publications, Inc., P.O. Box 6149, Champaign,
+ IL 61821-8149, USA
+ Freq.: 6 times per year (1st volume is 1987)
+ ISSN #: 0891-2513
+ Cost/Yr: Individual $75, Institution $225
+ Remark: Journal COMPLEX SYSTEMS devotes to the rapid publication of research
+ on the science, mathematics, and engineering of systems with simple
+ components but complex overall behavior. Send mail to
+ "
j...@complex.ccsr.uiuc.edu" for additional info.
+ (Remark is from announcement on Net)
+ -----
+ Title: Biological Cybernetics (Kybernetik)
+ Publish: Springer Verlag
+ Remark: Monthly (vol. 1 in 1961)
+ -----
+ Title: Various IEEE Transactions and Magazines
+ Publish: IEEE
+ Remark: Primarily see IEEE Trans. on System, Man and Cybernetics; Various
+ Special Issues: April 1990 IEEE Control Systems Magazine.; May 1989
+ IEEE Trans. Circuits and Systems.; July 1988 IEEE Trans. Acoust.
+ Speech Signal Process.
+ -----
+ Title: The Journal of Experimental and Theoretical Artificial Intelligence
+ Publish: Taylor & Francis, Ltd.
+ Address: London, New York, Philadelphia
+ Freq.: ? (1st issue Jan 1989)
+ Remark: For submission information, please contact either of the editors:
+ Eric Dietrich Chris Fields
+ PACSS - Department of Philosophy Box 30001/3CRL
+ SUNY Binghamton New Mexico State University
+ Binghamton, NY 13901 Las Cruces, NM 88003-0001
+
diet...@bingvaxu.cc.binghamton.edu cfi...@nmsu.edu+ -----
+ Title: The Behavioral and Brain Sciences
+ Publish: Cambridge University Press
+ Remark: (Expensive as hell, I'm sure.)
+ This is a delightful journal that encourages discussion on a
+ variety of controversial topics. I have especially enjoyed reading
+ some papers in there by Dana Ballard and Stephen Grossberg (separate
+ papers, not collaborations) a few years back. They have a really neat
+ concept: they get a paper, then invite a number of noted scientists
+ in the field to praise it or trash it. They print these commentaries,
+ and give the author(s) a chance to make a rebuttal or concurrence.
+ Sometimes, as I'm sure you can imagine, things get pretty lively. I'm
+ reasonably sure they are still at it--I think I saw them make a call
+ for reviewers a few months ago. Their reviewers are called something
+ like Behavioral and Brain Associates, and I believe they have to be
+ nominated by current associates, and should be fairly well established
+ in the field. That's probably more than I really know about it but
+ maybe if you post it someone who knows more about it will correct any
+ errors I have made. The main thing is that I liked the articles I
+ read. (Note: remarks by Don Wunsch <
dwu...@blake.acs.washington.edu>)
+ -----
+ Title: International Journal of Applied Intelligence
+ Publish: Kluwer Academic Publishers
+ Remark: first issue in 1990(?)
+ -----
+ Title: Bulletin of Mathematica Biology
+ -----
+ Title: Intelligence
+ -----
+ Title: Journal of Mathematical Biology
+ -----
+ Title: Journal of Complex System
+ -----
+ Title: AI Expert
+ Publish: Miller Freeman Publishing Co., for subscription call ++415-267-7672.
+ Remark: Regularly includes ANN related articles, product
+ announcements, and application reports.
+ Listings of ANN programs are available on AI Expert affiliated BBS's
+ -----
+ Title: International Journal of Modern Physics C
+ Publish: World Scientific Publ. Co.
+ Farrer Rd. P.O.Box 128, Singapore 9128
+ or: 687 Hartwell St., Teaneck, N.J. 07666 U.S.A
+ or: 73 Lynton Mead, Totteridge, London N20 8DH, England
+ Freq: published quarterly
+ Eds: G. Fox, H. Herrmann and K. Kaneko
+
+
+
+ C. Journals loosely related to NNs
+ ==================================
+
+ JOURNAL OF COMPLEXITY
+ (Must rank alongside Wolfram's Complex Systems)
+
+ IEEE ASSP Magazine
+ (April 1987 had the Lippmann intro. which everyone likes to cite)
+
+ ARTIFICIAL INTELLIGENCE
+ (Vol 40, September 1989 had the survey paper by Hinton)
+
+ COGNITIVE SCIENCE
+ (the Boltzmann machine paper by Ackley et al appeared here in Vol 9, 1983)
+
+ COGNITION
+ (Vol 28, March 1988 contained the Fodor and Pylyshyn critique of connectionism)
+
+ COGNITIVE PSYCHOLOGY
+ (no comment!)
+
+ JOURNAL OF MATHEMATICAL PSYCHOLOGY
+ (several good book reviews)
+
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2. International Student Society for Neural Networks (ISSNNets).
Membership is $5 per year.
! Address: ISSNNet Membership, 111 Cummington St., Rm. 244, Boston, MA 02215.
3. Women In Neural Network Research and technology (WINNERS).
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2. International Student Society for Neural Networks (ISSNNets).
Membership is $5 per year.
! Address: ISSNNet, Inc., P.O. Box 15661, Boston, MA 02215 USA
3. Women In Neural Network Research and technology (WINNERS).
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Address: WINNERS, c/o Judith Dayhoff, 11141 Georgia Ave., Suite 206,
Wheaton, MD 20902. Telephone:
301-933-9000.
+
4. European Neural Network Society (ENNS)
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-A14.) Other sources of information about NNs ?
! [preliminary]
!
! 1. The "Neuroprose-Archive"
! over 100 reports and articles in Postscript form via anonymous ftp
! from
archive.cis.ohio-state.edu (128.146.8.52)
! in directory pub/neuroprose
!
! 2. Neuron Digest
Internet Mailing List.
Moderated by Peter Marvit.
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-A14.) Other sources of information about NNs ?
! 1. Neuron Digest
Internet Mailing List.
Moderated by Peter Marvit.
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comp.ai.neural-net readers find the messages there also.
! 3. Usenet group comp.ai.neural-nets
(Do not forget that ! :-> )
! 4. Echo discussion area NEURAL_NET
Available thrugh FidoNet, RBBS-Net, and other EchoMail compatible
bulletin board systems.
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comp.ai.neural-net readers find the messages there also.
! 2. Usenet group comp.ai.neural-nets
(Do not forget that ! :-> )
! 3. Echo discussion area NEURAL_NET
Available thrugh FidoNet, RBBS-Net, and other EchoMail compatible
bulletin board systems.
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Moderated by Wesley R. Elsberry.
! 5. Neural ftp archive site
funic.funet.fi Is administrating a large collection of neural network papers and
software at the Finnish University Network file archive site
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Moderated by Wesley R. Elsberry.
! 4. Neural ftp archive site
funic.funet.fi Is administrating a large collection of neural network papers and
software at the Finnish University Network file archive site
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ma...@utu.fi (my home university address)
+ 5. USENET newsgroup comp.org.issnnet
+ Forum for discussion of academic/student-related issues in NNs, as
+ well as information on ISSNNet (see A13) and its activities.
+
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created by Yoshiro Miyata. The SunTools version is not
supported.
- The 60-page User's Guide has been split into three separate
- postscript files so that each can be printed from a printer
- with limited memory. Print the files doc/PlaNet_doc{1,2,3}.ps
- from your postscript printer. See the doc/README file for
- printing the Reference Manual.
-
- Enjoy!! And send any questions to
miy...@boulder.colorado.edu.
-
5. GENESIS
anonymous ftp 131.215.135.64 (
genesis.cns.caltech.edu )
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created by Yoshiro Miyata. The SunTools version is not
supported.
+ 60-page User's Guide in Postscript.
+ Send any questions to
miy...@boulder.colorado.edu.
5. GENESIS
anonymous ftp 131.215.135.64 (
genesis.cns.caltech.edu )
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ftp> get cascor1.c
- A technical report descibing the Cascade Correlation algorithm
- may be obtained as follows:
-
- unix> ftp
archive.cis.ohio-state.edu (or 128.146.8.52)
- Name: anonymous
- Password: neuron
- ftp> cd pub/neuroprose
- ftp> binary
- ftp> get fahlman.cascor-tr.ps.Z
-
9. Quickprop
A variation of the back-propagation algorithm developed by
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Denni Rognvaldsson <
de...@thep.lu.se>
Wesley R. Elsberry <
elsb...@cse.uta.edu>
+
gaud...@park.bu.edu g...@minster.york.ac.uk+ William Mackeown <
mack...@compsci.bristol.ac.uk>
+ Michael Plonski <
plo...@aero.org>
[myself]
Ted Stockwell <
t...@aps1.spa.umn.edu>
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