Special Issue on Neural Networks

[Alexander Linden]

Special Issue on Neural Networks in Parallel Computing 
(To appear in August)

This special issue focuses on the third generation of neural networks,
which can be characterized as being heterogeneous, modular and
asynchronous.

Contents:

H. Muehlenbein:    Limitations of Multilayer Perceptrons:
                   Towards Genetic Neural Networks

F. Smieja:         The Geometry of Multilayer Perceptron Solutions
H. Muehlenbein

J. Kindermann:     Inversion of Neural Networks by Gradient Descent
A. Linden

T. E. Lange:       Simulation of Heterogeneous Neural Networks on
                   Serial and Parallel Machines

A. Singer:         Implementations of Artificial Neural Networks on the
                   Connection Machine

X. Zhang:          The Backpropagation Algorithm on Grid and Hypercube
et al.             Architectures

M. Witbrock:       An Implementation of Backpropagation Learning on GF11,
M. Zagha           a large SIMD Parallel Computers

D. Whitley:        Genetic Algorithms and Neural Networks: Optimizing 
et al.             Connections and Connectivity

M. Tenorio:        Topology Synthesis Networks: Self Organization of
                   Structure and Weight Adjustment as a Learning
                   Paradigm

K. Obermayer:      Large Scale Simulations of Self-Organizing Neural
                   Networks on Parallel Computers: Application for
                   Biological Modelling

R. Kentridge:      Neural Networks for Learning in the Real World: 
                   Representation, Reinforcement and Dynamics

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HOW TO ORDER:

The publisher is offering a special service. Copies of this issue at a
price of $25 can be obtained from 

         Dr. F. van Drunen
         Elsevier Science Publishers
         Mathematics and Computer Science Section
         P.O. BOX 103
         1000 AC Amsterdam
         The Netherlands
         FAX: +31-10-5862-616

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Copies of the first three papers can be got from

           GMD
           c/o Sekretariat Z1.HLRZ
           P.O. BOX 1240
           D-5205 Sankt Augustin 1
           West Germany
           FAX +49 - 2241 - 142618

Heinz Muehlenbein