New Book: Neural Networks for Pattern Recognition

[Prof. Chris Bishop]

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              "Neural Networks for Pattern Recognition"
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                       Christopher M. Bishop

                     (Oxford University Press)


        Full details at:  http://neural-server.aston.ac.uk/NNPR/


This book provides the first comprehensive treatment of neural
networks from the perspective of statistical pattern recognition.

 * 504 pages
 * 160 figures
 * 129 graded exercises
 * a self-contained introduction to statistical pattern recogniton
 * an extensive treatment of Bayesian methods
 * paperback and hardback editions
 * 300 references


Contents:
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1.  Statistical Pattern Recognition
2.  Probability Density Estimation
3.  Single-layer Networks
4.  The Multi-layer Perceptron
5.  Radial Basis Functions
6.  Error Functions
7.  Parameter Optimization Algorithms
8.  Pre-processing and Feature Extraction
9.  Learning and Generalization
10. Bayesian Techniques

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   Instructors wishing to use this text as the basis for a course may 
   request a complimentary examination copy from the publishers. 
   (USA: fax request to 212-726-6442 with brief description of the course)

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Ordering information:
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ISBN 
0-19-853864-2 paperback
0-19-853849-9 hardback

USA:   45 dollars paperback
----   98 dollars hardback
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       (3 dollars shipping for first copy, 1 dollar each thereafter)

Canada: Tel: 1-800-387-8020 (toll free)
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UK:    25 pounds paperback
---    55 pounds hardback
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       Tel: +44 1536 454 534 (from abroad)

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  Prof. Christopher M. Bishop        Tel. +44 (0)121 333 4631
  Neural Computing Research Group    Fax. +44 (0)121 333 4586
  Dept. of Computer Science          c.m.bishop at aston.ac.uk
    & Applied Mathematics            http://neural-server.aston.ac.uk/
  Aston University                   
  Birmingham B4 7ET, UK

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