The Handbook of Neural Computation.

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The Handbook of Neural Computation is now available for purchase from
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neural networks in application areas such as perception and cognition,
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humanities.

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Print Edition: October 1996.  9x12 inches (230x305mm).
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TABLE OF CONTENTS

Preface
        Russell Beale and Emile Fiesler

Foreword
        James A Anderson

How to Use This Handbook

PART A  INTRODUCTION

A1      Neural Computation: The Background
        A1.1    The historical background
                J G Taylor
        A1.2    The biological and psychological background
                Michael A Arbib

A2      Why Neural Networks?
        Paul J Werbos
        A2.1    Summary
        A2.2    What is a neural network?
        A2.3    A traditional roadmap of artificial neural network capabilities

PART B  FUNDAMENTAL CONCEPTS OF NEURAL COMPUTATION

B1      The Artificial Neuron
        Michael A Arbib
        B1.1    Neurons and neural networks: the most abstract view
        B1.2    The McCulloch-Pitts neuron
        B1.3    Hopfield networks
        B1.4    The leaky integrator neuron
        B1.5    Pattern recognition
        B1.6    A note on nonlinearity and continuity
        B1.7    Variations on a theme

B2      Neural Network Topologies
        Emile Fiesler
        B2.1    Introduction
        B2.2    Topology
        B2.3    Symmetry and asymmetry
        B2.4    High order topologies
        B2.5    Fully connected topologies
        B2.6    Partially connected topologies
        B2.7    Special topologies
        B2.8    A formal framework

        B2.9    Modular topologies
                Massimo de Francesco
        B2.10   Theoretical considerations for choosing a network topology
                Maxwell B Stinchcombe

B3      Neural Network Training
        James L Noyes
        B3.1    Introduction
        B3.2    Characteristics of neural network models
        B3.3    Learning rules
        B3.4    Acceleration of training
        B3.5    Training and generalization

B4      Data Input and Output Representations
        Thomas O Jackson
        B4.1    Introduction
        B4.2    Data complexity and separability
        B4.3    The necessity of preserving feature information
        B4.4    Data preprocessing techniques
        B4.5    A 'case study' review
        B4.6    Data representation properties
        B4.7    Coding schemes
        B4.8    Discrete codings
        B4.9    Continuous codings
        B4.10   Complex representation issues
        B4.11   Conclusions

B5      Network Analysis Techniques
        B5.1    Introduction
                Russell Beale
        B5.2    Iterative inversion of neural networks and its applications
                Alexander Linden
        B5.3    Designing analyzable networks
                Stephen P Luttrell

B6      Neural Networks: A Pattern Recognition Perspective
        Christopher M Bishop
        B6.1    Introduction
        B6.2    Classification and regression
        B6.3    Error functions
        B6.4    Generalization
        B6.5    Discussion

PART C  NEURAL NETWORK MODELS

C1      Supervised Models
        C1.1    Single-layer networks
                George M Georgiou
        C1.2    Multilayer perceptrons
                Luis B Almeida
        C1.3    Associative memory networks
                Mohamad H Hassoun and Paul B Watta
        C1.4    Stochastic neural networks
                Harold Szu and Masud Cader
        C1.5    Weightless and other memory-based networks
                Igor Aleksander and Helen B Morton
        C1.6    Supervised composite networks
                Christian Jutten
        C1.7    Supervised ontogenic networks
                Emile Fiesler and Krzysztof J Cios
        C1.8    Adaptive logic networks
                William W Armstrong and Monroe M Thomas

C2      Unsupervised Models
        C2.1    Feedforward models
                Michel Verleysen
        C2.2    Feedback models
                Gail A Carpenter (C2.2.1), Stephen Grossberg (C2.2.1, C2.2.3),
                and Peggy Israel Doerschuk (C2.2.2)
        C2.3    Unsupervised composite networks
                Cris Koutsougeras
        C2.4    Unsupervised ontogenetic networks
                Bernd Fritzke

C3      Reinforcement Learning
        S Sathiya Keerthi and B Ravindran
        C3.1    Introduction
        C3.2    Immediate reinforcement learning
        C3.3    Delayed reinforcement learning
        C3.4    Methods of estimating V and Q
        C3.5    Delayed reinforcement learning methods
        C3.6    Use of neural and other function approximators in
                reinforcement learning
        C3.7    Modular and hierarchical architectures

PART D  HYBRID APPROACHES

D1      Neuro-Fuzzy Systems
        Krzysztof J Cios and Witold Pedrycz
        D1.1    Introduction
        D1.2    Fuzzy sets and knowledge representation issues
        D1.3    Neuro-fuzzy algorithms
        D1.4    Ontogenic neuro-fuzzy F-CID3 algorithm
        D1.5    Fuzzy neural networks
        D1.6    Referential logic-based neurons
        D1.7    Classes of fuzzy neural networks
        D1.8    Induced Boolean and core neural networks

D2      Neural-Evolutionary Systems
        V William Porto
        D2.1    Overview of evolutionary computation as a mechanism for
                solving neural system break design problems
        D2.2    Evolutionary computation approaches to solving problems
                in neural computation
        D2.3    New areas for evolutionary computation research in neural
                systems

PART E  NEURAL NETWORK IMPLEMENTATIONS

E1      Neural Network Hardware Implementations
        E1.1    Introduction
                Timothy S Axelrod
        E1.2    Neural network adaptations to hardware implementations
                Perry D Moerland and Emile Fiesler
        E1.3    Analog VLSI implementation of neural networks
                Eric A Vittoz
        E1.4    Digital integrated circuit implementations
                Valeriu Beiu
        E1.5    Optical implementations
                I Saxena and Paul G Horan

PART F  APPLICATIONS OF NEURAL COMPUTATION

F1      Neural Network Applications
        F1.1    Introduction
                Gary Lawrence Murphy
        F1.2    Pattern classification
                Thierry Den*ux
        F1.3    Combinatorial optimization
                Soheil Shams
        F1.4    Associative memory
                James Austin
        F1.5    Data compression
                Andrea Basso
        F1.6    Image processing
                John Fulcher
        F1.7    Speech processing
                Kari Torkkola
        F1.8    Signal processing
                Shawn P Day
        F1.9    Control
                Paul J Werbos

PART G  NEURAL NETWORKS IN PRACTICE: CASE STUDIES

G1      Perception and Cognition
        G1.1    Unsupervised segmentation of textured images
                Nigel M Allinson and Hu Jun Yin
        G1.2    Character recognition
                John Fulcher
        G1.3    Handwritten character recognition using neural networks
                Thomas M Breuel
        G1.4    Improved speech recognition using learning vector quantization
                Kari Torkkola
        G1.5    Neural networks for alphabet recognition
                Mark Fanty, Etienne Barnard and Ron Cole
        G1.6    A neural network for image understanding
                Heggere S Ranganath, Govindaraj Kuntimad and John L Johnson
        G1.7    The application of neural networks to image segmentation and
                way-point identification
                James Austin

G2      Engineering
        G2.1    Control of a vehicle active suspension model using adaptive
                logic networks
                William W Armstrong and Monroe M Thomas
        G2.2    ATM network control by neural network
                Atsushi Hiramatsu
        G2.3    Neural networks to configure maps for a satellite communication
                network
                Nirwan Ansari
        G2.4    Neural network controller for a high-speed packet switch
                M Mehmet Ali and Huu Tri Nguyen
        G2.5    Neural networks for optimal robot trajectory planning
                Dan Simon
        G2.6    Radial basis function network in design and manufacturing of
                ceramics
                Krzysztof J Cios, George Y Baaklini, Laszlo Berke and Alex Vary
        G2.7    Adaptive control of a negative ion source
                Stanley K Brown, William C Mead, P Stuart Bowling and
                Roger D Jones
        G2.8    Dynamic process modeling and fault prediction using artificial
                neural networks
                Barry Lennox and Gary A Montague
        G2.9    Neural modeling of a polymerization reactor
                Gordon Lightbody and George W Irwin
        G2.10   Adaptive noise canceling with nonlinear filters
                Wolfgang Knecht
        G2.11   A concise application demonstrator for pulsed neural VLSI
                Alan F Murray and Geoffrey B Jackson
        G2.12   Ontogenic CID3 algorithm for recognition of defects in glass
                ribbon
                Krzysztof J Cios

G3      Physical Sciences
        G3.1    Neural networks for control of telescope adaptive optics
                T K Barrett and D G Sandler
        G3.2    Neural multigrid for disordered systems: lattice gauge theory
                as an example
                Martin Bker, Gerhard Mack and Marcus Speh
        G3.3    Characterization of chaotic signals using fast learning
                neural networks
                Shawn D Pethel and Charles M Bowden

G4      Biology and Biochemistry
        G4.1    A neural network for prediction of protein secondary structure
                Burkhard Rost
        G4.2    Neural networks for identification of protein coding regions
                in genomic DNA sequences
                E E Snyder and Gary D Stormo
        G4.3    A neural network classifier for chromosome analysis
                Jim Graham
        G4.4    A neural network for recognizing distantly related protein
                sequences
                Dmitrij Frishman and Patrick Argos

G5      Medicine
        G5.1    Adaptive logic networks in rehabilitation of persons with
                incomplete spinal cord injury
                Aleksandar Kostov, William W Armstrong, Monroe M Thomas and
                Richard B Stein
        G5.2    Neural networks for diagnosis of myocardial disease
                Hiroshi Fujita
        G5.3    Neural networks for intracardiac electrogram recognition
                Marwan A Jabri
        G5.4    A neural network to predict lifespan and new metastases in
                patients with renal cell cancer
                Craig Niederberger, Susan Pursell and Richard M Golden
        G5.5    Hopfield neural networks for the optimum segmentation of
                medical images
                Riccardo Poli and Guido Valli
        G5.6    A neural network for the evaluation of hemodynamic variables
                Tom Pike and Robert A Mustard

G6      Economics, Finance and Business
        G6.1    Application of self-organizing maps to the analysis of
                economic situations
                F Blayo
        G6.2    Forecasting customer response with neural networks
                David Bounds and Duncan Ross
        G6.3    Neural networks for financial applications
                Magali E Azema*Barac and A N Refenes
        G6.4    Valuations of residential properties using a neural network
                Gary Grudnitski

G7      Computer Science
        G7.1    Neural networks and human-computer interaction
                Alan J Dix and Janet E Finlay

G8      Arts and Humanities
        G8.1    Distinguishing literary styles using neural networks
                Robert A J Matthews and Thomas V N Merriam
        G8.2    Neural networks for archaeological provenancing
                John Fulcher

PART H  THE NEURAL NETWORK RESEARCH COMMUNITY

H1      Future Research in Neural Computation
        H1.1    Mathematical theories of neural networks
                Shun-ichi Amari
        H1.2    Neural networks: natural, artificial, hybrid
                H John Caulfield
        H1.3    The future of neural networks
                J G Taylor
        H1.4    Directions for future research in neural networks
                James A Anderson

List of Contributors

Index


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