SIMPSONP@COD.NOSC.MIL (04/20/87)
[Forwarded from the Neuron Digest by Laws@STRIPE.SRI.COM.]
A Survey of Artificial Neural Systems
Patrick K. Simpson
Unisys
San Diego Systems Engineering Center
4455 Morena Boulevard
San Diego, CA 92117
619/483-0900
Abstract
This paper is a survey of the field of Artificial
Neural Systems (ANSs). ANSs have a large number of highly
interconnected processing elements that demonstrate the
ability to learn and generalize from presented patterns.
ANSs represent a possible solution to previously difficult
problems in areas such as speech processing and natural
language understanding. This paper presents a brief history
of ANSs, examples of ANS models and areas where the technol-
ogy has been applied. Also discussed is the connection
between Artificial Intelligence (AI) and ANS, computer
architectures that are evolving from this field, and two ANS
algorithms.
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