[comp.ai.neural-nets] Good primer on neural-nets?

sbw@naucse.UUCP (Steve Wampler) (09/29/89)

Would some one recommend a good primer on the new approaches on
neural-nets?  (The last I've seen was a *very* old book by M. Minsky
that was pretty low-level - I'd like something more up to date.)

I'd prefer email, if possible.  Thanks.
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dg1v+@andrew.cmu.edu (David Greene) (10/05/89)

> Excerpts from netnews.comp.ai.neural-nets: 29-Sep-89 Good primer on
> neural-nets? Steve Wampler@naucse.UUC (285)

> Would some one recommend a good primer on the new approaches on
> neural-nets?  (The last I've seen was a *very* old book by M. Minsky
> that was pretty low-level - I'd like something more up to date.)


I'm not sure how detailed an intro you want, but I found:

"The Neural Networks Primer"  -- Maureen Caudill for AI Expert magazine

to be a quick and simple introduction.  This is actually a series of 8
installments reprinted from AI Expert magazine.  The articles introduce
ideas such as: backprop, delta rule, Kohonen learning, and Adaptive
Resonance Theory...


I'd be interested in getting other peoples opinions on the utility of
this "Primer"...


-David
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