mmm@cup.portal.com (Mark Robert Thorson) (05/05/89)
I have just finished a book titled NEURAL NETWORKS TODAY, which is available for $35 (plus $5 for postage and handling and 7% sales tax if you live in California). It's 370 pages, not counting title page, table of contents, and the separators between chapters. Velo-bound with soft vinyl covers. Its contents include descriptions of 14 hardware implementations of neural networks, by Leon Cooper, John Hopfield, David Tank, Dick Lyon, and others. These implementations come from Nestor Associates, AT&T, Synaptics, and others. The source material is the U.S. patents currently in force in the field. About 250 pages are copies of these patents, about 100 pages are my commentary on these patents. (Patents are somewhat difficult to read; my commentary makes everything clear.) This book should be of primary interest to researchers doing patentable work in the field of neural networks. It's like getting a patent search for a fraction of the usual price. This book should also be of interest to people new to the field of neural networks. My commentary is at an introductory level, while the source material is at a very detailed and technical level. My commentary can help someone acquire expert knowledge in a short period of time. I will accept checks and corporate or university purchase orders. Mark Thorson 12991 B Pierce Rd. Saratoga, CA 95070