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Artificial Neural Networks
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have dealt with computational models inspired by
biological systems, and our discussions have been focused on their
computational capabilities, that is, their abilities to solve dicult compu-
tational problems. In this chapter we will again look at a model inspired by
a biological system (the brain and the nervous system), but we will focus
on a specic capability of this model, namely, its learning capability.
Articial neural networks (ANN) are a family of computational models
inspired by various aspects of the nervous system and the brain. A neu-
ral net is a set of interconnected ...