Computational Intelligence

Glossary 11

Output layer In a neural network, a layer of processing elements sending output signals to

the external environment. These may be motor signals or signals sent to systems external

to the system being modeled.

Output vector In a neural network, the set of activation values of a layer.

Parallel distributed processing A processing paradigm consisting of a network of many pro-

cessing elements, operating in par allel, and information storage distributed across the

network.

Parameter space Comprise of the legal values of all of the elements that can be entered into

a function to be optimized (Kennedy, Eberhart, and Shi 2001).

Parent In evolutionary ...