January 2019
Intermediate to advanced
384 pages
13h 27m
English
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This chapter introduces the core notions of artificial neural networks (ANNs), a class of algorithms central to modern-day deep learning. The history of artificial neural networks is a surprisingly old one, dating back to the early 1940s. It took many decades for its applications to become vast successes in many areas, but the basic ideas remain in effect.
At the core of ANNs is the idea to take inspiration from neuroscience ...