November 2018
Beginner to intermediate
420 pages
10h 4m
English
ANN nodes are simplified (mathematical) versions of what is displayed in Figure 8.1. They gather numerical inputs that are balanced through weights, summed together (frequently along with a constant, or bias if you will), applied to a given function, and then output as a result. Such a result could be a final result given by an output node, or handled over to another node (and sometimes also to the exact same node if we have a recurrent setting). The following diagram illustrates the functioning of an ANN node:

In the preceding diagram, the node is receiving three different inputs (X1, X2, and X3). All of them ...
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