Chapter 17. Design of a Neural Network

The human brain has 100 billion neurons, each neuron connected to 10 thousand other neurons. Sitting on your shoulders is the most complicated object in the known universe.

—Michio Kaku, professor of theoretical physics and science communicator

Generally speaking, neural network architecture is always coupled with the problem that it is expected to solve, the training data available, the expected input, and the desired output. However, the number of people who have successfully built a neural network is not that large, and chances are good that not one of them is within your reach.

The purpose of this chapter is to provide some advice that could point you in the right direction and enable you to find an ...

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