Neural Networks Modeling and Control

Appendix A

Artificial neural networks

Chapter Outline

• A.1  Biological neural networks
  • A.1.1  Biological neuron
  • A.1.2  Biological synapse
  • A.1.3  Types of neurons
• A.2  Artificial neural networks
• A.3  Activation functions
• A.4  Classification of neural networks
  • A.4.1  Single-layer neural networks
  • A.4.2  Multilayer neural networks
  • A.4.3  Recurrent neural networks
• A.5  Neural network training

Chapter points

• •  Biological neural networks
• •  Artificial neural networks
• •  Artificial neural network training

Artificial neural networks (ANNs), or simply known as neural networks, are simplified mathematical models of biological neural networks. They are usually implemented using electronic components or simulated with software, and their objective is to simulate the behavior ...