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Chapter 16
Different network models impose different constraints
on
their training
data. Some recommendations are universal, though. Since restrictions
peculiar to a single network model are discussed thoroughly in the
chapters devoted to those models, they will be only briefly mentioned
here.
This chapter will focus primarily on aspects of data preparation
that have more widespread application.
General Considerations
Neural network practitioners must remember that they are not
competing with their networks; they are working together as a team.
Neural networks can sometimes produce such startlingly excellent
results that there is a tendenc ...