July 2018
Beginner
162 pages
3h 25m
English
Content preview from Python Artificial Intelligence Projects for Beginners
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Understanding neural networks
Neural networks, which were originally called artificial neural networks, are inspired by actual neurons found in animal's brains and other parts of the nervous system. Neurons are connected to each other and they receive and send impulses throughout the animal's body, or in the case of computing, the network.
The following diagram shows the components of a single neuron:
Components of a single neuron
The following graph shows how a neuron fires:
How a neuron fires
It is all or nothing, meaning, when the neuron ...