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Table of Contents Multivariate Data Modeling Neural Networks Introduction | |
See also: natural brains, models of ANNs, taxonomy of ANNs |
The number of papers on applications of artificial neural networks
(ANN) has grown exponentially during the nineties. Although the original
hype about ANNs has settled, and a more realistic view of these methods
has developed, there are still some issues connected to ANNs which are
often overlooked (especially by those who are just users of the methods).
Anderson
summarized this situation by the pointed statement that
"ANNs are some kind of non-linear statistics for amateurs".
ANNs are often confused with the model of natural
brains. This is particularly unsatisfactory since artificial neural
networks exhibit no or only little similarity to natural biologic neural
networks. Moreover, there are some speculations which indicate that biologic
neural networks have a further aspect which is commonly overseen when dealing
with artificial neural networks: several workers in the field have begun
to think over some quantum effects which might occur in natural brains
.
Last Update: 2005-Jul-16