Thanks Sina: Good to hear from one of the originals. I am doing background reading to get the termonology down so I know what I don't know if that makes sense. So far it isn't too scary but complex enough for this old gray hair to question his intellectual capabilities and background in math and programming. Anyway, good to hear from you and hope things are going well.
Rick USA----- Original Message ----- From: "Sina Bahram" <sbahram@xxxxxxxxx>
To: <programmingblind@xxxxxxxxxxxxx> Sent: Tuesday, October 14, 2008 8:50 AM Subject: RE: Neural Networks, Programming Languages Most techniques today center around an iterative approach, not recursive ones. Look up the concept of a perceptron and start from there. Take care, Sina ________________________________ From: programmingblind-bounce@xxxxxxxxxxxxx [mailto:programmingblind-bounce@xxxxxxxxxxxxx] On Behalf Of Ricks Place Sent: Tuesday, October 14, 2008 7:00 AM To: programmingblind@xxxxxxxxxxxxx Subject: Re: Neural Networks, Programming Languages Thanks Donal: Recurssion eh. Well it's a start - grin. Rick USA----- Original Message ----- From: Dónal Fitzpatrick <mailto:dfitzpat@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
To: programmingblind@xxxxxxxxxxxxx Sent: Tuesday, October 14, 2008 6:47 AM Subject: RE: Neural Networks, Programming Languages Hi Rick, A neural network was first devised in Cornell university to mirror the structure of the brain. In essence they were trying to devise a flexible computational mechanism. They actually connected things physically (as far as I remember from my undergrad days anyway) but one can achieve the same thing in software. Basically an artificial neuron fires according to inputs, and then triggers an output. Therefore, it comes down to mathematics and programming. Just make sure your language of choice supports recursion. You can probably do this stuff iteratively, but (again from my undergrad days) I found recursive techniques to be the most suitable. hth Dónal __________ View the list's information and change your settings at //www.freelists.org/list/programmingblind __________View the list's information and change your settings at //www.freelists.org/list/programmingblind
