Phenomena and Processes

Computer Neural Networks

A computer architecture, implementable in either hardware or software, modeled after biological neural networks. Like the biological system in which the processing capability is a result of the interconnection strengths between arrays of nonlinear processing nodes, computerized neural networks, often called perceptrons or multilayer connectionist models, consist of neuron-like units. A homogeneous group of units makes up a layer. These networks are good at pattern recognition. They are adaptive, performing tasks by example, and thus are better for decision-making than are linear learning machines or cluster analysis. They do not require explicit programming.

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A computer architecture, implementable in either hardware or software, modeled after biological neural networks. Like the biological system in which the processing capability is a result of the interconnection strengths between arrays of nonlinear processing nodes, computerized neural networks, often called perceptrons or multilayer connectionist models, consist of neuron-like units. A homogeneous group of units makes up a layer. These networks are good at pattern recognition. They are adaptive, performing tasks by example, and thus are better for decision-making than are linear learning machines or cluster analysis. They do not require explicit programming.

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  • Computational Neural Networks
  • Connectionist Models
  • Models, Neural Network
  • Neural Network Models
  • Neural Networks (Computer)
  • Neural Networks, Computer
  • Perceptrons
  • Computational Neural Network
  • Computer Neural Network
  • Connectionist Model
  • Model, Connectionist
  • Model, Neural Network
  • Models, Connectionist
  • Network Model, Neural
  • Network Models, Neural
  • Network, Computational Neural
  • Network, Computer Neural
  • Network, Neural (Computer)
  • Networks, Computational Neural
  • Networks, Computer Neural
  • Networks, Neural (Computer)
  • Neural Network (Computer)
  • Neural Network Model
  • Neural Network, Computational
  • Neural Network, Computer
  • Neural Networks, Computational
  • Perceptron

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do not confuse with NEURAL NETWORKS (ANATOMIC) see NERVE NET

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2020 (1992); was NEURAL NETWORKS (COMPUTER) 1992-2019

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  • Artificial Intelligence (1987-1991)
  • Computer Simulation (1987-1991)
  • Image Processing, Computer-Assisted (1990-1991)

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  1. G17w.485w
  2. L01w.224w.050w.375w.605w

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  1. National Library of Medicine. Computer Neural Networks. Medical Subject Headings (MeSH). 2026. Unique ID D016571. http://id.nlm.nih.gov/mesh/2026/D016571
  2. Computer Neural Networks. In: Wikipedia. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Neural_network_(machine_learning)
  3. Computer Neural Networks. In: Wikidata. https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q192776