IntroductiontoNeuralNetworkswithJava,1stEditionSubmittedbyHYPERLINK"http://www.heatonresearch.com/user/1"\o"Viewuserprofile."jeffheatononSun,12/23/2007-09:03inIntroductiontoNeuralNetworkswithJavaSubmittedbyHYPERLINK"http://www.heatonresearch.com/user/1"\o"Viewuserprofile."jeffheatononSun,12/23/2007-09:03inHYPERLINK"http://www.heatonresearch.com/taxonomy/term/30"OutdatedMaterialProgrammingNeuralNetworksinJavawillshowtheintermediatetoadvancedJavaprogrammerhowtocreateneuralnetworks.Thisbookattemptstoteachneuralnetworkprogrammingthroughtwomechanisms.FirstthereaderisshownhowtocreateareusableneuralnetworkpackagethatcouldbeusedinanyJavaprogram.Second,thisreusableneuralnetworkpackageisappliedtoseveralrealworldproblemsthatarecommonlyfacedbyISprogrammers.ThisbookcoverssuchtopicsasKohonenneuralnetworks,multilayerneuralnetworks,training,backpropagation,andmanyothertopics.DescriptionIntroductiontoNeuralNetworksinJavaintroducestheJavaprogrammertotheworldofNeuralNetworksandArtificialIntelligence.Neuralnetworkarchitecturessuchasthefeedforwardbackpropagation,Hopfield,andKohonennetworksarediscussed.AdditionalAItopics,suchasGeneticAlgorithmsandSimulatedAnnealing,arealsointroduced.Practicalexamplesaregivenforeachneuralnetwork.ExamplesincludetheTravelingSalesmanproblem,handwritingrecognition,fuzzylogicandlearningmathematicalfunctions.AllJavasourcecodecanbedownloadedonline.Inadditiontoshowingtheprogrammerhowtoconstructtheseneuralnetworks,thebookdiscussestheJavaObjectOrientedNeuralEngine(JOONE).JOONEisafreeopensourceJavaneuralengine.TableofContentsChapter1:AnIntroductiontoNeuralNetworksThestructureofneuralnetworkswillbebrieflyintroducedinthischapter.Alsodiscussedisthehistoryofneuralnetworks,sinceitisimportanttoknowwhereneuralnetworkscamefrom,aswellaswheretheyareultimatelyheaded.Finally,thereisabroadoverviewofboththebiologicalandhistoriccontextofneuralnetworks.Chapter2:UnderstandingNeuralNetworksAneuralnetworkcanbetrainedtorecognizespecificpatternsindata.Thischapterwillt