Basics of anns ANNS: Information processing machines, inspired by the way biological nervous systems work ANNs composed of Simple processing elements(neurons Connected together working in unison to solve specific problems ANN learn by example and generalize well on unseen data detect trends that are too complex to be noticed by either humans or other computer techniques deal well with situations where the inputs are erroneous. incomplete or muzzy DCABES. October 2009DCABES, October 2009 Basics of ANNs • ANNs: Information processing machines, inspired by the way biological nervous systems work. • ANNs composed of: – Simple processing elements (neurons) – Connected together – working in unison to solve specific problems. • ANNs – learn by example and generalize well on unseen data. – detect trends that are too complex to be noticed by either humans or other computer techniques. – deal well with situations where the inputs are erroneous, incomplete or fuzzy