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The Essence of Neural Networks (Essence of Computing) | 
 enlarge | Author: Robert Callan
Publisher: Prentice Hall
Category: Book
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Rating:  3 reviews
Sales Rank: 201036
Media: Paperback
Pages: 248
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Dimensions (in): 9.1 x 6.1 x 0.6
ISBN: 013908732X
Dewey Decimal Number: 006.32
EAN: 9780139087325
ASIN: 013908732X
Publication Date: September 22, 1998
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 good overview of the fundamentals May 18, 2005
Kae Verens (Monaghan, Ireland)
2 out of 2 found this review helpful
I bought the Essence Of Artificial Intelligence 6 or so years back, and the section on ANNs was very readable. Based on that, I bought the Essence Of Neural Networks, hoping that it would be just as readable.
The blurb claims to introduce ANNs with the minimum maths necessary, but I found myself quickly overwhelmed whenever maths was produced (it was mostly calculus).
However, the book did introduce some concepts that were easily understood, once the maths was safely ignored.
As a programmer, I found the maths unnecessary (it's the methods themselves that I was interested in), and thought they would have been better left for a more advanced book as one of the easier ones on the subject.
Apart from that, I would still recommend this book.
 Can't beat this for a clear and concise introduction to NN! June 19, 2001
4 out of 4 found this review helpful
Great book, he explains everything so even someone without a good understanding of maths could understand the field. All his solutions can be mapped to code - proven by research students at Southampton Institute.
excel intro to NN May 18, 2000
4 out of 4 found this review helpful
A very nice introduction to NN. The maths are explained clearly. It doesn't like many other books about NN which use some highly complicated maths to put you off. It explains the stuffs step by step so it is easy to follow. I got a solid foundation about NN after reading this book! Nice!
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