Neural Networks: A Primer

Abstract

Neural network technology has recently demonstrated capabilities in areas important to personnel research such as statistical analysis, decision modeling, control, and forecasting. This paper is an introduction to neural network terminology, definitions, capabilities, and applications. It provides a discussion of traditionally used statistical methods and compares them to neural network architectures. The benefits of using neural networks is their ability to derive nonlinear and interacting relationship among variables of a model. This paper is designed for individuals who have little or no knowledge of this growing field.

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Document Details

Document Type
Technical Report
Publication Date
May 01, 1991
Accession Number
ADA235920

Entities

People

  • Larry T. Looper
  • Sheree K. Engquist
  • Vince L. Wiggins

Tags

Communities of Interest

  • Energy and Power Technologies
  • Human Systems

DTIC Thesaurus Topics

  • Air Force
  • Algorithms
  • Computations
  • Computers
  • Computing System Architectures
  • Content Addressable Memory
  • Information Processing
  • Information Science
  • Jet Propulsion
  • Network Architecture
  • Neural Networks
  • Pattern Recognition
  • Personnel Management
  • Recognition
  • Regression Analysis
  • Statistical Analysis
  • Training

Fields of Study

  • Computer science

Readers

  • Computational Modeling and Simulation
  • Systems Analysis and Design

Technology Areas

  • AI & ML
  • AI & ML - DoD AI Strategy
  • AI & ML - Neural Networks