Chapter 1     Introduction

 

A multi-disciplinary point of view

 

 

KEY ISSUES

Neuroscience/Cognitive Psychology/Linguistics

Understanding perception, learning, and memory
What kinds of problems can large interconnected systems of model neuron solve? What are limitations? What are the strengths?

Mathematics/Physics/Statistics/Computer Science

Neurodynamics
Mathematical principles for implementing neural networks
Relation to statistical inference and regression
Information-Theoretic approach

Engineering/Economics/Finance

Practical efficient implementations of neural networks for control, forecasting, signal/image processing, and pattern recognition.