The Roots of Backpropagation (Hardcover)

Paul John Werbos

ISBN 10: 0471598976 / ISBN 13: 9780471598978

Edité par John Wiley & Sons Inc, New York, 1994

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Hardcover. Now, for the first time, publication of the landmark work inbackpropagation! Scientists, engineers, statisticians, operationsresearchers, and other investigators involved in neural networkshave long sought direct access to Paul Werbos's groundbreaking,much-cited 1974 Harvard doctoral thesis, The Roots ofBackpropagation, which laid the foundation of backpropagation. Now,with the publication of its full text, these practitioners can gostraight to the original material and gain a deeper, practicalunderstanding of this unique mathematical approach to socialstudies and related fields. In addition, Werbos has provided threemore recent research papers, which were inspired by his originalwork, and a new guide to the field. Originally written for readerswho lacked any knowledge of neural nets, The Roots ofBackpropagation firmly established both its historical andcontinuing significance as it: * Demonstrates the ongoing value and new potential ofbackpropagation * Creates a wealth of sound mathematical tools useful acrossdisciplines * Sets the stage for the emerging area of fast automaticdifferentiation * Describes new designs for forecasting and control which exploitbackpropagation * Unifies concepts from Freud, Jung, biologists, and others into anew mathematical picture of the human mind and how it works * Certifies the viability of Deutsch's model of nationalism as apredictive tool--as well as the utility of extensions of thiscentral paradigm "What a delight it was to see Paul Werbos rediscover Freud'sversion of 'back-propagation.' Freud was adamant (in The Projectfor a Scientific Psychology) that selective learning could onlytake place if the presynaptic neuron was as influenced as is thepostsynaptic neuron during excitation. Such activation of bothsides of the contact barrier (Freud's name for the synapse) wasaccomplished by reducing synaptic resistance by the absorption of'energy' at the synaptic membranes. Not bad for 1895! But Werbos1993 is even better." --Karl H. Pribram Professor Emeritus,Stanford University An introduction to the concept of backpropagation, or "dynamic feedback", an algorithm developed by the author to be used in neural networking. The text initiates a body of background tools capable of generating applications across a range of fields, from engineering to political forecasting. Shipping may be from our UK warehouse or from our Australian or US warehouses, depending on stock availability.

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• Titre: The Roots of Backpropagation (Hardcover)
• Éditeur: John Wiley & Sons Inc, New York
• Date de parution: 1994
• Langue: anglais
• ISBN à 10 chiffres: 0471598976
• ISBN à 13 chiffres: 9780471598978
• Reliure: Hardcover
• Édition: Edition originale
• État de l'article: new

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Now, for the first time, publication of the landmark work inbackpropagation! Scientists, engineers, statisticians, operationsresearchers, and other investigators involved in neural networkshave long sought direct access to Paul Werbos's groundbreaking, much-cited 1974 Harvard doctoral thesis, The Roots ofBackpropagation, which laid the foundation of backpropagation. Now, with the publication of its full text, these practitioners can gostraight to the original material and gain a deeper, practicalunderstanding of this unique mathematical approach to socialstudies and related fields. In addition, Werbos has provided threemore recent research papers, which were inspired by his originalwork, and a new guide to the field. Originally written for readerswho lacked any knowledge of neural nets, The Roots ofBackpropagation firmly established both its historical andcontinuing significance as it:
* Demonstrates the ongoing value and new potential ofbackpropagation
* Creates a wealth of sound mathematical tools useful acrossdisciplines
* Sets the stage for the emerging area of fast automaticdifferentiation
* Describes new designs for forecasting and control which exploitbackpropagation
* Unifies concepts from Freud, Jung, biologists, and others into anew mathematical picture of the human mind and how it works
* Certifies the viability of Deutsch's model of nationalism as apredictive tool--as well as the utility of extensions of thiscentral paradigm
"What a delight it was to see Paul Werbos rediscover Freud'sversion of 'back-propagation.' Freud was adamant (in The Projectfor a Scientific Psychology) that selective learning could onlytake place if the presynaptic neuron was as influenced as is thepostsynaptic neuron during excitation. Such activation of bothsides of the contact barrier (Freud's name for the synapse) wasaccomplished by reducing synaptic resistance by the absorption of'energy' at the synaptic membranes. Not bad for 1895! But Werbos1993 is even better." --Karl H. Pribram Professor Emeritus, Stanford University

À propos de l?auteur

PAUL JOHN WERBOS is a Program Director in the Engineering Directorate of the National Science Foundation as well as Past President of the International Neural Network Society. Previously, he developed and evaluated large-scale forecasting models at the Energy Information Administration of the Department of Energy, using backpropagation and other techniques discussed in this book. He has contributed, as a writer or editor, to several books on neural networks and has published more than forty journal articles and conference papers on a wide range of subjects.