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Basics of Neural Networks with example codes and illustrations

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Re: Basics of Neural Networks with example codes and illustrations

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In regards to the first interactive demo, it seems to be adjusting the line to be parallel to the one drawn on the background. Was this intentional or are the supposed to converge?

The line in the background is the function towards which the neural net is expected to converge.

Re: Basics of Neural Networks with example codes and illustrations

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The experience (specifically the careful choice of mediums + examples + presentation though which the concepts are conveyed) is pretty fantastic.

You may also want to read the chapter on fractal programming in this book. Its pretty intuitive too.

Re: Basics of Neural Networks with example codes and illustrations

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Does anyone have any examples of areas where neural networks beat out statistical based methods, other than maybe image recognition? I can't even think of another major area where they dominate.

- Search engines use algorithms, not neural nets.

- The most popular algorithm on Kaggle (data analysis competitions) is random forests

- Google's self-driving car uses statistical-based methods

I can't imagine commercial aircraft would use a neural net. What happened if one crashed? They would analyze the data and ask questions like, Q: "What happened?" A: "I don't know" Q: "Can we fix it so it doesn't happen again?" A: "I don't know".

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