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Previous Thread Next Thread Print Thread Techeads #114883 10/31/2003 4:19 PM Joined: Apr 2002 Posts: 475 manchester uk dodyskin addict dodyskin addict Joined: Apr 2002 Posts: 475 manchester uk This Christmas I want to buy a book for my partner who is doing an IT and computing degree. He will be specialising in AI. I would like to find a good book, in English that deals with neural networks. If possible, it should explain both the robotics and psychology concepts behind neural nets. It should be a recreational theory book (you know, like recreational linguistics books), with all the basics, but should not be dull, patronising, or oversimplified to the point of being misleading. Any suggestions? Copy Link to Clipboard Share Post on Facebook Share Post on Twitter Re: Techeads #114884 10/31/2003 6:28 PM Joined: Jan 2002 Posts: 1,526 Virginia, USA TheFallibleFiend veteran TheFallibleFiend veteran Joined: Jan 2002 Posts: 1,526 Virginia, USA It may be dated, but Judity Dayhoff has a pretty good book called "Neural Networks Architectures." It was one of several primary sources for my thesis work. The mathematical derivation is very lucid and I was able to go straight to code from her formulae. It may have been a bit weak on applications. In particular, I don't recall anything about robotics. However, I note that nowadays there's a lot of good stuff on neural nets, genetic and evolutionary algorithms, and fuzzy theory archived at NRL. k Copy Link to Clipboard Share Post on Facebook Share Post on Twitter Re: Techeads #114885 11/06/2003 3:06 PM Joined: Jun 2002 Posts: 1,624 Utter Placebo, Planet Reebok Capfka Pooh-Bah Capfka Pooh-Bah Joined: Jun 2002 Posts: 1,624 Utter Placebo, Planet Reebok I used to have a couple of good books on associative networks, but I've long since lost sight of them and (thankfully) can't even remember what they're called. There are so many books on the subject now, I think that you really need to get him to identify the one he would like himself. I know it's not a surprise, but that's probably better than getting the lad one he really doesn't want, isn't it? Copy Link to Clipboard Share Post on Facebook Share Post on Twitter Re: Techeads #114886 11/06/2003 8:56 PM Joined: Apr 2002 Posts: 475 manchester uk dodyskin addict dodyskin addict Joined: Apr 2002 Posts: 475 manchester uk I think that you really need to get him to identify the one he would like himself Gah, this is the problem you see. He doesn't know owt about it yet, and he doesn't have access to the normal university secondary knowledge base (the canteen or halls or what-have-you). I'll look up the book you mentioned k. Thanks Copy Link to Clipboard Share Post on Facebook Share Post on Twitter Moderated by  Jackie  Hop To General Topics ------  Information and announcements  Q&A about words  Wordplay and fun  Words and languages in schools  Miscellany  Weekly Themes  Looking for (writers, speakers,... (Old) Weekly themes. (have been... ------  Words from medicine  Beheading words  Meta-words  Words from classical mythology  Animal Safari  Words with unusual etymologies  Eponyms or words derived from p...  Loanwords from German  English as a global language Print Thread Switch to Threaded Mode Show Likes Link Copied to Clipboard View Profile Private Message Website Follow User Forum Posts Like Summary View Profile Private Message Website Follow User Forum Posts Like Summary View Profile Private Message Follow User Forum Posts Like Summary View Profile Private Message Website Follow User Forum Posts Like Summary

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