C++ Neural Networks and Fuzzy Logic: Preface

Artificial neuron

The primary object in an artificial neural network to mimic the neuron activity of the brain. The

artificial neuron is a processing element of a neural network.

Associative memory

Activity of associating one pattern or object with itself or another.

Autoassociative

Making a correspondence of one pattern or object with itself.

B

Backpropagation

A neural network training algorithm for feedforward networks where the errors at the output layer are

propagated back to the layer before in learning. If the previous layer is not the input layer, then the

errors at this hidden layer are propagated back to the layer before.

BAM

Bidirectional Associative Memory network model.

Bias

A value added to the activation of a neuron.

Binary digit

A value of 0 or 1.

Bipolar value

A value of –1 or +1.