Why use a neural network?
Neural networks, with their remarkable ability to derive meaning from complicated or imprecise data, can be used to extract patterns and detect trends that are too complex to be noticed by either humans or other computer techniques. A trained neural network can be thought of as an “expert” in the category of information it has been given to analyze. This expert can then be used to provide projections given new situations of interest and answer “what if” questions. Other advantages include: • Adaptive learning: An ability to learn how to do tasks based on the data given for training or initial experience. • Self-Organisation: An ANN can create its own organisation or representation of the information it receives during learning time. • Real Time Operation: ANN computations may be carried out in parallel, and special hardware devices are being designed and manifactured which take advantage of this capability. • Fault Tolerance via Redundant Information Coding: Partial destruction of a ne
