Implementation Techniques

Cornelius T. Leondes received his B.S., M.S., and Ph.D. from the University of Pennsylvania and has held numerous positions in industrial and academic institutions. He is currently a Professor Emeritus at the University of California, Los Angeles. He has also served as the Boeing Professor at the University of Washington and as an adjunct professor at the University of California, San Diego. He is the author, editor, or co-author of more than 100 textbooks and handbooks and has published more than 200 technical papers. In addition, he has been a Guggenheim Fellow, Fulbright Research Scholar, IEEE Fellow, and a recipient of IEEE's Baker Prize Award and Barry Carlton Award.

"....this book would make a valuable addition to most libraries(personal or institutional)....""...its depth and breadth and leading edge flavor will of of interest to many neural network engineers." --Dan Simon, Innovatia Software, CONTROL ENGINEERING PRACTICE, Issue 7, 1999

• Bianchini, Frasconi, Gori, and Maggini, Optimal Learning in Artificial Neural Networks: A Theoretical View. Kanjilal, Orthogonal Transformation Techniques in the Optimization of Feedforward Neural Network Systems. Museli, Sequential Constructive Techniques. Yu, Xu, and Wang, Fast Backpropagation Training Using Optimal Learning Rate and Momentum. Angulo and Torras, Learning of Nonstationary Processes. Schaller, Constraint Satisfaction Problems. Yang and Chen, Dominant Neuron Techniques. Lin, Chiang, and Kim, CMAC-based Techniques for Adaptive Learning Control. Deco, Information Dynamics and Neural Techniques for Data Analysis. Gorinevsky, Radial Basis Function Network Approximation and Learning in Task-Dependent Feedforward Control of Nonlinear Dynamical Systems.