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A substantial reduction of the computational effort required to use this method may be achieved by using a computational model based on massively parallel execution, such as the Boltzmann machine, which is a neural network model. This book is intended as an introduction to the theory and applications of simulated annealing and Boltzmann machines. It will be of great interest to students and researchers in combinatorial optimization and neural networks, as well as to all those using optimization techniques in practice. 1988 The Metaphorical Brain 2, Neural Networks and Beyond Michael A. Arbib, Program in Neural, Informational and Behavioral Sciences, University of Southern California, USA  This book combines two exciting quests, the quest to understand the workings of the human brain and the quest to build intelligent machines. It shows how each quest can provide insights vital to the success of the other. It develops basic ideas about neural networks, both artificial and biological, and introduces the language of schema theory to describe the distributed interactions that underlie intelligence in the brain of human, animal or robot. It reaffirms the paradigm of highly distributed cooperative computation, showing how it not only deepens our understanding of human mind\/brain, but also catalyzes the development of a new generation of computing machinery. The book presents many new results, both from my own group and elsewhere, that have enriched that paradigm during the last fifteen years. The book as a whole, although by no means light reading, should be accessible overall to anyone who reads Scientific American; but it is hoped that much of the material merits the attention not only of \"the intelligent laymen\" but also of experts and serious students of artificial intelligence, neural networks, robotics, cognitive science, or neuroscience'.  - From the Author's Preface 1989","brand":"WoB","offers":[{"title":"US \/ GOOD \/ SBYB","offer_id":50351870869777,"sku":"CIN0471928666G","price":0.0,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0784\/4072\/6801\/files\/0471928666.jpg?v=1750911268"},{"product_id":"decision-theory-book-john-bather-9780471976493","title":"Decision Theory","description":"Decision Theory An Introduction to Dynamic Programming and Sequential Decisions John Bather University of Sussex, UK Mathematical induction, and its use in solving optimization problems, is a topic of great interest with many applications. 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The more definite concept of a large-scale system isimplicit in these applications, but is particularly evident infields such as the study of communication networks, computernetworks and neural networks. The Wiley-Interscience Series inSystems and Optimization has been established to serve the needs ofresearchers in these rapidly developing fields. It is intended forworks concerned with developments in quantitative systems theory,applications of such theory in areas of interest, or associatedmethodology.    This is the first book-length treatment of risk-sensitive control,with many new results. The quadratic cost function of the standardLQG (linear\/quadratic\/Gaussian) treatment is replaced by theexponential of a quadratic, giving the so-called LEQG formulationallowing for a degree of optimism or pessimism on the part of theoptimiser. The author is the first to achieve formulation and proofof risk-sensitive versions of the certainty-equivalence andseparation principles. 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