Connectionism: A Hands-on Approach - Softcover

Dawson, Michael R. W.

Softcover

ISBN 10: 1405128070 ISBN 13: 9781405128070

Publisher: Wiley-Blackwell, 2005

Synopsis

Connectionism is a "hands on" introduction to connectionist modeling through practical exercises in different types of connectionist architectures.

• explores three different types of connectionist architectures – distributed associative memory, perceptron, and multilayer perceptron
• provides a brief overview of each architecture, a detailed introduction on how to use a program to explore this network, and a series of practical exercises that are designed to highlight the advantages, and disadvantages, of each
• accompanied by a website at http://www.bcp.psych.ualberta.ca/~mike/Book3/ that includes practice exercises and software, as well as the files and blank exercise sheets required for performing the exercises
• designed to be used as a stand-alone volume or alongside Minds and Machines: Connectionism and Psychological Modeling (by Michael R.W. Dawson, Blackwell 2004)

About this title

About the Author

Michael R. W. Dawson is a member of the Department of Psychology and the Biological Computation Project at the University of Alberta, Canada. He is the author of Understanding Cognitive Science (Blackwell , 1998) and Minds and Machines (Blackwell, 2004).

From the Back Cover

CONNNECTIONISM is a “hands on” introduction to connectionist modeling. Three different types of connectionist architectures – distributed associative memory, perceptron, and multilayer perceptron – are explored. In an accessible style, Dawson provides a brief overview of each architecture, a detailed introduction on how to use a program to explore this network, and a series of practical exercises that are designed to highlight the advantages, and disadvantages, of each and to provide a "road map" to the field of cognitive modeling.

This book is designed to be used as a stand-alone volume, or alongside Minds and Machines: Connectionism and Psychological Modeling (Blackwell Publishing, 2004). An accompanying website is available at www.bcp.psych.ualberta.ca/%7emike/book3/index.html and includes practice exercises and software, as well as the files and blank exercise sheets that are required for performing the exercises.

From the Inside Flap

CONNNECTIONISM is a “hands on” introduction to connectionist modeling. Three different types of connectionist architectures – distributed associative memory, perceptron, and multilayer perceptron – are explored. In an accessible style, Dawson provides a brief overview of each architecture, a detailed introduction on how to use a program to explore this network, and a series of practical exercises that are designed to highlight the advantages, and disadvantages, of each and to provide a “road map” to the field of cognitive modeling.

This book is designed to be used as a stand-alone volume, or alongside Minds and Machines: Connectionism and Psychological Modeling (Blackwell Publishing, 2004). An accompanying website is available at www.bcp.psych.ualberta.ca/%7emike/book3/index.html and includes practice exercises and software, as well as the files and blank exercise sheets that are required for performing the exercises.

Edition details

• Publisher: Wiley-Blackwell
• Publication date: 2005
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 1405128070
• ISBN 13: 9781405128070
• Binding: Paperback
• Edition number: 1
• Number of pages: 210