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The notion of a neural network originates from the struggle to understand human brain. It is believed that a human brain consists of a huge number of neurons (on the order of 10 billion) and synapses on connections (on the order of 60 trillion) [3, ph. A neuron is a nerval cell or an elementary information processing unit in the brain and thus a structural constituent of the brain. A synapse is an elementary structural and functional unit that mediates the interactions between neurons. The brain is a highly complex, nonlinear, and parallel computer or information- processing system, capable of organizing neurons so as to perform certain computations like pattern recognition, perception, and motor control. Simply, the brain can be viewed as a neural network consisting of neurons and connections.
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Cai, KY. (1998). Neural Network Methods. In: Software Defect and Operational Profile Modeling. The Kluwer International Series in Software Engineering, vol 4. Springer, Boston, MA. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-1-4615-5593-3_6
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