Parallel Distributed Processing: Explorations in the Microstructure of Cognition : Psychological and Biological Models (Computational Models of Cogn) - Hardcover

McClelland, James L.; Rumelhart, David E.

Hardcover

ISBN 10: 0262132184 ISBN 13: 9780262132183

Publisher: Mit Pr, 1986

Synopsis

Volume 2 applies it to a number of specific issues in cognitive science and neuroscience, with chapters describing models of aspects of perception, memory, language, and thought.

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Review:

This two-volume work is now considered a classic in the field. It presents the results of the Parallel Distributed Processing (PDP) group's work in the early 1980s and provides a good overview of the earlier neural network research. The PDP approach (also known as connectionism among other things) is based on the conviction that various aspects of cognitive activity are thought of in terms of massively parallel processing. The first volume starts with the general framework and continues with an analysis of learning mechanisms and various mathematical and computational tools important in the analysis of neural networks. The chapter on backpropagation is written by Rumelhart, Hinton, and Williams, who codiscovered the algorithm in 1986. The second volume is written with a psychological and biological emphasis. It explores the relationship of PDP to various aspects of human cognition. The book is a comprehensive research survey of its time and most of the book's results and methods are still at the foundation of the neural network field.

From the Back Cover:

This book describes the authors work in developing a theoretical framework for describing parallel distributed processing activity and in applying the framework to the development of models of aspects of perception, memory, language, and thought.

About this edition

• Publisher: Mit Pr
• Publication date: 1986
• ISBN 10: 0262132184
• ISBN 13: 9780262132183
• Binding: Hardcover
• Number of pages: 550