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Introduction to Neural Networks

Introduction to Neural Networks. John Paxton Montana State University Summer 2003. Commercial Application. Neural networks were involved in more than 1 billion U.S. dollars in 1997!. Business. Marketing Microsoft. Direct mail marketing.

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Introduction to Neural Networks

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  1. Introduction to Neural Networks John Paxton Montana State University Summer 2003

  2. Commercial Application • Neural networks were involved in more than 1 billion U.S. dollars in 1997!

  3. Business • Marketing • Microsoft. Direct mail marketing. • Albertsons. Determine the connection between buying diapers and buying beer. • BehavHeuristics Inc. Forecasts demand of airline flights. • Real Estate • HNC. Automated Real Estate Appraisal.

  4. Document and Form Processing • Machine Printed Form Processing • Caere Corporation. Optical character recognition (FoxMaster). • Synaptics. Check reader. • Hand Written Character Recognition. • Eastman Kodak. Forms processing for UK motor vehicle registration. • Fujitsu. Input to pen based computers.

  5. Document and Form Processing • Cursive Handwriting Character Recognition • Apple Newton 120. Input to PDA. • Graphic Recognition • Fein-Marquet Associates, Inc. Converts a hand drawn chemistry picture into a table.

  6. Food Industry • Odor/Aroma Analysis • Sharp. Cooking control via an electronic nose in a microwave oven. • Produce Development • M&M/Mars. Improved chemical formulations of products.

  7. Food Industry • Quality Assurance • Anheuser-Busch. Beer testing. • Florida Department of Citrus. Pulp wash detection. • Frito-Lay. Potato chip testing.

  8. Financial Industry • Market Trading • Gerber Baby Foods. Cattle futures trading. • John Deere. Pension management. • Walkrich Investment Advisors. Stock valuation. • Credit Rating • Chase Financial. Forecast credit worthiness.

  9. Financial Industry • Fraud Detection • Dunn and Bradstreet. Check approval. • HNC. Credit card fraud detection (Falcon). • Mastercard. Deviations in spending habits.

  10. Energy • Electrical Load Forecasting • Bayernwerk AG. • Hydroelectric Dam Operation • Tauernkraftwerke. Dam displacement prediction. • Natural Gas • Northern Natural Gas. Predict gas index prices.

  11. Manufacturing • Process Controllers • Nippon Steel. Continuous casting. • Siemans. Rolling mill. • Quality Control Systems • Dunlop. Tires. • Intel. Computer chips. • Volvo. Diesel knock testing. Paint inspection.

  12. Medical and Health Care • Image Analysis • NeuroMedical Systems, Inc. Pap smears. • Drug Development • Vysis Inc. Protein analysis • Resource Allocation • Anderson Memorial Hospital. Predict use of hospital resources.

  13. Science and Engineering • Chemical Engineering • StellarNet Inc. Spectroscopy. • Electrical Engineering • NeuroCad Inc. Optimized circuit routing. • Weather • National Weather Service.

  14. Transportation and Communication • Transportation • London Underground. Fault detection. • Rolls Royce. Fault detection. • Communication • AT&T/Lucent. Echo cancellation systems (more than 20 years).

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