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The Roots of Backpropagation Paul John Werbos

The Roots of Backpropagation By Paul John Werbos

Summary

An introduction to the concept of backpropagation, or dynamic feedback, an algorithm developed by the author to be used in neural networking. The text initiates a body of background tools capable of generating applications across a range of fields, from engineering to political forecasting.

The Roots of Backpropagation Summary

The Roots of Backpropagation: From Ordered Derivatives to Neural Networks and Political Forecasting by Paul John Werbos

Now, for the first time, publication of the landmark work inbackpropagation! Scientists, engineers, statisticians, operationsresearchers, and other investigators involved in neural networkshave long sought direct access to Paul Werbos's groundbreaking,much-cited 1974 Harvard doctoral thesis, The Roots ofBackpropagation, which laid the foundation of backpropagation. Now,with the publication of its full text, these practitioners can gostraight to the original material and gain a deeper, practicalunderstanding of this unique mathematical approach to socialstudies and related fields. In addition, Werbos has provided threemore recent research papers, which were inspired by his originalwork, and a new guide to the field. Originally written for readerswho lacked any knowledge of neural nets, The Roots ofBackpropagation firmly established both its historical andcontinuing significance as it:
* Demonstrates the ongoing value and new potential ofbackpropagation
* Creates a wealth of sound mathematical tools useful acrossdisciplines
* Sets the stage for the emerging area of fast automaticdifferentiation
* Describes new designs for forecasting and control which exploitbackpropagation
* Unifies concepts from Freud, Jung, biologists, and others into anew mathematical picture of the human mind and how it works
* Certifies the viability of Deutsch's model of nationalism as apredictive tool--as well as the utility of extensions of thiscentral paradigm
What a delight it was to see Paul Werbos rediscover Freud'sversion of 'back-propagation.' Freud was adamant (in The Projectfor a Scientific Psychology) that selective learning could onlytake place if the presynaptic neuron was as influenced as is thepostsynaptic neuron during excitation. Such activation of bothsides of the contact barrier (Freud's name for the synapse) wasaccomplished by reducing synaptic resistance by the absorption of'energy' at the synaptic membranes. Not bad for 1895! But Werbos1993 is even better. --Karl H. Pribram Professor Emeritus,Stanford University

About Paul John Werbos

PAUL JOHN WERBOS is a Program Director in the Engineering Directorate of the National Science Foundation as well as Past President of the International Neural Network Society. Previously, he developed and evaluated large-scale forecasting models at the Energy Information Administration of the Department of Energy, using backpropagation and other techniques discussed in this book. He has contributed, as a writer or editor, to several books on neural networks and has published more than forty journal articles and conference papers on a wide range of subjects.

Table of Contents

THESIS.

Beyond Regression: New Tools for Prediction and Analysis in theBehavioral Sciences.

Dynamic Feedback, Statistical Estimation, and Systems Optimization:General Techniques.

The Multivariate ARMA(1,1) Model: Its Significance andEstimation.

Simulation Studies of Techniques of Time-Series Analysis.

General Applications of These Ideas: Practical Hazards and NewPossibilities.

Nationalism and Social Communications: A Test Case for MathematicalApproaches.

APPLICATIONS AND EXTENSIONS.

Forms of Backpropagation for Sensitivity Analysis, Optimization,and Neural Networks.

Backpropagation Through Time: What It Does and How to Do It.

Neurocontrol: Where It Is Going and Why It Is Crucial.

Neural Networks and the Human Mind: New Mathematics Fits HumanisticInsight.

Index.

Additional information

NPB9780471598978
9780471598978
0471598976
The Roots of Backpropagation: From Ordered Derivatives to Neural Networks and Political Forecasting by Paul John Werbos
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Hardback
John Wiley & Sons Inc
1994-03-04
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