Artificial Neural Networks And Their Applications To Microwave Problems

...........................................................................................1 Chapter One: Introduction ...............................................................2 Chapter Two: General Background ................................................3 2.1 Definition..............................................................................3 2.2 General Architecture .................................................................................4 2.3 Why ANN?....................................................................................................5 2.4 Implementation, Hardware vs. Software Simulations .......................6 2.5 The Neuron ...........................................................................7 2.6 Learning and Generalization.....................................................9 2.7 Back Propagation Learning ....................................................10 2.8 General Considerations ...........................................................13 2.9 Applications ........................................................................14 Chapter Three: Simulations and Applications..................................15 3.1 Matlab NN Toolbox ...................................................................15 3.2 Applications to Microwave Problems ......................................20 Chapter Four: Conclusions..............................................................30 Appendix ‘1’....................................................................................32 Appendix ‘2’....................................................................................34 References.......................................................................................36