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The s t a b i l i t y , c a p a c i t y , and design o f a n o n l i n e a r , continuous neural netwark are analyzed. S u f f i c i e n t c o n d i t i o n s f o r e x i s t e n c e and asymptotic s t a b i l i t y o f t h e network's equi-l i b r i a are reduced t o a s e t o f piecewise l i n e a r i n e q u a l i t y r e 1 a t i ons whi ch can be s o l ved by a feedforward b i nary network,...

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