Introduction to Neural Networks

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Introduction to Neural Networks

• John Paxton
• Montana State University
• Summer 2003

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Commercial Application

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

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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.

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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.

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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.

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Food Industry

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

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Food Industry

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

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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.

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Financial Industry

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

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Energy

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

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Manufacturing

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

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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.

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Science and Engineering

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

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Transportation and Communication

• Transportation
• London Underground. Fault detection.
• Rolls Royce. Fault detection.
• Communication
• ATT/Lucent. Echo cancellation systems (more
  than 20 years).