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A model for goal oriented learning in a neural network

Abstract

dc:description.abstract

A mathematical model for goal oriented learning in a network of neuron-like elements was developed. Using a mouse/goal box analogy, a simulation of a network with four elements was programmed in Turbo Pascal, Version 4.0 (Borland International) to test the model. Each location in the network corresponded to a particular network input. The output of the network consisted of one of four behaviors: forward, backward, left or right. The network successfully learned sequences of up to six movements in increasingly complex mazes.

Degree

thesis:*
Name thesis:degree_name
Master of Science
Level thesis:degree_level
masters
Discipline thesis:degree_discipline
Electrical Engineering
Department dc:contributor.department
Electrical Engineering
Grantor dc:publisher
Virginia Tech
Year dc:date.issued
1989

Author and committee

dc:creator, dc:contributor.*
Author dc:creator
  • Aucoin, Bryan
Chair dc:contributor.committeechair
  • Ricci, Fred J.
Committee members dc:contributor.committeemember
  • Egyhazy, Csaba J.
  • Haddad, Emile K.

Rights

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Statement dc:rights
  • In Copyright
Language dc:language.iso
en

Identifiers

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Dc Identifier Other
etd-06122010-020604
OAI identifier oai:identifier
oai:vtechworks.lib.vt.edu:10919/43285

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Aucoin, Bryan. A model for goal oriented learning in a neural network. masters thesis, Virginia Tech, 1989. http://hdl.handle.net/10919/43285