E-raamat: Neural Nets WIRN VIETRI-98: Proceedings of the 10th Italian Workshop on Neural Nets, Vietri sul Mare, Salerno, Italy, 21-23 May 1998

Section 1 Marco Protasi Lectures.- In Memory of Marco Protasi.-
Computational Suspiciousness of Learning in Artificial Neural Nets.- Section
2 Invited Papers.- Software Foundation Libraries for Intelligent Systems.-
Theoretical Approaches to On-Line Learning in Smooth Multilayer Nets.-
Section 3 Review Paper.- Combining Neural Networks Hidden Markov Models for
Speech Recognition.- Section 4 Eduardo R. Caianiello Lecture.- Cellular
Neural Networks: An Approach to Circuit Design Information Processing.-
Section 5 Mathematical Models.- Correlation Collapse Under Persistent Input
Derangement in the Nervous System. Fitting pRAM Models for Thalamo-Cortical
Circuits.- A New Incremental Strategy for Function Approximation by Radial
Basis Function Neural Networks.- Soft-Competitive Versus EM Learning in
Cortical Map Modeling.- Spatio-Temporal Cortical Activity Patterns in
Cognitive Tasks Using fMRI.- Support Vector Machine for Nonparametric Binary
Hypothesis Testing.- Learning the Amplitude of Activation Functions in
Layered Networks.- The BRAIN Learning Algorithm.- Training Data Selection for
Optimal Generalization with Noise Variance Reduction in Neural Networks.-
Section 6 Pattern Recognition and Signal Processing.- Astronomical Object
Recognition by Means of Neural Networks.- Learning to Balance a Pole on a
Movable Cart Through RL: What Can Be Gained Using Adaptive NN?.- Mean-Field
Neural Networks for Antenna Array Diagnostics.- Intitial Letter Spotting as a
Complementary Feature for Lexical Filtering of Cursive Words.- Visual Person
Localization with Dynamic Neural Fields: Towards a Gesture Recognition
System.- Phoneme Classification Using a Rasta-PLP Preprocessing Algorithm and
a Time Delay Neural Network: Performance Studies.- A Neural System forRemote
Sensing Multispectral Image Classification.- Invariance of WNNs Performance
for Pattern Recognition Testing Translated Image Input Spaces.- The CALMA
Project: Computer Assisted Library for MAmmography.- Exploitation of Fuzzy
Information for Tokamak Plasma Shape Recognition.- New Results in Image
Compression Through M.A.I.A. Neural Networks.- The Effect of Public Sector on
the Financial Sector: An NN Approach in a View of Complexity.- A Hybrid
Framework for Indoor Robot Navigation.- Section 7 Architectures and
Algorithms.- Training Feedforward Neural Networks: Convergence Robustness
Analysis.- Solving the Travelling Salesman Problem Using the Kohonen Network
Incorporating Explicit Statistics.- Boosting Learning Algorithms for the
Colorimetric Characterization of Color Printers.- Handwritten Character
Recognition with an Analog Feature Extraction Module.- A High Performances
and High Versatility Reconfigurable System for Fast Prototyping of Digital
Neural Network Based on FPGA.- A L-Based Energy Function for SE Prediction.-
Robust Processing of Visual Evoked Potentials.- Convergence Properties of the
Circular Cascade Correlation Algorithm.- Neural Learning and Weight Flow on
Stiefel Manifold.- From Behavior to VHDL: A CAD Environment for SPNNs.-
Incremental Min-Max Network. Part 2: Continuous and Discrete Spaces.- An
Adaptable Boolean Neural Net Obtained by Connecting Seven Node Assemblies.- A
Comparative Evaluation of Constructive Sequential Methods.- A Unified
Approach to Sequential Constructive Methods.- SOMLib: A Distributed Digital
Library System Based on Self-Organizing Maps.- Incremental Min-Max Network.
Part 1: Continuous Spaces.- Tangent Models: Comparing the TD-Neuron
Constructive Algorithm Versus SVD Based Algorithms.- A Neural
Multi-AgentArchitecture for an Autonomous Mobile Robot Control.- Author Index.