Parallel Distributed Processing: Explorations in the Microstructure of Cognition: Foundations

By David E. Rumelhart, James L. McClelland, PDP Research Group

Book Overview

Volume 1 lays the foundations of this exciting theory of parallel distributed processing

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0262181207
• ISBN13: 9780262181204
• Release Date: January 1986
• Publisher: Bradford Book
• Length: 567 Pages
• Weight: 2.40 lbs.
• Dimensions: 1.3" x 6.3" x 9.4"

Customer Reviews

Classic and Influential

This book establishes the foundation mathematics and definitions of what are now called "neural networks". In 1986 these guys (on DARPA grants) figured out the basics of what is (in my opinion) the most significant advance in artifical intelligence since the 1960s. The book is a bit dry, as a fully rigorous academic text usually is, but the results speak for themselves - the techniques and approaches described in this book...

A Historic Milestone: A book for AI and machine learning

Though I believe I am not the first person writing the book review of this historic book, I still feel honored to encourage the new readers to read this one of most important AI research book published in 1986. The book edited by Rumlhart and McClelland was well organized and well written, comprised of a series of independent and interesting topics in neural network researches given by the dedicated authors. The editors themselves...