Resources for Artificial Neural Network Research, Study, and Play Version 1.04 August 11, 1991 Copyright 1991 by Wesley R. Elsberry Released for non-commercial distribution via free-access electronic media. Send additions, corrections, and comments to Wesley R. Elsberry. Email: elsberry@arrisun3.uta.edu, elsberry@cse.uta.edu, wesley.elsberry@f303.n930.z8.rbbs-net.org Voice: 817-551-7018 Data: 817-551-9363 (up to 9600 bps) Snail-mail: 528 Chambers Creek Dr. S., Everman, TX 76140 ___________________________________ Societies: Dallas / Fort Worth Area: - Metroplex Institute for Neural Dynamics (MIND). Non-profit organization for the promotion of neural network inquiry in the DFW area. Monthly meetings, newsletters, annual workshops. Dues are $10 per year, meetings are open to the public. Contact: Alice O'Toole, School of Human Development, UTD, Richardson, TX 75083-0688. Email: otoole@utdallas.edu International: - International Neural Network Society (INNS). "An association of scientists, engineers, students, and others seeking to learn about and advance our understanding of the modelling of behavioral and brain processes, and the application of neural modelling concepts to technological problems. INNS membership includes a subscription to Neural Networks, the official journal of the society." Membership is $60 for non-students and $40 for students per year. Contact: INNS Membership, P.O. Box 491166, Ft. Washington, MD 20749. - International Student Society for Neural Networks (ISSNNets). Membership is $5 per year. Non-students can become associate (non-voting) members. Contact: ISSNNet Memberships, 111 Cummington St., Rm. 244, Boston, MA 02215. - Women In Neural Network Research and technology (WINNERS). Contact WINNERS, c/o Judith Dayhoff, 11141 Georgia Ave., Suite 206, Wheaton, MD 20902. Telephone: 301-933-9000. --------------------- Newsletters: - Computists International. A weekly newsletter featuring topics of interest to the editor, Ken Laws. Subscription price is available from Ken Laws at LAWS@ai.sri.com or via USPS: Dr. Kenneth I. Laws; 4064 Sutherland Drive, Palo Alto, CA 94303; daytime phone (415) 493-7390. - Intelligence: The Future of Computing. Covers commercial developments in ANNs in a style similar to the "What's New" section of Byte. Published monthly, edited by Edward Rosenfeld. Subscriptions are $295 per year. Contact: Intelligence, P.O. Box 20008, New York, NY 10025-1510. Telephone: 212-222-1123 or 800-NEURALS. - Intelligent Software Strategies: The monthly newsletter on expert systems, OOP, CASE, Neural Networks & Natural Language. Edited by Paul Harmon. Subscriptions run $367 per year. Cutter Information Corp., 37 Broadway, Arlington, MA 02174-5539. 617-648-8700, Fax 617-648-8707. - Neural Network News. Ask for a sample copy from AI Week, Inc., 2555 Cumberland Parkway, Suite 299, Atlanta, GA 30339. Telephone: 404-434-2187 (voice), 404-432-6969 (fax). - Neural Technology Update. Monthly publication covering commercial developments and market forecasts for ANN technology. Subscription is $295 per year. Contact: Graeme Publishing Corp., 3 Northern Boulevard, Amherst, NH 03031. - ShadeTree News. An AI newsletter catering to the amateur, features an ANN column written by an employee of California Scientific Software. A subscription runs $9.00, payable to Bill Keller. Send it to: ShadeTree BBS, c/o Bill Keller, 417 Peebles Street, Pittsburgh, PA 15221. - Sixth Generation Systems (formarly Neurocomputers). Covers commercial developments and interesting research in ANNs. Published monthly by Sixth Generation Systems, edited by Derek F. Stubbs. Subscriptions are $79 per year. Contact: Neurocomputers, Gallifrey Publishing, P.O. Box 155, Vicksburg, Michigan 49097. Telephone: 616-649-3772 (voice), 616-649-3592 (fax), 800-245-0041 (orders). --------------------- Magazines: - AI Expert. Regularly includes ANN related articles, product announcements, and application reports. Listings of ANN programs are available on AI Expert affiliated BBS's across the country. Miller Freeman Publishing Co., for subscription call 415-267-7672. - PC AI. AI magazine that occasionally highlights ANN topics. Published six times per year. Subscription rate is $28 per year. Contact: PC AI, 3310 West Bell Rd., Suite 119, Phoenix, AZ 85023. Telephone: 602-439-3253. - Dr. Dobb's Journal. Very occasional appearance of ANN articles. --------------------- Electronic information: - Newsgroup comp.ai.neural-networks. Available over Usenet and Internet. Contact your system administrator for details on how to set up receiving this newsgroup. - Newsgroup comp.org.issnnets. Available over Usenet and Internet. This is the newsgroup for the International Student Society for Neural Networks. - Discussion group connectionists. This is moderated by Scott Fahlman and David Touretzsky. Send request for inclusion in distribution to connectionists-request@cs.cmu.edu. Be prepared to substantiate your involvement in the ANN field. - Echo discussion area NEURAL_NET. Available thrugh FidoNet, RBBS-Net, and other EchoMail compatible hobbyist bulletin board systems. Moderated by Wesley R. Elsberry. Contact the sysop of a local BBS to request the addition of the NEURAL_NET Echo. Boards carrying the NEURAL_NET Echo include the Interocitor BBS (Dallas, TX: 214- 258-1832), ShadeTree BBS (Pgh., PA: 412-249-9416), and CNS BBS (Fort Worth, TX: 817-551-9363). - Neuron Digest. An electronic newsletter available over Internet. Updates are slightly more frequent than once a week. Moderated by Peter Marvit. To subscribe, send email to . ----------------------- Simulation programs and ANN related text in electronic distribution: - Various simulation programs are available via anonymous FTP: MIGRAINES From Mitre Corp., also Aspirin PlaNet5.6 FTP: 128.138.240.1 ( boulder.colorado.edu ) Mactivation - associative memory for the Mac FTP: 128.138.240.32 DIR: pub The UCI Repository Of Machine Learning Databases bps - George Mason University Back Prop Simulator MIRRORS/II -- Maryland MIRRORS/II Connectionist Simulator NeurDS -- The Neural Design and Simulation System. FTP: 16.1.0.2 DIR: pub/DEC FULL -- Fully connected temporally recurrent neural networks. GRADSIM Connectionist Network Simulator. Good for time-delay networks. opt -- A Neural-Net Training Program Based on Conjugate-Gradient CasCor1 -- Cascade-Correlation Simulator GENESIS - GEneral NEural SImulation System with XODUS - X-windows Output and Display Utility for Simulations SunNet A generalized simulator. RCS - The Rochester Connectionist Simulator FTP: cs.rochester.edu (192.5.53.209) DIR: pub/simulator SFINX -- Structure and Function in Neural Connections - Central Neural System Bulletin Board carries a large selection of ANN programs, tutorials, and other text. Access is free. Modem: 817-551-9363. ADALINE.ARJ 45k (DOS) ADALINE ANN model tutorial, demo simulation AIEXP_NN.ARJ 108k (DOS) AI Expert Mag's Neural Network demo disk. ANNCAM.ARJ 4k (DOS) Content Addressable Memory ARTICLE2.TXT 21k (TEXT) An unorganized NN related bibliography ART_CODE.ANN 23k (SOURCE) ART 1 & 2 in C AUTONET.ARJ 69k (DEMO: DOS) EGA/VGA ANN builder w/ examples BAM.ARJ 28k (DOS) Bidirectional Associative Memory Simulation BATCHNET.ARJ 43k (DOS) Three-layer back-prop ANN BAYES.ARJ 4k (DOS) Tree-structured Bayesian belief network BENCH.ARJ 294k (TEXT) Neural Network benchmarks BPSIM2.ARJ 42k (DOS, Amiga, Sun) Back-propagation package BPS_100.ARJ 190k (DOS,UNIX,MAC) Back-Propagation Simulation package BRAINOCR.ARJ 3k (Brainmaker) PCX reader BVE.ARJ 40k (Brainmaker) Variable Evaluator Utility CASCOR.ARJ 102k (SOURCE) Cascade Correlation NNs in LISP and C CNNOE91.WS 19k WordStar 5.5 document of Ocean Engineering NN conference CORLITHM.ARJ 10k Correlithm theory overview and software modules, some refs DDJ-AI.ARJ 148k Dr. Dobb's AI programs, including SILOAM -- a perceptron ANN DDJ-APR.ARJ 27k Dr. Dobb's programs, including some ANN simulations DESIRE.ARJ 150k (DEMO: DOS) Korn's DESIRE modelling package demo DYNSYS.ARJ 303k (DEMO: DOS) Dynamical System's modelling package demo ET.ARJ 52k (DOS) Perceptron simulator FACESIM.ARJ 8k Alice O'Toole's face recognition ANN source code GDELTA.PAS 14k Description not available GENALG.ARJ 30k (DOS) A simple genetic algorithm demo program GENESIS.ARJ 55k (UNIX) Genesis Genetic Algorithm package GRADSIM2.Z 297k (UNIX) Package for time-delay ANNs [compress and tar] GRADSIMF.Z 47k (UNIX) Package for time-delay ANNs, minimal [compress & tar] HOPFIELD.ARJ 28k Hopfield neural net - need UNIX tar command to unpack JEDI.ZOO 70k (DOS) Jet engine simulation system using ANNs KNOWREP.ARJ 14k (TEXT) MIND Workshop on NNs for Knowledge Representation MAC33.HQX 141k (MAC) Mactivation 3.3 in Stuffit format MATH'ICA.ARJ 309k (DEMO: DOS w/VGA) Mathematica demonstration program MD2.ARJ 2k (DOS) Simple medical diagnosis ANN in BASIC MINDNOTE.ARJ 45k (TEXT) MIND Meeting Notes MIND_TXT.ARJ 43k (TEXT) MIND Newsletter announcements N'WARE.ARJ 351k (DEMO: DOS) Neuralware's Neuralworks II demo NASANETS.ARJ 154k (C SOURCE) NETS Version 2.0 by Paul Baffes of NASA. NDV6_0.ARJ 104k (TEXT) Neuron Digest V6 I:0-9 NDV6_1.ARJ 104k (TEXT) Neuron Digest V6 I:10-19 NDV6_2.ARJ 125k (TEXT) Neuron Digest V6 I:20-29 NDV6_3.ARJ 123k (TEXT) Neuron Digest V6 I:30-39 NDV6_4.ARJ 128k (TEXT) Neuron Digest V6 I:40-49 NDV6_5.ARJ 115k (TEXT) Neuron Digest V6 I:50-59 NDV6_6.ARJ 117k (TEXT) Neuron Digest V6 I:60-69 NDV6_7.ARJ 51k (TEXT) Neuron Digest V6 I:70-79 NDV7_0.ARJ 102k (TEXT) Neuron Digest V7 I:1-9 NDV7_1.ARJ 102k (TEXT) Neuron Digest V7 I:10-19 NDV7_2.ARJ 47k (TEXT) Neuron Digest V7 I:20-?? ND_V5.ARJ 193k (TEXT) Neuron Digest Volume 5 NETLAB01.ARJ 132k (DOS) Netlab v0.1 ANN hardware simulator NEURAL.ARJ 136k Description not available NEURAL.PIT 261k (MAC) ANN program for the Macintosh NEUROSIM.ARJ 109k (DOS) Shareware BP & Kohonen simulator by author of ET NEURTTT.ARJ 60k (DOS) Neural Network Tic-Tac-Toe demonstration NEWRULE.ARJ 33k Gary Coulter's NEWRULE BP ANN with GWBASIC source NEWRULE.BAS 8k Gary Coulter's NEWRULE source code, GWBASIC ASCII text NEWRULEC.ARJ 26k E. Nicol's port to C of Coulter's NEWRULE BP ANN sim. NN2.ARJ 28k (DOS) ANN simulator with 256 neurons NNET.ARJ 4k (DOS) NASA Tech Briefs concerning ANN NNETDRAW.ARJ 48k (DOS) ANN BP tutorial with Prolog source NNPCTOOL.ARJ 331k (DOS) Neural Network PC Tools support software NNS.ARJ 28k (DOS) Neural Net Simulator written by Fred Mitchell (c) 1987. NN_FTP.LST 22k (TEXT) FTP sites for NN simulators. NRLNET10.ARJ 41k (DOS) Back-propagation network construction kit NSHELL.ARJ 20k (DOS) NeuroShell demo NW2DEM01.!CP 271k (DOS) NeuralWorks 2 Pro demo NW2DEM02.!CP 271k (DOS) NeuralWorks 2 Pro demo NW2DEM03.!CP 271k (DOS) NeuralWorks 2 Pro demo NW2DEM04.!CP 271k (DOS) NeuralWorks 2 Pro demo NW2DEMO.TXT 1k (TEXT) How to setup NeuralWorks 2 Pro demo from parts PDNNET.ARJ 59k (DOS) PD BP ANN with Turbo C source PERCEPT.ARJ 4k (DOS) Perceptron ANN R&MBPANN.ARJ 5k (DOS) Back-prop in C from Rumelhart & McClelland RESRC103.TXT 28k (TEXT) Resources for ANN Research, Study, & Play SILOAM.ARJ 135k (DOS) Neural network for pattern recognition SRC_CODE.LST 3K (TEXT) List of ANNSIM files including source code S_GROSSB.ARJ 2k (TEXT) A Grossberg bibliography TANN.ARJ 128k (DOS) Neural networking kit with examples TARRTAR.ARJ 113k (DOS) Graphic ANN demo with several models [EGA] TOGAI.ARJ 131k (DEMO: DOS) Togai Infralogic's fuzzy & NN demos (Windows?) TOPMAP.ARJ 4k (DOS) Kohonen topology preserving maps in Pascal TTT_ANN.ARJ 6k (SOURCE) C code for Tic-Tac-Toe neural network USENET01.ARJ 64k Usenet text discussions on AI and ANNs USENET02.ARJ 39k More Usenet neural network discussions V7I*.ND 29k (TEXT) Neuron Digest V7 I:* WORKABST.MND 23k (TEXT) Abstracts from MIND's 4th Annual Workshop WRE_THES.ARJ 248k (DOS) Master's thesis, with ANN source, exec, and text. --------------------- Commercial ANN Hardware and Software - BrainMaker v2.3. Simulation package for PC. BP algorithm, user chosen activation functions. $195. California Scientific Software, 10141 Evening Star Drive #6, Grass Valley, CA 95945, 800-284-8112. - BrainMaker Professional v2.0. Simulation package for PC. BP algorithm, can use 80x87 numeric coprocessor, Intel i80170NW NN training system. Expands capabilities of BrainMaker v2.3. $795. California Scientific Software. - CAD/Chem. Chemical custom formulation system. AI Ware, 11000 Cedar Ave., Cleveland, OH 44106, 216-421-2380, Fax 216-421-2383. - Fuzzy MicroController Model NLX230. A configurable VLSI Fuzzy Logic Engine chip. American NeuraLogix, Inc., 411 Central Park Drive, Sanford, FL 32771, 407-322-5608, Fax 407-322-5609. - JT-Nets. Claims to run user ANN model on user's system of choice, delivery in C source code with weights. Contact JT-Nets, P.O. Box 713, Sterling, VA 22170, 703-941-6387. - N-Euroboard products. Boards, sensors, and auxiliary products for hardware ANN prototyping and systems. E.g.: Frank: a tracked euro-rack mobile robot chassis, $3199. Contact: Simon Smith, Technology Applications Group, 5 Bolams Mill, Dispensary Street, Alnwick, Northumberland, NE66 ILN, UK, Tel.: +44 665 604895, Fax +44 665 510624, email: simon@tag.co.uk - NET-Link+. Package to link NEXPERT OBJECT, NeuralWorks Professional II/PLUS, AIM, and TILShell products into integrated systems. NORRAD, 114 Daniel Webster Highway South, Suite 280, Nashua, NH 03060. Troy Nolen: 603-434-0047. - NeuralWorks Explorer. Simulation package for PC and Macintosh. BP, ADALINE, BAM, BSB, Counter-propagation, Hopfield, and Perceptron models. $99. Contact NeuralWare, Inc., Penn Center West, Building IV, Suite 227, Pittsburgh, PA 15276, 412-787-8222, Fax 412-787-8220. - NeuralWorks Professional II/PLUS. Simulation package for PC; Intel i860; Apple Macintosh II or SE 30; Sun SPARC; IBM RS 6000; NEC EWS 4800/22, 4800/260; & VAX Ultrix. Great variety of models implemented. ~$1500. See the NeuralWorks Explorer entry for NeuralWare's address. --------------------- Books, Introductory: - Aleksander, I., & Morton, H. 1990. An Introduction to Neural Computing. Chapman & Hall. - Anderson, J.A., & E. Rosenfeld. 1988. Neurocomputing: Foundations of Research. The MIT Press, Cambridge, MA. - Beale, R., & T. Jackson. 1990. Neural Computing, an Introduction. Adam Hilger, IOP Publishing Ltd. (ISBN 0-85274-262-2). - Beer, R.D. 1990. Intelligence as Adaptive Behavior. Academic Press. 240 pp. (ISBN: 0-12-084730-2) $29.95. - Caudill, M., & C. Butler. 1990. Naturally Intelligent Systems. MIT Press: Cambridge, Massachusetts. (ISBN 0-262-03156-6) - Dayhoff, J. 1990. Neural Network Architectures: An Introduction. Van Nostrand Reinhold. - Eberhart, R.C. & R.W. Dobbins. 1990. Neural Network PC Tools: A Practical Guide. Academic Press. 440 pp. (ISBN: 0-12-228640-5) $44.95 - Hertz, J.A., R.G. Palmer, & A.S. Krogh. 1990. Introduction to the Theory of Neural Computation. Addison-Wesley Publishing Company, Inc. (ISBN 0-201-5160-1) - Levine, D.S. 1991. Introduction to Neural and Cognitive Modeling. Lawrence Erlbaum Publishers. (ISBN 0-8058-0268-1) Paperback is priced at $19.95, a steal! - Maren, A.J., C.T. Hartson, & R.M. Pap. 1990. Handbook of Neural Computing Applications. Academic Press. 448 pp. (ISBN: 0-12- 471260-6) $69.95 - McClelland, J.L., & D.E. Rumelhart. 1988. Explorations in Parallel Distributed Processing: Computational Models of Cognition & Perception (software & manual). The MIT Press. [Versions for the IBM PC and Apple Macintosh] - Pao, Y.H. 1989. Adaptive Pattern Recognition & Neural Networks. Addison-Wesley Publishing Company, Inc. (ISBN 0-201-12584-6) - Rumelhart, D.E., & J.L. McClelland. 1986. Parallel Distributed Processing: Explorations in the Microstructure of Cognition (volumes 1 & 2). The MIT Press. - Simpson, P. 1990. Artificial Neural Systems: Foundations, Paradigms, Applications, and Implementations. Pergamon Press. (ISBN 0-08-037894-3) [This one includes an extensive listing of network equations.] - Stanley, J. 1989. Introduction to Neural Networks. California Scientific Software. - Wasserman, P.D. 1989. Neural Computing: Theory & Practice. Van Nostrand Reinhold. (ISBN 0-442-20743-3) - Wasserman, P.D. 1989. Neuralsource: The Bibliographic Guide to Artificial Neural Networks. Van Nostrand Reinhold. - Wunsch, D. (Ed.) 1991. Neural Networks: An Introduction. Pergamon Press. - Zeidenberg. M. 1990. Neural Networks in Artificial Intelligence. Ellis Horwood, Ltd., Chichester. - Zornetzer, S.F., J.L. Davis, & C. Lau (eds.). 1990. An Introduction to Neural and Electronic Networks. Academic Press. 492 pp. (ISBN: 0-12-781881-2 paper, 0-12-781880-4 hardcover) $44.95 paper, $99.50 hardcover. --------------------- Journals: - Artificial Intelligence: An International Journal. 18 issues / year. Elsevier Science Publishers, Attn.: Ursula van Dijk, P.O. Box 103, 1000 AC Amsterdam, The Netherlands OR AAAI, AI Journal, 445 Burgess Drive, Menlo Park, CA 94025-3496. - IEEE Transactions on Neural Networks. $75 for non-members, $10 for IEEE sponsoring society members, $15 for other IEEE members. Contact: IEEE Service Center, CP Department/P.O. Box 1331, 455 Hoes Lane, Piscataway, NJ 08855-1331. - Journal of Cognitive Neuroscience. Published quarterly. $53 for individuals, $35 for students or retired persons. Contact: MIT Press, 55 Hayward Street, Cambridge, MA 02142. Telephone: 617-253-2889. - Journal of Neural Networks. Produced by the INNS. See "Societies" above. - Journal of Neural Network Computing. The hands-on journal, with emphasis placed on applications. Published quarterly. Edited by Harold Szu. Subscription is $145 per year. To order, call: 800-950-1216. - Neural Computation. Published quarterly. Contact: MIT Press (see J. Cognitive Neuroscience). - Neurocomputing: An International Journal. Bimonthly. Publishes articles describing recent fundamental contributions in the field of neurocomputing. Theory, practice, and applications are the essential topics being covered. Elsevier Science Publishers, P.O. Box 103, 1000 AC Amsterdam, The Netherlands. --------------------- Cooperative Projects - DEANNA (Database for European Artificial Neural Net Activity). Objectives: Database incorporating European ANN activity; creation of a European neural net advisory structure; development of neural net simulators; evaluation of DEANNA results; publication of results by report, video, diskette, workshop, and international conference. Contact: The Secretary, Centre for Neural Networks, King's College London, Strand, London, WC2R 2LS, UK. --------------------- Databases - Benchmarks for ANNs. FTP to cs.cmu.edu, look in /project/connect/bench. - Neuroprose archives. Large collection of papers, technical reports and other text, mostly in PostScript format. FTP to cheops.cis.ohio- state.edu. --------------------- Questions concerning "Resources for Artificial Neural Network Research, Study, and Play": Q: Why isn't my book/tutorial/journal/newsletter/etc. listed? A: You probably have not sent a machine readable description to Wesley Elsberry yet. Send email, dial-up the CNS BBS and leave a message, or send a floppy diskette. I try to make the list as complete as possible, and update regularly, but, contrary to popular opinion, I'm not clairvoyant. Q: Why is the description of my book/tutorial/journal/newsletter/etc. not anywhere near accurate? A: Because I'm fallible. Please correct those glitches by sending me updated or correct information. Q: How can I get my demo program/simulation/tutorial/text added to the CNS BBS archives? A: Again, send your contribution via email (compress and uuencode, please), floppy diskette, or upload directly to CNS. Q: How can I get the latest version of RESRC*.TXT? A: The latest version is always available for download from CNS BBS.