BIRLA INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY, RANCHI, INDIA

DEPARTMENT OF ELECTRICAL ENGINEERING

EE7117 NEURAL NETWORKS

Module - 1
Introduction - Brain & Machine, Biological Neurons & its mathematical model,
Artificial Neural Networks, Benefits and Applications, Architectures, Learning Process
(paradigms & algorithms), Correlation Matrix Memory, Adaptation. (6)
Module - 2
Supervised Learning I - Pattern space and Weight space, Linearly & non Linearly
separable classes, Decision Boundary, Hebbian learning & limitation, Perceptron,
Perceptron convergence theorem, Logic Functions implementations. (6)
Module - 3
LMS Algorithm: Wiener-Hopf equations, Steepest Descent Search method, LMS
algorithm, Convergence consideration in mean & mean square, Adaline, Learning curve,
Learning rate annealing schedules. (7)
Module - 4
Supervised Learning II: Multilayer Perceptrons, Backpropagation algorithm, XOR
Problem, Training modes, Optimum learning, Local minima, Network Pruning
techniques. (7)
Module - 5
Unsupervised Learning: Clustering, Hamming Networks, Maxnet, Simple competitive
learning,Winner-Take-All Networks, Learning Vector Quantizers, Counterpropagation
Networks, Self Organising Maps (Kohonen Networks), Adaptive Resonance Theory. (6)
Module - 6
Associative Models: Hopfield Networks (Discrete and continuous), Storage capacity,
Energy Function & minimization, Brain-State-in-a-Box Neural Network. (6)
Module - 7
Applications of ANN & Matlab Simulation: Character Recognition, Control
Applications, Data compression, Self organizing semantic Maps. (7)

Text Books:
1. Neural Networks : A Comprehensive Foundation Siman Haykin. (Pearson
Education)
2 Elements of Artificial Neural Networks Kishan Mehrotra, Chilukuri K. Mohan,
Sanjay Ranka. ( Penram International Publishing, India)

Reference Book
1. Neural Networks: A Classroom Approach Satish Kumar, Tata McGraw Hill)