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- Neumap3.zip, 598K Bytes, A Menu-Driven Neural Network Package for the PC,
- for Mapping or Estimation Networks
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- A. System Requirements
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-
- (1) x86-compatible DOS machine with math coprocessor.
- (2) 512k RAM.
- (3) MSDOS 5.0 or later.
- (4) A text editor called "Edit" in the path
- (5) c:\dos is in the path.
- (6) 3 megabytes of disk space, on disk c:
- (7) Pkunzip version 204g must be in the path.
- (8) The software can be operated with or without a bus-type mouse.
- A serial mouse may make the menus operate sluggishly.
- (9) The software can be run from Windows or DOS. A Windows icon is included.
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- B. Software Author
- ---------------
-
- The author of all programs in the Neumap.zip package,
- except for program Ben.exe, is
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- Michael T. Manry
- P.O. Box 195069
- Arlington, Texas 76019
- Compuserve: 73424,1327
- Email: manry@uta.edu
-
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- C. What the Neumap Package Does
- ----------------------------
-
- The package consists of several programs, called by a menu system,
- which design and analyze artificial neural networks for mapping or
- estimation. Included are programs which;
- (1) Put ASCII data into the correct format for neural processing,
- (2) Calculate the required size of a multilayer perceptron from a
- training data file
- (3) Train a multilayer perceptron (MLP) neural net using
- backpropagation or a fast training method,
- (4) Analyze and prune a trained neural network.
- (5) Create a fortran subroutine which implements the trained network,
- (6) Apply the trained network to data,
- (7) Train and apply functional link neural networks, and
- (8) Apply conventional and neural unsupervised learning to a data file.
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- D. Demo versus Full-blown Versions
- -------------------------------
-
- (1) The programs in the package are fully functional demos, except
- that some programs do not save weights to be used later.
- (2) The 32-bit, full-blown versions of all programs in this package run
- approximately three times as fast as the demo versions.
- (3) A fast demo version of the package, called Neump.zip, will soon
- be available at me.uta.edu.
-
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- E. New in this Version
- --------------------
- (1) Greatly improved help files
- (2) Improved menus
- (3) Minor software changes
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- F. Getting Started
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-
- (1) Install the Neumap package automatically using the install
- batch file, or manually by following the instructions below.
- (2) Then go to the \Neuron\Batchm\Dat subdirectory and type
- "numap" <Ret> to start up the package.
- (3) For every menu category, in the order listed, go to the option
- called "Batch Run", if there is one, and press <Ret>. This
- will start up the "DOS Edit" editor for a parameter file used
- to control a demo run of one of the programs.
- (4) Examine the keyboard responses printed in the parameter file.
- When you are ready for the demo, exit the editor. The program will
- then be run using the parameter file.
- (5) When you begin to get a feel for what the package does, you
- can process your own data files.
-
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- G. Installing the Software
- -----------------------
-
- (1) For automatic installation, type install.
- (2) For manual installation, create directories \neuron, \neuron\batchm, and
- \neuron\batchm\dat, and put files mapex.zp, nump.zp, and datm.zp
- respectively into these directories. Unzip the zip files.
- (3) Put the batch file numap.bat in the DOS directory or elsewhere in
- the path before running this package.
- (4) Go to a directory which has training data, such as \neuron\batchm\dat
- (5) Type "numap" at the DOS prompt to start up the package.
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- H. Use and Distribution of Neumap.zip
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-
- Users can distribute the file Neumap.zip to any person or bulletin
- board, but cannot sell it or distribute individual component programs
- in the package.
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- I. File Ben.exe
- ------------
-
- The Neumap package uses "The Batch ENhancer (c) 1993, Version 3.11"
- to create and display menus. Queries concerning "The Batch Enhancer"
- (file Ben.exe) should be addressed to
-
- Simon Lee
- Simvis Software
- 7905 Bayview Ave., Unit 1019
- Thornhill
- Ontario, Canada L3T 7N3
-
- Phone: (416) 882-2514
- Fax: (416) 882-2527