Table of contents : Introduction: Neural networks as associative devices....Pages 1-9 Backpropagation networks for Grapheme-Phoneme conversion: A non-technical introduction....Pages 11-36 Back Propagation....Pages 37-66 Perceptrons....Pages 67-81 Kohonen network....Pages 83-100 Adaptive Resonance Theory....Pages 101-117 Boltzmann Machines....Pages 119-129 Representation issues in Boltzmann machines....Pages 131-144 Optimisation networks....Pages 145-156 Local search in combinatorial optimization....Pages 157-174 Process identification and control....Pages 175-204 Learning controllers using neural networks....Pages 205-233 Key issues for successful industrial neural-network applications: An application in geology....Pages 235-245 Neural cognodynamics....Pages 247-271 Choosing and using a neural net....Pages 273-287