McClelland89 PDP Implications
<p>Nov 24, 2009 9:50 PM
 
Connectionist term was introduced by Julian Feldman.
 
Units and connections.
 
12  Non-linearities are necessary cuz  1)  to prevent explosive growth dur to positive feedback loops
unless wts are constrained  2) needed to augment learning power over that offered by a single layer.
 
See logistic function in Fig 2.3  ranges from 0 to 1 (y axis). 
 
20  The Learning principle
 
  <b>  Adjust the parameters of the mind such that the adjustment will reduce the discrpancy btwn the</b>
<b>expected and the observed.</b>
 
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