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Artificial Neural Networks made easy with the FANN library

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Neural networks are typically associated with specialised applications, developed only by select groups of experts. This misconception has had a highly negative effect on its popularity. Hopefully, the FANN library will help fill this gap.
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>fann_init_weights&nbsp;--&nbsp;Initialize the weight of each connection.</DIV
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><span
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>ann</span
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>&#13;	    This function behaves similarly to <A
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	    to set the weights in such a way as to speed up training.
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>&#13;	    The algorithm requires access to the range of the input data (ie, largest and smallest input), and therefore accepts a second
	    argument, <VAR
CLASS="parameter"
>data</VAR
>, which is the training data that will be used to train the network.
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>&#13;	    See also: <A
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>Adjusting Parameters</I
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