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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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>&nbsp;--&nbsp;Creates an artificial neural network.</DT
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>&nbsp;--&nbsp;Train an artificial neural network.</DT
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>&nbsp;--&nbsp;Save an artificial neural network to a file.</DT
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>&nbsp;--&nbsp;Run an artificial neural network.</DT
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>&nbsp;--&nbsp;Randomize the weights of the neurons in the network.</DT
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>&nbsp;--&nbsp;Initialize the weight of each connection.</DT
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>&nbsp;--&nbsp;Get the mean squared error.</DT
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>&nbsp;--&nbsp;Get the number of input neurons.</DT
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>&nbsp;--&nbsp;Get the number of output neurons.</DT
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>&nbsp;--&nbsp;Get the total number of neurons.</DT
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>&nbsp;--&nbsp;Get the total number of connections.</DT
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>&nbsp;--&nbsp;Get the learning rate.</DT
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>&nbsp;--&nbsp;Get the activation function of the hidden neurons.</DT
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>&nbsp;--&nbsp;Get the activation function of the output neurons.</DT
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>&nbsp;--&nbsp;Get the steepness of the activation function for the hidden neurons.</DT
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>&nbsp;--&nbsp;Get the steepness of the activation function for the output neurons.</DT
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>&nbsp;--&nbsp;Set the learning rate.</DT
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>&nbsp;--&nbsp;Set the activation function for the hidden neurons.</DT
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>&nbsp;--&nbsp;Set the activation function for the output neurons.</DT
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>&nbsp;--&nbsp;Set the steepness of the activation function for the hidden neurons.</DT
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>&nbsp;--&nbsp;Set the steepness of the activation function for the output neurons.</DT
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