Neural Nets WIRN Vietri-01: Proceedings of the 12th Italian Workshop on Neural Nets, Vietri sul Mare, Salerno, Italy, 17–19 May 2001

This book contains the proceedings of the 12th Italian workshop on neural nets which was held in Salerno, Italy from 17-19 May 2001. Bringing together the very best research and development from the scientific community, it provides in-depth analyses of topics in the areas of Architectures and Algorithms, Image and Signal Processing, and Applications.
Of particular interest are the following:
Invited lectures on: Computation in Neuromorphic Analog VLSI Systems; On Connectionism and Rule Extraction; and Beyond Simple Rule Extraction: Acquiring Planning Knowledge from Neural Networks;
A review talk on: Neurofuzzy Approximator Based on Mamdani's Model;
Papers from a special session on: From Synapses to Rules.
This volume provides a state-of-the-art overview of current research and will be of interest to graduate and postgraduate students and researchers in the fields of computer science; engineering; physics and mathematics.