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From: garydean@images.cs.und.ac.za
Newsgroups: comp.ai.neural-nets
Subject: Digital Character Recognition
Summary: Digit Recognition using back propogation network
Keywords: Digit Recognition
Message-ID: <1991Apr26.082505.11860@images.cs.und.ac.za>
Date: 26 Apr 91 08:25:05 GMT
Organization: Univ. Natal, Durban, S. Africa
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I'm currently studying for my Computer Science Honours and would like to use
neural nets to solve the problem of digit recognition. 

I plan to have a grid as input and would like to train the network using patterns 
of the digits 0-9.  After training, I would like the network to distinguish a digit
entered albeit in a slightly distorted form.

I have been reading the volumes available from the PDP research group. I have
tentatively decided to use back propogation but would like any form of comment 
or references to help me. 

Thanx in antcipation.

Gary Nicholson. 





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