Relay-Version: version B 2.10 5/3/83; site utzoo.UUCP Path: utzoo!mnetor!uunet!seismo!ut-sally!im4u!rutgers!ucla-cs!zen!ucbvax!boulder.UUCP!mikek From: mikek@boulder.UUCP (Mike Kranzdorf) Newsgroups: comp.ai.digest Subject: Re: Neural Networks & Unaligned fields Message-ID: <2118@sigi.Colorado.EDU> Date: Fri, 4-Sep-87 12:13:31 EDT Article-I.D.: sigi.2118 Posted: Fri Sep 4 12:13:31 1987 Date-Received: Wed, 9-Sep-87 04:45:46 EDT References: <277@ndmath.UUCP> <12331701930.42.LAWS@KL.SRI.Com> Sender: daemon@ucbvax.BERKELEY.EDU Reply-To: boulder!mikek@boulder.colorado.edu (Mike Kranzdorf) Organization: University of Colorado, Boulder Lines: 9 Approved: ailist@stripe.sri.com The second reference above is correct, but fails to mention work by Fukishima and Mozer. These multi-layer networks are able to form an internal distributed representation of a pattern on an input retina. They demonstrate very good shift and scale invariance. The new and improved neocognitron (Fukishima) can even recognize multiple patterns on the retina. --mike mikek@boulder.colorado.edu