Maryland MIRRORS/II: a connectionist model simulator.
Developing and evaluating connectionist models (also called neural models) is a difficult and time-consuming task. To address this issue, we designed a software system called Maryland MIRRORS/II for the construction of connectionist models in biomedicine and other fields. Maryland MIRRORS/II is distinguished from previous and current related systems by its support of a high-level nonprocedural language, a general-purpose event-handling mechanism, and an indexed library of system resources. These features make Maryland MIRRORS/II a convenient software tool for use in biomedicine. This paper describes Maryland MIRRORS/II and provides a simple example in which it uses error back propagation learning to select the appropriate treatment for a given set of manifestations.
D'Autrechy
C L
CL
University of Maryland.
Reggia
J A
JA
Sutton
G G
GG
Goodall
S M
SM
D003198:Computer Simulation; D008959:Models, Neurological; D011381:Programming Languages; D012984:Software; D012985:Software Design