Feedforward Neural Nets

Abstract
The sections in this article are 1 Neural Network Elements and Notation 2 The Literature 3 Roles for Artificial Neural Networks 4 Mathematical Setup for Feedforward Neural Networks 5 Basic Properties of the Representation by Neural Networks 6 The Representational Power of a Single-Hidden-Layer Network 7 Training a Neural Network: Background and Error Surface 8 Training: Backpropagation 9 Descent Algorithms 10 Trends and Open Problems