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From: saswss@hotellng.unx.sas.com (Warren Sarle)
Subject: Re: Please Help me on BIAS
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In article <3283A18E.7B32@dial.pipex.com>, Andrew Wood <xaq07@dial.pipex.com> writes:
|> Can anyone help explaine the use of Bias in the Perceptron?
|> What is it?
|> Why is it Used?
|> How does it effect the Transfer Function?
|> What are the results?

See "Why use a bias input?" in the Neural Network FAQ, part 2 of 7:
Learning, at ftp://ftp.sas.com/pub/neural/FAQ2.html.


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