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From: saswss@hotellng.unx.sas.com (Warren Sarle)
Subject: Re: Neural Networks v/s Statistics
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In article <805375412snz@longley.demon.co.uk>, David Longley <David@longley.demon.co.uk> writes:
|> ...
|> After I posted some material on the relationship between regression and
|> NNs in the context of a discussion on actuarial vs clinical (intuitive)
|> judgement (April/May), Warren Sarle of SAS kindly engaged me in a very
|> helpful discussion here, and gave me his FTP address at SAS so I could
|> download a couple of papers. I don't have the FTP site address to hand,
|> but should imagine that Warren will pick up on this and make it known.

I can hardly refuse such an invitation! Please also see the
comp.ai.neural-nets FAQ.

The following files are available by anonymous ftp from ftp.sas.com
(Internet gateway IP 192.35.83.8) in the directory /pub/sugi19/neural :

 README         This document.

 neural1.ps     Sarle, W.S. (1994), "Neural Networks and Statistical
                Models," Proceedings of the Nineteenth Annual SAS Users
                Group International Conference, Cary, NC: SAS Institute,
                pp 1538-1550. (Postscript file)

 neural2.ps     Sarle, W.S. (1994), "Neural Network Implementation in
                SAS Software," Proceedings of the Nineteenth Annual SAS
                Users Group International Conference, Cary, NC: SAS
                Institute, pp 1551-1573. (Slightly revised version,
                postscript file)

 ...            ...

 jargon         Translations of neural network and statistical jargon.

 kangaroos      Nontechnical explanation of training methods and
                nonlinear optimization (plain ascii version of
                material from neural2.ps, plus related posts from
                the comp.ai.neural-nets newsgroup on Usenet).

Please note that postscript files (those with a .ps extension) require
a postscript printer or viewer in order for you to read them.

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Warren S. Sarle       SAS Institute Inc.   The opinions expressed here
saswss@unx.sas.com    SAS Campus Drive     are mine and not necessarily
(919) 677-8000        Cary, NC 27513, USA  those of SAS Institute.



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Warren S. Sarle       SAS Institute Inc.   The opinions expressed here
saswss@unx.sas.com    SAS Campus Drive     are mine and not necessarily
(919) 677-8000        Cary, NC 27513, USA  those of SAS Institute.
