1. Editorial

   • François Blayo
   • Michael Verleysen

   EditorialNotes Pages: 1 - 1

2. Multilayer perceptrons combination applied to handwritten character recognition

   • Bernard Gosselin

   OriginalPaper Pages: 3 - 10

3. Improving reinforcement learning in stochastic RAM-based neural networks

   • Alistair Ferguson
   • Hamid Bolouri

   OriginalPaper Pages: 11 - 15

4. Radial basis function networks with FIR/IIR synapses

   • Iulian B. Ciocoiu

   OriginalPaper Pages: 17 - 22

5. A stochastically motivated random initialization of pattern classifying MLPs

   • Jean-Pierre Martens

   OriginalPaper Pages: 23 - 29

6. Linear correlation-based learning models require a two-stage process for the development of orientation and ocular dominance

   • Christian Piepenbrock
   • Helge Ritter
   • Klaus Obermayer

   OriginalPaper Pages: 31 - 37

7. Self-organization and functional role of lateral connections and multisize receptive fields in the primary visual cortex

   • Joseph Sirosh
   • Risto Miikkulainen

   OriginalPaper Pages: 39 - 48

8. A short term memory for Neural Networds which allows recognition and reproduction of complex sequences of integers with the minimum number of weights

   • A. J. Kirke

   OriginalPaper Pages: 49 - 54