Introduction to Neural Networks John Paxton Montana State University Summer 2003

Commercial Application Neural networks were involved in more than 1 billion U.S. dollars in 1997!

Business Marketing –Microsoft. Direct mail marketing. –Albertsons. Determine the connection between buying diapers and buying beer. –BehavHeuristics Inc. Forecasts demand of airline flights. Real Estate –HNC. Automated Real Estate Appraisal.

Document and Form Processing Machine Printed Form Processing –Caere Corporation. Optical character recognition (FoxMaster). –Synaptics. Check reader. Hand Written Character Recognition. –Eastman Kodak. Forms processing for UK motor vehicle registration. –Fujitsu. Input to pen based computers.

Document and Form Processing Cursive Handwriting Character Recognition –Apple Newton 120. Input to PDA. Graphic Recognition –Fein-Marquet Associates, Inc. Converts a hand drawn chemistry picture into a table.

Food Industry Odor/Aroma Analysis –Sharp. Cooking control via an electronic nose in a microwave oven. Produce Development –M&M/Mars. Improved chemical formulations of products.

Food Industry Quality Assurance –Anheuser-Busch. Beer testing. –Florida Department of Citrus. Pulp wash detection. –Frito-Lay. Potato chip testing.

Financial Industry Market Trading –Gerber Baby Foods. Cattle futures trading. –John Deere. Pension management. –Walkrich Investment Advisors. Stock valuation. Credit Rating –Chase Financial. Forecast credit worthiness.

Financial Industry Fraud Detection –Dunn and Bradstreet. Check approval. –HNC. Credit card fraud detection (Falcon). –Mastercard. Deviations in spending habits.

Energy Electrical Load Forecasting –Bayernwerk AG. Hydroelectric Dam Operation –Tauernkraftwerke. Dam displacement prediction. Natural Gas –Northern Natural Gas. Predict gas index prices.

Manufacturing Process Controllers –Nippon Steel. Continuous casting. –Siemans. Rolling mill. Quality Control Systems –Dunlop. Tires. –Intel. Computer chips. –Volvo. Diesel knock testing. Paint inspection.

Medical and Health Care Image Analysis –NeuroMedical Systems, Inc. Pap smears. Drug Development –Vysis Inc. Protein analysis Resource Allocation –Anderson Memorial Hospital. Predict use of hospital resources.

Science and Engineering Chemical Engineering –StellarNet Inc. Spectroscopy. Electrical Engineering –NeuroCad Inc. Optimized circuit routing. Weather –National Weather Service.

Transportation and Communication Transportation –London Underground. Fault detection. –Rolls Royce. Fault detection. Communication –AT&T/Lucent. Echo cancellation systems (more than 20 years).