Syllabus
Unit 1
Artificial Neural Networks – Pattern classification – Single and Multilayer perceptrons – Backpropagation – Pattern Association – Hebbian learning – Hopfield networks – Bidirectional Associative Memory Networks – Competitive learning – Kohenen’s Self Organizing Maps.
Unit 2
Genetic algorithms – Representation – Reproduction – Crossover and Mutation Operators – Crossover and Mutation rates – Selection mechanisms – Fitness proportionate – ranking and tournament selection – Building Block – Hypothesis and Schema Theorem
Unit 3
Swarm Intelligence – Stigmergy – Competition and Cooperation – Particle Swarm Optimization – Anatomy of a particle – Velocity and Position updation– PSO topologies – Control parameters –Ant Colony Optimization – Pheromone updation and evaporation.