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artificial neural networks  

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  • Research on artificial neural network modeling started in the early 1940s when the first scientific paper by Warren McCulloch and Walter Pitts was published. The motivation came from the fields of artificial intelligence and neuroscience when initial investigators attempted to model the workings of neurons in the human brain. [Source: Encyclopedia of Medical Decision Making; Artificial Neural Networks]

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