Software
aims to provide an on-line repository of information and resources. The links below provide additional information on available software, either pages of information regarding the software, ftp access to the software or the actual source code.
Commercial Neural Network Simulators
- Cortex-Pro
Neural network programming environment for PCs under DOS.
Developed by Dr Michael Reiss and Simon Hastings. Published by Unistat Ltd. - DANA
Experimental design advisor and neural network analysis system.
Developed by Dupont's Neural Network Resource Centre. Licenced by NeuralWare Inc. - Mathematica
A book on how to use Mathematica for neural network simulation is available. - Neural
Computer Sciences
Evaluation copies of this company's software are available. - Neuroimitator
Sophisticated graphical simulation software for small and large networks of physiological neurons for Windows 3.1 and now Windows '95.
Developed by Neuroma RD-Ltd - NeuroSolutions
Object-oriented neural network simulation environment for MS Windows
Developed and distributed by NeuroDimension, Inc. - SN2
Mathematical engineering and software editor
Developed by NEURISTIQUE. - TrueFace
Face recognition product that apparently uses neural networks. - WAND
Weightless neural design system for education and industry.
Developed by Novel Technical Solutions in association with Imperial College. - Trajan
2.1 Neural Network Simulator
Both commercial and shareware versions are available at this site.
These implement a range of feedforward architectures aimed at solving real-world problems as opposed to psysiological modelling: Back-Prop and Kohonen (both versions), RBFs, PNN and GRNNs (commercial version only). Visit the above page to see the extra features of the latest release.
Dr Andrew Hunter, Trajan Software Ltd - Parallel
Performance Group, Sedona, AZ
High-tech software products. (See also entry under "Directories and Newsletters"). - NeuroShell 2,
GeneHunter and NeuroWindows
These products use the power of neural networks and genetic algorithms to solve prediction, classification, optimisation, and scheduling problems.
Ward Systems Group, WardSystems@msn.com - Partek
Data analysis and modelling package. Includes neural networks, fuzzy, genetic, visualisation, variable selection, pattern recognition, and other tools.
Thomas J Downey Jr, Partek Inc., info@partek.com - DataEngine
DataEngine combines conventional approaches of data analysis with fuzzy technologies and neural networks, enabling the user to process information of various kinds of complex data sets.
Developed by MIT-Management Intelligenter, Aachen, Germany, dataengine@mitgmbh.de - SOUL
Self-optimising universal learner
Developed by Chr. Liisberg A/S, Denmark - Siemens Nixdorf
Advanced Technologies GmbH
A subsidiary of Siemens Nixdorf AG, Germany. The main focus of the Company is hardware tools and solutions with neural approaches. Includes descriptions of: SYNAPSE1, SYNAPSE2-PC, ECANSE, FaceVacs and SENN. For neurocomputers there is a new application page for customers, mainly universities. (See also entry on "Hardware Page"). - NeuroGenetic
Optimiser (NGO) by BioComp Systems
Implementation of Neural Network structure and configuration optimisation by Genetic Algorithm. 5 input demo available for download. - ECANSE Soft
Computing Studio
Next step Visual Programming framework providing Neural Networks, Fuzzy, Mutual Information and Genetic Algorithms. Download software and documentation available on this site.
Developed and distributed by Siemens Austria, Program and Systems Engineering. - Machine
Consciousness Toolbox
Can a machine help you understand the mechanisms of consciousness?
A visual, interactive application for investigating artificial consciousness as inspired by the biological brain.
Free, fully functional, introductory version with user manual and tutorials to download. (See also "Freely Available NN Simulators").
Based on the MAGNUS neural architecture developed at Imperial College, London, UK.
Developed by Novel Technical Solutions. - BioNet
Simulator
A neural networks generator, based on innovative biological neural networks, incorporating many of the significant features of the brain. The software facilitates designing of large-scale neural networks and offers a user-friendly graphic interface and OOP.
Further information is also available via the e-mail address below.
Developed by NCSB - Development Ltd, 46 Moriah St., Haifa, Israel, support@ncsb-bionet.com.
Freely Available Neural Network Simulators
Most of these links provide access to an ftp site containing relevant software, or link directly to the source code for the package.
- NNSYSID
Toolbox
Neural network-based system identification toolbox for use with MATLAB. - VieNet2
C/C++ neural network simulation tool box.
Austrian Research Institute for Artificial Intelligence - Rochester
Connectionist Simulator
Quite versatile simulator program, with X11/Sunview interface. - style='mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto;
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Ftp from retina.cs.ucla.edu, login sfinxftp, password joshua.
ULCA - NeurDS
Simulator for DEC systems supporting VT100 terminal.
Available from gatekeeper.dec.com. - PlaNet5.7
A popular connectionist simulator with versions to run under X Windows, and non-graphics terminals.
Yoshiro Miyata, Chukyo Univ., Japan - GENESIS
General purpose simulator primarily for biological systems. - Mactivation
A neural network simulator for the Apple Macintosh.
Available for ftp from ftp.cs.colorado.edu - Cascade
Correlation Simulator
A simulator for Scott Fahlman's Cascade Correlation algorithm.
Scott Fahlman at CMU - Quickprop
A variation of the back-propagation algorithm.
Scott Fahlman at CMU - DartNet
DartNet is a Macintosh-based backpropagation simulator.
Developed at Dartmouth by Jamshed Bharucha and Sean Nolan. - SNNS
A luxurious simulator for many types of nets with X11 interface.
University of Stuttgart, Germany - Aspirin/MIGRAINES
Code generator that builds neural network simulations by reading a network description. - Adaptive
Logic Network Kit
Package that uses logic functions rather than floating point for most tasks. - NeuralShell
Ftp from quanta.eng.ohio-state.edu in /pub/NeuralShell (not available at present). - PDP++
XWindows Simulator - the next generation from the PDP software, accompanying the book "Explorations in Parallel Distributed Processing: A Handbook of Models, Programs and Exercises" by McClelland and Rumelhart. - Uts
Libraries for building, training and displaying neural networks for unix machines, together with simulators built using them. This is the successor to Xerion; the authors run a mailing list for users. - Neocognitron
simulator
Simulator written in C. - MUME
Multi-Module Neural Computing Environment.
Marwan Jabri, Sydney University Electrical Engineering - LVQ_PAK, SOM_PAK
Packages for Learning Vector Quantisation and Self-Organising Maps. Unix and MS-DOS available.
LVQ/SOM Programming Team of the Helsinki University of Technology - SESAME
Software environment for the simulation of adaptive modular systems. Supports X-Windows. - NevProp
Feedforward backpropagation (multilayer perceptron) program.
Phil Goodman, University of Nevada Centre for Biomedical Research, goodman@unr.edu - Fuzzy
ARTmap
This is just a small example program. - PYGMALION
Implements back-propagation, self organising map and Hopfield nets.
Prototype that stems from an ESPRIT project. - Basis-of-AI-backprop
Don Tveter, 5228 N. Nashville Ave., Chicago, Illinois 60656, drt@mcs.com - Matrix
Backpropagation
MBP (Matrix Back Propagation) is a very efficient implementation of the back-propagation algorithm for current-generation workstations.
Davide Anguita - WinNN
Shareware neural networks package for Windows 3.1. - BIOSIM
Biologically oriented Neural Network simulator. X11 (Motif) interface.
Stefan Bergdoll, Department of Software Engineering, BASF Inc., Germany - The
Brain
Advanced neural network simulator for PCs.
David Perkovic (dip@mod.dsto.gov.au) - FuNeGen
1.0
MLP-based software program to generate fuzzy rule based classifiers.
Saman K Halgamuge - BackProp-1.4
PC DOS based backprop simulator.
Ftp from ftp.neuro.informatik.uni-kassel.de - SWIM
Simulator of biologically realistic neural network models. - Nodus
Macintosh based user-friendly simulation of biologically realistic neurons and small networks. - Neural
Planner
Shareware package, aimed at ANN users rather than researchers although it does have display facilities that have apparently proved useful as teaching aids. - Neurfuzz
Backprop NN & Fuzzy_engines C source code generator. See also entry for "Reti Neurali Su Personal Computer + Fuzzy Logic" under "Neural Network-Related Sites Around the World"
Ftp from ftp://ftp.simtel.net/pub/simtelnet/msdos/neurlnet/neurfuzz.zip
Luca Marchese marchese@mbox.ulisse.it - Trajan
2.1 Neural Network Simulator
Both commercial and shareware versions are available at this site.
These implement a range of feedforward architectures aimed at solving real-world problems as opposed to psysiological modelling:Back-Prop and Kohonen (both versions), RBFs, PNN and GRNNs(commercial version only). Visit the above page to see the extra features of the latest release.
Dr Andrew Hunter, Trajan Software Ltd - NNelmos
v1.12
Neuronale netze lernen mit osnabruecke studenten.
Specially designed to help beginners understand the basics of neural networks.
NNelmos is written in C, runs under DOS and is completely documented (some parts are in German only).
Tobias Thelen, University of Osnabrueck, Germany, Tobias.Thelen@cl-ki.uni-osnabrueck.de - AI WARE
AI WARE specialises in implementing neural nets, fuzzy logic, and genetic algorithms to applications in process control and product design for companies in the Chemical Process Industries.
Free evaluation copies of their two most popular software programs (CAD/Chem and Process Advisor) are available for downloading in the Products section.
Ed Wilson, Director, Sales & Marketing, AI WARE, Beachwood, OH, USA, ai-sales@aiware.com - XNBC
v8
Full featured biological Neural Network Simulator which can run on most Unix systems.
Dr Jean-Francois Vibert, B3E ESI INSERM U444, Faculte de Medicine Saint-Antoine, 27 rue Chaligny, 75571 PARIS Cedex 12, France, vibert@b3e.jussieu.fr - Belief
Network Power Constructor
A belief network learning system, which includes a wizard-like interface and a construction engine.
Jie Cheng, 16J24 Faculty of Informatics, UUJ, UK, j.cheng@ulst.ac.uk - Machine
Consciousness Toolbox
Can a machine help you understand the mechanisms of consciousness?
A visual, interactive application for investigating artificial consciousness as inspired by the biological brain.
Free, fully functional, introductory version with user manual and tutorials to download. (See also "Commercial NN Simulators").
Based on the MAGNUS neural architecture developed at Imperial College, London, UK.
Developed by Novel Technical Solutions. - FAST
(FORWISS Artificial Neural Network Simulation Toolbox)
The philosophy behind FAST was to design a fast, batch-oriented simulator with a modular structure that is easy and flexible to use. FAST generates ANSI C code of trained feedforward networks. A new network algorithm (FlexNet) helps to find optimal network topologies for a given problem. In addition, a tool for the Visualization of learning for 2-D problems by 2-D color animation of receptive fields can be used in combination with FAST.
A free academic non-commercial of FAST is available at this site.
Originally developed by Michael Karl Arras, The Bavarian Research Center for Knowledge-Based Systems (FORWISS), Erlangen, Germany
Directories and Newsletters
A list of directories and newsletters which deal with useful software.
- E-mail Newsletters
Parallel Performance Group, Sedona, AZ, announce a series of free e-mail newsletters on high-tech software topics, including Neural Networks/Fuzzy Logic/Fuzzy Control.
For a detailed listing of newsletters, with instructions on howto receive sample copies and subscriptions, e-mail info@ppgsoft.com.
See also Parallel Performance Group, Sedona, AZ (commercial high-tech software products). - The G6G
Directory of Intelligent Software
Currently consists of over 700 product abstracts on over 15 Advanced Technology "corridors" such as Neural Networks, etc. TheDirectory contains over 85 Neural Network Development tools.
G6G is currently (October 1996) offering a FREE demo of their Electronic Book of Volume II (Neural Networks) taken from the Directory.
Al Shapiro, G6G Consulting Group, g6g@source.asset.com
Thanks
go to Lutz Prechelt, maintainer of the old version (up to December 1995) of the
FAQ file of the Usenet newsgroup "comp.ai.neural-nets" - from which
much of the original information on this page was gleamed.
The current version of FAQ
is maintained by Warren Sarle.
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last updated on Monday, 16th February 1998
Please mail neuronet@kcl.ac.uk
regarding problems with links or if you know of any Neural Network-related
software which you feel should be included on this page.
Chris Hinton
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