Week 16

I. Final Report Outline (Tentative)

• Introduction
  • Overview of what a neural network is, what kind of problems they are used to solve, etc.
  • Overview of the evolutionary algorithm for training neural networks
  • Survey of existing visualization tools
• Why I created a new visualization tool
  • Unique features intended for this program, deficiencies observed in existing tools, etc.
• Procedure
  • Preliminary research
  • How I spent my time, developed the program, etc.
  • Lots of "pretty pictures"
• Results
  • Problems solved using this program
  • Examples where visualization improves ability to find solution
• "User's Guide" for visualization program
• Program source code
• Bibliography