Feedforward networks have powerful approximation capabilities without the "explosion of parameters" problem faced by Fourier and polynomial expansions. This paper first introduces feedforward networks and describes their approximation capabilities, then we address several practical issues faced...

This note demonstrates that Freeland's (Freeland, J. R. 1976. A note on goal decomposition in a decentralized organization. Management Sci. 23 100--102.) modification of Ruefli's (Ruefli, T. W. 1971. A generalized goal decomposition model. Management Sci. 17 505--518.) Generalized Goal...