Main Types of Neural Networks and Their Applications — Tutorial
Last Updated on July 24, 2023 by Editorial Team
Author(s): Towards AI Editorial Team
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A tutorial on the main types of neural networks and their applications to real-world challenges.

Figure 1: Main types of neural networks, designed with app.diagrams.net, diagram is a derivative from Creative Commons The Neural Network Zoo by Stefan Leijnen and Fjodor van Veen, licensed under CC BY 4.0 [5] [6].
Author(s): Pratik Shukla, Roberto Iriondo
Last updated March 17, 2022
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