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This article presents a simulation-based tutorial system for exploring parallel distributed processing (PDP) models of information processing. The system consists of software and an accompanying handbook. The intent of the package is to make the ideas underlying PDP accessible and to disseminate some of the main simulation programs that we have developed. This article presents excerpts from the handbook that describe the approach taken, the organization of the handbook, and the software that comes with it. An example is given that illustrates the approach we have taken to teaching PDP, which involves presentation of relevant mathematical background, together with tutorial exercises that make use of the simulation programs.
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This paper contains excerpts fromExplorations in Parallel Distributed Processing: A Handbook of Models, Programs, and Exercises by J. L, McClelland and D. E. Rumelhart, 1988, Cambridge, MA The MIT Press. Copyright 1988 by J L. McClelland and D. F. Rumelhart, Reprinted by permission. Preparation of these excerpts was supported in part by NSF Grant BNS-86-09729 and by NIMH Grant 2 K02 MH00385-07.
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McClelland, J.L., Rumelhart, D.E. A simulation-based tutorial system for exploring parallel distributed processing. Behavior Research Methods, Instruments, & Computers 20, 263–275 (1988). https://doi.org/10.3758/BF03203842
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