Neural networks have emerged as a field of study within AI and decision-making via the collaborative efforts of engineers, physicists, mathematicians, computer scientists, and neuroscientists. Although the strands of research are many, there is a basic underlying focus on pattern recognition and pattern generation, embedded within an overall focus on network architectures. Many neural network methods can be viewed as generalizations of classical pattern-oriented techniques in statistics and decision-making systems, optimization, and numerical analysis. This research is an effort to study the...