Cial intelligenCe> The basiC building bloCk of artifiCial neural networks. It reCeives one or more inputs and produCes one or more identiCal outputs, eaCh of whiCh is a simple non-linear funCtion of the sum of the inputs to the neuron. The non-linear funCtion is typiCally a threshhold or step funCtion whiCh is usually smoothed (i.e. a sigmoid) to faCilitate learning. (1997-10-11)
