Neural Lab

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Neural Lab is a free neural network simulator that designs and trains artificial neural networks for use in engineering, business, computer science and technology. It integrates with Microsoft Visual Studio using C (Win32 - ) to incorporate artificial neural networks into custom applications, research simulations or end user interfaces.

It provides a visual environment to design and test artificial neural networks.

The latest Neural Lab version is 4.1.

The two major versions are version 3.1 and 4.0.

Version 3.x[]

Version 3.1 is navigated using a standard computer mouse. Version 3.1 is considered easier to use, however, it is difficult to perform complex tasks programmatically. Version 3.1 is therefore primarily useful for people without a programming background.

The version 3.1 tutorial provided very little theoretical background on artificial neural networks. Despite the number of examples, most of the examples focus only on multi-layer networks with supervised training.

Version 4.x[]

In version 4.0, it is possible to perform neural network operations by writing code. The code is very similar to C/C++, Java or C#.

In version 4.0, the authors incorporate background information on artificial neural networks.

Version 4.0 incorporates Kohonen networks that can be trained without supervision and probabilistic neural networks.

Features[]

• The tools allow reviewing and analyzing the structure of the training set.
• The activation of the neurons for each case in the data set are visible. The tutorial provides examples in prediction, data mapping, data classification and auto associative memory problems.
• Once a network has been trained, it is possible to save it to a file. The file can be opened using Microsoft Visual Studio to create a standalone application that can employ the network.

Applications[]

Specific examples of neural networks include:

• Prediction
• Mapping
• Auto Association
• Classification
• Network Simulation

Wintempla[]

Neural Lab is developed using Wintempla (a plug in that works with Microsoft Visual Studio). Wintempla encapsulates Win32 and simplifies the development of Microsoft Windows applications using C++ and native Win32 APIs.

Wintempla is a tool that integrates with Microsoft Visual Studio. Wintempla encapsulates Win32 to simplify the creation of Web and Desktop applications using C++ and object-oriented programming. The programmer has the option to use the native Win32 APIs or the Wintempla classes.

Wintempla includes:

File extensions[]

• .lab Neural Lab code (a UNICODE text file)
• .lay A multi-layer neural network file
• .lax A complex-domain multi-layer neural network file
• .koh A Kohonen neural network file
• .prb A probabilistic neural network file
• .csv A comma separated values file

See also[]

• Artificial neural network
• Neural network software

References[]

• Masters, Timothy (25 July 1994). Signal and Image Processing with Neural Networks: A C++ Sourcebook. John Wiley & Sons. ISBN 978-0-471-04963-0.
• Masters, Timothy (17 April 1995). Advanced algorithms for neural networks: a C++ sourcebook. Wiley. ISBN 978-0-471-10588-6.

External links[]

• Official website
• Download Latest Version (Run on Microsoft Windows: Vista, 8, 8.1 or 10)