Neural Networks

The idea of ANN is based on biological neural networks like the brain.

The basis structure of a neural network is the neuron. A neuron in biology consists of three major parts:

• the soma (cell body),
• the dendrites, and
• the axon.

The dendrites branch of from the soma in a tree-like way and getting thinner with every branch. They receive signals (impulses) from other neurons at synapses. The axon - there is always only one - also leaves the soma and usually tend to extend for longer distances than the dentrites.