ICANN 98

This two-volume set contains the papers presented at ICANN 98, the 8th International Conference on Artificial Neural Networks, Skovde, Sweden, from the 2nd to the 4th September 1998. This meeting covered all aspects of Artificial Neural Network (ANN) related research. It includes papers from researchers in Europe, the USA and Japan. It should be of interest to anyone working in the theory or mathematics of ANN modelling and its use in the following areas: neuroscience, brain theory, cognitive science, artificial intelligence, computational intelligence, machine learning, robotics, autonomous agents, and adaptive behaviour modelling. It will also provide valuable reading material for industrial developers, engineers and researchers using ANNs in application areas such as financial forecasting, signal processing, control, industrial robotics, computer vision, image processing and related areas of engineering.