Chapter is about a tool to facilitate the generation of large, regular networks from the graphical user interface. Chapter describes the connectionist models that are already implemented in SNNS, with a strong emphasis on the less familiar network models. Chapter introduces a new visualization component for three-dimensional visualization of the topology and the activity of neural networks with wireframe or solid models. They can be accessed via an additional interface to the kernel, that allows for easy background execution. Chapter gives a brief overlook over the tools that come with SNNS, without being an internal part of it.
Chapter describes in detail the interface between the kernel and the graphical user interface.
This function interface is important, since the kernel can be included in user written C programs. Chapter details the activation functions and output function that are already built in. In appendix A the format of the file interface to the kernel is described, in which the nets are read in and written out by the kernel. Files in this format may also be generated by any other program, or even an editor. The grammars for both network and pattern files are also given here.