Werbos's Harvard PhD thesis describes backpropagation for multilayer networks
Described error backpropagation training for multilayer neural networks in his Harvard PhD thesis
Why it matters
Regarded as the first description, predating the 1986 rediscovery. The reference point in the debate over priority for backpropagation
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