Using domain-specific basic functions for the analysis of supervised artificial neural networks

Cover design: The background image shown on the cover is a 43-neighbor dihedral tiling discovered by Berend Jan van der Zwaag; this is a tiling of the plane using two different tiles, where each tile has exactly 43 neighboring tiles [E. Friedman and B. The illustration on the front cover was drawn by Irene van der Zwaag-Tong, who also made the drawing of a biological neuron shown on page 8. Using domain-specific basic functions for the analysis of supervised artificial neu-ral networks (Nederlandse titel: Domeinafhankelijke basisfuncties voor de analyse van gesuper-viseerde kunstmatige neurale netwerken) Contents Voorwoord xi Preface xiii 1 Introduction 1