Let's jump to a hands-on example of neural networks. The software that we are using is the SPSS Modeler, provided by IBM. But feel free to use any data-mining software package.
Demonstrating a neural network
Running a neural network model
In order to run our first neural network, we will have to bring in the data that we will be using, if you are using IBM SPSS Modeler you can follow these steps:
- Get the data using the Var. File node, and bring it up to the canvas:
- Attach the dataset to the source node:
Click on the triple dot box on the right side of file box and navigate to your data; we are using Electronics_Data here:
Click Open.
- Go on to the Types tab to check whether the data was read correctly:
Click...
