Neural nets at Siemens

The high potential for applications of neural nets was realized in the corporate research divisions of Siemens in Munich and Princeton 10 years ago. The broad range of applications on which the central research division cooperates with the business units is illustrated. Furthermore. a sampling of representative applications is given. The application spectrum can be categorized into several main classes which are modeling, optimization, forecast, decision support, control and diagnosis. The specific applications range from single large scale solutions (e.g. steel production and processing) to solutions with an appreciable multiplication factor (e.g. pulp production, water purification) and solutions for mass products (e.g. decoding of TV signals)