Minsky and Papert: Perceptrons

What changed

Provided rigorous analysis of representational limits and capabilities for specified perceptron classes.

Scientific scope

The record is the two-author first edition published in 1969. Its theorems concern the perceptron classes and configurations studied; it is not a proof that all multilayer neural networks fail, nor evidence for a single-cause narrative about later neural-network research.

Evidence

The linked sources identify this contribution and its scope. WRS has not independently reconstructed the scientific claims. The record is the two-author first edition published in 1969. Its theorems concern the perceptron classes and configurations studied; it is not a proof that all multilayer neural networks fail, nor evidence for a single-cause narrative about later neural-network research.

Contributors

• Marvin Minsky · SCIENCE: Named source author of the scoped work; individual effort shares are not measured.
• Seymour A. Papert · SCIENCE: Named source author of the scoped work; individual effort shares are not measured.

• MIT Press page for Perceptrons
• National Diet Library record for Perceptrons

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