人工神经网络是二十世纪科学技术发展取得的重大成果之一,是人类认识自然道路上的一座里程碑。一门影响巨大、意义深远的科学技术,其发展过程必然揭示了科学发展的基本规律以及影响其发展的主要原因。本文对人工神经网络的产生背景、发展进程进行了阐述。 Artificial neural network is one of the major achievements made in the development of science and technology in the twentieth century and is a milestone on the way of human understanding of nature. An influential and far-reaching science and technology whose development process inevitably reveals the basic rules of scientific development and the main causes that affect its development. This article elaborates the background and development of artificial neural network.