Why is Braincel embedded in Excel?

Spreadsheets offer several advantages to the neural-net developer and user:

• They let you easily preprocess and test various sets of data. With other neural net software, this requires complex editing and formatting of imported data. The extensive editing features include the ability to insert and delete columns, manipulate data with formulas, easily define training sets with named ranges, etc., all in a familiar spreadsheet environment, which makes data organization easier.
• Braincel directly links to data stored in the spreadsheets and even internal functions (for changing active worksheets, using range names, etc.) via Promised Land Technologies' patented generic embedding technology. Braincel neural nets can hotlink to external data for instant data updating whenever an external value (such as stock price on a linked worksheet or database) changes.
• Braincel's macro library includes 20 new functions that you run from within Excel These allow neural net procedures to be seamlessly integrated into spreadsheet macros. For example, you could create a set of macros to automatically dial up a financial information service, download the latest stock information, analyze or predict stock performance, then take some specified action (send email, etc.).

  The macro library also includes items to hotlink Excel worksheets to individual Braincel processes as they occur. For example, from within a spreadsheet, you can watch the neural-net training error % drop as it happens or receive graphic real-time recommendations as stock-market prices change.

• Windows also offers a major advantage: its multitasking capability allows neural nets to train in the background while running other Windows programs and allows for updating of the neural net in real time.

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