Search for: [Abstract = "A framework for Similarity\-Based Methods \(SBMs\) includes many classification models as special cases\: neural networks of the Radial Basis Function type, Feature Space Mapping neurofuzzy networks based on separable transfer functions, Learning Vector Quantization, variants of the k nearest neighbor methods and several new models that may be presented in a network form. Multilayer Perceptrons \(MLPs\) use scalar products to compute a weighted activation of neurons, combining soft hyperplanes to provide decision borders."]