October 1992 VOLUME 17 NUMBER 4 IJOEDY(ISSN 0364-9059)


 SPECIAL ISSUE ON Neural Networks in Oceanic Engineering

NONTECHNICAL CONTENT
Front cover and table of contents
Back cover

GUEST EDITORIAL
Patrick K.  Simpson Guest editor's introduction: Neural networks for oceanic engineering 297

SPECIAL ISSUE PAPERS
William C. Miller, Thomas M. McKenna, and Clifford G. Y. Lau Office of Naval Research contributions to neural networks and signal processing in oceanic engineering 299
K. P. Venugopal, R. Sudhakar, and Abhijit S. Pandya On-line learning control of autonomous underwater vehicles using feedforward neural networks 308
Luo Fa-Long, Bao Zheng, and Zhao Xiao-Peng Real-time implementation of "Propagator" bearing estimation algorithm by use of a neural network 320
Saul Silven A neural approach to the assignment algorithm for multiple-target tracking 326
David B. Fogel Using evolutionary programming for modeling: An ocean acoustic example 333
Steven L. Speidel Neural adaptive sensory processing for undersea sonar 341
Joydeep Ghosh, Larry M. Deuser, and Steven D. Beck A neural network based hybrid system for detection, characterization, and classification of short-duration oceanic signals 351
Narayan Ramani and Paul H. Patrick Fish detection and identification using neural networks--Some laboratory results 364
Remo Z. Machado Filho, Manoel F. Tenorio, and Jose R. M. Silva Neural network error corrector for binary messages on hydro-acoustic channels 369

REGULAR ISSUE PAPERS
Eric W. Gill and John Walsh Extraction of ocean wave parameters from HF backscatter received by a four-element array: Analysis and application 376