| Types of neural networks | Input type | Input method | Common uses |
| Hopfield-Net | Binary | Supervised | Associated memory to distinguish ASCII characters |
| Hammin_Net | Binary | Supervised | Connect with similar dual channel |
| Carpenter/grassbery classifier | Binary | Supervised | Assembly (adaptive resonance theory) |
| Perceptron | Continuous | Supervised | Discrimination and classification of simple shapes |
| Multi-layer perceptron | Continuous | Supervised | Featuring complex shapes and classification |
| Kohonenself organizing feature map | Continuous | Supervised | Evaluation of vector and speech, and analogy to biological neural networks |