This paper investigates the identification of nonlinear systems by neural n
etworks. As the identification methods, Feedforward Neural Networks (FNN),
Radial Basis Function Neural Networks (RBFNN), Runge-Kutta Neural Networks
(RKNN) and Adaptive Neuro Fuzzy Inference Systems (ANFIS) based identificat
ion mechanisms are studied and their performances are comparatively evaluat
ed on a three degrees of freedom anthropomorphic robotic manipulator. (C) 1
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