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. 2023 Aug 16;15(8):e43583. doi: 10.7759/cureus.43583

Table 2. Prime features of ANN, CNN and RNN.

ANN: Artificial Neural Networks; CNN: Convolutional Neural Networks; RNN: Recurrent Neural Networks

  ANN CNN RNN
BASICS Simplest Popular Advanced and complex
STRUCTURAL LAYOUT Information flows in one direction Information flows through more convolutional layers Information flows in different directions
DATA TYPE Tabular and text data Image data Sequence data
COMPLEXITY Simple in contrast More powerful More powerful
COMMENDABLE FEATURE Ability to work with incomplete knowledge Accurate in recognizing images Memory and self-learning
SPATIAL RECOGNITION no yes no
RECURRENT CONNECTIONS no no yes
MAIN DRAWBACK Hardware dependence Large training data required Slow and complex training
USES Complex problem solving Image recognition Natural language processing and sentimental analysis