The influence of the place-value structure of the Arabic number ...

Figure C: Development of connection weights as observed for the strictly decomposed model
(after 1.000, 10.000 and 50.000 training cycles). In the first row weights for the connection
between input and hidden layer for the decade digits of the two to-be-compared numbers
are given. The second row depicts the analogue for the unit digits. In the third row the
connection weights between the hidden layer and the output layer are shown separated
for tens and units.
Hybrid model
The connection weights in the decomposed part of the hybrid model developed in a
way similar to that in the strictly decomposed model. Again, the connection weights for the
decade digits were higher than those for the unit digits. For the holistic part of the model the
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