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a. Which real-time application at Continental Airlines may have used a neural network?
b. What inputs and outputs can be used in building a neural network application?
c. Given that Continental’s data mining applications are in real time, how might Continental implement a neural network in practice?
d. What other neural network applications would you propose for the airline industry?