A ▁in ▁Cec il ▁and ▁Har ford ▁Count ies ▁in ▁ 1 9 9 9 . ▁William ▁S . ▁James ▁Element ary ▁School ▁in ▁Har ford ▁County ▁and ▁the ▁William ▁S . ▁James ▁Senate ▁Office ▁Building ▁in ▁Ann apolis ▁were ▁named ▁in ▁his ▁honor ▁even ▁before ▁his ▁death . ▁ ▁References ▁ ▁Category : M ary land ▁state ▁sen ators ▁Category : 1 9 1 4 ▁birth s ▁Category : 1 9 9 3 ▁death s ▁Category : Univers ity ▁of ▁Del aware ▁al umn i ▁Category : Univers ity ▁of ▁Maryland , ▁Baltimore ▁al umn i ▁Category : Pe ople ▁from ▁Aber de en , ▁Maryland ▁Category : Pe ople ▁from ▁Port ▁De pos it , ▁Maryland ▁Category : 2 0 th - century ▁American ▁polit icians <0x0A> </s> ▁In ▁the ▁field ▁of ▁mathematical ▁model ing , ▁a ▁radial ▁basis ▁function ▁network ▁is ▁an ▁artificial ▁neural ▁network ▁that ▁uses ▁radial ▁basis ▁functions ▁as ▁activation ▁functions . ▁The ▁output ▁of ▁the ▁network ▁is ▁a ▁linear ▁combination ▁of ▁radial ▁basis ▁functions ▁of ▁the ▁inputs ▁and ▁neur on ▁parameters . ▁Rad ial ▁basis ▁function ▁networks ▁have ▁many ▁uses , ▁including ▁function ▁approximation , ▁time ▁series ▁prediction , ▁classification , ▁and ▁system ▁control . ▁They ▁were ▁first ▁form ulated ▁in ▁a ▁ 1 9 8 8 ▁paper ▁by ▁Bro om head ▁and ▁L owe , ▁both ▁research ers ▁at ▁the ▁Royal ▁Sign als ▁and ▁Rad ar ▁Est ab lish ment . ▁ ▁Network ▁architecture ▁ ▁Rad ial ▁basis ▁function ▁( R BF ) ▁networks ▁typically ▁have