A neural network can be considered as a networked set of logistic regression units.
While a single logistic regression can perform as a classifier on it's own it's not suited for problems where input dimensions are very high and your data is not linearly separable.
By using multiple such units, a neural network attempts to approximate any given function. The more important aspect in using a neural network however is in knowing how to train each of these units.
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