HARDWARE SIMULATION OF BRAIN DYNAMICS IN LEARNING: THE SPOCK.

Abstract:

A model is presented for a device for pattern formation and pattern recognition that is fully parallel, self-organizing, and amenable to construction using VLSI techniques and overcomes the shortcomings of existing approaches. The device is called the SPOCK (Self-organizing Parallel Over-all Connected K sets). It is based on simulations of the neural dynamics of olfactory pattern recognition in mammals. To the extend that these simulations are accurate and the conclusions drawn from them are correct, the animal behavior serves as an existence proof of the validity of the approach. The simulations are done with sets of 512 ordinary nonlinear differential equations that are solved by numerical integration on a digital computer (Perkin-Elmer 3220). A hardware realization of the system described by the equations has been built that serves to simulate electroencephalogram space-time dynamics in real time.

Año de publicación:

1987

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scopus