Network Dynamics Governed by Lyapunov Functions: From Memory to Classification.

Journal: Trends in neurosciences
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Abstract

In 1982, John Hopfield published a neural network model for memory retrieval, a model that became a cornerstone in theoretical neuroscience. In a recent paper, Krotov and Hopfield built on these early studies and showed how a network that incorporates a biologically plausible learning rule governed by a Lyapunov function can effectively perform classification tasks.

Authors

  • Merav Stern
    Department of Applied Mathematics, University of Washington, Seattle, WA 98195-3925, USA. Electronic address: ms4325@uw.edu.
  • Eric Shea-Brown
    Department of Applied Mathematics, University of Washington, Seattle, WA 98195-3925, USA; Allen Institute for Brain Science, Seattle, WA 98109-4307, USA.