Abstract:This paper attempts to establish a theory for a general auto-associative memory model. We start by defining a new concept called supporting function to replace the concept of energy function. The latter relies on an assumption of symmetric connection weights, which is used in the conventional Hopfield auto-associative memory, but not evidenced in any biological memories. We then formulate the information retrieval or recalling process as a dynamic system by making use of the supporting function, explore its st… Show more
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