Structured information in sparse-code metric neural networks

David Dominguez, Mario González, Francisco B. Rodríguez, Eduardo Serrano, R. Erichsen and W.K. Theumann

Physica A: Statistical Mechanics and its Applications, 2012, vol. 391, issue 3, 799-808

Abstract: Sparse-code networks have retrieval abilities which are strongly dependent on the firing threshold for the neurons. If the connections are spatially uniform, the macroscopic properties of the network can be measured by the overlap between neurons and learned patterns, and by the global activity. However, for nonuniform networks, for instance small-world networks, the neurons can retrieve fragments of patterns without performing global retrieval. Local overlaps are needed to describe the network. We characterize the structure type of the neural states using a parameter that is related to fluctuations of the local overlaps, with distinction between bump and block phases. Simulation of neural dynamics shows a competition between localized (bump), structured (block) and global retrieval. When the network topology randomness increases, the phase-diagram shows a transition from local to global retrieval. Furthermore, the local phase splits into a bump phase for low activity and a block phase for high activity. A theoretical approach solves the asymptotic limit of the model, and confirms the simulation results which predicts the change of stability from bumps to blocks when the storage ratio increases.

Keywords: Associative memory; Network topology; Threshold dynamics; Structured information; Small world (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Date: 2012
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DOI: 10.1016/j.physa.2011.09.002

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