Title :
A calculation of neural network statistics: the probability distribution of average cell firing in a feedforward neural network
Author :
Levy, William B.
Author_Institution :
Dept. of Neurosurg., Virginia Univ., Charlottesville, VA, USA
Abstract :
The author describes a relationship between the statistics of the input environment and the distribution of average postsynaptic excitation for a feedforward network governed by a particular associative modification rule. In some circumstances, which are illustrated, this calculation implies a normal distribution. Only summary statistics of the pairwise correlations of the input environment are necessary to produce an accurate estimate of the average cell firing distribution. An application of this estimate to the design of a preprocessing network is described
Keywords :
feedforward neural nets; probability; average cell firing; average postsynaptic excitation; feedforward neural network; neural network statistics; pairwise correlations; preprocessing network; probability distribution; Equations; Feedforward neural networks; Higher order statistics; Information processing; Intelligent networks; Neural networks; Neurons; Probability distribution; Statistical distributions; Vectors;
Conference_Titel :
Neural Networks, 1992. IJCNN., International Joint Conference on
Conference_Location :
Baltimore, MD
Print_ISBN :
0-7803-0559-0
DOI :
10.1109/IJCNN.1992.227151
