Stochastic Processes in Machine Intelligence: Neural Structures Based on the Model of the Quantum Harmonic Oscillator

This paper studies neural structures with weights that follow the model of the quantum harmonic oscillator. The proposed neural networks have stochastic weights which are calculated from the solution of Schrodingers equation under the assumption of a parabolic (harmonic) potential. These weights correspond to diffusing particles, which interact to each other as the theory of Brownian motion (Wiener process) predicts. It is shown that conventional neural networks and learning algorithms based on error gradient can be conceived as a subset of the proposed quantum neural structures. The learning of the stochastic weights (convergence of the diffusing particles to an equilibrium) is analyzed. In the case of associative memories the proposed neural model results in an exponential increase of patterns storage capacity (number of attractors).