DocumentCode
1664735
Title
Hypergraphs: Organizing complex natural neural networks
Author
Jain, Eakta ; Healy, Michael J. ; Saland, Linda ; Hamilton, Derek ; Allan, Andrea ; Caldwell, Kevin ; Caudell, Thomas P.
Author_Institution
Dept. of Electr. Eng., Indian Inst. of Technol., Kanpur
fYear
2005
Firstpage
20
Lastpage
26
Abstract
Data from neuroscience research has shown that the brain can be studied as a neural network. In view of the brain´s seemingly infinite complexity, we organize the entire network into a series of sub-networks, each of whose functionalities combine to become the knowledge representation capability of the entire network. Thus, we look at the brain in terms of modules and sub-modules, at varying levels of `granularity´. Since a network can be mathematically represented as a graph, this hierarchical structure is captured through the notion of `hypergraphs´ and `hyper-matrices´. The proposed structure has been implemented on a graph specification software tool. Finally, a metaphoric visualization for the structure was proposed
Keywords
brain; graph theory; knowledge representation; matrix algebra; neural nets; neurophysiology; complex natural neural networks; graph specification software tool; hyper-matrices; hypergraphs; knowledge representation; mathematical graph representation; metaphoric visualization; neuroscience research; Artificial neural networks; Biological neural networks; Circuit simulation; Computer networks; Data engineering; Knowledge representation; Neural networks; Neurons; Organizing; Yarn;
fLanguage
English
Publisher
ieee
Conference_Titel
Intelligent Sensing and Information Processing, 2005. ICISIP 2005. Third International Conference on
Conference_Location
Bangalore
Print_ISBN
0-7803-9588-3
Type
conf
DOI
10.1109/ICISIP.2005.1619407
Filename
1619407
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