Dual encoding as a means of improving neural net performance

Author

Cook, Norman D. ; Fruh, Hansruedi ; Landis, Thedi

Author_Institution

Neuropsychol. Unit, Zurich Univ., Switzerland

Volume

2

fYear

1993

fDate

25-29 Oct. 1993

Firstpage

1361

Abstract

A technique for encoding complementary memories in auto-associative neural nets has been employed in order to improve memory recall performance. The mechanism of dual encoding is adapted. From ideas concerning interhemispheric communications and the functional asymmetries of the cerebral hemispheres. A pattern stored in one net can be regenerated from that in the other, but the patterns are complementary and not simple mirror-images. By allowing bilateral auto-associative neural nets to store and recall complementary information, a significant improvement in recall performance can be obtained. The mechanism of bilateral storage is, in principle, applicable to other auto- and hetero-associative neural nets.

Keywords

associative processing; encoding; neural nets; neurophysiology; auto-associative neural nets; bilateral storage; cerebral hemispheres; complementary memories; dual encoding; functional asymmetries; hetero-associative neural nets; memory recall; Biological information theory; Biological neural networks; Biological system modeling; Brain modeling; Encoding; Hospitals; Humans; Internet; Nervous system; Neural networks;

fLanguage

English

Publisher

ieee

Conference_Titel

Neural Networks, 1993. IJCNN '93-Nagoya. Proceedings of 1993 International Joint Conference on

Print_ISBN

0-7803-1421-2

Type

conf

DOI

10.1109/IJCNN.1993.716796

Filename

716796