Probability Density Methods for Smooth Function Approximation and Learning in Populations of Tuned Spiking Neurons

Neural Computation

Volumn 10, Issue 6, 1998, Pages 1567-1586

  Sanger, Terence David ^a,b  

^a MASSACHUSETTS INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (United States)

^b BOSTON CHILDREN S HOSPITAL   (United States)

Author keywords

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Indexed keywords

ACTION POTENTIAL; ARTICLE; BIOLOGICAL MODEL; LEARNING; NERVE CELL; PHYSIOLOGY; PROBABILITY;

ACTION POTENTIALS; LEARNING; MODELS, NEUROLOGICAL; NEURONS; PROBABILITY;

EID: 0032528776     PISSN: 08997667     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1162/089976698300017313     Document Type: Article

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