A model for fast analog computation based on unreliable synapses

Neural Computation

Volumn 12, Issue 7, 2000, Pages 1679-1704

  Maass, Wolfgang ^a   Natschläger, Thomas ^a  

^a GRAZ UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY   (Austria)

Author keywords

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Indexed keywords

ACTION POTENTIAL; ANALOG DIGITAL CONVERTER; ARTICLE; ARTIFACT; BIOLOGICAL MODEL; COMPUTER SIMULATION; LEARNING; NERVE CELL; PHYSIOLOGY; SYNAPSE;

ACTION POTENTIALS; ANALOG-DIGITAL CONVERSION; ARTIFACTS; COMPUTER SIMULATION; LEARNING; MODELS, NEUROLOGICAL; NEURONS; SYNAPSES;

EID: 0034218519     PISSN: 08997667     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1162/089976600300015303     Document Type: Article

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