Neural information transfer in a noisy environment

Proceedings of SPIE - The International Society for Optical Engineering

Volumn 4591, Issue , 2001, Pages 59-69

  McDonnell, Mark D ^a   Pearce, Charles E M ^a   Abbott, Derek ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ADELAIDE   (Australia)

Author keywords

Noisy sensory neuron models; Optimal quantization; Stochastic resonance; Threshold devices; Transmitted information

Indexed keywords

DATA TRANSFER; ENTROPY; NEURAL NETWORKS; OPTIMIZATION; PROBABILITY DENSITY FUNCTION; SPURIOUS SIGNAL NOISE;

INFORMATION TRANSFER;

COMPARATOR CIRCUITS;

EID: 0035772537     PISSN: 0277786X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: 10.1117/12.449175     Document Type: Conference Paper

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