Optimal quantization for energy-efficient information transfer in a population of neuron-like devices

Proceedings of SPIE - The International Society for Optical Engineering

Volumn 5471, Issue , 2004, Pages 222-232

  McDonnell, Mark D ^a   Stocks, Nigel G ^b   Pearce, Charles E M ^a   Abbott, Derek ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ADELAIDE   (Australia)

^b UNIVERSITY OF WARWICK   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Energy efficient coding; Neural coding; Neurons; Noise; Optimal quantization; Population codes; Stochastic resonance; Suprathreshold stochastic resonance

Indexed keywords

ENERGY EFFICIENT CODING; NEURAL CODING; NEURONS; NOISE; OPTIMAL QUANTIZATION; POPULATION CODES; STOCHASTIC RESONANCE; SUPRATHRESHOLD STOCHASTIC RESONANCE;

BRAIN; DATA PROCESSING; ENERGY EFFICIENCY; NEURAL NETWORKS; NEUROLOGY; OPTIMIZATION; SIGNAL PROCESSING; SPURIOUS SIGNAL NOISE;

STOCHASTIC CONTROL SYSTEMS;

EID: 4444372628     PISSN: 0277786X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: 10.1117/12.546934     Document Type: Conference Paper

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