Synergetic Computers and Cognition: Top-down Approach to Neural Nets: Vol 50 (Springer Series in Synergetics) - Hardcover

Haken, H.

Hardcover

ISBN 10: 3540530304 ISBN 13: 9783540530305

Publisher: Springer-Verlag Berlin and Heidelberg GmbH & Co. K, 1991

Synopsis

This monograph aims to present a novel approach to neural nets and thus offers a genuine alternative to the hitherto known neuro-computers. This approach is based on the author's discovery of the profound analogy between pattern recognition and pattern formation in open systems far from equilibrium. Thus, the mathematical and conceptual tools of synergetics can be exploited, and the concept of the synergetic computer formulated. A complete theory of pattern recognition and learning is presented. The resulting algorithm can be implemented on serial computers or realized by fully parallel nets whereby no spurious states occur. Explicit examples (recognition of faces and city maps) are provided. The recognition process is made invariant with respect to simultaneous translation, rotation and scaling, and allows the recognition of complex scenes. Oscillations and hysteresis in the perception of ambiguous patterns are treated, as well as the recognition of movement patterns. A comparison between the recognition abilities of humans and the synergetic computer aims to shed new light on possible models of mental processes.

Edition details

• Publisher: Springer-Verlag Berlin and Heidelberg GmbH & Co. K
• Publication date: 1991
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 3540530304
• ISBN 13: 9783540530305
• Binding: Hardcover
• Number of pages: 234