Simulation studies of learning in an informon network.
A single informon reproduces classical conditioning to compound stimuli under a wide range of conditions during reinforcement and non-reinforcement; it also reproduces simple operant conditioning. A network of 210 informons with 8400 simultaneouslly varying pathways has been simulated; it can learn to recognize handprinted numerals. The networks studied must be more richly interconnected before they can reproduce more detailed behaviour of animals.
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