title: Categorization in fully connected multistate neural network models.
abstract: The categorization ability of fully connected neural network models, with either discrete or continuous Q-state units, is studied in this work in replica symmetric mean-field theory. Hierarchically correlated multistate patterns in a two level structure of ancestors and descendents (examples) are embedded in the network and the categorization task consists in recognizing the ancestors when the network is trained exclusively with their descendents. Explicit results for the dependence of the equilibrium properties of a Q=3-state model and a Q=infinity-state model are obtained in the form of phase diagrams and categorization curves. A strong improvement of the categorization ability is found when the network is trained with examples of low activity. The categorization ability is found to be robust to finite threshold and synaptic noise. The Almeida-Thouless lines that limit the validity of the replica-symmetric results, are also obtained.
authors.affiliation: Instituto de Física, Universidade Federal do Rio Grande do Sul, Caixa Postal 15051, CEP 91501-970, Porto Alegre, RS, Brazil.
authors.forename: R
authors.initials: R
authors.lastname: Erichsen
authors.forename: W K
authors.initials: WK
authors.lastname: Theumann
authors.forename: D R
authors.initials: DR
authors.lastname: Dominguez
mesh_terms: D007858:Learning; D008954:Models, Biological; D008959:Models, Neurological; D009415:Nerve Net; D016571:Neural Networks, Computer; D009434:Neural Pathways; D009474:Neurons; D009622:Noise; D011930:Reaction Time; D013569:Synapses; D013696:Temperature