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ArticleCognitive neurodynamics2020

Removing uncertainty in neural networks.

Arturo Tozzi, James F Peters

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Article in Cognitive neurodynamics, 2020. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 2 papers.

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2 citing papers in PubMed.

  1. Why Should Natural Principles Be Simple?Philosophia (Ramat-Gan, Israel) · 2022
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  2. Neural computing in four spatial dimensions.Cognitive neurodynamics · 2021
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2 authors.

Arturo Tozzi1Center for Nonlinear Science, Department of Physics, University of North Texas, 1155 Union Circle, #311427, Denton, TX 76203-5017 USA.ORCID 0000-0001-8426-4860
James F Peters2Department of Electrical and Computer Engineering, University of Manitoba, Winnpeg, MB R3T 5V6 Canada.

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6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Neuroscientists draw lines of separation among structures and functions that they judge different, arbitrarily excluding or including issues in our description, to achieve positive demarcations that permits a pragmatic treatment of the nervous activity based on regularity and uniformity. However, uncertainty due to disconnectedness, lack of information and absence of objects' sharp boundaries is a troubling issue that prevents these scientists to select the required proper sets/subsets during their experimental assessment of natural and artificial neural networks. Starting from the detection of metamorphoses of shapes inside a Euclidean manifold, we propose a technique to detect the topological changes that occur during their reciprocal interactions and shape morphing. This method, that allows the detection of topological holes development and disappearance, makes it possible to solve the problem of uncertainty in the assessment of countless dynamical phenomena, such as cognitive processes, protein homeostasis deterioration, fire propagation, wireless sensor networks, migration flows, and cosmic bodies analysis.

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PMID32399075
PMCPMC7203388

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