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ArticlePloS one2022

Entropic associative memory for manuscript symbols.

Rafael Morales, Noé Hernández, Ricardo Cruz, Victor D Cruz, Luis A Pineda

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Article in PloS one, 2022. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 4 papers.

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Rafael MoralesUniversidad de Guadalajara, SUV, Guadalajara, Jalisco, Mexico.ORCID 0000-0003-4347-6028
Noé HernándezUniversidad Nacional Autónoma de México (UNAM), IIMAS, Mexico City, Mexico.
Ricardo CruzUniversidad Nacional Autónoma de México (UNAM), IIMAS, Mexico City, Mexico.
Victor D CruzPosgrado en Ciencia e Ingeniería de la Computación, UNAM, Mexico City, Mexico.
Luis A PinedaUniversidad Nacional Autónoma de México (UNAM), IIMAS, Mexico City, Mexico.ORCID 0000-0001-7081-7524

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Abstract

Manuscript symbols can be stored, recognized and retrieved from an entropic digital memory that is associative and distributed but yet declarative; memory retrieval is a constructive operation, memory cues to objects not contained in the memory are rejected directly without search, and memory operations can be performed through parallel computations. Manuscript symbols, both letters and numerals, are represented in Associative Memory Registers that have an associated entropy. The memory recognition operation obeys an entropy trade-off between precision and recall, and the entropy level impacts on the quality of the objects recovered through the memory retrieval operation. The present proposal is contrasted in several dimensions with neural networks models of associative memory. We discuss the operational characteristics of the entropic associative memory for retrieving objects with both complete and incomplete information, such as severe occlusions. The experiments reported in this paper add evidence on the potential of this framework for developing practical applications and computational models of natural memory.

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Mental RecallRecognition, PsychologyCuesEntropyMemory

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PMID35926001
PMCPMC9352019

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