Network Pattern Processors

Abstract

Imagine a hypothetical being — let us use the name Ω — living in an environment or microworld from which it receives sensory inputs. The pattern structure that Ω is confronted by is assumed unknown to start with and Ω will try to infer it as time goes on. In this chapter, we shall study one type of pattern processor constructed as a network of simple units. Our goal will be to find out how such a processor can be capable of pattern inference, to what extent this holds, and we shall look into both the normal and pathological operation of the network processor.