Virtual Lateral Inhibition in Parallel Activation Models of Associative Memory
Abstract
This paper describes a new theory of how spreading activation may occur in associative memory models formulated as parallel activation networks. The theory postulates that competition for activation by nodes/concepts in a network is a fundamental principle of memory retrieval. Using only excitatory connections between concepts, a specific implementation of this model is able to demonstrate virtual lateral inhibition between competitors and other interesting behaviors that have required use of explicit inhibitory connections in the past.
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Reggia. "Virtual Lateral Inhibition in Parallel Activation Models of Associative Memory." International Joint Conference on Artificial Intelligence, 1985.Markdown
[Reggia. "Virtual Lateral Inhibition in Parallel Activation Models of Associative Memory." International Joint Conference on Artificial Intelligence, 1985.](https://mlanthology.org/ijcai/1985/reggia1985ijcai-virtual/)BibTeX
@inproceedings{reggia1985ijcai-virtual,
title = {{Virtual Lateral Inhibition in Parallel Activation Models of Associative Memory}},
author = {Reggia, James A.},
booktitle = {International Joint Conference on Artificial Intelligence},
year = {1985},
pages = {244-248},
url = {https://mlanthology.org/ijcai/1985/reggia1985ijcai-virtual/}
}