- Autoassociative memory
Autoassociative memory, also known as auto-association memory or an autoassociation network, is a form of backpropagation or other neural networks that enables one to retrieve entire memories from only a tiny sample of itself. To draw a picture, the fragments presented below should be all that's necessary to retrieve the appropriate memory:
#"A day that will live in ______"
#"To be or not to be"
#"I came, I saw, I conquered"The first example will make the reader fill in the blank with the word "infamy", while making him or her think of
Franklin D. Roosevelt . The second example is only a tiny phrase fromWilliam Shakespeare 'sHamlet , yet readers will be able to associate it with the play. And finally, most people will be quick to translate Caesar's quote over to " [http://en.wikiquote.org/wiki/Julius_Caesar Veni, Vidi, Vici] ". The conclusion to be drawn is that Autoassociation networks can recreate the whole from merely its small parts.ee also
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Bidirectional Associative Memory External links
* [http://www.heatonresearch.com/articles/2/page4.html Autoassociation]
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