Some Metric Considerations in Pattern Recognition

Abstract

The lack of traceable nerve pathways in the visual cortices of mammals has, in the last decade, generated speculation about machines which might learn to recognize visual patterns but which would be randomly wired to their source of information. This report analyzes such devices and shows that at least certain mild constraints of a distance-ordering sort must be imposed upon random connections. Mammalian visual system neuroanatomy is then reexamined in this light.

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Document Details

Document Type
Technical Report
Publication Date
Jul 01, 1961
Accession Number
AD0268031

Entities

People

  • Theodore A. Kalin

Organizations

  • Air Force Cambridge Research Laboratories

Tags

Communities of Interest

  • Air Platforms
  • C4I
  • Space

DTIC Thesaurus Topics

  • Bits
  • Brain
  • Cells
  • Cerebral Cortex
  • Computer Programs
  • Computers
  • Geometric Forms
  • Geometry
  • Health Services
  • Nervous System
  • Neurons
  • Optic Nerve
  • Pattern Recognition
  • Peripheral Nervous System
  • Probability
  • Two Dimensional
  • Visual Cortex

Readers

  • Computer Networking
  • Theoretical Analysis.
  • Vision Science/Vision Psychology/Cognitive Neuroscience.

Technology Areas

  • AI & ML