THEORY OF AJUSTABLE SWITCHING NETWORKS. I: A. THRESHOLD LOGIC. B. RELIABILITY OF SWITCHING NETWORKS

Abstract

A discussion is presented of a doubly infinite chain of properties of threshold functions, the second limit of which characterizes such functions. The first two properties, which are the most useful as necessary conditions, are given special attention; they yield interpretations in algebraic expressions for the function and provide a natural ordering of the function's arguments. Relations between the families of properties are given, and their independence shown. Some other conjectured characterizations of threshold functions are shown invalid. The number of threshold functions, as a function of n, is given a relatively good upper bound. (Author)

Document Details

Document Type
Technical Report
Publication Date
Apr 30, 1967
Accession Number
AD0282248

Entities

People

  • R. O. Winder
  • S. Amarel
  • S. Levy

Organizations

  • Sarnoff Corporation

Tags

DTIC Thesaurus Topics

  • Rectifiers
  • Reliability
  • Switching

Fields of Study

  • Mathematics

Readers

  • Auditory Neuroscience/Auditory Physiology.
  • Mathematical Modeling and Probability Theory.