A stochastic model of retinotopy: A self organizing process

DOI10.1007/BF00318206zbMath0605.92001WikidataQ48402460 ScholiaQ48402460MaRDI QIDQ1084351

Marie Cottrell, Jean-Claude Fort

Publication date: 1986

Published in: Biological Cybernetics (Search for Journal in Brave)

zbMATH Keywords

convergenceasymptotic behaviourMarkov chainstationary distributionretinacortexMonte-Carlo simulationtwo-dimensional networksynapsesdensity of synaptic weightsHebb principleretinotopyself organizing stochastic process

Mathematics Subject Classification ID

Applications of Markov chains and discrete-time Markov processes on general state spaces (social mobility, learning theory, industrial processes, etc.) (60J20) General biology and biomathematics (92B05) Other natural sciences (mathematical treatment) (92F05) Physiological, cellular and medical topics (92Cxx)

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