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E R Caianiello

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Comparison of two unsupervised algorithms.

The binary decision element described by the decision rule depending upon weight vector w is a model of neuron examined in this paper. The environment of the element is described by some unknown, stationary distribution (p(kappa). The input signals kappa[n] of the element appear in each step n independently in accordance with the distribution p(kappa). During an unsupervised learning process the weight vector w[n] is changed on the base of the input vector kappa[n]. In the paper there are regarded two self-learning algorithms which are stochastic approximation type. For both algorithms the same rule of past experiences neglecting or the rule of weight decrease has been introduced. The first algorithm differs from the other one by a rule of weight increase. It has been proved that only one of these algorithms always leads to the same decision rule in a given environment p(kappa).

Decision Making↗

A model for non-resolvable ambiguities.

The dynamical behavior of the perception of ambiguous figures arising from the essentially nonresolvable ambiguity built in the figures themselves is analysed. Two main features of it are explored, the initial transient and the rhythmic alternation of inversions of perspective following it. The initial transient is envisaged in terms of a symmetry breaking disorder-order transformation induced by the "attention" of the observer. The rhythmic inversions of the ordered structures are classified by a model based on an ideally non linear decision equation for binary systems originally proposed to schematize the observed behavior of neurons. Finally it is suggested that the phenomena relative to the perception of ambiguous figures could represent the simplest ones among more complex situations arising in perception, in concept formation, in the sensing of emotion and in communication in general.

Humans↗