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Boltzmann Machines : High-Order Interactions and Synchronous Learning

Lecture notes in statisticsPublished 1 January 1992
Robert Azencott
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TL;DR

A now classical innovative paper by Hinton-Sejnowski-Ackley intro­duced a class of formal neural networks, the Boltzmann machines, governed by asynchronous stochastic dynamics, quadratic energy functions, and pairwise interac­tions defined by synaptic weights.

Abstract

A now classical innovative paper [H.S.A.] by Hinton-Sejnowski-Ackley intro­duced a class of formal neural networks, the Boltzmann machines, governed by asynchronous stochastic dynamics, quadratic energy functions, and pairwise interac­tions defined by synaptic weights. One of the exciting aspects of [H.S.A.] was the derivation of a locally implementable learning rule linked to a scheme of decreasing (artificial) temperatures, in the spirit of simulated annealing.

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Computer Science