Adaptive Network Modeling for Criterial Causation

Jan Treur*

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Abstract

Propagation of activation of neurons depends on settings of a number of intrinsic characteristics of the network of neurons, such as synaptic connection strengths and excitability thresholds for neurons. These settings serve as criteria on the incoming signals for a neuron to get activated. As part of the plasticity of the neural processing these network characteristics also change over time. Such changes can be slow compared to propagation of activation, like in learning from a number of experiences, but they can also be fast, like in memory formation. From the informational perspective on the criteria, this can be considered a form of information formation, and the firing of neurons as driven by this information. This is called criterial causation. In this paper, an adaptive network model is presented modeling such criterial causation. Moreover, it is shown how criterial causation in the brain relates to the more general temporal factorisation principle for the world’s dynamics.

Original languageEnglish
Title of host publicationComplex Networks and Their Applications VIII
Subtitle of host publicationProceedings of the Eighth International Conference on Complex Networks and Their Applications COMPLEX NETWORKS 2019 Volume 2
EditorsHocine Cherifi, Sabrina Gaito, José Fernendo Mendes, Esteban Moro, Luis Mateus Rocha
PublisherSpringer
Pages827-841
Number of pages15
Volume2
ISBN (Electronic)9783030366834
ISBN (Print)9783030366827
DOIs
Publication statusPublished - 2020
Event8th International Conference on Complex Networks and their Applications, COMPLEX NETWORKS 2019 - Lisbon, Portugal
Duration: 10 Dec 201912 Dec 2019

Publication series

NameStudies in Computational Intelligence
Volume882 SCI
ISSN (Print)1860-949X
ISSN (Electronic)1860-9503

Conference

Conference8th International Conference on Complex Networks and their Applications, COMPLEX NETWORKS 2019
Country/TerritoryPortugal
CityLisbon
Period10/12/1912/12/19

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