Convergence property of topographic mapping formation from cell layer to cell layer through correlation learning rule

Neural Netw. 2000 Sep;13(7):709-18. doi: 10.1016/s0893-6080(00)00046-0.

Abstract

To elucidate the mechanism of topographic organization, we propose a simple topographic mapping formation model from one-dimensional cell layer to one-dimensional cell layer. In our model, each cell takes a binary state value and we consider several learning principles which are extensions of Hebb's rule. We pay special attention to a correlation learning rule where a synaptic weight value is increased if pre- and post-synaptic cells' state values are the same. First, we show that under a certain network size condition, a mapping is stable with respect to the correlation learning if and only if it is topographic. Second, we introduce a special class of weight matrices called band type and show that the set of band type weight matrices is strongly closed and such a weight matrix cannot yield a topographic mapping. Third, we show that any mapping, if it is defined by a non band type weight matrix, converges to a topographic mapping. The proof method is intrinsically of combinatorial nature in a framework of Markov process.

MeSH terms

  • Algorithms
  • Markov Chains
  • Models, Neurological*
  • Nerve Net* / cytology
  • Synapses / physiology