A class of sparsely connected autoassociative morphological memories for large color images

IEEE Trans Neural Netw. 2009 Jun;20(6):1045-50. doi: 10.1109/TNN.2009.2020849. Epub 2009 May 8.

Abstract

This brief introduces a new class of sparsely connected autoassociative morphological memories (AMMs) that can be effectively used to process large multivalued patterns, which include color images as a particular case. Such as the single-valued AMMs, the multivalued models exhibit optimal absolute storage capacity and one-step convergence. The remarkable feature of the proposed models is their sparse structure. In fact, the number of synaptic junctions--and consequently the required computational resources--usually decreases considerably as more and more patterns are stored in the novel multivalued AMMs.

MeSH terms

  • Algorithms*
  • Artificial Intelligence*
  • Association Learning*
  • Color*
  • Computer Simulation
  • Image Interpretation, Computer-Assisted / methods*
  • Models, Theoretical*
  • Pattern Recognition, Automated / methods*