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Title:	A simple neural agent communicating through sets
Author:	Stanski, James P.
View Online:	njit-etd1998-107 (xv, 129 pages ~ 4.1 MB pdf)
Department:	Department of Computer and Information Science
Degree:	Master of Science
Program:	Computer Science
Document Type:	Thesis
Advisory Committee:	Kurfess, Franz J. (Committee chair) Liu, Qianhong (Committee member) Rana, Ajaz A. (Committee member)
Date:	1998-01
Keywords:	Neural networks (Computer science).` Pattern recognition systems. Self-organizing systems.
Availability:	Unrestricted
Abstract:	Networked agents of the simplest kind offer the power of cooperative problem solving through parallel operation along with tight packaging potential. Such agents are self-contained analog machines capable of only a few primitive intelligent operations. In this thesis, a design will be developed for a simple agent capable of sending, receiving, and processing information in a environment where agents are coupled together. This environment imposes unorchestrated simultaneous input while expecting a useful timely response. Successful collaboration in these conditions is accomplished through sets encoded within pulse ensembles. The simplicity of the set definition is an inviting candidate for message communication and processing. Although its use is restricted to spatial pattern recognition, a predicted side effect of set communication in a multilayer network configuration is the ability to reintroduce the output back into the input layers for further processing.