Spiking neural networks evolved to perform multiplicative operations

Muhammad Aamir Khan, Volker Steuber, Neil Davey, Borys Wróbel

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Abstract

Multiplicative or divisive changes in tuning curves of individual neurons to one stimulus (“input”) as another stimulus (“modulation”) is applied, called gain modulation, play an important role in perception and decision making. Since the presence of modulatory synaptic stimulation results in a multiplicative operation by proportionally changing the neuronal input-output relationship, such a change affects the sensitivity of the neuron but not its selectivity. Multiplicative gain modulation has commonly been studied at the level of single neurons. Much less is known about arithmetic operations at the network level. In this work we have evolved small networks of spiking neurons in which the output neurons respond to input with non-linear tuning curves that exhibit gain modulation—the best network showed an over 3-fold multiplicative response to modulation. Interestingly, we have also obtained a network with only 2 interneurons showing an over 2-fold response.

Original languageEnglish
Title of host publicationArtificial Neural Networks and Machine Learning – ICANN 2018 - 27th International Conference on Artificial Neural Networks, 2018, Proceedings
PublisherSpringer Nature Link
Pages314-321
Number of pages8
ISBN (Print)9783030014179
DOIs
Publication statusE-pub ahead of print - 27 Sept 2018
Event27th International Conference on Artificial Neural Networks, ICANN 2018 - Rhodes, Greece
Duration: 4 Oct 20187 Oct 2018

Publication series

NameLecture Notes in Computer Science (including subseries Lecture Notes in Artificial Intelligence and Lecture Notes in Bioinformatics)
Volume11139 LNCS
ISSN (Print)0302-9743
ISSN (Electronic)1611-3349

Conference

Conference27th International Conference on Artificial Neural Networks, ICANN 2018
Country/TerritoryGreece
CityRhodes
Period4/10/187/10/18

Keywords

  • Adaptive exponential integrate and fire
  • Artificial evolution
  • Gain modulation
  • Multiplicative operation
  • Spiking neural network

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