Independent neurons representing a finite set of stimuli: dependence of the mutual information on the number of units sampled
| dc.creator | Samengo, Ines | |
| dc.date | 2002-02-01 | |
| dc.date.accessioned | 2026-07-25T14:37:48Z | |
| dc.description | We study the capacity with which a system of independent neuron-like units represents a given set of stimuli. We assume that each neuron provides a fixed amount of information, and that the information provided by different neurons has a random overlap. We derive analytically the dependence of the mutual information between the set of stimuli and the neural responses on the number of units sampled. For a large set of stimuli, the mutual information rises linearly with the number of neurons, and later saturates exponentially at its maximum value. | |
| dc.description | 13 pages, 5 figures, Network: Computation in Neural Systems, vol 12 (1) 21 - 31 (2000) | |
| dc.identifier | https://arxiv.org/abs/cond-mat/0202023 | |
| dc.identifier | http://arxiv.org/abs/cond-mat/0202023 | |
| dc.identifier.uri | https://dspace.dare.co.zw/handle/123456789/27247 | |
| dc.subject | Disordered Systems and Neural Networks | |
| dc.subject | Neurons and Cognition | |
| dc.title | Independent neurons representing a finite set of stimuli: dependence of the mutual information on the number of units sampled | |
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