Towards a Mathematical Theory of Cortical Micro-circuits
Figure 4
Markov chain likelihood circuit.
The circuit for calculating the likelihoods of Markov chains based on a sequence of inputs. In this figure there are five possible bottom-up input patterns (c1–c5) and two Markov chains (g1, g2). The circle neurons represent a specific bottom-up coincidence within a learned Markov chain (two Markov chains are shown, one in blue and one in green). Each rectangular neuron represents the likelihood of an entire Markov chain to be passed to a parent node. This circuit implements the dynamic programming Equation 4 in Table 1.