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Hopfield network

Hopfield network noun: a kind of recurrent neural network, providing a model for understanding human memory.

Noun

Hopfield network (plural Hopfield networks)

  1. A kind of recurrent neural network, providing a model for understanding human memory.

Forms of Hopfield network

pluralHopfield networks

Origin of Hopfield network

Popularised by John Hopfield in 1982 (but described earlier by Little in 1974).

Questions about Hopfield network

What does Hopfield network mean?
Hopfield network means a kind of recurrent neural network, providing a model for understanding human memory.
What part of speech is Hopfield network?
Hopfield network is a noun.
What is the plural of Hopfield network?
The plural of Hopfield network is Hopfield networks.

Words near Hopfield network in the dictionary

  1. Hopf links
  2. Hopf number
  3. Hopf numbers
  4. Hopfian
  5. hopfield
  6. Hopfield network
  7. Hopfield networks
  8. hopfields
  9. hopfion
  10. hopfionic
  11. hopfions

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