2000-11-15Z2011-03-11T08:54:27Zhttp://cogprints.org/id/eprint/1109This item is in the repository with the URL: http://cogprints.org/id/eprint/11092000-11-15ZLearning synaptic clusters for non-linear dendritic processingNonlinear dendritic processing appears to be a feature of biological neurons and would also be of use in many applications of artificial neural networks. This paper presents a model of an initially standard linear unit which uses unsupervised learning to find clusters of inputs within which inactivity at one synapse can occlude the activity at the other synapses.Michael SpratlingGillian Hayes