t. kohonen

T. Kohonen
Kohonen

   <person> A researcher at the {University of Helsinki} who has
   been studying {neural networks} for many years with the idea
   of modelling as closely as possible the behaviour of
   biological systems.  His name is commonly associated with a
   particular kind of neural network in which there are only two
   kinds of {neurons} (see {McCulloch-Pitts}), input and others.
   All the input neurons are connected to all others and the
   others are connected only to their other nearest neighbors.
   The training {algorithm} is a relatively simple one based on
   the geometric layout of the neurons, and makes use of
   {simulated annealing}.

   (1994-10-19)