Computing Dictionary
Hebbian learning definition
artificial intelligence The most common way to train a
neural network; a kind of
unsupervised learning; named after canadian neuropsychologist, Donald O. Hebb.
The
algorithm is based on Hebb's Postulate, which states that where one cell's firing repeatedly contributes to the firing of another cell, the magnitude of this contribution will tend to increase gradually with time. This means that what may start as little more than a coincidental relationship between the firing of two nearby neurons becomes strongly causal.
Despite limitations with Hebbian learning, e.g., the inability to learn certain patterns, variations such as
Signal Hebbian Learning and
Differential Hebbian Learning are still used.
(http://neuron-ai.tuke.sk/NCS/VOL1/P3_html/node14.html).
(2003-11-07)
