Systematic fluctuation expansion for neural network activity equations

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dc.creatorBuice, Michael A.
dc.creatorCowan, Jack D.
dc.creatorChow, Carson C.
dc.date2009-02-23
dc.date2009-05-15
dc.date.accessioned2026-07-07T13:14:51Z
dc.date.available2026-07-07T13:14:51Z
dc.descriptionPopulation rate or activity equations are the foundation of a common approach to modeling for neural networks. These equations provide mean field dynamics for the firing rate or activity of neurons within a network given some connectivity. The shortcoming of these equations is that they take into account only the average firing rate while leaving out higher order statistics like correlations between firing. A stochastic theory of neural networks which includes statistics at all orders was recently formulated. We describe how this theory yields a systematic extension to population rate equations by introducing equations for correlations and appropriate coupling terms. Each level of the approximation yields closed equations, i.e. they depend only upon the mean and specific correlations of interest, without an {\it ad hoc} criterion for doing so. We show in an example of an all-to-all connected network how our system of generalized activity equations captures phenomena missed by the mean fieldrate equations alone.
dc.description67 pages, 8 figures, corrected typos, changes for resubmission
dc.identifierhttps://arxiv.org/abs/0902.3925
dc.identifierhttp://arxiv.org/abs/0902.3925
dc.identifier.urihttp://salesiana.dossiersoluciones.com/handle/123456789/230306
dc.subjectNeurons and Cognition
dc.titleSystematic fluctuation expansion for neural network activity equations
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