2026-07-072026-07-07http://salesiana.dossiersoluciones.com/handle/123456789/110958The inclusion of a macroscopic adaptive threshold is studied for the retrieval dynamics of layered feedforward neural network models with synaptic noise. It is shown that if the threshold is chosen appropriately as a function of the cross-talk noise and of the activity of the stored patterns, adapting itself automatically in the course of the recall process, an autonomous functioning of the network is guaranteed.This self-control mechanism considerably improves the quality of retrieval, in particular the storage capacity, the basins of attraction and the mutual information content.10 pages, 5 figures, accepted for the ICANN 2006 conferenceDisordered Systems and Neural NetworksStatistical Mechanicstext