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In this work we introduce a multi-species generalization of the Hopfield model for associative memory, where neurons are divided into groups and both inter-groups and intra-groups pair-wise interactions are considered, with different…

Disordered Systems and Neural Networks · Physics 2018-07-11 Elena Agliari , Danila Migliozzi , Daniele Tantari

The two-parameter dynamical replica theory (2-DRT) is applied to investigate retrieval properties of non-monotonic associative memory, a model which lacks thermodynamic potential functions. 2-DRT reproduces dynamical properties of the model…

Disordered Systems and Neural Networks · Physics 2009-10-31 Toshiyuki Tanaka , Shinsuke Kakiya , Masato Okada

We present a Hopfield-like autoassociative network for memories representing examples of concepts. Each memory is encoded by two activity patterns with complementary properties. The first is dense and correlated across examples within…

Neurons and Cognition · Quantitative Biology 2023-08-28 Louis Kang , Taro Toyoizumi

In this paper we introduce and investigate the statistical mechanics of hierarchical neural networks: First, we approach these systems \`a la Mattis, by thinking at the Dyson model as a single-pattern hierarchical neural network and we…

Disordered Systems and Neural Networks · Physics 2016-02-02 Elena Agliari , Adriano Barra , Andrea Galluzzi , Francesco Guerra , Daniele Tantari , Flavia Tavani

The classic paradigms for learning and memory recall focus on strengths of synaptic couplings and how these can be modulated to encode memories. In a previous paper [A. K. Behera, M. Rao, S. Sastry, and S. Vaikuntanathan, Physical Review X…

Disordered Systems and Neural Networks · Physics 2024-10-10 Agnish Kumar Behera , Matthew Du , Uday Jagadisan , Srikanth Sastry , Madan Rao , Suriyanarayanan Vaikuntanathan

Content-addressable memories such as Modern Hopfield Networks (MHN) have been studied as mathematical models of auto-association and storage/retrieval in the human declarative memory, yet their practical use for large-scale content storage…

Machine Learning · Computer Science 2024-11-01 Satyananda Kashyap , Niharika S. D'Souza , Luyao Shi , Ken C. L. Wong , Hongzhi Wang , Tanveer Syeda-Mahmood

We study associative memory of an oscillator neural network with distributed native frequencies. The model is based on the use of the Hebb learning rule with random patterns ($\xi_i^{\mu}=\pm 1$), and the distribution function of native…

Disordered Systems and Neural Networks · Physics 2009-10-31 Michiko Yamana , Masatoshi Shiino , Masahiko Yoshioka

The brain can reproduce memories from partial data; this ability is critical for memory recall. The process of memory recall has been studied using auto-associative networks such as the Hopfield model. This kind of model reliably converges…

Neurons and Cognition · Quantitative Biology 2016-05-18 James P. Roach , Leonard M Sander , Michal R. Zochowski

Associative memory models are content-addressable memory systems fundamental to biological intelligence and are notable for their high interpretability. However, existing models evaluate the quality of retrieval based on proximity, which…

Machine Learning · Computer Science 2025-11-26 Shurong Wang , Yuqi Pan , Zhuoyang Shen , Meng Zhang , Hongwei Wang , Guoqi Li

We propose and analyze a new variation of the so-called {\em exponential Hopfield model}, a recently introduced family of associative neural networks with unprecedented storage capacity. Our construction is based on a cost function defined…

Disordered Systems and Neural Networks · Physics 2025-09-09 Linda Albanese , Andrea Alessandrelli , Adriano Barra , Peter Sollich

Understanding the memory capacity of neural networks remains a challenging problem in implementing artificial intelligence systems. In this paper, we address the notion of capacity with respect to Hopfield networks and propose a dynamic…

Neural and Evolutionary Computing · Computer Science 2017-09-19 Saarthak Sarup , Mingoo Seok

We report on both analytical and numerical results concerning stochastic Hopfield--like neural automata exhibiting the following (biologically inspired) features: (1) Neurons and synapses evolve in time as in contact with respective baths…

Statistical Mechanics · Physics 2007-05-23 J. J. Torres , J. Marro , P. L. Garrido , J. M. Cortes , F. Ramos , M. A. Munoz

The Hopfield model provides a paradigmatic framework for associative memory. Its classical implementation, based on the Hebbian learning rule, suffers from catastrophic forgetting: when one attempts storing too many patterns, the network…

Disordered Systems and Neural Networks · Physics 2026-03-11 Enzo Marinari , Saverio Rossi , Francesco Zamponi

Associative memory models, such as Hopfield networks and their modern variants, have garnered renewed interest due to advancements in memory capacity and connections with self-attention in transformers. In this work, we introduce a unified…

Machine Learning · Computer Science 2025-10-28 Saul Santos , Vlad Niculae , Daniel McNamee , André F. T. Martins

We study Hopfield networks with non-reciprocal coupling inducing switches between memory patterns. Dynamical phase transitions occur between phases of no memory retrieval, retrieval of multiple point-attractors, and limit-cycle attractors.…

Disordered Systems and Neural Networks · Physics 2025-10-21 Shuyue Xue , Mohammad Maghrebi , George I. Mias , Carlo Piermarocchi

The standard consolidation theory states that short-term memories located in the hippocampus enable the consolidation of long-term memories in the neocortex. In other words, the neocortex slowly learns long-term memories with a transient…

Neurons and Cognition · Quantitative Biology 2024-04-05 Lisa Blum Moyse , Hugues Berry

The Entropic Associative Memory holds objects in a 2D relation or ``memory plane'' using a finite table as the medium. Memory objects are stored by reinforcing simultaneously the cells used by the cue, implementing a form of Hebb's learning…

Computer Vision and Pattern Recognition · Computer Science 2024-11-06 Rafael Morales , Luis A. Pineda

We introduce the sparse modern Hopfield model as a sparse extension of the modern Hopfield model. Like its dense counterpart, the sparse modern Hopfield model equips a memory-retrieval dynamics whose one-step approximation corresponds to…

Machine Learning · Computer Science 2023-12-01 Jerry Yao-Chieh Hu , Donglin Yang , Dennis Wu , Chenwei Xu , Bo-Yu Chen , Han Liu

Associative memory or content-addressable memory is an important component function in computer science and information processing, and at the same time a key concept in cognitive and computational brain science. Many different neural…

Neural and Evolutionary Computing · Computer Science 2026-05-05 Anders Lansner , Andreas Knoblauch , Naresh B Ravichandran , Pawel Herman

Neural networks are supposed to recognise blurred images (or patterns) of $N$ pixels (bits) each. Application of the network to an initial blurred version of one of $P$ pre-assigned patterns should converge to the correct pattern. In the…

Statistical Mechanics · Physics 2009-11-07 Dietrich Stauffer , Amnon Aharony , Luciano da Fontoura Costa , Joan Adler