The rectified gaussian distribution

N. D. Socci, D. D. Lee, Hyunjune Sebastian Seung

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Abstract

A simple but powerful modification of the standard Gaussian distribution is studied. The variables of the rectified Gaussian are constrained to be nonnegative, enabling the use of nonconvex energy functions. Two multimodal examples, the competitive and cooperative distributions, illustrate the representational power of the rectified Gaussian. Since the cooperative distribution can represent the translations of a pattern, it demonstrates the potential of the rectified Gaussian for modeling pattern manifolds.

Original languageEnglish (US)
Title of host publicationAdvances in Neural Information Processing Systems 10 - Proceedings of the 1997 Conference, NIPS 1997
PublisherNeural information processing systems foundation
Pages350-356
Number of pages7
ISBN (Print)0262100762, 9780262100762
StatePublished - 1998
Event11th Annual Conference on Neural Information Processing Systems, NIPS 1997 - Denver, CO, United States
Duration: Dec 1 1997Dec 6 1997

Publication series

NameAdvances in Neural Information Processing Systems
ISSN (Print)1049-5258

Other

Other11th Annual Conference on Neural Information Processing Systems, NIPS 1997
Country/TerritoryUnited States
CityDenver, CO
Period12/1/9712/6/97

All Science Journal Classification (ASJC) codes

  • Computer Networks and Communications
  • Information Systems
  • Signal Processing

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