Advanced Models of Neural Networks

Dr. Gerasimos Rigatos received his Ph.D. from the Dept. of Electrical and Computer Engineering of the National Technical University of Athens, Greece. He had a postdoctoral position at IRISA, Rennes, France, he was an invited professor at the Université Paris XI (Institut d'Eléctronique Fondamentale) and a lecturer in the Dept. of Engineering of Harper-Adams University College, UK. He is now a researcher in the Unit of Industrial Automation, Industrial Systems Institute, Patras, Greece. His research interests include computational intelligence, adaptive systems, mechatronics, robotics and control, optimization and fault diagnosis.

• Modelling Biological Neurons in Terms of Electrical Circuits.- Systems Theory for the Analysis of Biological Neuron Dynamics.- Bifurcations and Limit Cycles in Models of Biological Systems.- Oscillatory Dynamics in Biological Neurons.- Synchronization of Circadian Neurons and Protein Synthesis Control.- Wave Dynamics in the Transmission of Neural Signals.- Stochastic Models of Biological Neuron Dynamics.- Synchronization of Stochastic Neural Oscillators Using Lyapunov Methods.- Synchronization of Chaotic and Stochastic Neurons Using Differential Flatness Theory.- Attractors in Associative Memories with Stochastic Weights.- Spectral Analysis of Neural Models with Stochastic Weights.- Neural Networks Based on the Eigenstates of the Quantum Harmonic Oscillator.- Quantum Control and Manipulation of Systems and Processes at Molecular Scale.- References.- Index.

"Several chapters deal with standard questions like control, synchronization, and estimation. Rigatos uses a clever linearization technique, and then applies variants of linear control techniques to solve these problems for nonlinear models. ... I recommend this book to those interested in neural nets who won't be put off by the density of the mathematics." (Paul Cull, Computing Reviews, December, 2014)