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A Neural Network Model for the Estimation of Time-to-Collision

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Advances in Neural Networks - ISNN 2006 (ISNN 2006)

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Artificial Neural Networks (ANNs) which are derived from Biological Neural Networks (BNNs) are enhanced by many advanced mathematical techniques and have become powerful tools for solving complicated engineering problems. Integrating BNNs with mature ANNs is a very effective method of solving intricate biological problems and explaining neurophysiological data. In this paper we propose a neural network model that explains how the brain processes visual information about impending collisions with an object – in particular, how time-to-collision information is caculated in the brain. The model performs extremely well as a result of incorporating physiological data with the methods involved in the development of ANNs. By implementing this novel compuational neural network model, the results of the simulation demonstrate that this integrative approach is a very useful and efficient way to deal with complicated problems in neural computation.

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  1. Center of NeuroInformatics, School of Life Science and Technology, University of Electronic Science and Technology of China, Chengdu, 610054, China

    Ling Wang & Dezhong Yao

  2. Department of Psychology, Neuroscience and Behaviour, McMaster University, Hamilton, Ontario, L8S 4K1, Canada

    Hongjin Sun

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  1. Department of Mechanical and Automation Engineering, The Chinese University of Hong Kong, Shatin, New Territories, Hong Kong, China

    Jun Wang

  2. Computational Intelligence Laboratory, School of Computer Science and Engineering, University of Electronic Science and Technology of China, 610054, Chengdu, P.R. China

    Zhang Yi

  3. Department of Electrical Engineering, University of Louisville, 40292, Louisville, KY, U.S.A

    Jacek M. Zurada

  4. Laboratory for Computational Biology, Shanghai Center for Systems Biomedicine, 800 Dong Chuan Rd, 200240, Shanghai, China

    Bao-Liang Lu

  5. School of Electrical and Electronic Engineering, University of Manchester, UK

    Hujun Yin

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Wang, L., Sun, H., Yao, D. (2006). A Neural Network Model for the Estimation of Time-to-Collision. In: Wang, J., Yi, Z., Zurada, J.M., Lu, BL., Yin, H. (eds) Advances in Neural Networks - ISNN 2006. ISNN 2006. Lecture Notes in Computer Science, vol 3973. Springer, Berlin, Heidelberg. https://doi.org/10.1007/11760191_90

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