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Decision equation for binary systems. Application to neuronal behavior

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The exact mathematical treatment is given for a non linear equation describing the delayed yes-or-no response to a binary system to external stimulations, in some typical cases of interest. Comparison is made with neurophysiological data on the frequency rate of firings of stimulated neurons; the same equation, however, can be conceivably applied to a vast variety of phenomena. The procedures followed to solve the problems that arise in connection with this equation could be extended to more general types of non linear equations.

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  1. Sezione di Cibernetica del Consiglio Nazionale delle Ricerche — Istituto di Fisica Teorica, Università di Napoli, Italy

    E. E. Caianiello & A. De Luca

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  1. E. E. Caianiello
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The research reported in this document has been sponsored in part by the Air Force Office of Scientific Research under Contract no. AF EOAR 65-44 through the European Office of Aerospace Research, OAR, United States Air Force.

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Caianiello, E.E., De Luca, A. Decision equation for binary systems. Application to neuronal behavior. Kybernetik 3, 33–40 (1966). https://doi.org/10.1007/BF00291089

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