Efficient Sensory Encoding and Bayesian Inference with Heterogeneous Neural Populations

DOI10.1162/NECO_a_00638zbMath1305.92016WikidataQ42247118 ScholiaQ42247118MaRDI QIDQ5175491

Deep Ganguli, Eero P. Simoncelli

Publication date: 23 February 2015

Published in: Neural Computation (Search for Journal in Brave)

zbMATH Keywords

perceptual system; optimal population; Bayesian least-squares estimator; coding hypothesis

Mathematics Subject Classification ID

62F15: Bayesian inference

92C20: Neural biology

92B20: Neural networks for/in biological studies, artificial life and related topics

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