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This paper is concerned with a population of neurons with dense random interconnections, in which the stimulations between neurons are independent of their distance apart. This study is conducted from the viewpoint of the General System Theory. Proposed and used for the first time in studies on the above subject is a new concept referred to as the ‘historical report’ of the mentioned population. It will be shown that the population exhibits cyclic modes of behaviour which are dependent on its structure and historical report and which in the phase space correspond to cycles of hysteresis. A simple model in discrete time is developed and demonstrates, by the help of a computer study, the existence of the cycles of hysteresis.
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Skondras, M. RF-cell: A model for populations of randomly interconnected neurons. Bltn Mathcal Biology 50, 43–66 (1988). https://doi.org/10.1007/BF02459977
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