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Optimal stimulus and noise distributions for information transmission via suprathreshold stochastic resonance
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McDonnell, Mark D., Stocks, Nigel G. and Abbott, Derek (2007) Optimal stimulus and noise distributions for information transmission via suprathreshold stochastic resonance. Physical Review E, Vol.75 (No.6). Article: 061105. doi:10.1103/PhysRevE.75.061105 ISSN 1539-3755.
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Official URL: http://dx.doi.org/10.1103/PhysRevE.75.061105
Abstract
Suprathreshold stochastic resonance (SSR) is a form of noise-enhanced signal transmission that occurs in a parallel array of independently noisy identical threshold nonlinearities, including model neurons. Unlike most forms of stochastic resonance, the output response to suprathreshold random input signals of arbitrary magnitude is improved by the presence of even small amounts of noise. In this paper, the information transmission performance of SSR in the limit of a large array size is considered. Using a relationship between Shannon's mutual information and Fisher information, a sufficient condition for optimality, i.e., channel capacity, is derived. It is shown that capacity is achieved when the signal distribution is Jeffrey's prior, as formed from the noise distribution, or when the noise distribution depends on the signal distribution via a cosine relationship. These results provide theoretical verification and justification for previous work in both computational neuroscience and electronics.
Item Type: | Journal Article | ||||
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Subjects: | Q Science > QC Physics | ||||
Divisions: | Faculty of Science, Engineering and Medicine > Engineering > Engineering | ||||
Journal or Publication Title: | Physical Review E | ||||
Publisher: | American Physical Society | ||||
ISSN: | 1539-3755 | ||||
Official Date: | June 2007 | ||||
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Volume: | Vol.75 | ||||
Number: | No.6 | ||||
Number of Pages: | 13 | ||||
Page Range: | Article: 061105 | ||||
DOI: | 10.1103/PhysRevE.75.061105 | ||||
Status: | Peer Reviewed | ||||
Publication Status: | Published |
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