auto-associative memory

Terms from Artificial Intelligence: humans at the heart of algorithms

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An auto-associative memory is an associative memory where the input and output are identical. This initially does not seem useful, however it may be used where the input is in some way incomplete or noisy and the auto-encoder recreates a full or noise-free image.

Used in Chap. 6: pages 88, 89; Chap. 10: page 150; Chap. 12: page 196

Also known as auto-associative