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Yunzhen ZHANG

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Han BAO

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Journal of Zhejiang University SCIENCE A 2026 Vol.27 No.3 P.306-316

http://doi.org/10.1631/jzus.A2500350


A heterogeneous cyclic Hopfield neural network without self-connections


Author(s):  Yunzhen ZHANG, Chunlong ZHOU, Han BAO, Guangzhe ZHAO, Bocheng BAO

Affiliation(s):  1. School of Information Engineering, Xuchang University, Xuchang 461000, China more

Corresponding email(s):   hanbao@cczu.edu.cn

Key Words:  Activation function, Analog circuit, Chaos, Cyclic Hopfield neural network (CHNN), Multi-scroll chaotic attractor


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Yunzhen ZHANG, Chunlong ZHOU, Han BAO, Guangzhe ZHAO, Bocheng BAO. A heterogeneous cyclic Hopfield neural network without self-connections[J]. Journal of Zhejiang University Science A, 2026, 27(3): 306-316.

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Abstract: 
We propose a three-neuron heterogeneous cyclic Hopfield neural network (het-CHNN) utilizing three different activation functions: the hyperbolic tangent, sine, and cosine functions. The network’s globally uniformly ultimate boundedness is proved theoretically, and its chaotic dynamics are explored through numerical simulations and analog experiments. The numerical results demonstrate that the het-CHNN displays chaotic dynamics and multi-scroll chaotic attractors. Subsequently, the het-CHNN is implemented in an analog circuit, and hardware experiments are performed to verify the previous numerical results. Notably, the het-CHNN successfully resolves the issue of the absence of chaos in a three-neuron CHNN and currently appears to be the simplest three-neuron Hopfield neural network (HNN) that can generate chaos.

一种无自连接的异构循环型霍普菲尔德神经网络

作者:张云贞1,周春龙1,2,包涵2,赵广哲1,包伯成2
机构:1许昌学院,信息工程学院,中国许昌,461000;2常州大学,王诤微电子学院,中国常州,213159
目的:三神经元同构循环型霍普菲尔德神经网络不能展现混沌动力学。本文旨在提出一种无自连接的三神经元异构循环型霍普菲尔德神经网络,展现混沌动力学,并生成多涡卷混沌吸引子。
创新点:1.提出一种无自连接的三神经元异构循环型霍普菲尔德神经网络;2.证明全局一致最终有界性,确定最终边界;3.揭示混沌动力学和多涡卷混沌吸引子;4.设计模拟电路,硬件实验验证结果。
方法:1.采用三种不同激活函数(双曲正切、正弦和余弦函数)替换原有双曲正切激活函数,并提出一种异构循环型霍普菲尔德神经网络;2.由理论推导,证明神经网络的全局一致最终有界性并确定最终边界;3.通过数值仿真,揭示混沌动力学和多涡卷混沌吸引子;4.采用现有商用元器件,设计模拟电路,实现所提出的神经网络。
结论:1.得到了一种可生成混沌的、最简的三神经元霍普菲尔德神经网络;2.通过理论证明和数值模拟,阐述和分析了该网络的有界性、动力学行为以及多涡卷混沌吸引子;3.由模拟电路实现了所提出的神经网络,且硬件实验验证了数值结果的准确性。

关键词:激活函数;模拟电路;混沌;循环型霍普菲尔德神经网络;多涡卷型混沌吸引子

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