- Stochastic
- Recurrent structure
- Binary operation (+/- 1)
- Energy function
- No self-feedback
- = neuron state
- Neurons randomly flip from to
- Energy change based on pseudo-temperature
- System will reach thermal equilibrium
- Delta E is the energy change resulting from the flip
- Visible and hidden neurons
- Visible act as interface between network and environment
- Hidden always operate freely
Operation Modes
- Clamped
- Visible neurons are clamped onto specific states determined by environment
- Free-running
- All neurons able to operate freely
- = Correlation between states while clamped
- = Correlation between states while free
- Both exist between +/- 1