Fault-tolerance in Iterative Learning Neural Networks

The content-addressability of patterns stored in damaged Ising-spin neural network models is studied. After learning with the iterative Edinburgh-group algorithm, damage is introduced by independently cutting bonds with a probability p. Numerical results from simulations involving systems with up to 512 neurons show the retrieval properties of the resulting networks. Below saturation the networks are capable of re-learning, thereby adapting to the damage.