Degree Name

MALS (Master of Arts in Liberal Studies)

Program

Liberal Studies

Date of Award

5-2002

Committee Chair or Co-Chairs

Jeff R. Knisley

Committee Members

Michael L. Woodruff, William K. Hemphill

Abstract

The purpose of this interdisciplinary study was to examine the behavior of two artificial neural networks cross-wired based on the synesthesia cross-wiring hypothesis. Motivation for the study was derived from the study of psychology, robotics, and artificial neural networks, with perceivable application in the domain of mobile autonomous robotics where sensor fusion is a current research topic. This model of synesthetic sensor fusion does not exhibit synesthetic responses. However, it was observed that cross-wiring two independent networks does not change the functionality of the individual networks, but allows the inputs to one network to partially determine the outputs of the other network in some cases. Specifically, there are measurable influences of network A on network B, and yet network B retains its ability to respond independently.

Document Type

Thesis - unrestricted

Copyright

Copyright by the authors.

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