Designing pulse-coupled neural networks with spike-synchronization-dependent plasticity rule: image segmentation and memristor circuit application

Pulse-coupled neural network (PCNN) is a powerful unsupervised learning model with many parameters to be determined empirically. In particular, the weight matrix is invariable in the iterative process, which is inconsistent with the actual biological system. Based on the existing research foundation of biology and neural network, we propose a spike-synchronization-dependent plasticity (SSDP) rule. In this paper, the mathematical model and algorithm of SSDP are presented. Furthermore, a novel memristor-based circuit model of SSDP is designed. Finally, experimental results demonstrate that SSDP has greatly improved the image processing capabilities of PCNN.