HTM Cells
The image above shows a picture of a biological neuron on the left, a simple artificial neuron in the middle, and an HTM neuron or “cell” on the right. The purpose of this appendix is to provide a better understanding of HTM cells and how they work by comparing them to real neurons and simpler artificial neurons.
Real neurons are tremendously complicated and varied. We will focus on the most general principles and only those that apply to our model. Although we ignore many details of real neurons, the cells used in the HTM cortical learning algorithms are far more realistic than the artificial neurons used in most neural networks. All the elements included in HTM cells are necessary for the operation of an HTM region.
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