Research showing why hierarchy exists will aid the development of artificial intelligence
Thursday, June 9, 2016 - 13:21
in Mathematics & Economics
New research explains why so many biological networks, including the human brain (a network of neurons), exhibit a hierarchical structure, and will improve attempts to create artificial intelligence. The study, published in PLOS Computational Biology, demonstrates this by showing that the evolution of hierarchy - a simple system of ranking - in biological networks may arise because of the costs associated with network connections.