Fault tolerance in the cardiac ganglion of the lobster

Authors
Sivan, E Parnas, H Dolev, D
Citation
E. Sivan et al., Fault tolerance in the cardiac ganglion of the lobster, BIOL CYBERN, 81(1), 1999, pp. 11-23
Citations number
18
Categorie Soggetti
Neurosciences & Behavoir
Journal title
BIOLOGICAL CYBERNETICS
ISSN journal
03401200 → ACNP
Volume
81
Issue
1
Year of publication
1999
Pages
11 - 23
Database
ISI
SICI code
0340-1200(199907)81:1<11:FTITCG>2.0.ZU;2-Y
Abstract
Considerations of fault tolerance play a key role in designing networks of distributed computers. Surprisingly, no such analysis has been carried out for networks of 'distributed neurons'. We suggest here that as in distribut ed computer networks, the structure and properties of neuronal networks are designed to tolerate possible faults that may naturally occur in the netwo rk.