A. Mehta et Jm. Luck, Models of competitive learning: Complex dynamics, intermittent conversions, and oscillatory coarsening, PHYS REV E, 60(5), 1999, pp. 5218-5230
We present two models of competitive learning, which are respectively inter
facial (i.e., where the interiors of domains are unaffected by the rules of
the model) and cooperative (i.e., where the bulk as well as the interface
of an individual domain is governed by the rules of the model) learning. Th
is learning is outcome related, so that spatially and temporally local envi
ronments influence the conversion of a given site between one of two differ
ent types. We focus here on the behavior of the models at coexistence, whic
h yields critical behavior and the existence of a phase involving a type of
coarsening which is oscillatory in nature. In the discussion we speculate
on, among other issues, the likely behavior of the models away from coexist
ence. [S1063-651X(99)04711-X].