System and method for a recursive cortical network

1. A method for inferring patterns with a network comprising:

providing a recursive network of sub-networks with a parent feature node and at least two child feature nodes;

configuring nodes of the sub-networks with posterior distribution component;

receiving data feature input at the final child feature nodes;

propagating node activation through network layer hierarchy in a manner consistent with node connections of sub-networks of the network and the posterior prediction of child nodes, wherein propagating node activation comprises child feature nodes messaging a likelihood score to connected parent-specific child feature (PSCF) nodes; at a pool node of a sub-network, generating a likelihood score from the posterior distribution component and the likelihood score of connected PSCF nodes; at a parent feature node of the sub-network, generating a likelihood score from the posterior distribution component and the likelihood score of pool nodes connected to the parent feature node;

enforcing an activation constraint between at least two nodes of a sub-network, wherein enforcing an activation constraint between at least two nodes comprises enforcing an activation constraint between a first PSCF node connected to a first pool node and a second PSCF node connected to a second pool node;

and outputting parent feature node selection to an inferred output.

2. The method of claim 1 , wherein enforcing an activation constraint between at least two nodes comprises enforcing an activation constraint between a first PSCF node in a first sub-network and a second PSCF node in a second sub-network.

3. The method of claim 1 , wherein enforcing an activation constraint between at least two nodes comprises enforcing an activation constraint between a first PSCF node in network of a first time instant and a second PSCF in network of a second time instant.

4. The method of claim 1 , wherein receiving data feature input comprises setting activation of final child feature nodes according to image features of an image; and wherein the inferred output is a detected object in the image.

5. The method of claim 1 , wherein receiving data feature input comprises setting activation of final child feature nodes according to audio signal features; and wherein the inferred output is a detected audio pattern in the audio signal.

6. The method of claim 1 , wherein the child feature nodes of a first layer sub-network are the parent feature nodes for at least two second layer sub-networks.

7. A method for constructing a neural network comprising:

recursively architecting a plurality of sub-networks in a network hierarchy that comprises communicatively coupling each of the child feature nodes of a higher layer sub-network to the parent feature nodes of sub-networks in a lower layer;

setting a selection function of the parent feature node of the sub-networks, wherein the selection function is defined by selection options of at least two pools in the sub-network;

setting a selection function of the pool nodes, wherein the selection function of a pool node is defined by selection options of at least two parent-specific child feature (PSCF) nodes;

linking at least a pair of nodes with a constraint node; and

propagating node selection through the network layer hierarchy in a manner consistent with node connections of sub-networks of the network, the selection functions, and the linked constraint nodes.

8. The method of claim 7 , wherein linking at least a pair of nodes with a constraint node comprises linking a first PSCF node connected to a first pool node with a second PSCF node connected to a second pool.

9. The method of claim 7 , wherein linking at least a pair of nodes with a constraint node comprises linking a first PSCF node of a first sub-network with a second PSCF node of a second sub-network.

10. The method of claim 7 , wherein linking at least a pair of nodes with a constraint node comprises linking a first PSCF node in a first network of a first instance with a second PSCF node in a second network of a first instance.

11. The method of claim 7 , further comprising setting posterior parameters; wherein propagating node selection through the network layer hierarchy is further performed in a manner consistent with belief propagation according to the set posterior parameters.

12. The method of claim 7 , further comprising connecting the PSCF nodes with child feature nodes, wherein at least one child feature node is connected with at least two PSCF nodes.

13. A system comprising:

A recursively architected network of sub-networks organized into a plurality of hierarchical layers;

the sub-networks comprising at least a parent feature node, a pool node, a parent-specific child feature node, and a child feature node;

the parent feature node of at least one sub-network configured with a selection function actionable on at least two pool nodes connected to the parent feature node of the at least one sub-network;

the pool node of the at least one sub-network configured with a selection function actionable on at least two PSCF nodes connected to the pool node of the at least one sub-network;

the PSCF node of the at least one sub-network configured to activate a connected child feature node;

the child feature node connectable to at least a parent feature node of a second sub-network at a lower hierarchical layer; and

a constraint node with at least two connections from at least two PSCF nodes, with a selection function to augment selection by the pool node.