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[1] D.H. Ackley, G.E. Hinton and T.J. Sejnowski, A learning algorithm for Boltzmann machine, Cognitive Science, 9 (1985), 147-169.
[2] F.L. Crane, H. Low, P. Navas, I.L. Sun, Control of cell growth by plasma membrane NADH oxidation, Pure and Applied Chemical Sciences, 1 (2013), 31-42. http://dx.doi.org/10.12988/pacs.2013.3310
[3] D.O. Hebb, The Organization of Behavior, Wiley, New York, 1949.
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