A multigrid approach to visual cortex mapping

Abstract

Standard unconstrained optimisation methods, utilising conjugate gradient and limited memory reduced Hessian search direction updates, are implemented in a multigrid mode on an objective function minimisation model of visual cortex mapping. The multigrid operations, executed on a hierarchy of four grids, easily outpace fine grid iterations, and penetrate deeper into the objective function. References

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