Question

what kind of feedbacks are given in competitive layer?

(a) self excitatory to self and others

(b) inhibitory to self and others

(c) self excitatory to self and inhibitory to others

(d) inhibitory to self and excitatory to others

The question was asked in an online quiz.

This intriguing question originated from Feedback Layer topic in section Competitive Learning Neural Networks of Neural Networks

Answer 1

Right choice is (c) self excitatory to self and inhibitory to others

Easiest explanation: The second layer of competitive networks have  self excitatory to self and inhibitory to others feedbacks to make it competitive.