Patent Document ID: 9959499
Application ID: 14268152
Patent Flag: 1

Claim One:
1. A method for operating neuron circuits of an artificial nervous system, comprising: assigning at least one of a first population of synapses in the neuron circuits or a first population of artificial neurons in the neuron circuits of the artificial nervous system to a first group tag, wherein the synapses or the artificial neurons of the first population have a first set of parameters, and wherein the first group tag is associated with the first set of parameters and at least one of a first synapse type or a first neuron type; assigning at least one of a second population of synapses in the neuron circuits or a second population of artificial neurons in the neuron circuits of the artificial nervous system to a second group tag, wherein the synapses or the artificial neurons of the second population have a second set of parameters, and wherein the second group tag is associated with the second set of parameters and at least one of a second synapse type or a second neuron type; changing values of one or more parameters in at least one of the first set of parameters or the second set of parameters causing simultaneous changing of the one or more parameters for at least one of: two or more synapses in at least one of the first population based on the association with the first group tag or the second population based on the association with the second group tag, or two or more artificial neurons in at least one of the first population based on the association with the first group tag or the second population based on the association with the second group tag, wherein the first and second sets of parameters comprise at least one of a flag to enable plasticity, a flag to disable plasticity, a flag for post-synaptic potential (PSP) transfer, a flag for dopamine, a homeostasis enable flag, a homeostasis disable flag, a plasticity enable flag or a plasticity disable flag, and wherein the changing values comprises controlling simultaneously the flag to enable plasticity, the flag to disable plasticity, the flag for post-synaptic potential (PSP) transfer, and the flag for dopamine.