My Publications

My Publications

2011

Tam, DN (2011) Computation in Emotional Processing: Quantitative Confirmation of Proportionality Hypothesis for Angry Unhappy Emotional Intensity to Perceived Loss. Cognitive Computation. 3(2): 394-415. [Preprint.pdf] [journal link]

Tam, DN Objectivity in subjective perception of fairness: relativity in proportionality relationship with equity by switching frame-of-reference – a fairness-equity model. (submitted)

Tam, DN Cognitive perception of happy emotion: proportionality relationships with gains and losses. (submitted)

Tam, DN Cognitive computation of jealousy emotion: inverse proportionality relationships with gains/losses when one wants something that one cannot get. (submitted)

2010

Tam, D (2010) Variables governing emotion and decision-making: human objectivity underlying its subjective perception. BMC Neuroscience, 11(Suppl 1):P96. [Reprint.pdf]

Tam, D. (2010) Temporal associative memory (TAM) by spike-timing dependent plasticity. BMC Neuroscience, 11(Suppl 1):P105. [Reprint.pdf]

Tam, D. (2010) Computational criteria for establishing reflex from plasticity to hardwiring. BMC Neuroscience, 11(Suppl 1):P110. [Reprint.pdf]

2009

Tam, D. (2009) A Theoretical Analysis of Cumulative Sum Slope (CUSUM-Slope) Statistic for Detecting Signal Onset (begin) and Offset (end) Trends from Background Noise Level. The Open Statistics & Probability Journal, 1: 43-51. [Reprint.pdf]

Tam, D. (2009) A theoretical model of emotion processing for optimizing the cost function of discrepancy errors between wants and gets. BMC Neuroscience, 10(Suppl 1):P11. [Reprint.pdf]

Tam, D. (2009) A theoretical analysis of an alternative CUSUM statistic called CUSUM-slope for detecting signals from background noise in a low signal-to-noise environment. BMC Neuroscience, 10(Suppl 1):P83. [Reprint.pdf]

2008

Tam, D. (2008) Theoretical derivation of EMOTION-I model for emotional feel of sensation. BMC Neuroscience, 9(Suppl 1):P79. [Reprint.pdf]

Tam, D. (2008) Theoretical derivation of EMOTION-II model for happy and unhappy emotions. BMC Neuroscience, 9(Suppl 1):P80. [Reprint.pdf]

2007

Tam, D. (2007) Theoretical Analysis of Cross-Correlation of Time-Series Signals Computed by a Time-Delayed Hebbian Associative Learning Neural Network. The Open Cybernetics & Systemics Journal, 1: 1-4. [Reprint.pdf]

Tam, D. (2007) EMOTION-I Model: A Biologically-Based Theoretical Framework for Deriving Emotional Context of Sensation in Autonomous Control Systems. The Open Cybernetics & Systemics Journal, 1: 28-46. [Reprint.pdf]

Tam, D. (2007) EMOTION-II Model: A Theoretical Framework for Happy Emotion as a Self-Assessment Measure Indicating the Degree-of-Fit (Congruency) between the Expectancy in Subjective and Objective Realities in Autonomous Control Systems. The Open Cybernetics & Systemics Journal, 1: 47-60. [Reprint.pdf]

Tam, D. (2007) A self-adaptive burst-detection algorithm. BMC Neuroscience 2007, 8(Suppl 2):P75. [Reprint.pdf]

2004

Tam, D. C. (2004) Computational Efficiency of Hexagonal Arrays in Compound Eyes. Neurocomputing, 58-60: 1073-1078. [Reprint.pdf]

2003

Tam, D. C. (2003) Real-Time Estimation of Predictive Firing Rate. Neurocomputing, 52-54: 637-641. [Reprint.pdf]

2002

Tam, D. C. (2002) A spike train analysis for quantifying inhibitory near synchrony in spike firings. Neurocomputing, 44-46: 1149-1153. [Reprint.pdf]

Tam, D. C. (2002) An alternate burst analysis for detecting intra-burst firings based on inter-burst periods. Neurocomputing, 44-46: 1155-1159. [Reprint.pdf]

2001

Tam, D. C. (2001) A multi-unit spike train analysis for quantifying phase-relationships of near-synchrony firings. Neurocomputing. 38-40: 945-949. [Reprint.pdf]

Tam, D. C. (2001) A spike train analysis for correlating burst firings in neurons. Neurocomputing. 38-40: 951-955. [Reprint.pdf]

2000

Zouridakis, G. and Tam, D. C. (2000) Identification of reliable spike templates in multi-unit extracellular recordings using fuzzy clustering. Computer Methods and Programs in Biomedicine. 61: 91-98.

1999

Fitzurka, M. A. and Tam, D. C. (1999) A joint interspike interval difference stochastic spike train analysis: detecting local trends in the temporal firing patterns of single neurons. Biological Cybernetics. 80: 309-326. [Reprint.pdf]

Tam, D. C. (1999) A spike train analysis for detecting temporal integration in neurons. Neurocomputing. 26-27: 1055-1060. [Reprint.pdf]

Tam, D. C. (1999) Spike train analysis for detecting oscillations and synchronous firing among neurons in networks. In: Oscillations in Neural Systems. (D. S. Levin, V. R. Brown and V. T. Shirey, eds.) Lawrence Erlbaum Assoc. Pub., Mahwah, NJ. pp. 31-49.

1998

Tam, D. C. (1998) A cross-interval spike train analysis: the correlation between spike generation and temporal integration of doublets. Biological Cybernetics. 78: 95-106. [Reprint.pdf]

Tam, D. C. (1998) Regularity in spike firing with random inputs detected by method extracting contribution of remporal integration of a pair of incoming spikes to the firing of a neuron. In: Computational Neuroscience: Trends in Research. (J. M. Bower, eds.) Plenum Pub., San Diego, CA. pp. 633-638.

1997

Zouridakis, G. and Tam, D. C. (1997) Multi-unit spike discrimination using wavelet transforms. Computers in Biology and Medicine. 27: 9-18.

Tam, D. C. and Fitzurka, M. A. (1997) Inter-arrival time spike train analyses for detecting spatial and temporal summation in neurons. In: Computational Neuroscience: Trends in Research. (J. M. Bower, eds.) Plenum Pub., San Diego, CA. pp.189-195.

Fitzurka, M. A. and Tam, D. C. (1997) A joint cross interval difference analysis for detecting coupling trends between neurons. In: Computational Neuroscience: Trends in Research. (J. M. Bower, eds.) Plenum Pub., San Diego, CA. pp. 299-303.

Fitzurka, M. A. and Tam, D. C. (1997) Hybrid analyses of neuronal spike train data for pre-and post-cross intervals in relation to interspike interval differences. In: Computational Neuroscience: Trends in Research. (J. M. Bower, eds.) Plenum Pub., San Diego, CA. pp. 81-86.

1996

Tam, D. C. (1996) A Time-scale invariant method for detection of changes and oscillations in neuronal firing intervals. In: Computational Neuroscience. (J. M. Bower, eds.) Academic Press, San Diego, CA. pp. 465-470.

Fitzurka, M. A. and Tam, D. C. (1996) First order interspike interval difference phase plane analysis of neuronal spike train data. In: Computational Neuroscience. (J. M. Bower, eds.) Academic Press, San Diego, CA. pp. 429-434.

Fitzurka, M. A. and Tam, D. C. (1996) Second order interspike interval difference phase plane analysis of neuronal spike train data. In: Computational Neuroscience. (J. M. Bower, eds.) Academic Press, San Diego, CA. pp. 435-440.

1995

Tam, D. C. and Fitzurka, M. A. (1995) A stochastic time-series analysis for detecting excitation-inhibition couplings among neurons in a network. In: Computational Medicine, Public Health and Biotechnology: Building a Man in the Machine. (M. Witten and D. J. Vincent, eds.) Mathematical Biology and Medicine, Vol. 5, pp. 921-931.

Fitzurka, M. A. and Tam, D. C. (1995) A new statistical measure for detecting trends in the firing patterns of neurons. In: Computational Medicine, Public Health and Biotechnology: Building a Man in the Machine. (M. Witten and D. J. Vincent, eds.) Mathematical Biology and Medicine, Vol. 5, pp. 990-1008.

Fitzurka, M. A. and Tam, D. C. (1995) A new spike train analysis technique for detecting trends in the firing patterns of neurons. In: The Neurobiology of Computation. (J. M. Bower, eds.) Kluwer Academic Publishers, Norwell, MA. pp. 73-78.

Zouridakis, G. and Tam, D. C. (1995) Recognition and classification of multineuron activity using a fuzzy-clustering approach. In: Computational Medicine, Public Health and Biotechnology: Building a Man in the Machine. (M. Witten and D. J. Vincent, eds.) Mathematical Biology and Medicine, Vol. 5, pp. 932-947.

1994

Tam, D. C. (1994) A multi-conditional correlation statistics for detecting spatio-temporally correlated firing patterns. In: Computation in Neurons and Neural Systems. (F. H. Eeckman and J. M. Bower eds.) Kluwer Academic Publishers, Norwell, MA. pp. 33-38.

Tam, D. C. (1994) A hybrid time-shifted neural network for analyzing biological neuronal spike trains. Progress in Neural Networks Vol. 2, pp. 129-146.

Tam, D. C. and Gross G. W. (1994) Dynamical changes in neuronal network circuitries using multi-unit spike train analysis. In: Enabling Technologies for Cultured Neural Networks. (T. McKenna & D. A. Stenger, eds.) Academic Press, San Diego, CA. pp. 319-345.

Tam, D. C. and Gross G. W. (1994) Post-conditional correlation between neurons in cultured neuronal networks Proceedings of the World Congress on Neural Networks. San Diego, CA, June 5-9, 1994. Vol. 2, pp. 792-797.

Gross G. W. and Tam, D. C. (1994) Pre-conditional correlation between neurons in cultured networks. Proceedings of the World Congress on Neural Networks. San Diego, CA, June 5-9, 1994. Vol. 2, pp. 786-791.

1993

Tam, D. C. (1993) Computation of cross-correlation function by a time-delayed neural network. In: Intelligent Engineering Systems through Artificial Neural Networks. Vol. 3. pp. 51-55.

Tam, D. C. (1993) A new conditional correlation statistics for detecting spatio-temporally correlated firing patterns in a biological neuronal network. Proceedings of the World Congress on Neural Networks, July 1993. Vol. 2. pp. 606-609.

Tam, D. C. (1993) Novel cross-interval maps for identifying attractors from multi-unit neural firing patterns. In: Nonlinear Dynamical Analysis of the EEG. (B. H. Jansen and M. E. Brandt, eds.) World Scientific Publishing Co., River Edge, NJ. pp. 65-77.

Tam, D. C. (1993) A multi-neuronal vectorial phase-space analysis for detecting dynamical interactions in firing patterns of biological neural networks. In: Computational Neural Systems. (F. H. Eeckman and J. M. Bower, eds.) Kluwer Academic Publishers, Norwell, MA. pp. 49-53.

Tam, D. C. and Hutson, R. K. (1993) An object-oriented paradigm for the design of realistic neural simulators. In: Computation Neural Systems. (F. H. Eeckman and J. M. Bower, eds.) Kluwer Academic Publishers, Norwell, MA. pp. 115-119.

Kenyon, G. T. and Tam, D. C. (1993) An entropy measure for revealing determinisitc structure in spike train data. In: Computation Neural Systems. (F. H. Eeckman and J. M. Bower, eds.) Kluwer Academic Publishers, Norwell, MA. pp. 44-47.

Kenyon, G. T. and Tam, D. C. (1993) Parallel algorithm for computing the time dependent Kolmogorov entropy form stationary EEG. In: Nonlinear Dynamical Analysis of the EEG. (B. H. Jansen and M. E. Brandt, eds.) World Scientific Publishing Co., River Edge, NJ. pp. 78-99.

1992

Tam, D. C. (1992) Vectorial phase-space analysis for detecting dynamical interactions in firing patterns of biological neural networks. Proceedings of the International Joint Conference on Neural Networks, June 1992. Vol.3 pp. 97-102.

Tam, D. C. (1992) A novel vectorial phase-space analysis of spatio-temporal firing patterns in biological neural networks. Proceedings of the Simulation Technology Conference. Nov., 1992, pp. 556-564.

Tam, D. C. (1992) A generalizable object-oriented neural simulator for reconstructing functional properties of biological neuronal networks. Proceedings of the Simulation Technology Conference. Nov., 1992, pp. 551-555.

Tam, D. C. (1992) Object-oriented programming techniques for implementing generalizable models. Proceedings of the Simulation Technology Conference. Nov., 1992, pp. 300-303.

1991

Tam, D. C. (1991) Signal processing in multi-threshold neurons. In: Single Neuron Computation (T. McKenna, J. Davis, and S. F. Zornetzer, eds.) Academic Press, San Diego. pp. 481-501.

Tam, D. C. (1991) Signal processing by multiplexing and demultiplexing in neurons. In: Advances in Neural Information Processing Systems. (D. S. Touretzky, ed.), Morgan Kaufmann Publishers, San Mateo, California. pp. 282-288.

Alkon, D. L., Vogl, T. P, Blackwell, K. T. and Tam, D. C. (1991) Memory function in neural and artificial networks. In: Neural Network Models of Conditioning and Action. (M. L. Commons, S. Grossberg, J. E. R. Staddon, eds.) pp. 1-11. Lawrence Erlbaum Associates: Hillsdale, New Jersey.

1990

Tam, D. C. (1990) Decoding of firing intervals in a temporal-coded spike train using a topographically mapped neural network. Proceedings of the International Joint Conference on Neural Networks, June, 1990. Vol. 3, pp. III-627-632.

Tam, D. C. (1990) Temporal-spatial coding transformation: Conversion of frequency-code to place-code via a time-delayed neural network. Proceedings of the International Joint Conference on Neural Networks (H. Caudill, eds.), Jan., 1990. Vol. 1, pp. I-130?-33.

1989

Tam, D. C. (1989) The physiological basis and implications of differential motor activation. Behavioral and Brain Sciences Vol. 12, pp. 669.

Tam, D. C. (1989) A positive/negative reinforcement learning model for associative search network. Proceedings of the First Annual IEEE Symposium on Parallel and Distributed Processing, 1989, (B. Shirazi, ed.) pp. 300-307.

Tam, D. C. and Perkel, D. H. (1989) Quantitative modeling of synaptic plasticity. In: The Psychology of Learning and Motivation: Computational Models of Learning in Simple Neural Systems, (R. D. Hawkins and G. H. Bower, eds.) Vol. 23, pp. 1 - 30. Academic Press: San Diego.

Tam, D. C. and Perkel, D. H. (1989) A model for temporal correlation of biological neuronal spike trains. Proceedings of the IEEE International Joint Conference on Neural Networks 1989. Vol. 1, pp. I-781-786.

1988

Tam, D. C., Ebner, T. J., and Knox, C. K. (1988) Cross-interval histogram and cross-interspike interval histogram correlation analysis of simultaneously recorded multiple spike train data. Journal of Neuroscience Methods, 23: 23-33. [Reprint.pdf]