Hongkang Yang

A First-Principles Theory of Slow Thinking and Active Perception

Hongkang Yang, Zhi-Qin John Xu, Feiyu Xiong, Weinan E

As part of a series on first-principles modeling of cognitive functions, this paper attempts to provide a mathematical formulation of thinking and perception. It formally derives slow thinking or more generally, active perception, and encompasses the design, training and inferenc…Read more