Body: <p>What is an auto-associator, and how does it work? How can we design an auto-associator for a given pattern? I couldn't find a clear explanation for this anywhere on the internet.</p>
  
  <p>Here's an example of a pattern.</p>
  
  <p><a href="https://i.sstatic.net/nZDAE.png" rel="nofollow noreferrer"><img src="https://i.sstatic.net/nZDAE.png" alt="example pattern"></a></p>
  
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Comments.Text: Hi and welcome to AI SE! Where did you hear of this term "auto-associator"? In which context? Are you referring to "auto-associative memory"? Please, edit your post to explain this.
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Comments.Text: Hi, I came across this term when trying to solve a problem in neural networks. I came across auto-associative memory also. But couldn't find what is meant exactly by an auto associator. so I asked here. :) look forward to some help.
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Comments.Text: Can you please provide a link to the source where you read the term "auto-associator"?
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Title: What is an auto-associator?
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ThreadText: # What is an auto-associator?
  
  (Asked by: username_0 on 2020-05-30)
  
  What is an auto-associator, and how does it work? How can we design an auto-associator for a given pattern? I couldn't find a clear explanation for this anywhere on the internet.
  
  Here's an example of a pattern.
  
  [![example pattern](https://i.sstatic.net/nZDAE.png)](https://i.sstatic.net/nZDAE.png)
  
  **Tags:** neural-networks, math, hebbian-learning
  > **Comments:**
  > **username_1**: Hi and welcome to AI SE! Where did you hear of this term "auto-associator"? In which context? Are you referring to "auto-associative memory"? Please, edit your post to explain this.  
  > **username_0**: Hi, I came across this term when trying to solve a problem in neural networks. I came across auto-associative memory also. But couldn't find what is meant exactly by an auto associator. so I asked here. :) look forward to some help.  
  > **username_1**: Can you please provide a link to the source where you read the term "auto-associator"?  
  
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