Hi Saul, Saul Hazledine <shaz...@gmail.com> writes:
> On Nov 10, 11:20 pm, "Eric Schulte" <schulte.e...@gmail.com> wrote: >> Hi, >> >> Inspired by cgrand's regexp example [1], I've implemented a simple DSL >> for specifying neural networks using Clojure data types. > > This is really clear. The web page documentation is awesome. > Great, Thanks, the web page is produced using Emacs Org-mode [1], the raw text source file is in the repository at [2] > >> Construction of this simple language involved a number of choices as to >> where to place complexity (into the DSL or into user land), generally I >> erred on the side of leaving complexity out of the DSL resulting in >> potentially more complex usage, but in increased generality. I'd love >> to hear any feedback on how this could be improved, simplified, or made >> more idiomatic. >> > > Its probably not a direction you want to go in, but when using a Lisp > to specify the network architecture it opens up the possibility of > using genetic programming to design a network to fit a particular > problem. The map format doesn't fit this but, because you use > protocols in the implementation, a list format for the DSL would allow > genetic programming. > > http://citeseerx.ist.psu.edu/viewdoc/summary?doi=10.1.1.100.4432 > Thanks for the paper link, I know GA has been used to design neural networks, but have not yet seen any specific examples (much less one in lisp and by Koza himself). I have some experience using Clojure for evolutionary computation, and this is something I have been considering since the beginning of this NN implementation. Now with this paper I have no excuse not to follow through on this impulse. > > Obviously though, their DSL is nowhere as clear and clean as yours. > :) flattery, I doubt they had access to a lisp with protocols. Thanks -- Eric > > Saul Footnotes: [1] http://orgmode.org/ [2] http://cs.unm.edu/~eschulte/src/neural-net/neural-net.org -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "Clojure" group. To post to this group, send email to clojure@googlegroups.com Note that posts from new members are moderated - please be patient with your first post. To unsubscribe from this group, send email to clojure+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/clojure?hl=en
