anyone? :(

thanks in advance


On Tue, Sep 10, 2013 at 9:49 AM, Alessandro Bardelli <
[email protected]> wrote:

> Hi,
> thanks for the answer...but i was looking a more in-depth explanations.
> i knew the difference between description.py and descriptionTemplate, i
> was trying to understand why the syntax between the two is different.
> Same for n and w... i was looking for something like: "ok, if you increase
> n you will get this effect, while ....etc." and a rule of thumb to choose
> their values.
>
> i have already watched the swarming video. I have tried to run it over the
> "sum of two feature" example i described in my first mail but i still get
> the same ugly results...so my other doubts still hold.
>
> for what concerning 4)  i was wondering if there is a simpler way to do it
> than the for cycle ...
>
> last but not least, have you tried to put None as predicted field? it is
> working for you?
>
> thanks again
>
> Alessandro
>
> p.s. i'll copy my first email here for quick reference:
> 1) Is there a tutorial or a reasoned example (i.e. highlighting the main
> implementation/options choices.) where i can start from? for now I have
> started reading the examples and going up in the "hierarchy", trying to
> understand the source code documentation...but it's almost a reverse
> engineering approach :). I have found the slides of the osconlecture...is 
> there also a video?
>
> 2) I have found the description_template.py but it seems to me that has a
> quite different syntax respect to the others description files (e.g. the
> encoders). am i missing something?
>
> 3) in the scalar_1 example:
>     a) the randomData feature is ignored, isn't it?
>     b) how the "n" and "w" are chosen? is there a rule?
>
>     c) why is the SP disabled?
>
>     d) i have tried to change this example to classify the patterns
> according to the sum of two features, i.e.
>     class, field1, field2, randomData
>     float,float,float,float
>     ,,,
>     3,1,2, something
>     7,3,4, something
>     7,1,6, something
>     1,0,1, something
>     5,1,4, something
>     ....
>     .....
>     to do this i've just added an encoder for field2 and randomData...but
> i am unable to get a decent result. where i am wrong?
>
>
> 4) is there a way to save the model produced and use it again both to make
> inferences and to do some more train over new data?
>     As what concerning the latter i have hacked the OpfRunExperiment.py
> file with a for cycle
>       model=runExperiment(sys.argv[1:])
>       for c in range (0,9):
>          runExperiment(sys.argv[1:],model)
>
>     but i am quite sure that there is a cleaner and smarter way of doing
> this
>
> 5) if i put some pattern with None as predicted field, as suggested here (
> https://github.com/numenta/nupic/wiki/Spatial-Classification), the model
> is actually modified and None is threated as a category/value... and the
> output is "None".
>
>
>
> On Mon, Sep 9, 2013 at 5:59 PM, Fergal Byrne 
> <[email protected]>wrote:
>
>> Hi Alessandro,
>>
>> I'll give it a try.
>>
>> 2. and 3. The description.py file for a certain model describes the
>> parameters to use for a run of the CLA. descriptionTemplate.py (in
>> examples/opf/experiments/template/base) is a template file for creating an
>> individual description.py.
>>
>> The n and w, as well as which fields are used or ignored, are all choices
>> made when editing (or generating) the description.py file for the model.
>>
>> Take a look at the video on swarming which has just been referenced on
>> this list. This shows how a swarming algorithm searches for the best set of
>> parameters to put in to the description.py, and you can also hand-code
>> those choices.
>>
>> 4. Yes, you can dump the CLA state at the end of a run, and load it up
>> again for future use.
>>
>>
>>
>>
>> On Mon, Sep 9, 2013 at 4:16 PM, Alessandro Bardelli <
>> [email protected]> wrote:
>>
>>> is there anyone willing/able to answer the others questions?
>>> thanks
>>>
>>> Alessandro
>>>
>>>
>>> On Thu, Sep 5, 2013 at 1:50 AM, Matthew Taylor <[email protected]> wrote:
>>>
>>>> Hi Alessandro. Thanks for commenting. I can answer one of your
>>>> questions.
>>>>
>>>> On Wed, Sep 4, 2013 at 12:16 AM, Alessandro Bardelli <
>>>> [email protected]> wrote:
>>>>
>>>>>  1) Is there a tutorial or a reasoned example (i.e. highlighting the
>>>>> main implementation/options choices.) where i can start from? for now I
>>>>> have started reading the examples and going up in the "hierarchy", trying
>>>>> to understand the source code documentation...but it's almost a reverse
>>>>> engineering approach :). I have found the slides of the osconlecture...is 
>>>>> there also a video?
>>>>>
>>>>
>>>> There will be a video, but OSCON is slow to produce it. Last I heard,
>>>> it will be available sometime in November. In the meantime, there are some
>>>> videos on our YouTube channel that might interest you:
>>>>
>>>> http://www.youtube.com/channel/UC8-ttzWLgXZOGuhUyrPlUuA
>>>>
>>>> ---------
>>>> Matt Taylor
>>>> OS Community Flag-Bearer
>>>> Numenta
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