+1 Sequence Learner On May 12, 2014 3:17 PM, "Subutai Ahmad" <[email protected]> wrote:
> > My first reaction was that it was a cool idea and certainly an accurate > name. However, after reflection I agree that having two different things > called "TP" would cause too much confusion. Nice thought though! > > Sequence Learner or Sequence Memory or Sequence Predictor are all good > names. We have to port the TP to C++ as part of nupic.core so I suggest we > call the class one of these names in that repo. At that point we can > deprecate the existing TP10X implementation. > > --Subutai > > > On Mon, May 12, 2014 at 1:34 PM, Matt Keith <[email protected]> wrote: > >> While changing to Temporal Predictor is an easy out for our predicament, >> I feel that keeping the TP acronym for two different parts of the code will >> continue to create confusion in the code and on the mailing list. I would >> vote for officially changing the name to Sequence Memory and just change >> all of the current TP references to SM to create a clean space for the new >> TP implementation. I believe that a completely different name is the best >> solution for the long term, and that should be our focus before we lock it >> into the API. >> >> That's my 2 cents. Subutai and Scott, what is your opinion? >> >> Matt >> >> On May 12, 2014, at 2:07 PM, Matthew Taylor <[email protected]> wrote: >> >> > Not a bad idea. What do others think? I have no opinion, but looking >> > at Subutai and Scott for their input... >> > --------- >> > Matt Taylor >> > OS Community Flag-Bearer >> > Numenta >> > >> > >> > On Mon, May 12, 2014 at 1:03 PM, Fergal Byrne >> > <[email protected]> wrote: >> >> >> >> In light of Jeff's new ideas about Temporal Pooling, every time we >> mention >> >> the current Temporal Pooler (TP) in NuPIC, we now have to use a >> qualifier >> >> like "the old Temporal Pooler" or "the thing we mistakenly called >> Temporal >> >> Pooler, but what we'll be now be calling Sequence Memory". >> >> >> >> Since the current TP in fact only does a single timestep prediction, >> and >> >> since everyone calls it the TP (in code, in docs, on the lists etc), >> >> changing from "TP" to some other acronym will be slow, painful and >> >> error-prone, my suggestion is to keep the initials but switch the name >> to >> >> "Temporal Prediction" or (if you want a more active name) "Temporal >> >> Predictor". >> >> >> >> This name sheds anything about temporal pooling, and more correctly >> >> describes the single thing it does - predict the SP(s) one step ahead >> using >> >> recent temporal context. >> >> >> >> If we can reach a consensus about this (or please provide a better >> >> alternative!), we should implement it now in NuPIC before nupic.core >> goes to >> >> API release, and before Jeff's new Temporal Pooler begins to appear in >> >> software. >> >> >> >> -- >> >> >> >> Fergal Byrne, Brenter IT >> >> >> >> Author, Real Machine Intelligence with Clortex and NuPIC >> >> https://leanpub.com/realsmartmachines >> >> >> >> Speaking on Clortex and HTM/CLA at euroClojure Krakow, June 2014: >> >> http://euroclojure.com/2014/ >> >> and at LambdaJam Chicago, July 2014: http://www.lambdajam.com >> >> >> >> http://inbits.com - Better Living through Thoughtful Technology >> >> http://ie.linkedin.com/in/fergbyrne/ - https://github.com/fergalbyrne >> >> >> >> e:[email protected] t:+353 83 4214179 >> >> Join the quest for Machine Intelligence at http://numenta.org >> >> Formerly of Adnet [email protected] http://www.adnet.ie >> >> >> >> _______________________________________________ >> >> nupic mailing list >> >> [email protected] >> >> http://lists.numenta.org/mailman/listinfo/nupic_lists.numenta.org >> >> >> > >> > _______________________________________________ >> > nupic mailing list >> > [email protected] >> > http://lists.numenta.org/mailman/listinfo/nupic_lists.numenta.org >> >> >> _______________________________________________ >> nupic mailing list >> [email protected] >> http://lists.numenta.org/mailman/listinfo/nupic_lists.numenta.org >> > > > _______________________________________________ > nupic mailing list > [email protected] > http://lists.numenta.org/mailman/listinfo/nupic_lists.numenta.org > >
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