[Java AI Library Development] FW: Java AI library progress

[bernard l. <be...@do...>]

hi guys,

this guy is from zimbabwe and works for a research and development company.
he showed interest in the project a while ago and i thought i would present
to you his proposal for joining the project to see how everyone feels about
it.

cheers,
.b

> -----Original Message-----
> From: Anton Lokotsch [mailto:alo...@cs...]
> Sent: Tuesday, 21 May 2002 11:50 PM
> To: be...@do...
> Subject: RE: Java AI library progress
>
>
> hi bernard,
>
> thanks for the detailed information.  i trust everything is going well
> with the project. i have an idea for future expansion of this java ai
> api;  i have done quite a lot of work with cbr (case based reasoning)
> systems and feel that this would be an excellent machine learning
> technique to include in the api later on.  the cbr process itself is
> fairly simple and would greatly enhance the broader appeal of the java
> ai api. i am currently working on a cbr project, more specifically
> designing a java frontend for a cbr application which was designed using
> one of the cbr shells avialable on the market.  i would be willing to
> contribute ideas/time and my somewhat limited coding skills to this if
> you think it is a good idea. i dont know what funding you have currently
> for this project, but i am sure we can try and apply through the many
> official channels in an attempt to get some academic/scientific/research
> funding to further this project as it certainly is a brilliant idea with
> great development potential.
>
> i look forward to hearing from you,
> anton
>
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> >>> "bernard leckning" <be...@do...> 04/15/02 03:15PM >>>
> hi anton,
>
> thanks for your interest in what i am doing. i have only recently
> enlisted
> the help of a friend so there isn't an email list as yet. in any case
> there
> needs to be more doco (i might set up a wiki in the next week or 2).
>
> i am trying to create an api that allows a developer to easily tap in
> to ai
> capabilities with only a basic understanding of the ai paradigm he/she
> is
> using.
>
> the two paradigms being coded at the moment is a genetic algorithms
> api
> (based on  the design of matt wall's c++ galib -
> http://lanceit.mit.edu/ga)
> and an artificial neural networks api.
>
> this means with a few calls to the api you can set up a ga or an ann
> simulation. the ga code is getting pretty complicated with all the
> types of
> genomes that can be implemented and the ann code will be difficult too
> as i
> am trying to cater to an digraph structured ann as well as
> self-organising
> maps.
>
> the best place at the moment to get some details is at
> http://javaailibrary.sourceforge.net. i have written some thoughts
> about it.
> you should then try the javadoc on that page or just look the code
> yourself
> from the cvs repository - although this is in its very early and rough
> stages.
>
> perhaps after i get a wiki up or some other design doco i want to
> really get
> some ppl's advice and coding skills. as it will expand from ga's and
> ann's
> to evolutionary re-inforcement learning (erl) where i will be evolving
> neural networks.
>
> please keep an eye out on our page as i hope to have things ready to
> get
> other ppl on board. any comments you have are most welcome.
>
> .bernard
>
> > -----Original Message-----
> > From: Anton [mailto:alo...@cs...]
> > Sent: Monday, April 15, 2002 08:42
> > To: be...@do...
> > Subject: Java AI library progress
> >
> >
> > Hi there,
> >
> > I am very interested in what you guys are doing.  Please, I
> > would very much like to hear more about what you are doing/
> > planning to do.  Do you have a mailing list or something?
> >
> > Regards,
> > Anton
> >
>