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

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yeah it is.

well i enlarged the scope of this project by calling it the java ai library
because, remember, i used to have the dorja neural network library AND the
dorja ga library. so i built this project as a framework to hold several
api's. i also figured that there would be cross-cutting aspects between many
potential api's so this framework allows for common aspects to be
centralised and shared.

from a software design perspective i have been using the java package
framework to seperate concerns and libraries (at a higher level). here's the
basics of what we have:

com.dorja.ailib.config: common configuration for ALL libraries encapsulated
within com.dorja.ailib
com.dorja.ailib.util: cross-cutting aspects that can be shared across all
api's

com.dorja.ailib.ga: the ga api
com.dorja.ailib.nn: the neural network api

essentially, to introduce cbr, we simply add:

com.dorja.ailib.cbr

and voila!

i may actually ask him if he wants to do it. although he wants to
concentrate on a gui, i would ask him to do a cbr framework and a gui since
a gui alone would serve no purpose in this project.

it should be noted that within api's there are certain conventions that
should be adhered to in order to present a coherent set of ai libraries
(more on this later).

what this package design allows us to do is to give a developer the option
of bundling on the api's he/she wishes to use. e.g. a develop only wants to
distribute the ga api then he/she includes:

com.dorja.ailib.config, com.dorja.ailib.util and com.dorja.ailib.ga.

cross-api functionality is one of my main goals - mainly, the ability to
evolve neural networks using a ga. this is fairly simple with the ga and nn
api design that does not require any new packages at the com.dorja.ailib
level or any changes to the com.dorja.ailib.nn api. i won't go into the
details here though. but this is dependent on the api design and
implementation - the java ai library is merely a framework for bringing it
all together.

on a side note, it makes no sense to use a ga for evolving a cbr program
since genetic programming is better suited to the task - the differences are
subtle but quite important. i can't see the use of cbr and ann though?!?!
care to enlighten me?

later,
.b

> -----Original Message-----
> From: jav...@li...
> [mailto:jav...@li...]On Behalf
> Of Alexander Whillas
> Sent: Thursday, 23 May 2002 5:21 PM
> To: jav...@li...
> Subject: Re: [Java AI Library Development] FW: Java AI library progress
>
>
> Interesting idea,
>
> I hadn't thought of making the API cover that much ground, but I guess why
> not. I suppose a GA might be useful in developing a decision tree. Maybe
> along the lines of evolving behaviour? I don't know, what would be the
> challenge here is the integration of the different components.
> How would the
> GA talk to the CBR or ANN or do you define that as system
> specific if so is
> there some help given? Software design issues mainly.
>
> alex
>
> ----- Original Message -----
> From: "bernard leckning" <be...@do...>
> To: "javaailibrary-development"
> <jav...@li...>
> Sent: Thursday, May 23, 2002 3:42 PM
> Subject: [Java AI Library Development] FW: Java AI library progress
>
>
> > 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
> > > >
> > >
> >
> >
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