[nengo-user] Using NENGO in agent based modeling

[Sean Aubin]

When you say "Nengo", I'm going to assume you're talking about the new
Python-based Nengo. It should be quite easy to call the Nengo network from
Java using whatever form of inter-process communication you prefer. Is this
what you had in mind?

Additionally, for further discussion, would you mind copying your question
to forum.nengo.ai? We are planning on closing these mailing lists, but
still would really like to help you with your project and answer any
questions you may have!

On Wed, Apr 19, 2017 at 6:25 AM, Panagiotis Sakagiannis <bagjohn0 at gmail.com>
wrote:

> Hello
>
> I am trying to combine Nengo with an agent based modeling (ABM) platform.
> The idea is that I want each agent to be controlled by a neural network,
> which will be modifiable, adaptive and evolvable. This means that on each
> time step the input that the agent senses from the environment will be
> passed onto the neural network and the output will be executed as action in
> the ABM. The neural network will function in continuous time and its state
> will be preserved until the next time step of the ABM simulation.
>
> Up to now I am using Repast Simphony which is written in Java. Ideally I
> would like to build my neural network in Nengo and export the java code to
> use it in Repast and vice versa inspect any modifications, learning or
> evolution of the NN back in Nengo. Up to now I was using some NN libraries
> (Simbrain) and writing the code straight in Java but it seems Nengo can be
> more appropriate for my goals.
>
> Would the aforementioned pipeline be possible? What would be the best way
> to integrate Nengo to a java application, so that several continuously
> running NNs can be fed with input, retrieve the output, preserve the NN
> state until the next time it is called through the java code of the ABM
> simulation? Also inspect the NN through the data retrieval and storing
> perfomed in the simulation.
>
> How would you implement such an integration?
> Any suggestions or ideas are welcome.
>
> Thank you for your time
>
> Sakagiannis Panagiotis
>
>
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