CompoundPye.src.Components.component.Component Class Reference

Basic component class. More...

Inheritance diagram for CompoundPye.src.Components.component.Component:

Public Member Functions
def	__init__
	Initializes a Component-object. More...
def	update
	Updates the Component's internal value and output based on the provided input. More...
def	get_output
	Returns Component.output . More...
def	add_connection
	Adds a connections to the Component's list of connections. More...

Public Attributes
	value
	Current internal value. More...
	output
	Current output of the object, calculated using the object's transfer function Component.activation_func and its internal value Component.value as the function's input. More...
	activation_func
	Transfer function of the Component-object. More...
	param
	List of parameters for the object's transfer function Component.activation_func. More...
	time_const_output
	The Component's time constant, which specifies how much of its previous Component.value remains after each update step. More...
	label
	attributes
	assign attributes to the neuron, e.g. More...
	next_neighbour_single_time
	create only once per pairs of neighbours, True or False More...

Detailed Description

Basic component class.

A Component-object is a basic building block of a circuit. It has a list of connections, which contains connections to other Component-objects. Based on the connections between components of a circuit/network, the Circuit-object calculates the input to each Component during one update step. The Component uses the input to update its internal value/membrane potential (self.value). It generates an output based on self.value using its Component.activation_func .

Constructor & Destructor Documentation

def CompoundPye.src.Components.component.Component.__init__	(		self,
			activation_function,
			function_parameters = [],
			time_const_input = 0.05,
			time_const_output = 0.05,
			debug = False
	)

Initializes a Component-object.

Parameters

activation_function	Transfer function that is to be used to generate the Component's output Component.output from its internal value Component.value .
function_parameters	List of parameters for the Component's transfer function Component.activation_func .
time_const	Time constant, see Component.time_const .
debug	Set False, if you don't want to see debugging output, set True if you want to see debugging output.

Member Function Documentation

def CompoundPye.src.Components.component.Component.add_connection	(		self,
			weight,
			target
	)

Adds a connections to the Component's list of connections.

Parameters

weight	Strength of the connection.
target	Target of the connections (has to be a Component-object).

def CompoundPye.src.Components.component.Component.get_output

(

self

)

Returns Component.output .

def CompoundPye.src.Components.component.Component.update	(		self,
			input,
			dt
	)

Updates the Component's internal value and output based on the provided input.

Parameters

input	Input used for update.
dt	Time step for the update

Member Data Documentation

CompoundPye.src.Components.component.Component.activation_func

Transfer function of the Component-object.

CompoundPye.src.Components.component.Component.attributes

assign attributes to the neuron, e.g.

axis:horizontal or axis:vertical, direction:positive or direction:negative (probably required for further connection)

CompoundPye.src.Components.component.Component.label

Note

changed self.tag to self.label –> any errors?

CompoundPye.src.Components.component.Component.next_neighbour_single_time

create only once per pairs of neighbours, True or False

CompoundPye.src.Components.component.Component.output

Current output of the object, calculated using the object's transfer function Component.activation_func and its internal value Component.value as the function's input.

CompoundPye.src.Components.component.Component.param

List of parameters for the object's transfer function Component.activation_func.

CompoundPye.src.Components.component.Component.time_const_output

The Component's time constant, which specifies how much of its previous Component.value remains after each update step.

CompoundPye.src.Components.component.Component.value

Current internal value.

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The documentation for this class was generated from the following file:

• CompoundPye/src/Components/component.py