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Document LinearNetwork.radii #105

Closed arvoelke closed 7 years ago

arvoelke commented 7 years ago

The parameter is more accurately the L-infinity norm of the state-space, which then rescales the representation accordingly. The name radius would suggest that (1) the space is a sphere (no, it is a cube), and (2) the decoded state variable x is unchaged (no, it is rescaled).

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arvoelke commented 7 years ago

On second thought, even though this name is misleading, it is a useful / intuitive descriptor that connects with known concepts in nengo (albeit imperfectly). Documentation should be enough.

arvoelke commented 7 years ago

Resolved by #112.