Advanced Features/Feedback Loops

[alfa256]

Explanation required.

[jpaulm]

There is no heading for this - should it be under Flow Features? By the way, are you asking about loop topologies in networks? If so, I can give it a try.

[alfa256]

It's in https://github.com/flowbased/flowbased.org/wiki/Concepts too, so it's up to you., I didn't add that item to the file but @trustmaster .

[jpaulm]

Hi Vladimir,

What did you have in mind?

Cheers,

Paul On 2014-08-12 1:46 PM, "alfa256" notifications@github.com wrote:

It's in https://github.com/flowbased/flowbased.org/wiki/Concepts too, so it's up to you., I didn't add that item to the file but @trustmaster https://github.com/trustmaster .

— Reply to this email directly or view it on GitHub https://github.com/flowbased/flowbased.org/issues/17#issuecomment-51950113 .

[trustmaster]

Right, I meant "Loop type networks" in terms of the book and components with outputs looped back to inputs. I thought this is important since most dataflow systems don't allow it, while FBP uses them to implement interesting stuff like iterative algos, recursive algos and responsive UIs.

[jpaulm]

OK, got it! I'll try to come up with something over the next few days. Not sure about recursive though - I raised that as an issue already!

Regards,

Paul On 2014-08-12 2:58 PM, "Vladimir Sibirov" notifications@github.com wrote:

Right, I meant "Loop type networks" in terms of the book and components with outputs looped back to inputs. I thought this is important since most dataflow systems don't allow it, while FBP uses them to implement interesting stuff like iterative algos, recursive algos and responsive UIs.

— Reply to this email directly or view it on GitHub https://github.com/flowbased/flowbased.org/issues/17#issuecomment-51960562 .

[bergie]

Loop-type networks are quite common when building interactive applications (see the Flux pattern from Facebook) as well as with when reading a hierarchical file system.

Here is one example:

[jpaulm]

Hi Henri,

You're right - I was quoting someone else. I'll change or drop that statement!

Thanks,

Paul

On Thu, Aug 14, 2014 at 7:13 AM, Henri Bergius notifications@github.com wrote:

Loop-type networks are quite common when building interactive applications (see the Flux pattern from Facebook http://facebook.github.io/react/docs/flux-overview.html as well as with when reading a hierarchical file system.

Here http://app.flowhub.io/#example/1d42f66f5cc4614df935 is one example:

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[jpaulm]

I think we can close this one as nobody seems to have changed the section on Feedback loops recently...?

[trustmaster]

@jpaulm just being lazy or busy. Feel free to update the section and close this issue then.

[jpaulm]

Looks like the section on Feedback loops is fairly stable... (?)