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Feature request: Nucleus: add size or dimension #113

Closed trondarild closed 5 years ago

trondarild commented 5 years ago

To begin with, it would be sufficient to just have an array of nuclei, each with its own input (i.e. no internal interaction between nuclei). This to make it easier to scale up and down the number of nuclei e.g. in basal ganglia model to accommodate varying number of actions.

ikaros-project commented 5 years ago

Do they need separate inputs or should they receive the same? One idea would be to have a single input to Nucleus, and add a new module NeuralField that includes topography both input and internal processing.

ikaros-project commented 5 years ago

But without some stochastic processing, there is no point in having the same input.

ikaros-project commented 5 years ago

There is a conflict between having a single node with multiple inputs, as now, and setting the number of nodes based on the input. If we instead use a parameter for size, there is no guarantee that the input will match the number of nodes. Maybe there should be two modes instad: array: yes/no.

trondarild commented 5 years ago

NucleusEnsemble now solves this