Class: Synapse

Inherits:
NeuralEntity show all
Defined in:
lib/Yinspire/Core/Synapse.rb,
lib/Yinspire.rb

Overview

Base class of all Synapses. Defines the structure that is special for a Synapse, i.e. that a Synapse has a pre and a post-Neuron. Also each Synapse has a weight and a delay.

Direct Known Subclasses

Synapse_Hebb

Instance Method Summary collapse

Methods inherited from NeuralEntity

class_from_name, #disconnect_all, #dump, entity_ann_dump_cache, entity_ann_load_cache, #entity_type, entity_type_map, entity_type_map_reverse, #initialize, #load, new_from_name

Constructor Details

This class inherits a constructor from NeuralEntity

Instance Method Details

#connect(target) ⇒ Object

Adding a pre synapse. Target must be a Neuron.



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# File 'lib/Yinspire/Core/Synapse.rb', line 38

def connect(target)
  target.add_pre_synapse(self)
end

#disconnect(target) ⇒ Object 



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# File 'lib/Yinspire/Core/Synapse.rb', line 42

def disconnect(target)
  target.delete_pre_synapse(self)
end

#each_connection {|self.post_neuron| ... } ⇒ Object

Yields:

  • (self.post_neuron) 


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# File 'lib/Yinspire/Core/Synapse.rb', line 46

def each_connection
  yield self.post_neuron
end