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#!/usr/bin/perl	

# $Id: BackProp.pm,v 0.89 2000/08/12 01:05:27 josiah Exp $
#
# Copyright (c) 2000  Josiah Bryan  USA
#
# See AUTHOR section in pod text below for usage and distribution rights.   
# See UPDATES section in pod text below for info on what has changed in this release.
#

BEGIN {
	$AI::NeuralNet::BackProp::VERSION = "0.89";
}

#
# name:   AI::NeuralNet::BackProp
#
# author: Josiah Bryan 
# date:   Tuesday August 15 2000
# desc:   A simple back-propagation, feed-foward neural network with
#		  learning implemented via a generalization of Dobbs rule and
#		  several principals of Hoppfield networks. 
# online: http://www.josiah.countystart.com/modules/AI/cgi-bin/rec.pl
#

package AI::NeuralNet::BackProp::neuron;
	
	use strict;
	
	# Dummy constructor
    sub new {
    	bless {}, shift
	}	
	
	# Rounds floats to ints
	sub intr  {
    	shift if(substr($_[0],0,4) eq 'AI::');
      	try   { return int(sprintf("%.0f",shift)) }
      	catch { return 0 }
	}
    
	
	# Receives input from other neurons. They must
	# be registered as a synapse of this neuron to effectively
	# input.
	sub input {
		my $self 	 =	shift;
		my $sid		 =	shift;
		my $value	 =	shift;
		
		# We simply weight the value sent by the neuron. The neuron identifies itself to us
		# using the code we gave it when it registered itself with us. The code is in $sid, 
		# (synapse ID) and we use that to track the weight of the connection.
		# This line simply multiplies the value by its weight and gets the integer from it.
		$self->{SYNAPSES}->{LIST}->[$sid]->{VALUE}	=	intr($value	*	$self->{SYNAPSES}->{LIST}->[$sid]->{WEIGHT});
		$self->{SYNAPSES}->{LIST}->[$sid]->{FIRED}	=	1;                                 
		$self->{SYNAPSES}->{LIST}->[$sid]->{INPUT}	=	$value;
		
		# Debugger
		AI::NeuralNet::BackProp::out1("\nRecieved input of $value, weighted to $self->{SYNAPSES}->{LIST}->[$sid]->{VALUE}, synapse weight is $self->{SYNAPSES}->{LIST}->[$sid]->{WEIGHT} (sid is $sid for $self).\n");
		AI::NeuralNet::BackProp::out1((($self->input_complete())?"All synapses have fired":"Not all synapses have fired"));
		AI::NeuralNet::BackProp::out1(" for $self.\n");
		
		# Check and see if all synapses have fired that are connected to this one.
		# If they have, then generate the output value for this synapse.
		$self->output() if($self->input_complete());
	}
	
	# Loops thru and outputs to every neuron that this
	# neuron is registered as synapse of.
	sub output {
		my $self	=	shift;
		my $size	=	$self->{OUTPUTS}->{SIZE} || 0;
		my $value	=	$self->get_output();
		for (0..$size-1) {
			AI::NeuralNet::BackProp::out1("Outputing to $self->{OUTPUTS}->{LIST}->[$_]->{PKG}, index $_, a value of $value with ID $self->{OUTPUTS}->{LIST}->[$_]->{ID}.\n");
			$self->{OUTPUTS}->{LIST}->[$_]->{PKG}->input($self->{OUTPUTS}->{LIST}->[$_]->{ID},$value);
		}
	}
	
	# Used internally by output().
	sub get_output {
		my $self		=	shift;
		my $size		=	$self->{SYNAPSES}->{SIZE} || 0;
		my $value		=	0;
		my $state		= 	0;
		my (@map,@weight);
	
	    # We loop through all the syanpses connected to this one and add the weighted
	    # valyes together, saving in a debugging list.
		for (0..$size-1) {
			$value	+=	$self->{SYNAPSES}->{LIST}->[$_]->{VALUE};
			$self->{SYNAPSES}->{LIST}->[$_]->{FIRED} = 0;
			
			$map[$_]=$self->{SYNAPSES}->{LIST}->[$_]->{VALUE};
			$weight[$_]=$self->{SYNAPSES}->{LIST}->[$_]->{WEIGHT};
		}
		                                              
		# Debugger
		AI::NeuralNet::BackProp::join_cols(\@map,5) if(($AI::NeuralNet::BackProp::DEBUG eq 3) || ($AI::NeuralNet::BackProp::DEBUG eq 2));
		AI::NeuralNet::BackProp::out2("Weights: ".join(" ",@weight)."\n");
		
		# Simply average the values and get the integer of the average.
		$state	=	intr($value/$size);
		
		# Debugger
		AI::NeuralNet::BackProp::out1("From get_output, value is $value, so state is $state.\n");
		
		# Possible future exapnsion for self excitation. Not currently used.
		$self->{LAST_VALUE}	=	$value;
		
		# Just return the $state
		return $state;
	}
	
	# Used by input() to check if all registered synapses have fired.
	sub input_complete {
		my $self		=	shift;
		my $size		=	$self->{SYNAPSES}->{SIZE} || 0;
		my $retvalue	=	1;
		
		# Very simple loop. Doesn't need explaning.
		for (0..$size-1) {
			$retvalue = 0 if(!$self->{SYNAPSES}->{LIST}->[$_]->{FIRED});
		}
		return $retvalue;
	}
	
	# Used to recursively adjust the weights of synapse input channeles
	# to give a desired value. Designed to be called via 
	# AI::NeuralNet::BackProp::NeuralNetwork::learn().
	sub weight	{                
		my $self		=	shift;
		my $ammount		=	shift;
		my $what		=	shift;
		my $size		=	$self->{SYNAPSES}->{SIZE} || 0;
		my $value;
		AI::NeuralNet::BackProp::out1("Weight: ammount is $ammount, what is $what with size at $size.\n");
		      
		# Now this sub is the main cog in the learning wheel. It is called recursively on 
		# each neuron that has been bad (given incorrect output.)
		for my $i (0..$size-1) {
			$value		=	$self->{SYNAPSES}->{LIST}->[$i]->{VALUE};

if(0) {
       
       		# Formula by Steve Purkis
       		# Converges very fast for low-value inputs. Has trouble converging on high-value
       		# inputs. Feel free to play and try to get to work for high values.
			my $delta	=	$ammount * ($what - $value) * $self->{SYNAPSES}->{LIST}->[$i]->{INPUT};
			$self->{SYNAPSES}->{LIST}->[$i]->{WEIGHT}  +=  $delta;
			$self->{SYNAPSES}->{LIST}->[$i]->{PKG}->weight($ammount,$what);
}
			
			# This formula in use by default is original by me (Josiah Bryan) as far as I know.
			
			# If it is equal, then don't adjust
			#
			### Disabled because this soemtimes causes 
			### infinte loops when learning with range limits enabled
			#
			#next if($value eq $what);
			
			# Adjust increment by the weight of the synapse of 
			# this neuron & apply direction delta
			my $delta = 
					$ammount * 
						($value<$what?1:-1) * 
							$self->{SYNAPSES}->{LIST}->[$i]->{WEIGHT};
			
			#print "($value,$what) delta:$delta\n";
			
			# Recursivly apply
			$self->{SYNAPSES}->{LIST}->[$i]->{WEIGHT}  +=  $delta;
			$self->{SYNAPSES}->{LIST}->[$i]->{PKG}->weight($ammount,$what);
			    
		}
	}
	
	# Registers some neuron as a synapse of this neuron.           
	# This is called exclusively by connect(), except for
	# in initalize_group() to connect the _map() package.
	sub register_synapse {
		my $self	=	shift;
		my $synapse	=	shift;
		my $sid		=	$self->{SYNAPSES}->{SIZE} || 0;
		$self->{SYNAPSES}->{LIST}->[$sid]->{PKG}		=	$synapse;
		$self->{SYNAPSES}->{LIST}->[$sid]->{WEIGHT}		=	1.00		if(!$self->{SYNAPSES}->{LIST}->[$sid]->{WEIGHT});
		$self->{SYNAPSES}->{LIST}->[$sid]->{FIRED}		=	0;       
		AI::NeuralNet::BackProp::out1("$self: Registering sid $sid with weight $self->{SYNAPSES}->{LIST}->[$sid]->{WEIGHT}, package $self->{SYNAPSES}->{LIST}->[$sid]->{PKG}.\n");
		$self->{SYNAPSES}->{SIZE} = ++$sid;
		return ($sid-1);
	}
	
	# Called via AI::NeuralNet::BackProp::NeuralNetwork::initialize_group() to 
	# form the neuron grids.
	# This just registers another synapes as a synapse to output to from this one, and
	# then we ask that synapse to let us register as an input connection and we
	# save the sid that the ouput synapse returns.
	sub connect {
		my $self	=	shift;
		my $to		=	shift;
		my $oid		=	$self->{OUTPUTS}->{SIZE} || 0;
		AI::NeuralNet::BackProp::out1("Connecting $self to $to at $oid...\n");
		$self->{OUTPUTS}->{LIST}->[$oid]->{PKG}	=	$to;
 		$self->{OUTPUTS}->{LIST}->[$oid]->{ID}	=	$to->register_synapse($self);
		$self->{OUTPUTS}->{SIZE} = ++$oid;
		return $self->{OUTPUTS}->{LIST}->[$oid]->{ID};
	}
1;
			 
package AI::NeuralNet::BackProp;
	
	use Benchmark;          
	use strict;
	
	# Returns the number of elements in an array ref, undef on error
	sub _FETCHSIZE {
		my $a=$_[0];
		my ($b,$x);
		return undef if(substr($a,0,5) ne "ARRAY");
		foreach $b (@{$a}) { $x++ };
		return $x;
	}

	# Debugging subs
	$AI::NeuralNet::BackProp::DEBUG  = 0;
	sub whowasi { (caller(1))[3] . '()' }
	sub debug { shift; $AI::NeuralNet::BackProp::DEBUG = shift || 0; } 
	sub out1  { print  shift() if ($AI::NeuralNet::BackProp::DEBUG eq 1) }
	sub out2  { print  shift() if (($AI::NeuralNet::BackProp::DEBUG eq 1) || ($AI::NeuralNet::BackProp::DEBUG eq 2)) }
	sub out3  { print  shift() if ($AI::NeuralNet::BackProp::DEBUG) }
	sub out4  { print  shift() if ($AI::NeuralNet::BackProp::DEBUG eq 4) }
	
	# Rounds a floating-point to an integer with int() and sprintf()
	sub intr  {
    	shift if(substr($_[0],0,4) eq 'AI::');
      	try   { return int(sprintf("%.0f",shift)) }
      	catch { return 0 }
	}
    
	# Used to format array ref into columns
	# Usage: 
	#	join_cols(\@array,$row_length_in_elements,$high_state_character,$low_state_character);
	# Can also be called as method of your neural net.
	# If $high_state_character is null, prints actual numerical values of each element.
	sub join_cols {
		no strict 'refs';
		shift if(substr($_[0],0,4) eq 'AI::'); 
		my $map		=	shift;
		my $break   =	shift;
		my $a		=	shift;
		my $b		=	shift;
		my $x;
		foreach my $el (@{$map}) { 
			my $str = ((int($el))?$a:$b);
			$str=$el."\0" if(!$a);
			print $str;
			$x++;
			if($x>$break-1) {
				print "\n";
				$x=0;
			}
		}
		print "\n";
	}
	
	# Returns percentage difference between all elements of two
	# array refs of exact same length (in elements).
	# Now calculates actual difference in numerical value.
	sub pdiff {
		no strict 'refs';
		shift if(substr($_[0],0,4) eq 'AI::'); 
		my $a1	=	shift;
		my $a2	=	shift;
		my $a1s	=	$#{$a1}; #AI::NeuralNet::BackProp::_FETCHSIZE($a1);
		my $a2s	=	$#{$a2}; #AI::NeuralNet::BackProp::_FETCHSIZE($a2);
		my ($a,$b,$diff,$t);
		$diff=0;
		#return undef if($a1s ne $a2s);	# must be same length
		for my $x (0..$a1s) {
			$a = $a1->[$x];
			$b = $a2->[$x];
			if($a!=$b) {
				if($a<$b){$t=$a;$a=$b;$b=$t;}
				$a=1 if(!$a);
				$diff+=(($a-$b)/$a)*100;
			}
		}
		$a1s = 1 if(!$a1s);
		return sprintf("%.10f",($diff/$a1s));
	}
	
	# Returns $fa as a percentage of $fb
	sub p {
		shift if(substr($_[0],0,4) eq 'AI::'); 
		my ($fa,$fb)=(shift,shift);
		sprintf("%.3f",((($fb-$fa)*((($fb-$fa)<0)?-1:1))/$fa)*100);
	}
	
	# This sub will take an array ref of a data set, which it expects in this format:
	#   my @data_set = (	[ ...inputs... ], [ ...outputs ... ],
	#				   				   ... rows ...
	#				   );
	#
	# This wil sub returns the percentage of 'forgetfullness' when the net learns all the
	# data in the set in order. Usage:
	#
	#	 learn_set(\@data,[ options ]);
	#
	# Options are options in hash form. They can be of any form that $net->learn takes.
	#
	# It returns a percentage string.
	#
	sub learn_set {
		my $self	=	shift if(substr($_[0],0,4) eq 'AI::'); 
		my $data	=	shift;
		my %args	=	@_;
		my $len		=	$#{$data}/2-1;
		my $inc		=	$args{inc};
		my $max		=	$args{max};
	    my $error	=	$args{error};
	    my $p		=	(defined $args{flag})	?$args{flag}	   :1;
	    my $row		=	(defined $args{pattern})?$args{pattern}*2+1:1;
	    my ($fa,$fb);
		for my $x (0..$len) {
			print "\nLearning index $x...\n" if($AI::NeuralNet::BackProp::DEBUG);
			my $str = $self->learn( $data->[$x*2],			# The list of data to input to the net
					  		  		$data->[$x*2+1], 		# The output desired
					    			inc=>$inc,				# The starting learning gradient
					    			max=>$max,				# The maximum num of loops allowed
					    			error=>$error);			# The maximum (%) error allowed
			print $str if($AI::NeuralNet::BackProp::DEBUG); 
		}
			
		
		my $res;
		$data->[$row] = $self->crunch($data->[$row]) if($data->[$row] == 0);
		
		if ($p) {
			$res=pdiff($data->[$row],$self->run($data->[$row-1]));
		} else {
			$res=$data->[$row]->[0]-$self->run($data->[$row-1])->[0];
		}
		return $res;
	}
	
	# This sub will take an array ref of a data set, which it expects in this format:
	#   my @data_set = (	[ ...inputs... ], [ ...outputs ... ],
	#				   				   ... rows ...
	#				   );
	#
	# This wil sub returns the percentage of 'forgetfullness' when the net learns all the
	# data in the set in RANDOM order. Usage:
	#
	#	 learn_set_rand(\@data,[ options ]);
	#
	# Options are options in hash form. They can be of any form that $net->learn takes.
	#
	# It returns a true value.
	#
	sub learn_set_rand {
		my $self	=	shift if(substr($_[0],0,4) eq 'AI::'); 
		my $data	=	shift;
		my %args	=	@_;
		my $len		=	$#{$data}/2-1;
		my $inc		=	$args{inc};
		my $max		=	$args{max};
	    my $error	=	$args{error};
	    my @learned;
		while(1) {
			_GET_X:
			my $x=$self->intr(rand()*$len);
			goto _GET_X if($learned[$x]);
			$learned[$x]=1;
			print "\nLearning index $x...\n" if($AI::NeuralNet::BackProp::DEBUG); 
			my $str =  $self->learn($data->[$x*2],			# The list of data to input to the net
					  		  		$data->[$x*2+1], 		# The output desired
					    			inc=>$inc,				# The starting learning gradient
			 		    			max=>$max,				# The maximum num of loops allowed
					    			error=>$error);			# The maximum (%) error allowed
			print $str if($AI::NeuralNet::BackProp::DEBUG); 
		}
			
		
		return 1; 
	}

	# Returns the index of the element in array REF passed with the highest comparative value
	sub high {
		shift if(substr($_[0],0,4) eq 'AI::'); 
		my $ref1	=	shift;
		
		my ($el,$len,$tmp);
		foreach $el (@{$ref1}) {
			$len++;
		}
		$tmp=0;
		for my $x (0..$len-1) {
			$tmp = $x if((@{$ref1})[$x] > (@{$ref1})[$tmp]);
		}
		return $tmp;
	}
	
	# Returns the index of the element in array REF passed with the lowest comparative value
	sub low {
		shift if(substr($_[0],0,4) eq 'AI::'); 
		my $ref1	=	shift;
		
		my ($el,$len,$tmp);
		foreach $el (@{$ref1}) {
			$len++;
		}
		$tmp=0;
		for my $x (0..$len-1) {
			$tmp = $x if((@{$ref1})[$x] < (@{$ref1})[$tmp]);
		}
		return $tmp;
	}  
	
	# Returns a pcx object
	sub load_pcx {
		my $self	=	shift;
		return AI::NeuralNet::BackProp::PCX->new($self,shift);
	}	
	
	# Crunch a string of words into a map
	sub crunch {
		my $self	=	shift;
		my (@map,$ic);
		my @ws 		=	split(/[\s\t]/,shift);
		for my $a (0..$#ws) {
			$ic=$self->crunched($ws[$a]);
			if(!defined $ic) {
				$self->{_CRUNCHED}->{LIST}->[$self->{_CRUNCHED}->{_LENGTH}++]=$ws[$a];
				@map[$a]=$self->{_CRUNCHED}->{_LENGTH};
			} else {
				@map[$a]=$ic;
            }
		}
		return \@map;
	}
	
	# Finds if a word has been crunched.
	# Returns undef on failure, word index for success.
	sub crunched {
		my $self	=	shift;
		for my $a (0..$self->{_CRUNCHED}->{_LENGTH}-1) {
			return $a+1 if($self->{_CRUNCHED}->{LIST}->[$a] eq $_[0]);
		}
		return undef;
	}
	
	# Alias for crunched(), above
	sub word { crunched(@_) }
	
	# Uncrunches a map (array ref) into an array of words (not an array ref) and returns array
	sub uncrunch {
		my $self	=	shift;
		my $map = shift;
		my ($c,$el,$x);
		foreach $el (@{$map}) {
			$c .= $self->{_CRUNCHED}->{LIST}->[$el-1].' ';
		}
		return $c;
	}
	
	# Sets/gets randomness facter in the network. Setting a value of 0 disables random factors.
	sub random {
		my $self	=	shift;
		my $rand	=	shift;
		return $self->{random}	if(!(defined $rand));
		$self->{random}	=	$rand;
	}
	
	# Sets/gets column width for printing lists in debug modes 1,3, and 4.
	sub col_width {
		my $self	=	shift;
		my $width	=	shift;
		return $self->{col_width}	if(!$width);
		$self->{col_width}	=	$width;
	}
	
	# Sets/Removes value ranging
	sub range {
		my $self	=	shift;
		my $ref		=	shift;
		my $b		=	shift;
		if(substr($ref,0,5) ne "ARRAY") {
			if(($ref == 0) && (!defined $b)) {
				$ref	= $self->crunch($ref);
				#print "\$ref is a string, crunching to ",join(',',@{$ref}),"\n";
			} else {
    			my $a	= $ref;
    			$a		= $self->crunch($a)->[0] if($a == 0);
				$b		= $self->crunch($b)->[0] if($b == 0);
				$_[++$#_] = $a;
    			$_[++$#_] = $b;
    			$ref	= \@_;
				#print "Found ranged definition, joined to ",join(',',@{$ref}),"\n";
			}
		}
		my $rA		=	0;
		my $rB		=	$#{$ref};
		my $rS		=	0; #shift;
		if(!$rA && !$rB) {
			$self->{rA}=$self->{rB}=-1;
			return undef;
		}
		if($rB<$rA){my $t=$rA;$rA=$rB;$rB=$t};
		$self->{rA}=$rA;
		$self->{rB}=$rB;
		$self->{rS}=$rS if($rS);
		$self->{rRef} = $ref;
		return $ref;
	}
	
	# Used internally to scale outputs to fit range
	sub _range {
		my $self	=	shift;  
		my $in		=	shift;
		my $rA		=	$self->{rA};
		my $rB		=	$self->{rB};
		my $rS		=	$self->{rS};
		my $r		=	$rB;#-$rA+1;
		return $in if(!$rA && !$rB);
		my $l		=	$self->{OUT}-1;
		my $out 	=	[];
		# Adjust for a maximum outside what we have seen so far
		for my $i (0..$l) {
			$rS=$in->[$i] if($in->[$i]>$rS);
		}
		#print "\$l:$l,\$rA:$rA,\$rB:$rB,\$rS:$rS,\$r:$r\n";
		# Loop through, convert values to percentage of maximum, then multiply
		# percentage by range and add to base of range to get finaly value
		for my $i (0..$l) {
			#print "\$i:$i,\$in:$in->[$i]\n";
			$rS=1 if(!$rS);
			my $t=intr((($rS-$in->[$i])/$rS)*$r+$rA);
			#print "t:$t,$self->{rRef}->[$t],i:$i\n";
			$out->[$i] = $self->{rRef}->[$t];
		}
		$self->{rS}=$rS;
		return $out;
	}
			
		
	# Initialzes the base for a new neural network.
	# It is recomended that you call learn() before run()ing a pattern.
	# See documentation above for usage.
	sub new {
    	no strict;
    	my $type	=	shift;
		my $self	=	{};
		my $layers	=	shift;
		my $size	=	shift;
		my $out		=	shift || $size;
		my $flag	=	shift || 0;
		
		bless $self, $type;
		
		# If $layers is a string, then it will be nummerically equal to 0, so try to load it
		# as a network file.
		if($layers == 0) {  
		    # We use a "1" flag as the second argument to indicate that we want load()
		    # to call the new constructor to make a network the same size as in the file
		    # and return a refrence to the network, instead of just creating the network from
		    # pre-exisiting refrence
			return $self->load($layers,1);
		}
				
		
		#print "Creating $size neurons in each layer for $layers layer(s)...\n";
		
		AI::NeuralNet::BackProp::out2 "Creating $size neurons in each layer for $layers layer(s)...\n";
		
		# Error checking
		return undef if($out>$size);
		
		# When this is called, they tell us howmany layers and neurons in each layer.
		# But really what we store is a long line of neurons that are only divided in theory
		# when connecting the outputs and inputs.
		my $div = $size;
		my $size = $layers * $size;
		
		AI::NeuralNet::BackProp::out2 "Creating RUN and MAP systems for network...\n";
		#print "Creating RUN and MAP systems for network...\n";
		
		# Create a new runner and mapper for the network.
		$self->{RUN} = new AI::NeuralNet::BackProp::_run($self);
		$self->{MAP} = new AI::NeuralNet::BackProp::_map($self);
		
		$self->{SIZE}	=	$size;
		$self->{DIV}	=	$div;
		$self->{OUT}	=	$out;
		$self->{FLAG}	=	$flag;
		$self->{col_width}= 5;
		$self->{random} = 0.001;
		
		$self->initialize_group();
		
		return $self;
	}	

	# Save entire network state to disk.
	sub save {
		my $self	=	shift;
		my $file	=	shift;
		my $size	=	$self->{SIZE};
		my $div		=	$self->{DIV};
		my $out		=	$self->{OUT};
		my $flag	=	$self->{FLAG};

	    open(FILE,">$file");
	    
	    print FILE "size=$size\n";
	    print FILE "div=$div\n";
	    print FILE "out=$out\n";
	    print FILE "flag=$flag\n";
	    print FILE "rand=$self->{random}\n";
	    print FILE "cw=$self->{col_width}\n";
		print FILE "crunch=$self->{_CRUNCHED}->{_LENGTH}\n";
		print FILE "rA=$self->{rA}\n";
		print FILE "rB=$self->{rB}\n";
		print FILE "rS=$self->{rS}\n";
		print FILE "rRef=",(($self->{rRef})?join(',',@{$self->{rRef}}):''),"\n";
			
		for my $a (0..$self->{_CRUNCHED}->{_LENGTH}-1) {
			print FILE "c$a=$self->{_CRUNCHED}->{LIST}->[$a]\n";
		}
		
		my $w;
		for my $a (0..$self->{SIZE}-1) {
			$w="";
			for my $b (0..$self->{DIV}-1) {
				$w .= "$self->{NET}->[$a]->{SYNAPSES}->{LIST}->[$b]->{WEIGHT},";
			}
			chop($w);
			print FILE "n$a=$w\n";
		}
	
	    close(FILE);
	    
	    return $self;
	}
        
	# Load entire network state from disk.
	sub load {
		my $self	=	shift;
		my $file	=	shift;
		my $load_flag = shift || 0;
	    
	    return undef if(!(-f $file));
	    
	    open(FILE,"$file");
	    my @lines=<FILE>;
	    close(FILE);
	    
	    my %db;
	    for my $line (@lines) {
	    	chomp($line);
	    	my ($a,$b) = split /=/, $line;
	    	$db{$a}=$b;
	    }
	    
	    return undef if(!$db{"size"});
	    
	    if($load_flag) {
		    undef $self;
	
			# Create new network
		    $self = AI::NeuralNet::BackProp->new(intr($db{"size"}/$db{"div"}),
		    								     $db{"div"},
		    								     $db{"out"},
		    								     $db{"flag"});
		} else {
			$self->{DIV}	=	$db{"div"};
			$self->{SIZE}	=	$db{"size"};
			$self->{OUT}	=	$db{"out"};
			$self->{FLAG}	=	$db{"flag"};
		}
		
	    # Load variables
	    $self->{col_width}	= $db{"cw"};
	    $self->{random}		= $db{"rand"};
        $self->{rA}			= $db{"rA"};
		$self->{rB}			= $db{"rB"};
		$self->{rS}			= $db{"rS"};
		my @tmp				= split /\,/, $db{"rRef"};
		$self->{rRef}		= \@tmp;
		
	   	$self->{_CRUNCHED}->{_LENGTH}	=	$db{"crunch"};
		
		for my $a (0..$self->{_CRUNCHED}->{_LENGTH}-1) {
			$self->{_CRUNCHED}->{LIST}->[$a] = $db{"c$a"}; 
		}
		
		$self->initialize_group();
	    
		my ($w,@l);
		for my $a (0..$self->{SIZE}-1) {
			$w=$db{"n$a"};
			@l=split /\,/, $w;
			for my $b (0..$self->{DIV}-1) {
				$self->{NET}->[$a]->{SYNAPSES}->{LIST}->[$b]->{WEIGHT}=$l[$b];
			}
		}
	
	    return $self;
	}

	# Dumps the complete weight matrix of the network to STDIO
	sub show {
		my $self	=	shift;
		for my $a (0..$self->{SIZE}-1) {
			print "Neuron $a: ";
			for my $b (0..$self->{DIV}-1) {
				print $self->{NET}->[$a]->{SYNAPSES}->{LIST}->[$b]->{WEIGHT},"\t";
			}
			print "\n";
		}
	}
	
	# Used internally by new() and learn().
	# This is the sub block that actually creats
	# the connections between the synapse chains and
	# also connects the run packages and the map packages
	# to the appropiate ends of the neuron grids.
	sub initialize_group() {
		my $self	=	shift;
		my $size	=	$self->{SIZE};
		my $div		=	$self->{DIV};
		my $out		=	$self->{OUT};
		my $flag	=	$self->{FLAG};
		my $x		=	0; 
		my $y		=	0;
		
		# Reset map and run synapse counters.
		$self->{RUN}->{REGISTRATION} = $self->{MAP}->{REGISTRATION} = 0;
		
		AI::NeuralNet::BackProp::out2 "There will be $size neurons in this network group, with a divison value of $div.\n";
		#print "There will be $size neurons in this network group, with a divison value of $div.\n";
		
		# Create initial neuron packages in one long array for the entire group
		for($y=0; $y<$size; $y++) {
			#print "Initalizing neuron $y...     \r";
			$self->{NET}->[$y]=new AI::NeuralNet::BackProp::neuron();
		}
		
		AI::NeuralNet::BackProp::out2 "Creating synapse grid...\n";
		
		my $z  = 0;    
		my $aa = 0;
		my ($n0,$n1,$n2);
		
		# Outer loop loops over every neuron in group, incrementing by the number
		# of neurons supposed to be in each layer
		
		for($y=0; $y<$size; $y+=$div) {
			if($y+$div>=$size) {
				last;
			}
			
			# Inner loop connects every neuron in this 'layer' to one input of every neuron in
			# the next 'layer'. Remeber, layers only exist in terms of where the connections
			# are divided. For example, if a person requested 2 layers and 3 neurons per layer,
			# then there would be 6 neurons in the {NET}->[] list, and $div would be set to
			# 3. So we would loop over and every 3 neurons we would connect each of those 3 
			# neurons to one input of every neuron in the next set of 3 neurons. Of course, this
			# is an example. 3 and 2 are set by the new() constructor.
			
			# Flag values:
			# 0 - (default) - 
			# 	My feed-foward style: Each neuron in layer X is connected to one input of every
			#	neuron in layer Y. The best and most proven flag style.
			#
			#   ^   ^   ^               
			#	O\  O\ /O       Layer Y
			#   ^\\/^/\/^
			#	| //|\/\|
			#   |/ \|/ \|		
			#	O   O   O       Layer X
			#   ^   ^   ^
			#
			# 1	-
			#	In addition to flag 0, each neuron in layer X is connected to every input of 
			#	the neurons ahead of itself in layer X.
			# 2 - ("L-U Style") - 
			#	No, its not "Learning-Unit" style. It gets its name from this: In a 2 layer, 3

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			#   ^   ^   ^
			#	|	|   |
			#   |   |   |
			#	O-->O-->O
			#   ^   ^   ^
			#	|	|	|
			#
			#	As you can see, each neuron is connected to the next one in its layer, as well
			#	as the neuron directly above itself.
			
			for ($z=0; $z<$div; $z++) {
				if((!$flag) || ($flag == 1)) {
					for ($aa=0; $aa<$div; $aa++) {      
						$self->{NET}->[$y+$z]->connect($self->{NET}->[$y+$div+$aa]);
					}
				}
				if($flag == 1) {
					for ($aa=$z+1; $aa<$div; $aa++) {      
						$self->{NET}->[$y+$z]->connect($self->{NET}->[$y+$aa]);
					}
				}
				if($flag == 2) {
					$self->{NET}->[$y+$z]->connect($self->{NET}->[$y+$div+$z]);
					$self->{NET}->[$y+$z]->connect($self->{NET}->[$y+$z+1]) if($z<$div-1);
				}
				AI::NeuralNet::BackProp::out1 "\n";
			}
			AI::NeuralNet::BackProp::out1 "\n";             
		}
		
		# These next two loops connect the _run and _map packages (the IO interface) to 
		# the start and end 'layers', respectively. These are how we insert data into
		# the network and how we get data from the network. The _run and _map packages 
		# are connected to the neurons so that the neurons think that the IO packages are
		# just another neuron, sending data on. But the IO packs. are special packages designed
		# with the same methods as neurons, just meant for specific IO purposes. You will
		# never need to call any of the IO packs. directly. Instead, they are called whenever
		# you use the run(), map(), or learn() methods of your network.
        
    	AI::NeuralNet::BackProp::out2 "\nMapping I (_run package) connections to network...\n";
		
	    for($y=0; $y<$div; $y++) {
			$self->{_tmp_synapse} = $y;
			$self->{NET}->[$y]->register_synapse($self->{RUN});
			#$self->{NET}->[$y]->connect($self->{RUN});
		}
		
		AI::NeuralNet::BackProp::out2 "Mapping O (_map package) connections to network...\n\n";
		
		for($y=$size-$div; $y<$size; $y++) {
			$self->{_tmp_synapse} = $y;
			$self->{NET}->[$y]->connect($self->{MAP});
		}
		
		# And the group is done! 
	}
	

	# When called with an array refrence to a pattern, returns a refrence
	# to an array associated with that pattern. See usage in documentation.
	sub run {
		my $self	 =	  shift;
		my $map		 =	  shift;
		my $t0 		 =	new Benchmark;
        $self->{RUN}->run($map);
		$self->{LAST_TIME}=timestr(timediff(new Benchmark, $t0));
        return $self->map();
	}
    
    # This automatically uncrunches a response after running it
	sub run_uc {
    	$_[0]->uncrunch(run(@_));
    }

	# Returns benchmark and loop's ran or learned
	# for last run(), or learn()
	# operation preformed.
	#
	sub benchmarked {
		my $self	=	shift;
		return $self->{LAST_TIME};
	}
	    
	# Used to retrieve map from last internal run operation.
	sub map {
		my $self	 =	  shift;
		$self->{MAP}->map();
	}
	
	# Forces network to learn pattern passed and give desired
	# results. See usage in POD.
	sub learn {
		my $self	=	shift;
		my $omap	=	shift;
		my $res		=	shift;
		my %args    =   @_;
		my $inc 	=	$args{inc} || 0.20;
		my $max     =   $args{max} || 1024;
		my $_mx		=	intr($max/10);
		my $_mi		=	0;
		my $error   = 	($args{error}>-1 && defined $args{error}) ? $args{error} : -1;
  		my $div		=	$self->{DIV};
		my $size	=	$self->{SIZE};
		my $out		=	$self->{OUT};
		my $divide  =	AI::NeuralNet::BackProp->intr($div/$out);
		my ($a,$b,$y,$flag,$map,$loop,$diff,$pattern,$value);
		my ($t0,$it0);
		no strict 'refs';
		
		# Take care of crunching strings passed
		$omap = $self->crunch($omap) if($omap == 0);
		$res  = $self->crunch($res)  if($res  == 0);
		
		# Fill in empty spaces at end of results matrix with a 0
		if($#{$res}<$out) {
			for my $x ($#{$res}+1..$out) {
				#$res->[$x] = 0;
			}
		}
		
		# Debug
		AI::NeuralNet::BackProp::out1 "Num output neurons: $out, Input neurons: $size, Division: $divide\n";
		
		# Start benchmark timer and initalize a few variables
		$t0 	=	new Benchmark;
        $flag 	=	0; 
		$loop	=	0;   
		my $ldiff	=	0;
		my $dinc	=	0.0001;
		my $cdiff	=	0;
		$diff		=	100;
		$error 		= 	($error>-1)?$error:-1;
		
		# $flag only goes high when all neurons in output map compare exactly with
		# desired result map or $max loops is reached
		#	
		while(!$flag && ($max ? $loop<$max : 1)) {
			$it0 	=	new Benchmark;
			
			# Run the map
			$self->{RUN}->run($omap);
			
			# Retrieve last mapping  and initialize a few variables.
			$map	=	$self->map();
			$y		=	$size-$div;
			$flag	=	1;
			
			# Compare the result map we just ran with the desired result map.
			$diff 	=	pdiff($map,$res);
			
			# This adjusts the increment multiplier to decrease as the loops increase
			if($_mi > $_mx) {

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				last;
			}
			
			# Debugging
			AI::NeuralNet::BackProp::out4 "Difference: $diff\%\t Increment: $inc\tMax Error: $error\%\n";
			AI::NeuralNet::BackProp::out1 "\n\nMapping results from $map:\n";
			
			# This loop compares each element of the output map with the desired result map.
			# If they don't match exactly, we call weight() on the offending output neuron 
			# and tell it what it should be aiming for, and then the offending neuron will
			# try to adjust the weights of its synapses to get closer to the desired output.
			# See comments in the weight() method of AI::NeuralNet::BackProp for how this works.
			my $l=$self->{NET};
			for my $i (0..$out-1) {
				$a = $map->[$i];
				$b = $res->[$i];
				
				AI::NeuralNet::BackProp::out1 "\nmap[$i] is $a\n";
				AI::NeuralNet::BackProp::out1 "res[$i] is $b\n";
					
				for my $j (0..$divide-1) {
					if($a!=$b) {
						AI::NeuralNet::BackProp::out1 "Punishing $self->{NET}->[($i*$divide)+$j] at ",(($i*$divide)+$j)," ($i with $a) by $inc.\n";
						$l->[$y+($i*$divide)+$j]->weight($inc,$b) if($l->[$y+($i*$divide)+$j]);
						$flag	=	0;
					}
				}
			}
			
			# This counter is just used in the benchmarking operations.
			$loop++;
			
			AI::NeuralNet::BackProp::out1 "\n\n";
			
			# Benchmark this loop.
			AI::NeuralNet::BackProp::out4 "Learning itetration $loop complete, timed at".timestr(timediff(new Benchmark, $it0),'noc','5.3f')."\n";
		
			# Map the results from this loop.
			AI::NeuralNet::BackProp::out4 "Map: \n";
			AI::NeuralNet::BackProp::join_cols($map,$self->{col_width}) if ($AI::NeuralNet::BackProp::DEBUG);
			AI::NeuralNet::BackProp::out4 "Res: \n";
			AI::NeuralNet::BackProp::join_cols($res,$self->{col_width}) if ($AI::NeuralNet::BackProp::DEBUG);
		}
		
		# Compile benchmarking info for entire learn() process and return it, save it, and
		# display it.
		$self->{LAST_TIME}="$loop loops and ".timestr(timediff(new Benchmark, $t0));
        my $str = "Learning took $loop loops and ".timestr(timediff(new Benchmark, $t0),'noc','5.3f');
        AI::NeuralNet::BackProp::out2 $str;
		return $str;
	}		
		
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# Internal input class. Not to be used directly.
package AI::NeuralNet::BackProp::_run;
	
	use strict;
	
	# Dummy constructor.
	sub new {
		bless { PARENT => $_[1] }, $_[0]
	}
	
	# This is so we comply with the neuron interface.
	sub weight {}
	sub input  {}
	
	# Again, compliance with neuron interface.
	sub register_synapse {
		my $self	=	shift;		
		my $sid		=	$self->{REGISTRATION} || 0;
		$self->{REGISTRATION}	=	++$sid;
		$self->{RMAP}->{$sid-1}	= 	$self->{PARENT}->{_tmp_synapse};
		return $sid-1;
	}
	
	# Here is the real meat of this package.
	# run() does one thing: It fires values
	# into the first layer of the network.
	sub run {
		my $self	=	shift;
		my $map		=	shift;
		my $x		=	0;
		$map = $self->{PARENT}->crunch($map) if($map == 0);
		return undef if(substr($map,0,5) ne "ARRAY");
		foreach my $el (@{$map}) {
			# Catch ourself if we try to run more inputs than neurons
			return $x if($x>$self->{PARENT}->{DIV}-1);
			
			# Here we add a small ammount of randomness to the network.
			# This is to keep the network from getting stuck on a 0 value internally.
			$self->{PARENT}->{NET}->[$x]->input(0,$el+(rand()*$self->{ramdom}));
			$x++;
		};
		# Incase we tried to run less inputs than neurons, run const 1 in extra neurons
		if($x<$self->{PARENT}->{DIV}) {
			for my $y ($x..$self->{PARENT}->{DIV}-1) {
				$self->{PARENT}->{NET}->[$y]->input(0,1);
			}
		}
		return $x;
	}
	
	
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# Internal output class. Not to be used directly.
package AI::NeuralNet::BackProp::_map;
	
	use strict;
	
	# Dummy constructor.
	sub new {
		bless { PARENT => $_[1] }, $_[0]
	}
	
	# Compliance with neuron interface
	sub weight {}
	
	# Compliance with neuron interface
	sub register_synapse {
		my $self	=	shift;		
		my $sid		=	$self->{REGISTRATION} || 0;
		$self->{REGISTRATION}	=	++$sid;
		$self->{RMAP}->{$sid-1} = 	$self->{PARENT}->{_tmp_synapse};
		return $sid-1;
	}
	
	# This acts just like a regular neuron by receiving
	# values from input synapes. Yet, unlike a regularr
	# neuron, it doesnt weight the values, just stores
	# them to be retrieved by a call to map().
	sub input  {
		no strict 'refs';             
		my $self	=	shift;
		my $sid		=	shift;
		my $value	=	shift;
		my $size	=	$self->{PARENT}->{DIV};
		my $flag	=	1;
		$self->{OUTPUT}->[$sid]->{VALUE}	=	$self->{PARENT}->intr($value);
		$self->{OUTPUT}->[$sid]->{FIRED}	=	1;
		
		AI::NeuralNet::BackProp::out1 "Received value $self->{OUTPUT}->[$sid]->{VALUE} and sid $sid, self $self.\n";
	}
	
	# Here we simply collect the value of every neuron connected to this
	# one from the layer below us and return an array ref to the final map..
	sub map {
		my $self	=	shift;
		my $size	=	$self->{PARENT}->{DIV};
		my $out		=	$self->{PARENT}->{OUT};
		my $divide  =	AI::NeuralNet::BackProp->intr($size/$out);
		my @map = ();
		my $value;
		AI::NeuralNet::BackProp::out1 "Num output neurons: $out, Input neurons: $size, Division: $divide\n";
		for(0..$out-1) {
			$value=0;
			for my $a (0..$divide-1) {
				$value += $self->{OUTPUT}->[($_*$divide)+$a]->{VALUE};
				AI::NeuralNet::BackProp::out1 "\$a is $a, index is ".(($_*$divide)+$a).", value is $self->{OUTPUT}->[($_*$divide)+$a]->{VALUE}\n";
			}
			$map[$_]	=	AI::NeuralNet::BackProp->intr($value/$divide);
			AI::NeuralNet::BackProp::out1 "Map position $_ is $map[$_] in @{[\@map]} with self set to $self.\n";
			$self->{OUTPUT}->[$_]->{FIRED}	=	0;
		}
		my $ret=\@map;
		return $self->{PARENT}->_range($ret);
	}
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# load_pcx() wrapper package
package AI::NeuralNet::BackProp::PCX;

	# Called by load_pcx in AI::NeuralNet::BackProp;
	sub new {
		my $type	=	shift;
		my $self	=	{ 
			parent  => $_[0],
			file    => $_[1]
		};
		my (@a,@b)=load_pcx($_[1]);
		$self->{image}=\@a;
		$self->{palette}=\@b;
		bless \%{$self}, $type;
	}

	# Returns a rectangular block defined by an array ref in the form of
	# 		[$x1,$y1,$x2,$y2]
	# Return value is an array ref
	sub get_block {
		my $self	=	shift;
		my $ref		=	shift;
		my ($x1,$y1,$x2,$y2)	=	@{$ref};
		my @block	=	();
		my $count	=	0;
		for my $x ($x1..$x2-1) {
			for my $y ($y1..$y2-1) {
				$block[$count++]	=	$self->get($x,$y);
			}
		}
		return \@block;
	}
			
	# Returns pixel at $x,$y
	sub get {
		my $self	=	shift;
		my ($x,$y)  =	(shift,shift);
		return $self->{image}->[$y*320+$x];
	}
	
	# Returns array of (r,g,b) value from palette index passed
	sub rgb {
		my $self	=	shift;
		my $color	=	shift;
		return ($self->{palette}->[$color]->{red},$self->{palette}->[$color]->{green},$self->{palette}->[$color]->{blue});
	}
		
	# Returns mean of (rgb) value of palette index passed
	sub avg {
		my $self	=	shift;
		my $color	=	shift;
		return $self->{parent}->intr(($self->{palette}->[$color]->{red}+$self->{palette}->[$color]->{green}+$self->{palette}->[$color]->{blue})/3);
	}
	
	# Loads and decompresses a PCX-format 320x200, 8-bit image file and returns 
	# two arrays, first is a 64000-byte long array, each element contains a palette
	# index, and the second array is a 255-byte long array, each element is a hash
	# ref with the keys 'red', 'green', and 'blue', each key contains the respective color
	# component for that color index in the palette.
	sub load_pcx {
		shift if(substr($_[0],0,4) eq 'AI::'); 
		
		# open the file
		open(FILE, "$_[0]");
		binmode(FILE);
		
		my $tmp;
		my @image;
		my @palette;
		my $data;
		
		# Read header
		read(FILE,$tmp,128);
		
		# load the data and decompress into buffer
		my $count=0;
		
		while($count<320*200) {
		     # get the first piece of data
		     read(FILE,$data,1);
	         $data=ord($data);
	         
		     # is this a rle?
		     if ($data>=192 && $data<=255) {
		        # how many bytes in run?
		        my $num_bytes = $data-192;
		
		        # get the actual $data for the run
		        read(FILE, $data, 1);
				$data=ord($data);
		        # replicate $data in buffer num_bytes times
		        while($num_bytes-->0) {
	            	$image[$count++] = $data;
		        } # end while
		     } else {
		        # actual $data, just copy it into buffer at next location
		        $image[$count++] = $data;
		     } # end else not rle
		}
		
		# move to end of file then back up 768 bytes i.e. to begining of palette
		seek(FILE,-768,2);
		
		# load the pallete into the palette
		for my $index (0..255) {
		    # get the red component
		    read(FILE,$tmp,1);
		    $palette[$index]->{red}   = ($tmp>>2);
		
		    # get the green component
		    read(FILE,$tmp,1);
			$palette[$index]->{green} = ($tmp>>2);
		
		    # get the blue component
		    read(FILE,$tmp,1);
			$palette[$index]->{blue}  = ($tmp>>2);
		
		}
		
		close(FILE);
		

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If you do not supply a $high_state_character, or the $high_state_character is a null or empty or 
undefined string, it join_cols() will just print the numerical value of each element seperated
by a null character (\0). join_cols() defaults to the latter behaviour.



=item $net->pdiff($array_ref_A, $array_ref_B);

This function is used VERY heavily internally to calculate the difference in percent
between elements of the two array refs passed. It returns a %.10f (sprintf-format) 
percent sting.


=item $net->p($a,$b);

Returns a floating point number which represents $a as a percentage of $b.



=item $net->intr($float);

Rounds a floating-point number rounded to an integer using sprintf() and int() , Provides
better rounding than just calling int() on the float. Also used very heavily internally.



=item $net->high($array_ref);

Returns the index of the element in array REF passed with the highest comparative value.



=item $net->low($array_ref);

Returns the index of the element in array REF passed with the lowest comparative value.



=item $net->show();

This will dump a simple listing of all the weights of all the connections of every neuron
in the network to STDIO.




=item $net->crunch($string);

UPDATE: Now you can use a variabled instead of using qw(). Strings will be split internally.
Do not use qw() to pass strings to crunch.

This splits a string passed with /[\s\t]/ into an array ref containing unique indexes
to the words. The words are stored in an intenal array and preserved across load() and save()
calls. This is designed to be used to generate unique maps sutible for passing to learn() and 
run() directly. It returns an array ref.

The words are not duplicated internally. For example:

	$net->crunch("How are you?");

Will probably return an array ref containing 1,2,3. A subsequent call of:

    $net->crunch("How is Jane?");

Will probably return an array ref containing 1,4,5. Notice, the first element stayed
the same. That is because it already stored the word "How". So, each word is stored
only once internally and the returned array ref reflects that.


=item $net->uncrunch($array_ref);

Uncrunches a map (array ref) into an scalar string of words seperated by ' ' and returns the 
string. This is ment to be used as a counterpart to the crunch() method, above, possibly to 
uncrunch() the output of a run() call. Consider the below code (also in ./examples/ex_crunch.pl):
                           
	use AI::NeuralNet::BackProp;
	my $net = AI::NeuralNet::BackProp->new(2,3);
	
	for (0..3) {		# Note: The four learn() statements below could 
						# be replaced with learn_set() to do the same thing,
						# but use this form here for clarity.

		$net->learn($net->crunch("I love chips."),  $net->crunch("That's Junk Food!"));
		$net->learn($net->crunch("I love apples."), $net->crunch("Good, Healthy Food."));
		$net->learn($net->crunch("I love pop."),    $net->crunch("That's Junk Food!"));
		$net->learn($net->crunch("I love oranges."),$net->crunch("Good, Healthy Food."));
	}
	
	my $response = $net->run($net->crunch("I love corn."));
	
	print $net->uncrunch($response),"\n";


On my system, this responds with, "Good, Healthy Food." If you try to run crunch() with
"I love pop.", though, you will probably get "Food! apples. apples." (At least it returns
that on my system.) As you can see, the associations are not yet perfect, but it can make
for some interesting demos!



=item $net->crunched($word);

This will return undef if the word is not in the internal crunch list, or it will return the
index of the word if it exists in the crunch list. 


=item $net->col_width($width);

This is useful for formating the debugging output of Level 4 if you are learning simple 
bitmaps. This will set the debugger to automatically insert a line break after that many
elements in the map output when dumping the currently run map during a learn loop.

It will return the current width when called with a 0 or undef value.


=item $net->random($rand);

This will set the randomness factor from the network. Default is 0.001. When called 
with no arguments, or an undef value, it will return current randomness value. When
called with a 0 value, it will disable randomness in the network. See NOTES on learning 
a 0 value in the input map with randomness disabled.

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=head1 BUGS

This is an alpha release of C<AI::NeuralNet::BackProp>, and that holding true, I am sure 
there are probably bugs in here which I just have not found yet. If you find bugs in this module, I would 
appreciate it greatly if you could report them to me at F<E<lt>jdb@wcoil.comE<gt>>,
or, even better, try to patch them yourself and figure out why the bug is being buggy, and
send me the patched code, again at F<E<lt>jdb@wcoil.comE<gt>>. 



=head1 AUTHOR

Josiah Bryan F<E<lt>jdb@wcoil.comE<gt>>

Copyright (c) 2000 Josiah Bryan. All rights reserved. This program is free software; 
you can redistribute it and/or modify it under the same terms as Perl itself.

The C<AI::NeuralNet::BackProp> and related modules are free software. THEY COME WITHOUT WARRANTY OF ANY KIND.

                                                             




=head1 THANKS

Below is a list of people that have helped, made suggestions, patches, etc. No particular order.

		Tobias Bronx, tobiasb@odin.funcom.com
		Pat Trainor, ptrainor@title14.com
		Steve Purkis, spurkis@epn.nu
		Rodin Porrata, rodin@ursa.llnl.gov
		Daniel Macks dmacks@sas.upenn.edu

Tobias was a great help with the initial releases, and helped with learning options and a great
many helpful suggestions. Rodin has gave me some great ideas for the new internals, as well
as disabling Storable. Steve is the author of AI::Perceptron, and gave some good suggestions for 
weighting the neurons. Daniel was a great help with early beta testing of the module and related 
ideas. Pat has been a great help for running the module through the works. Pat is the author of 
the new Inter game, a in-depth strategy game. He is using a group of neural networks internally 
which provides a good test bed for coming up with new ideas for the network. Thankyou for all of
your help, everybody.


=head1 DOWNLOAD

You can always download the latest copy of AI::NeuralNet::BackProp
from http://www.josiah.countystart.com/modules/AI/cgi-bin/rec.pl


=head1 MAILING LIST

A mailing list has been setup for AI::NeuralNet::BackProp for discussion of AI and 
neural net related topics as they pertain to AI::NeuralNet::BackProp. I will also 
announce in the group each time a new release of AI::NeuralNet::BackProp is available.

The list address is at: ai-neuralnet-backprop@egroups.com 

To subscribe, send a blank email to: ai-neuralnet-backprop-subscribe@egroups.com  


=cut



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