Artificial Neural Networks recommendation wanted

[Gereon Kaiping]

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Hi,

>> - - PyNN (just a builder, requires external simulator) –http://neuralensemble.org/trac/PyNN/
>> - - Con-x (part of pyro) –http://pyrorobotics.org/?page=Conx
>> - - PyNeurGen (includes genetic algorithms) –http://pyneurgen.sourceforge.net/
>> - - ffnet (only fast forward) –http://ffnet.sourceforge.net/
>> - - brian (spiking networks) –http://www.briansimulator.org/
>> - - PyBrain (machine learning) –http://pybrain.org/

Thanks for the answers:

> Fann <http://leenissen.dk/fann/> has python bindings.
I saw it, but forgot to include it in my listing.

> PyNN and Brian are intended more for biologically-realistic neural
> networks (for some value of realistic), aka neuronal networks, so I
> guess you can rule them out (similar tools that you might come across
> are NEST, NEURON, PCSIM).
Yes, I thought so. (I might keep them in mind anyway, if I get to a more
biologically approach someday, just like ffnet, which doesn't support
recurrent networks but might be good in what it does.)

Fann seems to be inable to simulate recurrent networks, too. (There are
some older discussions, but I found no trace of a successful
implementation.)

So my main interest would be Con-x, PyNeurGen and PyBrain. Can you tell
me anything about these modules or point me to where to find more
information?

Greetings,
Gereon
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