edmond@oahu.cs.ucla.edu (Edmond Mesrobian) (05/04/91)
Hi,
Here is some info on SFINX. The current release is sfinx_v2.0
which only supports 8 bit X displays. There is a beta version of
sfinx_v2.1 which supports multiple windows, display depths (4,6,
8,24). The procedure is the same for either of them.
enjoy,
Edmond
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UCLA-SFINX ( Structure and Function In Neural connec-
tions) is an interactive neural network simulation environment
designed to provide the investigative tools for studying the
behavior of various neural structures. It was designed to easily
express and simulate the highly regular patterns often found in
large networks, but it is also general enough to model parallel
systems of arbitrary interconnectivity.
UCLA-SFINX is not based on any single neural network para-
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lightness constancy, script character recognition using BEP and
others.
It is all written in C, includes an X11 interface for visual-
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to HP 9000 320/350 workstations running HP-UX, Sun workstations
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