Brain

class Brain

The core brain structure

Public Fields
bool SaveSynUSE: Flag to indicate if the Synapses USE value should be saved to a file at the end of a simulation
char* SaveSynFile: File name where Synapse USE values should be stored if SaveSynUSE flag is on
double TotalTime: total time to run the program - seconds - input from user
int CycleCount: Ticks to run
int TimeStep: Current timestep
int ReportTime: Keep track of whether a status report needs to be made
int StartTime: actual time in seconds of when the program started the main loop
int nColumns: Number of Column objects in list
Column** vColumns: List of pointers to all Column objects in this brain
int nLPtrs: Number of Layer objects in list
Layer** LBasePtr: List of pointers to Layer objects
int nCellList: Number of Cell objects managed on this node
Cell** vCellList: List of pointers to all Cells on this node
int nStimulus: Number of Stimulii currently on list
Stimulus* StimList: Linked list of Stimulii
int nReports: Number of Reports currently on list
Report* RptList: Linked list of reports
int nSynapseLearn: Number of Synapse Learning objects defined
SynapseLearning** vSynapseLearn: List of Synapse Learning pointers
int nSynapseRSE: Number of Synapse RSE objects defined
SynapseRSE** vSynapseRSE: List of Synapse RSE pointers
int nSynapsePSG: Number of Synapse PSG objects defined
SynapsePSG** vSynapsePSG: List of Synapse PSG pointers
int nSynapseData: Number of Synapse Data objects defined
SynapseData** vSynapseData: List of Synapse Data pointers
bool SaveFlag: Flag to indicate that the brain's state should be save to file at end of current timestep
double SaveTime: Automatically save brain state to a file when it reaches this time
char SaveFile[128]: Name of file to save to when automatically saving

Public Methods
Brain(T_BRAIN *, char *, char *): constructor for loading from Brain file
Brain(T_BRAIN *): Constructor used when building brain from input file
~Brain(): Destructor
void SetCellCount(): Set the cell count
unsigned int GetCellCount(): Retreive the cell count
void GiveMsgToCell(Message *): Pointer to a message is given to a cell
int DoThink(): Main brain loop function
void StateSave(char *): Save brain to file
void LoadBrain( char *, char *): Load brain from file

Documentation

The core brain structure. It contains lists of the objects, such as Cells, that the brain contains (which in turn may contain other lists of their internal components). The code is basically a loop that runs through the Stimulus, Cell, and Report lists every timestep, and calls them to do whatever they do.