http://adelmanlab.org/easyNet/documentation/ 2026-04-07T15:32:52+00:00 http://adelmanlab.org/easyNet/documentation/ http://adelmanlab.org/easyNet/documentation/lib/tpl/dokuwiki/images/favicon.ico text/html 2016-03-25T13:12:42+00:00 http://adelmanlab.org/easyNet/documentation/doku.php?id=lazynut_scripting_language:reference:all-objects&rev=1458911562&do=diff Methods common to all lazyNut objects description object description object Emit a description of object that in XML includes at least the elements pretty name; type; and subtype. subtype includes zero or more sub-elements indicating the object's facets. text/html 2016-03-25T13:12:42+00:00 http://adelmanlab.org/easyNet/documentation/doku.php?id=lazynut_scripting_language:reference:connection&rev=1458911562&do=diff Connections Connections control the transfer of information between layers. Making a created connection into a working connection requires 4 steps. Autoconnect does all four of these. * Attach both ends to the relevant layers, i.e., target attach conn___________ text/html 2016-03-25T13:12:42+00:00 http://adelmanlab.org/easyNet/documentation/doku.php?id=lazynut_scripting_language:reference:conversion&rev=1458911562&do=diff Methods common to all conversions Conversions represent the (idealized) computation of patterns in one representation from patterns in another representation. They are used to implement (arbitrary_conversion_connection) or set up (e.g., populate matrices) connections between layers. text/html 2016-03-25T13:12:42+00:00 http://adelmanlab.org/easyNet/documentation/doku.php?id=lazynut_scripting_language:reference:dataframe&rev=1458911562&do=diff Methods common to all dataframes The dataframe object is used for R data.frame objects that are managed by lazyNut. A data frame with lazyNut object name may be accessed in R through eN["object_name"] . An S4 class manages the relationship on the R side. text/html 2016-03-25T13:12:42+00:00 http://adelmanlab.org/easyNet/documentation/doku.php?id=lazynut_scripting_language:reference:grouping&rev=1458911562&do=diff Grouping The only common aspect of the grouping base type, is that all have a pass-through such that a command that passes through the subtype unrecognized will be processed iteratively by all objects associated with the grouping. All management of those object is, however, run by the sub-type. text/html 2016-10-29T16:33:36+00:00 http://adelmanlab.org/easyNet/documentation/doku.php?id=lazynut_scripting_language:reference:keywords&rev=1477758816&do=diff _lazyNut_ interpreter keywords Most lazyNut lines have the format object-name method-name .... The following are the strings that are interpreted in a special way by lazyNut if they occur at the beginning of a line. They should not be used for object names. text/html 2016-03-25T13:15:53+00:00 http://adelmanlab.org/easyNet/documentation/doku.php?id=lazynut_scripting_language:reference:layer&rev=1458911753&do=diff Methods common to all layers Layers correspond to identifiable states in a cognitive model, often consisting of sets of homogeneous units. description some_layer description The description of some_layer will have the additional elements: Representation____________ text/html 2016-03-25T13:12:42+00:00 http://adelmanlab.org/easyNet/documentation/doku.php?id=lazynut_scripting_language:reference:nobserver&rev=1458911562&do=diff Methods common to all nobservers The nobserver base type is one of two base types (the other being observer) for objects whose primary purpose to derive outputs from layers (directly or via other observers) outside of the “natural” computation of that object. text/html 2016-03-25T13:17:35+00:00 http://adelmanlab.org/easyNet/documentation/doku.php?id=lazynut_scripting_language:reference:observer&rev=1458911855&do=diff Methods common to all observers The observer base type is one of two base types (the other being nobserver) for objects whose primary purpose to derive outputs from layers (directly or via other observers) outside of the “natural” computation of that object. text/html 2016-03-25T13:12:42+00:00 http://adelmanlab.org/easyNet/documentation/doku.php?id=lazynut_scripting_language:reference:pattern&rev=1458911562&do=diff Methods common to all pattern objects Patterns are the basic vector workhorse variable of the lazyNut system, being used for actual and hypothetical layer states, inputs and outputs, and intermediate computations. description some_pattern description text/html 2016-04-06T15:02:21+00:00 http://adelmanlab.org/easyNet/documentation/doku.php?id=lazynut_scripting_language:reference:processing_cycle&rev=1459954941&do=diff The lazyNut processing cycles Main loop The main loop just gets lines from the files/std::cin and sends them to the object manager to be dealt with. pseudocode: int main(argv,argc) { om=object_manager::instance(); for (file in {argv[1], ..., argv[argc-1], std::cin}) { while (read line from file) { om->dispatch(line); } } } _ text/html 2016-03-25T13:12:42+00:00 http://adelmanlab.org/easyNet/documentation/doku.php?id=lazynut_scripting_language:reference:r&rev=1458911562&do=diff R interfaces to lazyNut Some key functionalities for lazyNut are implemented via an embedded R interpreter. The dataframe objects of lazyNut are stored in data.frame objects in R via the eN object (which is of S4 class eNdataframelist). Writing to these R objects is cached, though, due to the inefficiencies of row-wise extension of data.frames. The following are text/html 2016-03-25T13:20:00+00:00 http://adelmanlab.org/easyNet/documentation/doku.php?id=lazynut_scripting_language:reference:representation&rev=1458912000&do=diff Methods common to all representations Representations indicate the format of patterns in layers, and conversions between representations govern the content of connections between layers. description some_rep description The description of some_rep additionally contains __ text/html 2016-03-25T13:12:42+00:00 http://adelmanlab.org/easyNet/documentation/doku.php?id=lazynut_scripting_language:reference:setting_user&rev=1458911562&do=diff setting_user Some facets offer settings via the setting_user interface, which adds the following commands: setting setting_user setting name value... Set the non-object value of the setting name to be value. setting_object setting_user setting_object name some_df text/html 2016-04-06T13:45:25+00:00 http://adelmanlab.org/easyNet/documentation/doku.php?id=lazynut_scripting_language:reference:start&rev=1459950325&do=diff Reference for lazyNut scripting Processing cycle Keywords Information relevant to all objects Connection objects - Subtypes and facets of connection Conversion objects - Subtypes and facets of conversion Dataframe objects - Subtypes and facets of dataframe Grouping objects - Subtypes and facets of grouping (Layer) Input Port objects - Subtypes and facets of input_port Layer objects - Subtypes and facets of layer Observer objects - Subtypes and facets of observer Patte… text/html 2016-03-25T13:12:42+00:00 http://adelmanlab.org/easyNet/documentation/doku.php?id=lazynut_scripting_language:reference:steps&rev=1458911562&do=diff Methods common to all steps object A steps object represents a bundle of commands. The base object has a list of commands, but the most significant subtype of steps is trial, which does not use this list any more, as the rules governing trials are more complex. text/html 2016-03-25T13:12:42+00:00 http://adelmanlab.org/easyNet/documentation/doku.php?id=lazynut_scripting_language:reference:xfile&rev=1458911562&do=diff xfile xfile is a spooky base type that is only used by rplot. Expect this to be replaced by an rscript base type.