Encog Machine Learning Framework

Initial GPU(graphics processing unit) results are very good. The mainline version of Encog .Net can now make use of the GPU for neural network calculation. No training yet, but this will come soon. I also plan to port this all to Java once I have the C# version working to my satisfaction. read more

Would you like to see Encog Silverlight in action? Silverlight works quite a bit like flash. Except you can program it in C#, without having to learn Flash. There is a version of Encog for Silverlight. You can see several examples, in full GUI, here. http://www.heatonresearch.com/encog/benchmark.html

The ebooks for Encog have been released. There is one for Java and another for C#. Both are on sale for $19.99. Paperback versions of each should be out in a few weeks. read more

Encog 2.3 for Java, .Net and Silverlight has been released. This update includes the following: Scaled Conjugate Gradient (SCG) Training Greatly Enhanced Self Organizing Map (SOM) Support Multithreading now on ALL propagation training methods ... [More] Also many bug fixes and smaller enhancements that I found necessary as I wrote a book about Encog. More on the book's availability coming soon. To download Encog visit: http://www.heatonresearch.com/encog [Less]

I am not as active in Second Life as I used to be. However, the one project I created that I am always asked about is my Ferris Wheel. You can see the ferris wheel here. read more

I just posted a new article at devx on the topic of using Encog Neural networks with candle stick charts. This is just the beginning of where I want to go with this, but it shows some slightly more advanced application of neural network prediction ... [More] than just looking at the price fluctuation over a a period. More to come! http://www.devx.com/opensource/Article/44014 Not sure why DevX did not release the code. But you can download that here: http://www.heatonresearch.com/encog/articles.html It is LGPL. It is a C# WPF app. [Less]

Encog 2.3.0 for DotNet has been released as beta. All software is complete and HTML Help have been updated. The Java was released earlier. Encog 2.3 is the version that both books are to be released on. So Encog 2.3 will not go out of beta until both ... [More] books have been released. At that point Encog 2.4 will begin. Encog 2.3 has many exciting advances. Scaled Conjugate Gradient (Levenberg-Marquardt) Training Multi-Dimensional RBF Training Cost-Based Genetic and Simulated Annealing Normalization Improvements The betas can be downloaded from the Encog download areas. read more [Less]

Given that we are now focusing more on neural network programming, than Second Life, we are scaling back our Second Life operations considerably. Heaton Research at one point had three islands in Second Life. We are dropping back to just a small ... [More] area on "mainland" so that people can pick up the examples from our books. You can see the new Heaton Research home here. You can access this area, and download any of our book examples, from the following URL. http://slurl.com/secondlife/Venn/96/86/29 read more [Less]

Encog 2.3.0 for Java has been released as beta. All software is complete and javadocs have been updated. The C# version should follow in a few weeks. Encog 2.3 is the version that both books are to be released on. So Encog 2.3 will not go out of ... [More] beta until both books have been released. At that point Encog 2.4 will begin. I do not expect any of the Encog 2.x releases to “break” the books. When there is an Encog release that will affect the books, and software based on Encog, this will be called Encog 3. Only a few vague plans for Encog 3, at this point. read more [Less]