//create Proximal Synapses to Columns in InputPlane
//receptive area is InputPlane
private void connectProximal(Layer ip)
{
if (ip != null) //may be null during testing
{
//calculate radius from INPUT Layer/Plane diagonal dimension (to allow 1-dimensional layers)
double radius = ip.CalcRadius(ZoneSizePercProximal);
for (int x = 0; x < NumColumnsX; x++)
{
for (int y = 0; y < NumColumnsY; y++)
{
Column col = Columns[x][y];
col.CreateProximalSynapses(this, ip, radius, ZoneCoveragePercProximal);
}
}
}
else //imput layer empty, remove all Synapses
{
for (int x = 0; x < NumColumnsX; x++)
{
for (int y = 0; y < NumColumnsY; y++)
{
Column col = Columns[x][y];
col.RemoveAllProximalSynapses();
}
}
}
}
//calculate number of Basal connections to create
public int CalcNumBasalSynapsesToCreate(Layer lr, double zoneSizePerc, double zoneCoveragePerc)
{
double radius = lr.CalcRadius(zoneSizePerc);
List <Column> potentialColumns = lr.GetColumnsFromCentre(this.X, this.Y, radius, false);
int numToConnect = (int)(potentialColumns.Count * zoneCoveragePerc);
return(numToConnect);
}
