Re: What databases have taught me
Date: 23 Jun 2006 22:06:01 -0700
Message-ID: <1151125561.816803.267230_at_y41g2000cwy.googlegroups.com>
Neo wrote:
> > However, I am not saying that relational is best for every structuring need; just the majority of what I encounter in my domain.
>
> I agree that a more general method will typically be less efficient
> than a less general method that is optimized for a certian
> domain/scope. While RM is well suited for many common apps, it is not
> as suitable for say AI-type apps where data structures are not only
> highly variable but unknown in advance which makes a methodolgy where a
> schema has to be updated, less practical.
AI?
Our very *brain* can be modelled more or less with a "static schema", I would note:
table: Links
sourceNode_ID
destinationNode_ID
weight // weighting factor, can be negative in some models
table: Node
node_ID
activationFuncIndicator // see note
activationWeight // the "volume" given to activation function
There are about 5 activation functions in common use: unit_step, sigmoid, piecewise_linear, gaussian, and identity. (I haven't reviewed my schema model closely, so buyer beware. This model allows "Y splits", which real neurons don't directly allow IIRC, but can be modeled with explicit neurons such that they are still interchangable.)
-T- Received on Sat Jun 24 2006 - 07:06:01 CEST