Encog for C# Released

Version 0.5 of Encog-C# has been released. A Java version is also available. Encog is a framework that includes neural networks, as well as HTTP bots and spiders. Heaton Research has released books on these two very interesting topics. We will soon be updating our Java neural network book, as well as adding a C# neural network book. The books are meant to introduce the topics of bots and neural networks. We are now combining the code from the books into an open source framework so that the code can be extended and moved into more advanced areas than the introductory topics of the books.

Encog 0.5 contains all of the source code from the books, essentially unchanged. The classes were moved to different packages to better facilitate an open source framework. Other than that, 0.5 is the same as the book. Version 1.0 will begin to introduce more advanced topics than were practical to include in the intro books. Topics such as hybrid neural networks, hybrid training, faster more efficient(but perhaps less easy to understand) code, multithreading and grid support, as well as other functions.

You can read more about the Encog project, as well as access the code, here.