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manual:wmat [2013/10/09 08:53] – Adds example matrix header zenkemanual:wmat [2013/11/01 15:40] – Added a headline zenke
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 ''wmat'' files are used to store weight matrices in the MatrixMarket format, which can be exchanged easily with MATLAB and other software ([[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Matrix_Market_exchange_formats]]). Since in many cases connection matrices are sparse, Auryn uses the ''coordinate real'' format, which needs to be kept in row major order, since it directly maps Auryn's internal sparse matrix format [[SimpleMatrix]]. ''wmat'' files are used to store weight matrices in the MatrixMarket format, which can be exchanged easily with MATLAB and other software ([[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Matrix_Market_exchange_formats]]). Since in many cases connection matrices are sparse, Auryn uses the ''coordinate real'' format, which needs to be kept in row major order, since it directly maps Auryn's internal sparse matrix format [[SimpleMatrix]].
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 +See also [[SparseConnection]].
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 +====== File structure ======
  
 The header of a typical weight matrix looks the following: The header of a typical weight matrix looks the following:
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 </code> </code>
 It contains some generic header lines and comments followed by the Connection name (which is not read upon load) and some additional information to identify from on how many ranks the weight matrix was residing. The first line without percent sign specifies the dimensionality followed by the number of nonzero elements. The latter is used by [[SimpleMatrix]] to reserve exactly the right amount of memory. After that, the existing connection elements are listed in the format: row (from) column (to) value. It contains some generic header lines and comments followed by the Connection name (which is not read upon load) and some additional information to identify from on how many ranks the weight matrix was residing. The first line without percent sign specifies the dimensionality followed by the number of nonzero elements. The latter is used by [[SimpleMatrix]] to reserve exactly the right amount of memory. After that, the existing connection elements are listed in the format: row (from) column (to) value.
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 +**Nota bene:** Cells in the wmat file are  indexed starting from 1 (unlike everywhere else in Auryn, where we adapt the C convention and start numbering arrays with 0).
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manual/wmat.txt · Last modified: 2014/12/02 10:03 by zenke