<s>
Synapse	O
is	O
a	O
component-based	O
development	B-Algorithm
environment	I-Algorithm
for	O
neural	B-Architecture
networks	I-Architecture
and	O
adaptive	O
systems	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Created	O
by	O
Peltarion	O
,	O
Synapse	O
allows	O
data	B-Application
mining	I-Application
,	O
statistical	O
analysis	O
,	O
visualization	B-Application
,	O
preprocessing	B-General_Concept
,	O
design	O
and	O
training	O
of	O
neural	B-Architecture
networks	I-Architecture
and	O
adaptive	O
systems	O
and	O
the	O
deployment	B-Application
of	O
them	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
It	O
utilizes	O
a	O
plug-in	B-Application
based	O
architecture	B-Architecture
making	O
it	O
a	O
general	O
platform	O
for	O
signal	O
processing	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Although	O
Peltarion	O
has	O
yet	O
to	O
release	O
an	O
official	O
API	B-General_Concept
for	O
the	O
Synapse	O
platform	O
,	O
user	O
made	O
components	O
are	O
emerging	O
,	O
some	O
of	O
them	O
being	O
original	O
,	O
demonstrating	O
the	O
openness	O
of	O
the	O
platform	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
development	O
cycle	O
in	O
Synapse	O
is	O
based	O
on	O
the	O
canonical	O
data	B-Application
mining	I-Application
cycle	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
A	O
notable	O
difference	O
however	O
is	O
that	O
in	O
Synapse	O
that	O
cycle	O
is	O
not	O
linear	O
,	O
but	O
supports	O
an	O
iterative	B-Algorithm
approach	O
where	O
the	O
user	O
can	O
freely	O
move	O
between	O
the	O
steps	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
preprocessing	B-General_Concept
mode	O
is	O
for	O
data	B-Application
mining	I-Application
and	O
data	O
preparation	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
standard	O
release	O
includes	O
format	O
components	O
for	O
reading	O
and	O
writing	O
data	O
from	O
CSV	O
(	O
text	O
)	O
files	O
,	O
SQL	B-Language
databases	I-Language
,	O
images	B-Algorithm
and	O
XML	B-Protocol
.	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
filter	B-Application
components	O
range	O
from	O
simple	O
data	O
rearrangement	O
to	O
more	O
advanced	O
FFT	O
and	O
outlier	O
removal	O
filters	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
visualizers	O
include	O
a	O
variety	O
of	O
plots	O
and	O
grids	O
,	O
which	O
can	O
be	O
interconnected	O
and	O
branched	O
out	O
to	O
perform	O
complex	O
data	B-Application
mining	I-Application
tasks	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
In	O
design	O
mode	O
components	O
are	O
linked	O
to	O
construct	O
a	O
topology	B-Architecture
.	O
</s>
<s>
Linked	O
components	O
enable	O
a	O
signal	O
flow	O
creating	O
a	O
pipe	O
filter	B-Application
machine	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
When	O
a	O
signal	O
is	O
set	O
on	O
a	O
component	O
,	O
it	O
filters	O
the	O
signal	O
in	O
some	O
way	O
and	O
the	O
filtered	O
signal	O
can	O
then	O
be	O
piped	O
to	O
the	O
next	O
component	O
in	O
the	O
linked	O
chain	O
of	O
components	O
that	O
form	O
the	O
topology	B-Architecture
.	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
standard	O
distribution	O
of	O
synapse	O
comes	O
with	O
a	O
variety	O
of	O
components	O
,	O
ranging	O
from	O
simple	O
neural	B-Architecture
network	I-Architecture
components	O
such	O
as	O
weight	O
layers	O
and	O
function	O
layers	O
,	O
to	O
whole	O
neural	B-Architecture
networks	I-Architecture
such	O
as	O
self-organizing	B-Algorithm
maps	I-Algorithm
and	O
more	O
complex	O
static	O
elements	O
like	O
for	O
instance	O
the	O
fuzzy	O
logic	O
component	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
In	O
addition	O
to	O
running	O
the	O
control	O
system	O
,	O
training	O
mode	O
allows	O
the	O
execution	O
of	O
high-level	O
optimizers	O
such	O
as	O
genetic	B-Algorithm
algorithms	I-Algorithm
,	O
particle	B-Algorithm
swarm	I-Algorithm
optimization	I-Algorithm
and	O
simulated	B-Algorithm
annealing	I-Algorithm
.	O
</s>
<s>
One	O
of	O
the	O
most	O
important	O
postprocessing	O
components	O
is	O
the	O
deployment	B-Application
component	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
deployment	B-Application
component	O
allows	O
the	O
export	O
of	O
a	O
system	O
made	O
in	O
Synapse	O
to	O
a	O
single	O
.NET	O
component	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
system	O
in	O
the	O
development	B-Algorithm
environment	I-Algorithm
is	O
downscaled	O
so	O
that	O
it	O
only	O
contains	O
the	O
minimal	O
necessary	O
requirements	O
for	O
execution	O
and	O
then	O
compiled	O
into	O
an	O
assembly	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
This	O
assembly	O
can	O
then	O
be	O
used	O
in	O
any	O
.NET	O
framework	O
or	O
.NET	B-Operating_System
Compact	I-Operating_System
Framework	I-Operating_System
application	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
latter	O
allows	O
the	O
deployment	B-Application
to	O
embedded	B-Architecture
devices	I-Architecture
.	O
</s>
<s>
Example	O
code	O
in	O
C#	B-Application
:	O
</s>
