Hi Oliver,

of course that you can, everybody here is invited on giving his
contribution! And every contribution is always much more than
appreciated :)

best,
-Simo

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On Sat, Mar 3, 2012 at 5:03 PM, Oliver Heger
<oliver.he...@oliver-heger.de> wrote:
> Hi, if I am allowed to throw in some (unfinished) thoughts into this
> discussion:
>
> My preference would also be to keep the actual graph data structure lean and
> simple. As James pointed out, if algorithms need additional information, a
> function from the vertex/edge type to the target type is required. This
> could indeed be implemented in a very generic way using a functor interface
> (maybe with an underlying map as a default implementation).
>
> The advantage over a pack of interfaces as I see it is that such functors
> could be added dynamically to a graph. Thus it could be adapted for the
> execution of different algorithms at runtime.
>
> Just my 2 cents.
> Oliver
>
> Am 03.03.2012 16:47, schrieb Simone Tripodi:
>
>> Cloud.io,
>>
>>> back to James' first email: any type could be immediately used as
>>> edge/vertex without wrappers, while specific data related to the domain
>>> of
>>> graphs (weights, labels) would be handled separately. I actually think
>>> this
>>> is useful: back to my days of "DIY Java graphs" I implemented something
>>> similar to what we have now, just to think every time: "why should I wrap
>>> my
>>> objects with these markers? I already know my Router is a Vertex in the
>>> graph..."
>>
>>
>> I already showed be open on dropping elements, do I have to copy my
>> first reply as well so we start again? :)
>> OK, I started collecting various thoughts and trying to converge them
>> to a common path: Vertex is something we can safety drop because we
>> know its nature at priori, markers are unnecessary.This is fine.
>>
>>>
>>> Here's the way I see it. A Graph<V,E>  implementing HasWeightedEdges
>>> would
>>> have something like this inside:
>>>
>>> Map<E, W>  edgeWeights = new HashMap<E, W>();
>>>
>>> [... populate map, other methods, etc ...]
>>>
>>> // implementing HasWeightedEdges#getEdgeWeight
>>> public W getEdgeWeight(E edge)
>>> {
>>>    [... check null etc...]
>>>    return edgeWeights.get(edge);
>>>
>>> }
>>>
>>
>> what is the sense, at that point, on keeping the Edge?!! It would be
>> more than enough to know which is the Head and which is the Tail in
>> the Edge to get the W!
>>
>>> then let's find a better name, but why *OrderedMonoid?
>>
>>
>> maybe because they implement OrderedMonoid? :)
>>
>>> Assume we replace the
>>> whole set of current interfaces (see my comment to the next paragraph
>>> below)
>>> with just Addition and Comparable (the latter already exists of course).
>>> There is no need to create another interface to merge the two
>>> (ComparableAddition? OrderedAddition?). Then we have:
>>>
>>
>> how much would Addition and Multiplication interface differ each other?
>>
>>> public class DoubleWeightOperations
>>>    implements Addition, Comparator
>>> {
>>>    [...]
>>> }
>>>
>>> I would not rename the class to DoubleWeightAddition or even
>>> DoubleWeightComparableAddition. What if later we need to e.g. add a
>>> function
>>> that normalizes weights by some factor, or returns the reciprocal of a
>>> weight, etc? With the above code it would suffice to add new interfaces:
>>>
>>> public class DoubleWeightOperations
>>>    implements Addition, Comparator, Normalization, Reciprocal
>>> {
>>>    [...]
>>>
>>> }
>>>
>>>
>>
>> that would be fine, what is not clear is that Monoids expose the same
>> interface, so *Operations class implementation canot declare same
>> method multiple times
>>
>>>
>>> That is fine for me. I simply followed pure theory while implementing
>>> that
>>> and used all possible granularity.
>>
>>
>> questionable, that is why we are still speaking about it
>>
>>> Now looking at our implementations I
>>> think it is save enough to even merge Zero, Semigroup and Monoid (so
>>> that's
>>> one step further than your example below) and call the result Addition so
>>> that its role is clear to everybody. Does that sound good? :)
>>
>>
>> Sounds more than good, it is what I already proposed messages ago:
>>
>>> Zero, name of an element, contains `zero` method to get the zero (it
>>> is still confusing to me), Monoid  extends Zero and Semigroup - given
>>> the use inside graph math, Zero#zero and Semigroup#append can be moved
>>> directly to Monoid and rename it as WeightOperation
>>
>>
>> despite the rename, I still like the Monoid :P
>>
>> enough talk IMHO, time to code and make concrete proposals
>>
>> best,
>> -Simo
>>
>> http://people.apache.org/~simonetripodi/
>> http://simonetripodi.livejournal.com/
>> http://twitter.com/simonetripodi
>> http://www.99soft.org/
>>
>>
>>
>> On Sat, Mar 3, 2012 at 2:58 PM, Claudio Squarcella
>> <squar...@dia.uniroma3.it>  wrote:
>>>
>>> Hi,
>>>
>>>
>>>> Apologize but I still don't understand what the benefit is on storing
>>>> nodes/arcs data in the Graph data structure
>>>
>>>
>>>
>>> back to James' first email: any type could be immediately used as
>>> edge/vertex without wrappers, while specific data related to the domain
>>> of
>>> graphs (weights, labels) would be handled separately. I actually think
>>> this
>>> is useful: back to my days of "DIY Java graphs" I implemented something
>>> similar to what we have now, just to think every time: "why should I wrap
>>> my
>>> objects with these markers? I already know my Router is a Vertex in the
>>> graph..."
>>>
>>>
>>>> - sounds to me like a
>>>> Collection<Integer>    where, to know the int value of its elements,
>>>> have
>>>> to query the data structure, i.e.
>>>>
>>>> Collection<Integer>    integerCollection = ...;
>>>> for ( Integer ptr : integerCollection )
>>>> {
>>>>     int value = integerCollection.getInt( ptr );
>>>> }
>>>>
>>>> It is weird to me even reading it.
>>>>
>>>> When I started modeling Graph, I had collections in mind - above all
>>>> to simplify its adoption - I would be more than pleased to drop
>>>> Weighted* version of graphs and come back to the previous situation,
>>>> but with the annoying  type inference issue fixed.
>>>
>>>
>>>
>>> Here's the way I see it. A Graph<V,E>  implementing HasWeightedEdges
>>> would
>>> have something like this inside:
>>>
>>> Map<E, W>  edgeWeights = new HashMap<E, W>();
>>>
>>> [... populate map, other methods, etc ...]
>>>
>>> // implementing HasWeightedEdges#getEdgeWeight
>>> public W getEdgeWeight(E edge)
>>> {
>>>    [... check null etc...]
>>>    return edgeWeights.get(edge);
>>>
>>> }
>>>
>>>>> no, trying to be clearer: you propose to rename Monoid into
>>>>> WeightOperation,
>>>>> which is like renaming Addition into Operation. Or alternatively to
>>>>> call
>>>>> the
>>>>> current *WeightBaseOperations something like *WeightMonoid. In both
>>>>> cases
>>>>> I
>>>>> disagree because I would prefer to keep a clear distinction between
>>>>> single
>>>>> well-defined properties/operations (like Addition or Comparator) and
>>>>> the
>>>>> comprehensive implementation (e.g. DoubleWeightBaseOperations) that
>>>>> implements all the operations it can implement with Doubles.
>>>>
>>>>
>>>> OK, concept is clear, I still don't agree on the nomenclature, anyway.
>>>> Actually *WeightBaseOperations describe
>>>> *WeightAdditionalOrderedMonoid, so *BaseOperations doesn't sound self
>>>> explaining.
>>>
>>>
>>>
>>> then let's find a better name, but why *OrderedMonoid? Assume we replace
>>> the
>>> whole set of current interfaces (see my comment to the next paragraph
>>> below)
>>> with just Addition and Comparable (the latter already exists of course).
>>> There is no need to create another interface to merge the two
>>> (ComparableAddition? OrderedAddition?). Then we have:
>>>
>>> public class DoubleWeightOperations
>>>    implements Addition, Comparator
>>> {
>>>    [...]
>>> }
>>>
>>> I would not rename the class to DoubleWeightAddition or even
>>> DoubleWeightComparableAddition. What if later we need to e.g. add a
>>> function
>>> that normalizes weights by some factor, or returns the reciprocal of a
>>> weight, etc? With the above code it would suffice to add new interfaces:
>>>
>>> public class DoubleWeightOperations
>>>    implements Addition, Comparator, Normalization, Reciprocal
>>> {
>>>    [...]
>>>
>>> }
>>>
>>>
>>>>
>>>> Moreover, The Zero interface is the *additional* monoid identity
>>>> element, if someone has to implement the Multiplication Monoid I
>>>> wouldn't expect he implements the One interface wich declares O one()
>>>> method.
>>>> This is why IMHO in the current algebra model, Zero has to be dropped
>>>> and has to be modified in:
>>>
>>>
>>>
>>> That is fine for me. I simply followed pure theory while implementing
>>> that
>>> and used all possible granularity. Now looking at our implementations I
>>> think it is save enough to even merge Zero, Semigroup and Monoid (so
>>> that's
>>> one step further than your example below) and call the result Addition so
>>> that its role is clear to everybody. Does that sound good? :)
>>>
>>> Claudio
>>>
>>>
>>>>
>>>> /**
>>>>  * semigroup is an algebraic structure consisting of a set together
>>>> with an associative binary operation.
>>>>  */
>>>> interface Semigroup<E>
>>>> {
>>>>
>>>>     E append( E s1, E s2 );
>>>>
>>>> }
>>>>
>>>> /**
>>>>  * A {@link Monoid} is a {@link Semigroup} with an identity value.
>>>>  */
>>>> public interface Monoid<E>
>>>>     extends Semigroup<M>
>>>> {
>>>>
>>>>    E identity();
>>>>
>>>>    E inverse( E element );
>>>>
>>>> }
>>>>
>>>> that would continue working for every Monoid specialization. Or not?
>>>> thoughts?
>>>> Thanks and best,
>>>> -Simo
>>>>
>>>> http://people.apache.org/~simonetripodi/
>>>> http://simonetripodi.livejournal.com/
>>>> http://twitter.com/simonetripodi
>>>> http://www.99soft.org/
>>>>
>>>>
>>>>
>>>> On Sat, Mar 3, 2012 at 1:43 PM, Claudio Squarcella
>>>> <squar...@dia.uniroma3.it>    wrote:
>>>>>
>>>>>
>>>>> Hi,
>>>>>
>>>>>
>>>>> On 03/03/2012 02:21, Simone Tripodi wrote:
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>> first of all: yes, I will play with this stuff as soon as I find the
>>>>>>> time
>>>>>>> :)
>>>>>>
>>>>>>
>>>>>> this is scaring... go Orb.io, go! :)
>>>>>>
>>>>>>> constant), but still there is one more step of indirection. So we
>>>>>>> would
>>>>>>> need
>>>>>>> to test and compare performances, hopefully with acceptable results.
>>>>>>
>>>>>>
>>>>>> sounds it would be better if you implement that stuff in a branch to
>>>>>> keep both implementations, IMHO
>>>>>
>>>>>
>>>>>
>>>>> sure :)
>>>>>
>>>>>
>>>>>>>  * with the current approach: one interface for edge-weighted graphs
>>>>>>>   (EdgeWeightedGraph, renaming the current WeightedGraph?), one for
>>>>>>>   vertex-weighted graphs (VertexWeightedGraph) and maybe even one for
>>>>>>>   weights on both edges and vertices (EdgeAndVertexWeightedGraph?) --
>>>>>>>   not to talk about their counterparts with labels, etc;
>>>>>>>  * with the proposed approach: a Graph would implement
>>>>>>>   HasWeightsOnEdges and/or HasWeightsOnVertices -- and maybe also
>>>>>>>   HasLabelsOnEdges if needed.
>>>>>>
>>>>>>
>>>>>> do you remember that we reintroduced the WeightedGraph just for the
>>>>>> type inference issue on fluent APIs in Eclipse, do you? ;) It would
>>>>>> have been worked otherwise as well dropping the WeightedGraph and
>>>>>> expressing types only on Vertex/Edges
>>>>>
>>>>>
>>>>>
>>>>> that is right. On the other hand with "HasWeightedEdges" we could drop
>>>>> "WeightedEdge" and so on: one interface in, one out.
>>>>>
>>>>> Or we could even save both approaches as alternative implementations.
>>>>> That
>>>>> is:
>>>>>
>>>>>  * a set of interfaces: e.g. HasWeightedEdges#getWeight(edge),
>>>>>   HasWeightedVertices#getWeight(vertex), etc.
>>>>>  * #1 implementation with external properties: the graph keeps the
>>>>>   mapping between edge/vertex and weight, so that any type can be used
>>>>>   for edges/vertices
>>>>>  * #2 classical implementation: we keep markers like WeightedEdge and
>>>>>   WeightedVertex but only the graph knows about them. algorithms keep
>>>>>   asking the graph for weights of edges/vertices, and the graph in
>>>>>   turn asks the edge/vertex itself (passed as parameter).
>>>>>
>>>>> WDYT?
>>>>>
>>>>>
>>>>>>> I know that this kind of "mismatch" is not your favourite ;) but
>>>>>>> would
>>>>>>> you
>>>>>>> really call "Operations" something which is just an "Addition" -- or
>>>>>>> viceversa "DoubleWeightAddition" something that might later be
>>>>>>> expanded
>>>>>>> with
>>>>>>> other operations?
>>>>>>
>>>>>>
>>>>>> I am confused now: this is what you did in the concrete
>>>>>> implementation!
>>>>>
>>>>>
>>>>>
>>>>> no, trying to be clearer: you propose to rename Monoid into
>>>>> WeightOperation,
>>>>> which is like renaming Addition into Operation. Or alternatively to
>>>>> call
>>>>> the
>>>>> current *WeightBaseOperations something like *WeightMonoid. In both
>>>>> cases
>>>>> I
>>>>> disagree because I would prefer to keep a clear distinction between
>>>>> single
>>>>> well-defined properties/operations (like Addition or Comparator) and
>>>>> the
>>>>> comprehensive implementation (e.g. DoubleWeightBaseOperations) that
>>>>> implements all the operations it can implement with Doubles.
>>>>>
>>>>> Hoping we'll converge somewhere, maybe asymptotically ;)
>>>>> Claudio
>>>>>
>>>>>
>>>>>> time to sleep, cannot reply anymore, read tomorrow
>>>>>>
>>>>>> -Simo
>>>>>>
>>>>>> http://people.apache.org/~simonetripodi/
>>>>>> http://simonetripodi.livejournal.com/
>>>>>> http://twitter.com/simonetripodi
>>>>>> http://www.99soft.org/
>>>>>>
>>>>>>
>>>>>>
>>>>>> On Sat, Mar 3, 2012 at 1:37 AM, Claudio Squarcella
>>>>>> <squar...@dia.uniroma3.it>      wrote:
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>> Hi,
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>> what if that mapping function becomes a responsibility of
>>>>>>>>> WeightedGraph
>>>>>>>>> itself?
>>>>>>>>> And more generally, what if any property of vertices and/or edges
>>>>>>>>> is
>>>>>>>>> moved to the containing graph?
>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>> that would imply that Graph implementations have to implement
>>>>>>>> vertices
>>>>>>>> and/or edges metadata indexing, that would be anyway less performant
>>>>>>>> than accessing directly on metadata contained in current node/arc -
>>>>>>>> just count the number of time you should have to touch the adapted
>>>>>>>> data structures, of course will be at least one more than the
>>>>>>>> actual.
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>> that is absolutely right. Not asymptotically if the implementation is
>>>>>>> good
>>>>>>> (hashmaps are already good enough with their read time which is
>>>>>>> basically
>>>>>>> constant), but still there is one more step of indirection. So we
>>>>>>> would
>>>>>>> need
>>>>>>> to test and compare performances, hopefully with acceptable results.
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>> We could externalize all different graph properties to appropriate
>>>>>>>>> interfaces (HasWeightsOnEdges, HasLabelsOnVertices, etc) and then
>>>>>>>>> each
>>>>>>>>> algorithm specifies the needed input graph including the subset of
>>>>>>>>> interfaces it needs to implement. We do something like that with
>>>>>>>>> weight
>>>>>>>>> operations already.
>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>> I am worried that with that approach the number of interfaces would
>>>>>>>> proliferate like pollen during Spring, users - and devs - would get
>>>>>>>> easily lost
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>> but that would happen anyway as soon as we implement an algorithm
>>>>>>> with
>>>>>>> weights on vertices, right? Here are the options I see:
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>  * with the current approach: one interface for edge-weighted graphs
>>>>>>>   (EdgeWeightedGraph, renaming the current WeightedGraph?), one for
>>>>>>>   vertex-weighted graphs (VertexWeightedGraph) and maybe even one for
>>>>>>>   weights on both edges and vertices (EdgeAndVertexWeightedGraph?) --
>>>>>>>   not to talk about their counterparts with labels, etc;
>>>>>>>  * with the proposed approach: a Graph would implement
>>>>>>>   HasWeightsOnEdges and/or HasWeightsOnVertices -- and maybe also
>>>>>>>   HasLabelsOnEdges if needed.
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>> weights are something already complicated for being a simple
>>>>>>>> concept,
>>>>>>>> please apologize for the little offtopic:
>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>> Zero, name of an element, contains `zero` method to get the zero (it
>>>>>>>> is still confusing to me), Monoid  extends Zero and Semigroup -
>>>>>>>> given
>>>>>>>> the use inside graph math, Zero#zero and Semigroup#append can be
>>>>>>>> moved
>>>>>>>> directly to Monoid and rename it as WeightOperation - does it remind
>>>>>>>> you something? :P
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>> I can agree with most of what you say but I would still call the
>>>>>>> result
>>>>>>> Monoid, or maybe even better Addition -- because that is what it is,
>>>>>>> a
>>>>>>> Monoid representing the sum operation. "WeightOperation" sounds more
>>>>>>> like
>>>>>>> a
>>>>>>> general "container" which can include Addition, Comparator, and maybe
>>>>>>> in
>>>>>>> the
>>>>>>> near future Multiplication or who knows what -- which again is pretty
>>>>>>> much
>>>>>>> what happens now with the wrappers for Double, Integer, etc.
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>> I know that this kind of "mismatch" is not your favourite ;) but
>>>>>>> would
>>>>>>> you
>>>>>>> really call "Operations" something which is just an "Addition" -- or
>>>>>>> viceversa "DoubleWeightAddition" something that might later be
>>>>>>> expanded
>>>>>>> with
>>>>>>> other operations?
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>> Ciao and thanks for your feedback!
>>>>>>> Claudio
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>> best,
>>>>>>>> -Simo
>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>> http://people.apache.org/~simonetripodi/
>>>>>>>> http://simonetripodi.livejournal.com/
>>>>>>>> http://twitter.com/simonetripodi
>>>>>>>> http://www.99soft.org/
>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>> On Fri, Mar 2, 2012 at 10:22 PM, Claudio Squarcella
>>>>>>>> <squar...@dia.uniroma3.it>        wrote:
>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>> Hi,
>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>> The weights can be external, too.  It's only a function from edge
>>>>>>>>>> to
>>>>>>>>>> weight.  Your algorithm can take a function for its weights.  The
>>>>>>>>>> files
>>>>>>>>>> library does it similar to this.
>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>> what if that mapping function becomes a responsibility of
>>>>>>>>> WeightedGraph
>>>>>>>>> itself? And more generally, what if any property of vertices and/or
>>>>>>>>> edges
>>>>>>>>> is
>>>>>>>>> moved to the containing graph?
>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>> We could externalize all different graph properties to appropriate
>>>>>>>>> interfaces (HasWeightsOnEdges, HasLabelsOnVertices, etc) and then
>>>>>>>>> each
>>>>>>>>> algorithm specifies the needed input graph including the subset of
>>>>>>>>> interfaces it needs to implement. We do something like that with
>>>>>>>>> weight
>>>>>>>>> operations already.
>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>> Claudio
>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>> On Mar 2, 2012 3:08 PM, "Ted Dunning"<ted.dunn...@gmail.com>
>>>>>>>>>>  wrote:
>>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>>> Having weights on vertices is quite common.  Consider any
>>>>>>>>>>> probability
>>>>>>>>>>> transition network.  The weight on each node is the probability
>>>>>>>>>>> of
>>>>>>>>>>> being
>>>>>>>>>>> in
>>>>>>>>>>> that state and the weights on the edges are conditional
>>>>>>>>>>> probabilties.
>>>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>>> Page rank is a related example of having weights on nodes.
>>>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>>> On Fri, Mar 2, 2012 at 12:40 AM, Claudio Squarcella<
>>>>>>>>>>> squar...@dia.uniroma3.it>          wrote:
>>>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>>>> Hi all,
>>>>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>>>>  Claudio is aware also about algorithms where weights are
>>>>>>>>>>>> associated
>>>>>>>>>>>> to
>>>>>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>>>>> Vertex - he's preparing his PhD research on graphes - maybe he
>>>>>>>>>>>>> can
>>>>>>>>>>>>> show us a more long-vision roadmap and evaluate benefits on
>>>>>>>>>>>>> simplifying the design.
>>>>>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>>>> yes there are algorithms with weights on vertices. Of course
>>>>>>>>>>>> those
>>>>>>>>>>>> with
>>>>>>>>>>>> weighted edges (like the ones already implemented) are much more
>>>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>>> widespread
>>>>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>>>> and frequently used, but still we cannot forget about that.
>>>>>>>>>>>> Also,
>>>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>>> although
>>>>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>>>> on a secondary level, labels on vertices/edges are kind of
>>>>>>>>>>>> important
>>>>>>>>>>>> in
>>>>>>>>>>>> many situations (including testing, debugging) where I think it
>>>>>>>>>>>> is
>>>>>>>>>>>> good
>>>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>>> to
>>>>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>>>> keep them distinct from the standard "toString" method (you
>>>>>>>>>>>> might
>>>>>>>>>>>> want
>>>>>>>>>>>> to
>>>>>>>>>>>> represent only a subset of info in the label, etc).
>>>>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>>>> Matthew Pocock suggested an alternative approach back in the
>>>>>>>>>>>> days
>>>>>>>>>>>> of
>>>>>>>>>>>> weight abstraction:
>>>>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>>>>  * the graph itself is extremely simple and naked: no
>>>>>>>>>>>> weights/labels
>>>>>>>>>>>> on
>>>>>>>>>>>>   vertices/edges;
>>>>>>>>>>>>  * all properties are stored in some external structure, which I
>>>>>>>>>>>>   imagine composed of associative maps (Map<Edge, Weight>, etc
>>>>>>>>>>>> etc).
>>>>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>>>> He motivated the idea with a "personal use case": often graphs
>>>>>>>>>>>> are
>>>>>>>>>>>> used
>>>>>>>>>>>> and reused with the same structure but different weights (and/or
>>>>>>>>>>>> labels,
>>>>>>>>>>>> etc). Now if James' question becomes a second use case, maybe
>>>>>>>>>>>> it's
>>>>>>>>>>>> the
>>>>>>>>>>>> right time to exhume that idea ;)
>>>>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>>>> Ciao,
>>>>>>>>>>>> Claudio
>>>>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>>>> --
>>>>>>>>>>>> Claudio Squarcella
>>>>>>>>>>>> PhD student at Roma Tre University
>>>>>>>>>>>> http://www.dia.uniroma3.it/~**squarcel<
>>>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>>> http://www.dia.uniroma3.it/~squarcel>
>>>>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>>>> http://squarcella.com/
>>>>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>>>>
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