[REVIEW]: pymdp: A Python library for active inference in discrete state spaces #4098

whedon · 2022-01-25T00:57:50Z

Submitting author: @conorheins (Conor Heins)
Repository: https://github.com/infer-actively/pymdp
Branch with paper.md (empty if default branch): master
Version: v0.0.5
Editor: @emdupre
Reviewers: @seankmartin, @patrickmineault
Archive: 10.5281/zenodo.6484849

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whedon · 2022-01-25T00:57:53Z

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whedon · 2022-01-25T00:58:03Z

PDF failed to compile for issue #4098 with the following error:

 Can't find any papers to compile :-(

emdupre · 2022-01-25T00:59:23Z

@whedon generate pdf from branch paper_branch

whedon · 2022-01-25T00:59:25Z

Attempting PDF compilation from custom branch paper_branch. Reticulating splines etc...

whedon · 2022-01-25T00:59:55Z

👉📄 Download article proof 📄 View article proof on GitHub 📄 👈

emdupre · 2022-01-25T01:00:11Z

@whedon check references from branch paper_branch

whedon · 2022-01-25T01:00:14Z

Attempting to check references... from custom branch paper_branch

whedon · 2022-01-25T01:00:51Z

Reference check summary (note 'MISSING' DOIs are suggestions that need verification):

OK DOIs

- 10.1371/journal.pone.0006421 is OK
- 10.1038/s41586-020-2649-2 is OK
- 10.1162/neco_a_01354 is OK
- 10.1080/17588928.2015.1020053 is OK
- 10.1038/s41598-018-38246-3 is OK
- 10.1561/2200000001 is OK
- 10.1167/jov.20.4.12 is OK
- 10.1038/ncomms14218 is OK
- 10.3390/e22050552 is OK
- 10.1162/neco.1992.4.3.415 is OK
- 10.1016/j.neuroimage.2004.07.041 is OK
- 10.1080/01621459.2017.1285773 is OK
- 10.1126/science.1238406 is OK
- 10.1007/s00422-012-0512-8 is OK
- 10.1016/j.tics.2011.11.018 is OK
- 10.1162/neco_a_01357 is OK
- 10.1109/IJCNN48605.2020.9207382 is OK
- 10.1016/0166-2236(83)90190-X is OK
- 10.1523/JNEUROSCI.11-03-00641.1991 is OK
- 10.1162/NECO_a_00912 is OK
- 10.3390/e21030257 is OK
- 10.3389/frobt.2019.00020 is OK
- 10.1007/s00422-018-0785-7 is OK
- 10.1371/journal.pcbi.1007805 is OK
- 10.1109/ICASSP40776.2020.9054364 is OK
- 10.1016/B978-0-12-372560-8.X5000-1 is OK
- 10.1038/nrn2787 is OK
- 10.1016/j.jmp.2020.102447 is OK
- 10.1016/S0004-3702(98)00023-X is OK
- 10.1162/neco_a_01351 is OK
- 10.1093/cercor/bhu159 is OK
- 10.1016/j.drugalcdep.2020.108208 is OK
- 10.1503/jpn.200032 is OK
- 10.31234/osf.io/b4jm6 is OK
- 10.1016/j.neuroimage.2008.02.054 is OK
- 10.1016/j.jmp.2020.102348 is OK
- 10.1007/978-3-030-64919-7_1 is OK
- 10.1016/j.neubiorev.2016.06.022 is OK
- 10.1162/neco.1995.7.5.889 is OK
- 10.1037/13536-000 is OK
- 10.1016/j.neunet.2021.05.010 is OK
- 10.1109/LRA.2021.3090015 is OK
- 10.1016/B978-0-323-88506-5.50066-8 is OK
- 10.1007/s00422-019-00805-w is OK
- 10.3390/e23020198 is OK
- 10.1080/10407413.2021.1965480 is OK
- 10.1098/rsif.2013.0475 is OK
- 10.7554/eLife.41703 is OK
- 10.1162/neco_a_00999 is OK

MISSING DOIs

- 10.1162/neco_a_01427 may be a valid DOI for title: Chance-Constrained Active Inference
- 10.1017/s0140525x19001353 may be a valid DOI for title: Generative models as parsimonious descriptions of sensorimotor loops
- 10.7551/mitpress/7111.003.0009 may be a valid DOI for title: Perceptions as hypotheses
- 10.31234/osf.io/2rzu5 may be a valid DOI for title: Active inference, selective attention, and the cocktail party problem
- 10.1016/j.schres.2021.07.032 may be a valid DOI for title: Everything is connected: Inference and attractors in delusions
- 10.31234/osf.io/bsuh8 may be a valid DOI for title: Long-term stability of computational parameters during approach-avoidance conflict in a transdiagnostic psychiatric patient sample

INVALID DOIs

- None

emdupre · 2022-01-25T01:02:10Z

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seankmartin · 2022-01-25T12:00:42Z

Cool, thanks!
I should be able to get to doing the review fairly soon

seankmartin · 2022-01-25T12:01:15Z

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seankmartin · 2022-02-01T22:34:50Z

I'm in progress with the review.
I've raised a non-blocking issue about some missing API documentation here infer-actively/pymdp#67.
The paper is missing an explicit summary section, which I think should be added.
Will post a final update after checking functionality!

seankmartin · 2022-02-01T22:38:39Z

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patrickmineault · 2022-02-02T17:14:20Z

I'm going to wait until @seankmartin completes a first pass until I look at this.

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@seankmartin I've set the reminder :) Thanks for starting on this and cross-linking the opened issue !

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editorialbot · 2022-05-02T18:10:22Z

Done! branch is now master

emdupre · 2022-05-02T18:10:33Z

@editorialbot check references

editorialbot · 2022-05-02T18:10:44Z

Reference check summary (note 'MISSING' DOIs are suggestions that need verification):

OK DOIs

- 10.1371/journal.pone.0006421 is OK
- 10.1162/neco_a_01427 is OK
- 10.1038/s41586-020-2649-2 is OK
- 10.1162/neco_a_01354 is OK
- 10.1080/17588928.2015.1020053 is OK
- 10.1038/s41598-018-38246-3 is OK
- 10.1561/2200000001 is OK
- 10.1167/jov.20.4.12 is OK
- 10.1038/ncomms14218 is OK
- 10.3390/e22050552 is OK
- 10.1162/neco.1992.4.3.415 is OK
- 10.1016/j.neuroimage.2004.07.041 is OK
- 10.1080/01621459.2017.1285773 is OK
- 10.1126/science.1238406 is OK
- 10.1007/s00422-012-0512-8 is OK
- 10.1016/j.tics.2011.11.018 is OK
- 10.1162/neco_a_01357 is OK
- 10.1109/IJCNN48605.2020.9207382 is OK
- 10.1016/0166-2236(83)90190-X is OK
- 10.1523/JNEUROSCI.11-03-00641.1991 is OK
- 10.1162/NECO_a_00912 is OK
- 10.3390/e21030257 is OK
- 10.3389/frobt.2019.00020 is OK
- 10.1007/s00422-018-0785-7 is OK
- 10.1371/journal.pcbi.1007805 is OK
- 10.1109/ICASSP40776.2020.9054364 is OK
- 10.1016/B978-0-12-372560-8.X5000-1 is OK
- 10.1038/nrn2787 is OK
- 10.1016/j.jmp.2020.102447 is OK
- 10.1016/S0004-3702(98)00023-X is OK
- 10.1162/neco_a_01351 is OK
- 10.1093/cercor/bhu159 is OK
- 10.1016/j.drugalcdep.2020.108208 is OK
- 10.1503/jpn.200032 is OK
- 10.1016/j.jmp.2021.102632 is OK
- 10.1016/j.neuroimage.2008.02.054 is OK
- 10.1016/j.jmp.2020.102348 is OK
- 10.1007/978-3-030-64919-7_1 is OK
- 10.1016/j.ijar.2018.11.002 is OK
- 10.1098/rstb.1980.0090 is OK
- 10.1016/j.neubiorev.2016.06.022 is OK
- 10.1162/neco.1995.7.5.889 is OK
- 10.1037/13536-000 is OK
- 10.1007/978-3-030-93736-2_48 is OK
- 10.1016/j.neunet.2021.05.010 is OK
- 10.1109/LRA.2021.3090015 is OK
- 10.1016/B978-0-323-88506-5.50066-8 is OK
- 10.1007/s00422-019-00805-w is OK
- 10.3390/e23020198 is OK
- 10.1080/10407413.2021.1965480 is OK
- 10.1098/rsif.2013.0475 is OK
- 10.7554/eLife.41703 is OK
- 10.1162/neco_a_00999 is OK
- 10.1016/j.neubiorev.2021.09.038 is OK
- 10.1016/j.schres.2021.07.032 is OK
- 10.1038/s41598-021-91308-x is OK

MISSING DOIs

- 10.3389/fpsyg.2022.855074 may be a valid DOI for title: Enactive-Dynamic Social Cognition and Active Inference

INVALID DOIs

- None

emdupre · 2022-05-02T18:16:16Z

Thank you, @conorheins ! I have one last reference request, since the included Hipólito reference was published in Frontiers over the weekend. Can you please update this reference to:

@article{hipolito2021enactive,
author = {Hip{\'o}lito, In{\^e}s and van Es, Thomas},
title = {Enactive-Dynamic Social Cognition and Active Inference},
journal = {Frontiers in Psychology},
volume = {13},
year = {2022},
url = {https://www.frontiersin.org/article/10.3389/fpsyg.2022.855074},
doi = {10.3389/fpsyg.2022.855074},
issn = {1664-1078}
}

conorheins · 2022-05-02T18:25:04Z

Hi @emdupre , I removed that reference as well as several others that weren't used here (some of them were left over from the arxiv version). Thanks

emdupre · 2022-05-02T18:28:11Z

@editorialbot check references

editorialbot · 2022-05-02T18:28:18Z

Reference check summary (note 'MISSING' DOIs are suggestions that need verification):

OK DOIs

- 10.1371/journal.pone.0006421 is OK
- 10.1162/neco_a_01427 is OK
- 10.1162/neco_a_01354 is OK
- 10.1080/17588928.2015.1020053 is OK
- 10.1038/s41598-018-38246-3 is OK
- 10.1016/j.neuroimage.2004.07.041 is OK
- 10.1007/s00422-012-0512-8 is OK
- 10.1016/j.tics.2011.11.018 is OK
- 10.1162/neco_a_01357 is OK
- 10.1109/IJCNN48605.2020.9207382 is OK
- 10.1162/NECO_a_00912 is OK
- 10.3390/e21030257 is OK
- 10.3389/frobt.2019.00020 is OK
- 10.1007/s00422-018-0785-7 is OK
- 10.1371/journal.pcbi.1007805 is OK
- 10.1109/ICASSP40776.2020.9054364 is OK
- 10.1016/B978-0-12-372560-8.X5000-1 is OK
- 10.1038/nrn2787 is OK
- 10.1016/j.jmp.2020.102447 is OK
- 10.1016/S0004-3702(98)00023-X is OK
- 10.1162/neco_a_01351 is OK
- 10.1093/cercor/bhu159 is OK
- 10.1016/j.drugalcdep.2020.108208 is OK
- 10.1503/jpn.200032 is OK
- 10.1016/j.jmp.2021.102632 is OK
- 10.1016/j.neuroimage.2008.02.054 is OK
- 10.1016/j.jmp.2020.102348 is OK
- 10.1007/978-3-030-64919-7_1 is OK
- 10.1016/j.ijar.2018.11.002 is OK
- 10.1098/rstb.1980.0090 is OK
- 10.1016/j.neubiorev.2016.06.022 is OK
- 10.1162/neco.1995.7.5.889 is OK
- 10.1037/13536-000 is OK
- 10.1007/978-3-030-93736-2_48 is OK
- 10.1016/j.neunet.2021.05.010 is OK
- 10.1109/LRA.2021.3090015 is OK
- 10.1016/B978-0-323-88506-5.50066-8 is OK
- 10.1007/s00422-019-00805-w is OK
- 10.3390/e23020198 is OK
- 10.1080/10407413.2021.1965480 is OK
- 10.1098/rsif.2013.0475 is OK
- 10.7554/eLife.41703 is OK
- 10.1162/neco_a_00999 is OK
- 10.1016/j.neubiorev.2021.09.038 is OK
- 10.1016/j.schres.2021.07.032 is OK
- 10.1038/s41598-021-91308-x is OK

MISSING DOIs

- None

INVALID DOIs

- None

emdupre · 2022-05-02T18:33:24Z

@openjournals/joss-eics, this is ready for final review !

kyleniemeyer · 2022-05-04T17:15:00Z

@editorialbot recommend-accept

editorialbot · 2022-05-04T17:15:02Z

Attempting dry run of processing paper acceptance...

editorialbot · 2022-05-04T17:15:12Z

Reference check summary (note 'MISSING' DOIs are suggestions that need verification):

OK DOIs

- 10.1371/journal.pone.0006421 is OK
- 10.1162/neco_a_01427 is OK
- 10.1162/neco_a_01354 is OK
- 10.1080/17588928.2015.1020053 is OK
- 10.1038/s41598-018-38246-3 is OK
- 10.1016/j.neuroimage.2004.07.041 is OK
- 10.1007/s00422-012-0512-8 is OK
- 10.1016/j.tics.2011.11.018 is OK
- 10.1162/neco_a_01357 is OK
- 10.1109/IJCNN48605.2020.9207382 is OK
- 10.1162/NECO_a_00912 is OK
- 10.3390/e21030257 is OK
- 10.3389/frobt.2019.00020 is OK
- 10.1007/s00422-018-0785-7 is OK
- 10.1371/journal.pcbi.1007805 is OK
- 10.1109/ICASSP40776.2020.9054364 is OK
- 10.1016/B978-0-12-372560-8.X5000-1 is OK
- 10.1038/nrn2787 is OK
- 10.1016/j.jmp.2020.102447 is OK
- 10.1016/S0004-3702(98)00023-X is OK
- 10.1162/neco_a_01351 is OK
- 10.1093/cercor/bhu159 is OK
- 10.1016/j.drugalcdep.2020.108208 is OK
- 10.1503/jpn.200032 is OK
- 10.1016/j.jmp.2021.102632 is OK
- 10.1016/j.neuroimage.2008.02.054 is OK
- 10.1016/j.jmp.2020.102348 is OK
- 10.1007/978-3-030-64919-7_1 is OK
- 10.1016/j.ijar.2018.11.002 is OK
- 10.1098/rstb.1980.0090 is OK
- 10.1016/j.neubiorev.2016.06.022 is OK
- 10.1162/neco.1995.7.5.889 is OK
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editorialbot · 2022-05-04T17:16:25Z

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kyleniemeyer · 2022-05-04T17:26:43Z

Hi @conorheins, I'm the AEIC on duty this week doing some final checks.

In your article, can you remove the explicit arXiv URL from the end of the statement of need section? The citation you included is sufficient and includes the URL.

Similarly, the article already links to the software repository, so I think you should remove the URL pointing to that in the same paragraph. If you really want to keep a link in the text, perhaps just make the word "repository" a hyperlink like [repository](https://github.com/infer-actively/pymdp).

In the Introduction first paragraph, can you wrap "e.g." with commas, like "... in, e.g., psychophysics ...". Similarly, please add a comma after "e.g." in later uses.

It looks like the Parr et al. 2020 article from Cerebral Cortex is missing a DOI, can you check if one is available?

-removed github URL from statement of need section -wrapped e.g.'s in commas -added doi to parr2020prefrontal citation In response to: openjournals/joss-reviews#4098 (comment)

conorheins · 2022-05-04T21:25:42Z

Hi @kyleniemeyer, thanks for the final checks. I have made the changes you requested, let me know if anything else needs fixing.

kyleniemeyer · 2022-05-04T21:29:59Z

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kyleniemeyer · 2022-05-04T21:56:21Z

Congratulations @conorheins on your article's publication in JOSS! (Conor Heins)

Many thanks to @seankmartin and @patrickmineault for reviewing this, and @emdupre for editing.

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conorheins · 2022-05-04T22:20:59Z

Thanks very much (on behalf of all the authors) for the great news, and thank you again @seankmartin and @patrickmineault for your helpful reviews. And finally many thanks @emdupre for all your help/patience during the review process!

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