org.encog.engine.network.activation
Class ActivationLinear

java.lang.Object
  org.encog.engine.network.activation.ActivationLinear

All Implemented Interfaces:

Serializable, Cloneable, ActivationFunction

public class ActivationLinear
extends Object
implements ActivationFunction

The Linear layer is really not an activation function at all. The input is simply passed on, unmodified, to the output. This activation function is primarily theoretical and of little actual use. Usually an activation function that scales between 0 and 1 or -1 and 1 should be used.

See Also:

Serialized Form

Field Summary

static String[]	N Default empty parameters.
static double[]	P Default empty parameters.

Constructor Summary

ActivationLinear()
Construct a linear activation function, with a slope of 1.

Method Summary

void	activationFunction(double[] x, int start, int size) Implements the activation function.
ActivationFunction	clone()
double	derivativeFunction(double b, double a) Calculate the derivative.
String	getFactoryCode()
String[]	getParamNames()
double[]	getParams()
boolean	hasDerivative()
void	setParam(int index, double value) Set one of the params for this activation function.

Methods inherited from class java.lang.Object

equals, finalize, getClass, hashCode, notify, notifyAll, toString, wait, wait, wait

Field Detail

P

public static final double[] P

Default empty parameters.

N

public static final String[] N

Default empty parameters.

Constructor Detail

ActivationLinear

public ActivationLinear()

Construct a linear activation function, with a slope of 1.

Method Detail

activationFunction

public final void activationFunction(double[] x,
                                     int start,
                                     int size)

Implements the activation function. The array is modified according to the activation function being used. See the class description for more specific information on this type of activation function.

Specified by:

activationFunction in interface ActivationFunction

Parameters:

x - The input array to the activation function.

start - The starting index.

size - The number of values to calculate.

clone

public final ActivationFunction clone()

Specified by:

clone in interface ActivationFunction

Overrides:

clone in class Object

Returns:

The object cloned.

derivativeFunction

public final double derivativeFunction(double b,
                                       double a)

Calculate the derivative. For performance reasons two numbers are provided. First, the value "b" is simply the number that we would like to calculate the derivative of. Second, the value "a", which is the value returned by the activation function, when presented with "b". We use two values because some of the most common activation functions make use of the result of the activation function. It is bad for performance to calculate this value twice. Yet, not all derivatives are calculated this way. By providing both the value before the activation function is applied ("b"), and after the activation function is applied("a"), the class can be constructed to use whichever value will be the most efficient.

Specified by:

derivativeFunction in interface ActivationFunction

Parameters:

b - The number to calculate the derivative of, the number "before" the activation function was applied.

a - The number "after" an activation function has been applied.

Returns:

The derivative.

getParamNames

public final String[] getParamNames()

Specified by:

getParamNames in interface ActivationFunction

Returns:

The names of the parameters.

getParams

public final double[] getParams()

Specified by:

getParams in interface ActivationFunction

Returns:

The params for this activation function.

hasDerivative

public final boolean hasDerivative()

Specified by:

hasDerivative in interface ActivationFunction

Returns:

Return true, linear has a 1 derivative.

setParam

public final void setParam(int index,
                           double value)

Set one of the params for this activation function.

Specified by:

setParam in interface ActivationFunction

Parameters:

index - The index of the param to set.

value - The value to set.

getFactoryCode

public String getFactoryCode()

Specified by:

getFactoryCode in interface ActivationFunction

Returns:

The string for the Encog factory code. Return null if you do not care to be support for creating of your activation through factory.