ActivationLinear.java

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package org.encog.engine.network.activation;


/**
 * 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.
 */
public class ActivationLinear implements ActivationFunction {

	/**
	 * The offset to the parameter that holds the linear slope.
	 */
	public static final int PARAM_LINEAR_SLOPE = 0;
	
	/**
	 * Serial id for this class.
	 */
	private static final long serialVersionUID = -5356580554235104944L;

	/**
	 * The parameters.
	 */
	private double[] params;
	
	/**
	 * Construct a linear activation function, with a slope of 1.
	 */
	public ActivationLinear() {
		this.params = new double[1];
		this.params[ActivationLinear.PARAM_LINEAR_SLOPE] = 1;
	}

	/**
	 * @return The object cloned.
	 */
	@Override
	public ActivationFunction clone() {
		return new ActivationLinear();
	}

	/**
	 * @return Return true, linear has a 1 derivative.
	 */
	public boolean hasDerivative() {
		return true;
	}

	/**
	 * @return The slope of the activation function.
	 */
	public double getSlope() {
		return this.params[ActivationLinear.PARAM_LINEAR_SLOPE];
	}

	/**
	 * {@inheritDoc}
	 */
	@Override
	public void activationFunction(final double[] x, final int start, 
			final int size) {		
		for (int i = start; i < start + size; i++) {
			x[i] = x[i] * params[0];
		}
	}

	/**
	 * {@inheritDoc}
	 */
	@Override
	public double derivativeFunction(final double d) {
		return 1;
	}
	
	/**
	 * {@inheritDoc}
	 */
	@Override
	public String[] getParamNames() {
		final String[] result = { }; 
		return result;
	}

	/**
	 * {@inheritDoc}
	 */
	@Override
	public double[] getParams() {
		return this.params;
	}

	/**
	 * {@inheritDoc}
	 */
	@Override
	public void setParam(final int index, final double value) {
		this.params[index] = value;		
	}
	
	/**
	 * {@inheritDoc}
	 */
	@Override
	public String getOpenCLExpression(final boolean derivative) {
		if (derivative) {
			return "(1.0)";
		} else {
			return "(x)";
		}
	}
}