/** * Copyright 2010 Neuroph Project http://neuroph.sourceforge.net * * Licensed under the Apache License, Version 2.0 (the "License"); * you may not use this file except in compliance with the License. * You may obtain a copy of the License at * * http://www.apache.org/licenses/LICENSE-2.0 * * Unless required by applicable law or agreed to in writing, software * distributed under the License is distributed on an "AS IS" BASIS, * WITHOUT WARRANTIES OR CONDITIONS OF ANY KIND, either express or implied. * See the License for the specific language governing permissions and * limitations under the License. */ package org.neuroph.core.transfer; import java.io.Serializable; import org.neuroph.util.Properties; /** * <pre> * Sigmoid neuron transfer function. * * output = 1/(1+ e^(-slope*input)) * </pre> * @author Zoran Sevarac <sevarac@gmail.com> */ public class Sigmoid extends TransferFunction implements Serializable { /** * The class fingerprint that is set to indicate serialization * compatibility with a previous version of the class. */ private static final long serialVersionUID = 2L; /** * The slope parametetar of the sigmoid function */ private double slope = 1d; /** * Creates an instance of Sigmoid neuron transfer function with default * slope=1. */ public Sigmoid() { } /** * Creates an instance of Sigmoid neuron transfer function with specified * value for slope parametar. * @param slope the slope parametar for the sigmoid function */ public Sigmoid(double slope) { this.slope = slope; } /** * Creates an instance of Sigmoid neuron transfer function with the * specified properties. * @param properties properties of the sigmoid function */ public Sigmoid(Properties properties) { try { this.slope = (Double)properties.getProperty("transferFunction.slope"); } catch (NullPointerException e) { // if properties are not set just leave default values } catch (NumberFormatException e) { System.err.println("Invalid transfer function properties! Using default values."); } } /** * Returns the slope parametar of this function * @return slope parametar of this function */ public double getSlope() { return this.slope; } /** * Sets the slope parametar for this function * @param slope value for the slope parametar */ public void setSlope(double slope) { this.slope = slope; } @Override public double getOutput(double net) { // conditional logic helps to avoid NaN if (net > 100) { return 1.0; }else if (net < -100) { return 0.0; } double den = 1d + Math.exp(-this.slope * net); return (1d / den); } @Override public double getDerivative(double net) { double out = getOutput(net); double derivative = this.slope * out * (1d - out); return derivative; } }