Greedy.java

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package org.encog.ml.train.strategy;

import org.encog.ml.MLEncodable;
import org.encog.ml.train.MLTrain;
import org.encog.neural.networks.training.TrainingError;
import org.encog.util.logging.EncogLogging;

/**
 * A simple greedy strategy. If the last iteration did not improve training,
 * then discard it. Care must be taken with this strategy, as sometimes a
 * training algorithm may need to temporarily decrease the error level before
 * improving it.
 * 
 * @author jheaton
 * 
 */
public class Greedy implements Strategy {

	/**
	 * The training algorithm that is using this strategy.
	 */
	private MLTrain train;
	
	/**
	 * The error rate from the previous iteration.
	 */
	private double lastError;
	
	/**
	 * The last state of the network, so that we can restore to this
	 * state if needed.
	 */
	private double[] lastNetwork;
	
	/**
	 * Has one iteration passed, and we are now ready to start 
	 * evaluation.
	 */
	private boolean ready;

	private MLEncodable method;
	
	/**
	 * Initialize this strategy.
	 * @param train The training algorithm.
	 */
	public void init(final MLTrain train) {
		this.train = train;
		this.ready = false;
		
		if( !(train.getMethod() instanceof MLEncodable) ) {
			throw new TrainingError("To make use of the Greedy strategy the machine learning method must support MLEncodable.");
		}
		
		this.method = ((MLEncodable)train.getMethod());
		this.lastNetwork = new double[this.method.encodedArrayLength()];
	}

	/**
	 * Called just after a training iteration.
	 */
	public void postIteration() {
		if (this.ready) {
			if (this.train.getError() > this.lastError) {
				EncogLogging.log(EncogLogging.LEVEL_DEBUG,"Greedy strategy dropped last iteration.");				
				this.train.setError(this.lastError);
				this.method.decodeFromArray(this.lastNetwork);
			}
		} else {
			this.ready = true;
		}
	}

	/**
	 * Called just before a training iteration.
	 */
	public void preIteration() {

		if (this.method != null) {
			this.lastError = this.train.getError();
			this.method.encodeToArray(this.lastNetwork);
			this.train.setError(this.lastError);
		}
	}
}