SubstrateFactory.java

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package org.encog.neural.hyperneat.substrate;

/**
 * Produce substrates for various topologies. Currently provides the sandwich
 * topology. You can create any topology you wish, this is simply a convienance
 * method.
 * 
 * -----------------------------------------------------------------------------
 * http://www.cs.ucf.edu/~kstanley/ Encog's NEAT implementation was drawn from
 * the following three Journal Articles. For more complete BibTeX sources, see
 * NEATNetwork.java.
 * 
 * Evolving Neural Networks Through Augmenting Topologies
 * 
 * Generating Large-Scale Neural Networks Through Discovering Geometric
 * Regularities
 * 
 * Automatic feature selection in neuroevolution
 */
public class SubstrateFactory {

	/**
	 * Create a sandwich substrate. A sandwich has an input layer connected
	 * directly to an output layer, both are square.
	 * 
	 * @param inputEdgeSize The input edge size.
	 * @param outputEdgeSize The output edge size.
	 * @return The substrate.
	 */
	public static Substrate factorSandwichSubstrate(int inputEdgeSize,
			int outputEdgeSize) {
		Substrate result = new Substrate(3);

		double inputTick = 2.0 / inputEdgeSize;
		double outputTick = 2.0 / outputEdgeSize;
		double inputOrig = -1.0 + (inputTick / 2.0);
		double outputOrig = -1.0 + (outputTick / 2.0);

		// create the input layer

		for (int row = 0; row < inputEdgeSize; row++) {
			for (int col = 0; col < inputEdgeSize; col++) {
				SubstrateNode inputNode = result.createInputNode();
				inputNode.getLocation()[0] = -1;
				inputNode.getLocation()[1] = inputOrig + (row * inputTick);
				inputNode.getLocation()[2] = inputOrig + (col * inputTick);
			}
		}

		// create the output layer (and connect to input layer)

		for (int orow = 0; orow < outputEdgeSize; orow++) {
			for (int ocol = 0; ocol < outputEdgeSize; ocol++) {
				SubstrateNode outputNode = result.createOutputNode();
				outputNode.getLocation()[0] = 1;
				outputNode.getLocation()[1] = outputOrig + (orow * outputTick);
				outputNode.getLocation()[2] = outputOrig + (ocol * outputTick);

				// link this output node to every input node
				for (SubstrateNode inputNode : result.getInputNodes()) {
					result.createLink(inputNode, outputNode);
				}
			}
		}

		return result;
	}

}